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| − | + | Hougemont, a farmhouse that flanked the field at Waterloo. Tied down increasing numbers of French troops in a fruitless attempt to capture it, thus undermining the real aim of the battle, which was to drive the British Army off the ridge opposite. | |
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Hougemont, a farmhouse that flanked the field at Waterloo. Tied down increasing numbers of French troops in a fruitless attempt to capture it, thus undermining the real aim of the battle, which was to drive the British Army off the ridge opposite.