Belgium cancels reenactment of Battle of Waterloo due to heatwave
A planned re-enactment this weekend of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo - which resulted in the defeat and exile of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte - has been cancelled as a result of the heatwave, said the organisers and the local administration.
Inti Landauro
26 June 2026 at 20:26:32
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BRUSSELS - A planned re-enactment this weekend of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo - which resulted in the defeat and exile of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte - has been cancelled as a result of the heatwave, said the organisers and the local administration.
The re-enactment of the final defeat of Bonaparte's armies against a British-led European coalition on June 18, 1815, draws thousands of people to the fields outside the Brussels suburb each year in June.
-Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta/Reuters
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