Before he was king, William II of the Netherlands commanded the Dutch troops in this June 18, 1815 battle
In the same year on 9 June William I became also the Grand Duke... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Waterloo | European history | Britannica.com [PAR] Jun 18, 2015 ... (June 18, 1815), Napoleon 's final defeat, ending 23 years of recurrent ... of the 
duke of Wellington's allied army of 68,000 (with British, Dutch, Belgian, and ... 
Napoleon could command over 160,000 first-line troops, but he was forced to ... 
Netherlands (now Belgium), in the hope of defeating them before the... [DOC] [TLE] Waterloo Cowards : Belgian & Dutch Troops : Prince of Orange [PAR] (It was King Willem's land and not British, so he could do what he wanted to.