File:18 June 1815 – Victory at Waterloo – The liveliest joy !.jpg
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English: 18 June 1815, late evening. And suddenly broke out news of victorious fights at hardly known places the day before, like : La Haye Sainte, Belle-Alliance, Goumont (Hougoumont)..., – as the daily L'Oracle enthusiastically reported from Brussels : "Partout la haine contre l'usurpateur a éclaté de la manière la plus énergique ; hier, au moment de la bataille, la crainte glaçait toutes les âmes ; aujourd'hui la joie la plus vive est peinte sur toutes les figures. (...)" – (L'Oracle, 19 June 1815.) TRANSLATION – Everywhere hatred against the usurper has burst forth in the most energetic manner; yesterday, at the time of the battle, fear froze all souls; today the liveliest joy is painted on all faces. (...)
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L'Oracle, newspaper published in Brussels from 1804 to 1826 (i.e. during the French Occupation of today's Belgium and after the Liberation in 1815), was a reliable newspaper. This excerpt drawn from Galesloot, Louis, Le Duc de Wellington à Bruxelles, 1884, 31.
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