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Pimple's Battle of Waterloo (1913)
 

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Napoleon crosses the Alps, falling of his horse in the process. He tells his troops off. There is an attempt on his life by suffragettes on the way to Paris. He arrives at Waterloo station. The night before battle he finds a sentry asleep. The sentry wakes and questions Napoleon. At the battle Napoleon and Wellington toss a coin for the first shot. The French realise they have forgotten the ammunition, and one of the soldiers goes off to a shop to buy some. The Boy Scouts charge Napoleon, who after a chaotic battle surrenders. He is taken prisoner and sent off in a boat, saying goodbye to France.