BTW, Iced Earth got "Franco Belgian line" wrong. The Belgians fought under William of Orange on the side of the coalition, not on the French side. Some 700 Belgians took part in the battle of Quatre bras which took place shortly before the battle of Waterloo. Some 450 survived to take part in the actual battle of Waterloo.
Had William of Orange and his Dutch/Belgian troops retreated from Quatre Bras, as ordered by Wellington, the French would have been able to split the coalition in two and they would have defeated, first the Germans and then the Brittish.
BTW, Iced Earth got "Franco Belgian line" wrong. The Belgians fought under William of Orange on the side of the coalition, not on the French side. Some 700 Belgians took part in the battle of Quatre bras which took place shortly before the battle of Waterloo. Some 450 survived to take part in the actual battle of Waterloo. Had William of Orange and his Dutch/Belgian troops retreated from Quatre Bras, as ordered by Wellington, the French would have been able to split the coalition in two and they would have defeated, first the Germans and then the Brittish.
In this context, Franco-Belgian Line just means the border between France and Belgium, not a military formation.
In this context, Franco-Belgian Line just means the border between France and Belgium, not a military formation.