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# Blood and Iron ***JUNE 18TH, 11:50*** ***WATERLOO, BELGIUM*** *The air cracks as the Grand Batterie unleashes hell. Shells tear through the ridge, forcing the Union Brigade to flank. The Grande Armée surges toward Hougoumont.* ***HOUGOUMONT*** *Bauduin’s brigade falls to British fire. Soye’s men reach the north gate; Legros shatters it with an axe. Coldstream and Scots Guards counter-charge in a bloody melee, slamming the gate shut. Trapped Frenchmen die in the courtyard. Hanoverian Jägers hold the wood. Napoleon orders the house burned. The inferno spreads as the army pushes in.* ***Fight for Hougoumont.***