Above: The North Gate at Hougoumont Farm is seen being besieged by French soldiers Napoleon marched his 72,000 troops to a village called Waterloo, south of Brussels. There, Wellington's 68,000 ...

Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall visiting the Battlefield and The Lion Mound and Hougoumont Farm Credit: Photo: Eddie Mulholland/The Telegraph . It was a reunion that had taken 200 years.

The archaeologists, led by Prof Tony Pollard of Glasgow University, will begin the most comprehensive excavation carried out so far of the farm at Hougoumont and the wider battlefield.

As Britain looks to commemorate 200 years since the war between Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington tomorrow, this painting of Hougoumont Farm displays the pivotal moment Britain won the conflict.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrive in Waterloo for the inauguration of the ‘Ferme d’Hougoumont’ (The Hougoumont farm) memorial site, a part of the commemorations of the bicentenary ...