Which preposition to use with waterloo

on Occurrences 5%

We, on the contrarythat is to say, Philip and his two guestswere taken to a furnished house over-looking the Marmorathe house, as it presently appeared, from the pictures of Waterloo on the walls and the English novels in a bookcase up-stairs, lately occupied by the British consular agent.

in Occurrences 4%

While the friction in the ranks of industrial women workers was still far from being adjusted, the government met its Waterloo in the contest with medical women.

for Occurrences 4%

At Waterloo for the first time the two greatest commanders of the age met face to face.

to Occurrences 4%

We were travelling on our way to Bath, and as we approached a tunnel not far from our destination, Gully pointed out a particular spot "where," said he, "I won my first fight;" and so proud was he of the recollection that he might have been in a picture like that of Wellington pointing out the Field of Waterloo to a young lady.

via Occurrences 4%

=How to get there.=Train from Waterloo via Southampton.

at Occurrences 3%

You are her brother-in-law now, and, next to me, you are her natural protector, taking into account that her future husband is a cad and doesn't score.' 'Meet me at Waterloo at ten minutes to seven to-morrow morning, and we'll go down to Cowes together.

of Occurrences 2%

For three days this battle, the Waterloo of the war, raged.

into Occurrences 2%

From this function of the mail, arises naturally the introduction of Waterloo into the fourth variation of the Fogue; for the mail itself having been carried into the dreams by the incident in the Vision, naturally all the accessory circumstances of pomp and grandeur investing this national carriage followed in the train of the principal image.

without Occurrences 1%

It is impossible to read any extended account of the Battle of Waterloo without seeing that it was a desperate business on the part of the Allies, and that, if the Prussians could have been kept out of the action, their English friends would have had an excellent chance to keep the fieldas the killed and wounded.

as Occurrences 1%

Any aggrandizement the nineteenth century may have can not boast of Waterloo as its fountainhead; for only barbarous nations grow suddenly after a victoryit is the transient vanity of torrents swollen by a storm.

by Occurrences 1%

Wellington won the Battle of Waterloo by heroically standing still; and every hour of that adventurous waiting was heaping up significance for the moment when at length he should cry, "Up, Guards, and at them !"

during Occurrences 1%

If their houses and chapel had been on the plains of Waterloo during the June of 1815 they would not have experienced a better fate.

from Occurrences 1%

In this event, which bears the stamp of superhuman necessity, men play but a small part; but if we take Waterloo from Wellington and Blücher, does that deprive England and Germany of anything?

than Occurrences 1%

Although designated by Napoleon 'a day of false manoeuvres,' in reality there was less display of military tactics at Waterloo than in any general action we have on record.

with Occurrences 1%

He held a conquering course through the encounter with three eggs, but met his Waterloo with a regular Blücher belonging to the baby.

against Occurrences 1%

It was like the dash of the French at Waterloo against the immovable columns of the English.

Which preposition to use with  waterloo