Keep two clocks for the day at Waterloo in 1815: the document and the later story. On 18 June 1815 the day turned on when the Prussian columns reached the field, so the hour of arrival belongs on the card. Stopping at "a one-line victory slogan" answers a thinner question than the linked chapter can support.
On 18 June 1815 the day turned on when the Prussian columns reached the field, so the hour of arrival belongs on the card. The 1815 reading of the day at Waterloo fails when "a one-line victory slogan" replaces that constraint.
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Keep two clocks for the day at Waterloo in 1815: the document and the later story. On 18 June 1815 the day turned on when the Prussian columns reached the field, so the hour of arrival belongs on the card. Write 1815 on the card before any shorter label about the day at Waterloo.
The label to retire, for the day at Waterloo in 1815, is "a one-line victory slogan". It feels final because it is short, and it hides the constraint in the sentence above. On 18 June 1815 the day turned on when the Prussian columns reached the field, so the hour of arrival belongs on the card.
Copy one constraint onto the card before you compare memoirs, menus, seasons, or statutes. On 18 June 1815 the day turned on when the Prussian columns reached the field, so the hour of arrival belongs on the card. That sentence is the job of this note about the day at Waterloo.
Open the linked chapter and see whether it uses the same 1815 clock for the day at Waterloo. On 18 June 1815 the day turned on when the Prussian columns reached the field, so the hour of arrival belongs on the card. If a later telling disagrees, keep both and name the document each one comes from.
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