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WithNapoleondefeatedandexiled,thereluctantDukeofWellington(GeorgeArliss)ispersuadedbyLordCastelreagh(GeraldLawrence)torepresentGreatBritain'sinterestsattheCongressofVienna,wherethevictoriousallieswilldecidethefutureofEurope.Whilethere,hisfriendtheDuchessofRichmond(NormaVarden)introducesthemarriedmantotheprettyLadyFrancesWebster(LesleyWareing),anardentadmirer,atherball.Duringthecourseoftheevening,however,Wellingtonreceivesanurgentmessage:NapoleonhasescapedandhaslandedinFrance.[a]<br/> FrenchKingLouisXVIIIandhisnieceandmosttrustedadviser,Madame,theDuchessd'Angoulême(GladysCooper),arenotalarmedintheleast.Ney(EdmundWillard),formerlyoneofNapoleon'smarshals,volunteerstotake4000pickedmenandcapturehisformerleader.However,heswitchessides.<br/> WithFranceonceagainunderNapoleon'scontrol,bothsidesracetoreassembletheirarmies.NapoleonroutsthePrussiansunderMarshalBlücher(FranklinDyall)beforecomingtogripswithhisoldnemesisWellingtonattheBattleofWaterloo.Atthecrucialpointofthebattle,Blücher'stimelyarrivalturnsthetide,andNapoleonisdefeatedforthefinaltime.<br/> ThealliesoccupyFranceandgatherinParistodividethespoils.Onceagain,CastelreaghsendsWellingtontotrytorestraintheothersfrompunishingFrancetooseverely,inordertoensurealastingpeace.Wellington'staskismademoredifficultbytheoppositionofMadame,whoiscertainhewantstoruleFrancehimself.<br/> WellingtonwarnsLouisthatMadame'sdesiretohavethestillpopularNeyexecutedfortreasonwouldriskanotherrevolution.MadamearrangesforWellington'srecalltoLondon,toansweranewspaperstorythatheiscarryingonanaffairwithLadyFrances.Wellingtonsoondisprovestheclaim,butwhileheisgone,Neyisconvictedandshotbyfiringsquad.TheFrenchpeopleareoutraged.Uponhisreturn,WellingtonforcestheKingtodismisshisadvisers,includingMadame.<br/> BackinLondon,Wellingtonhastodefendhisdecisiontoacceptnoreparationsforhiscountry.
