Perfection: Not A Perfect Question...

[sandyRoe]

The Prussians fought with Wellington at Waterloo. True or false?

[andy-hughes]

True and false.

The sentence can mean they fought on the same side as Wellington, or that they fought on the opposite side - depending how you choose to read it.

[redman41]

''The Prussians fought with Wellington at Waterloo''
Don't think it's true
''The Prussians fought IN Wellingtons at Waterloo'' :-))

[2sp_]

Or

They missed the "s" off the end of wellington and mean that they were all chuking wellies at each other.

[Davethedog]

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo

[emmie]

phrased badly. fought with, did they have a duel