Town prepares to face Waterloo

Site of famous battle hopes to cash in on 200th anniversary

The little Belgian town of Waterloo is feverishly preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of one of history's greatest battles, hoping it can reclaim its name from a London railway station and an ABBA song.

Two centuries after it became famous as the place where "Napoleon did surrender," the former farming village has become a sleepy suburb 25 kilometers south of the capital Brussels, with a population of 30,000.