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Positions men take up in Waterloo and Austerlitz? (6,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

battle stations

'positions men take up' is the definition.
(positions taken by soldiers)

'waterloo and austerlitz?' is the wordplay.
'waterloo' becomes 'stations' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'austerlitz?' becomes 'battle' (austerlitz is a kind of battle).
'stations' after 'battle' is 'BATTLE STATIONS'.

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for battle stations that I've seen is " Positions taken by soldiers".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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