La Haye Sainte
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La Haye Sainte is a walled farmhouse compound at the foot of an escarpment near Waterloo, Belgium, on the N5 road connecting Brussels and Charleroi. It has changed very little since it played a crucia
La Haye Sainte as seen from the road
A panorama of the Waterloo battlefield today, including La Haye Sainte's position.
The Storming of La Haye Sainte, by Richard Knötel.
Plaque embedded in 1847 in honour of the King's German Legion and all those who died in the battle
Hougoumont
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The Château d'Hougoumont is a walled manorial compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud municipality, near Waterloo, Belgium. The site served as o
La Haye Sainte
…the night. In addition, there were few suitable tools to construct defences and Baring's pioneers had been sent to aid the fortification of the nearby Hougoumont farmhouse. This meant that the strengthening of the farm’s defences would have to be largely improvised. The majority of the King's German Legion troops…
View of the Hougoumont farm from the south, showing the restored Game Keeper's Cottage and the gate on that side
The domain in 1815, before the Battle of Waterloo
Fighting at the Hougoumont farm during the Battle of Waterloo. The Defence of Hougoumont by Denis Dighton, 1815.
Nassuvian troops at Hougoumont, mainly soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment