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Battle of Waterloo - 1815

Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Belgium

Battle of Waterloo - 1815

Length10 mi
Elev. Gain698.6 ft
Est. Steps23000

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Created by Didier
Introduction
Battle of Waterloo - 1815 is a 10 mile (23,000-step) route located near Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. This route has an elevation gain of about 698.6 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
This trail brings you back to the battle of Waterloo, also called battle of Mont St Jean if you’re French, or the battle of Belle Alliance if you’re German, which took place in June 1815. Just some numbers: 200,000 soldiers, 35,000 horses, 500 canons were involved in this battle. The trail starts at the parking lot and proceeds eastward to the Papelotte’s farm, passing through the village of Plancenoit were the prussians fought against the French. Proceeding to the last known headquarter from Napoleon. Finishing up by the Goumon’s farm protecting the western front of the battle.
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Battle of Waterloo

Place
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an army consisting of units from Britain, Ireland, the German Legion, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick and Nassau, under the command of the Duke of Wellington, referred to by many authors as the Anglo-allied army, and a Prussian army under the command of Field Marshal Blücher.

Frischermont

Place
Châteaux Frischermont or Fichermont in the Belgian municipality of Lasne is now a ruin (destroyed by fire in and demolished in 1965). At the start of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 it was garrisoned by Dutch soldiers on the eastern most flank of Wellington's defensive line.In 1705 the Châteaux was for a time the headquarters of the Duke of Marlborough.

Decoster's house

Place
Decoster's house was a landmark location during the Battle of Waterloo. It stood on the eastern side of the Waterloo–Genappe main road south of the junction with the minor road to Plancenoit (south La Belle Alliance and north the farm of Rossomme). According to Jean-Baptiste Decoster Napoleon spent the early part of the Battle of Waterloo and around Rossomme and then at about 17:00 moved to a position near Decoster's house where he remained until about 19:00.

Caillou Museum

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The Caillou Museum is housed in the building where Napoleon Bonaparte spent the night and early morning before the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Lion of Waterloo, at Chaussée de Bruxelles (Brussels high-road) 66, 1472 Genappe. Travelling north from Genappe the high-road passes pass over the Waterloo battlefield through Waterloo and on to Brussels.

Gordon Monument

Place
The Gordon Monument is a neoclassical monument to a slain warrior on the battlefield of Waterloo. The person commemorated is Lt Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon (1786–1815).The monument was erected in 1817 by the siblings of the deceased who included a future Prime Minister, Lord Aberdeen.It takes the form of a severed column, or colonne brisée.

Plancenoit

Place
Plancenoit (Walloon: Planchenois) is a Walloon village and section of the municipality of Lasne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The village was a key strategic point during the Battle of Waterloo as it was the main focal point of the Prussians' successful flank attack on Napoleon's army.In June every year, the village plays host to an annual re-enactment of the battle.

La Haye, Lasne

Place
La Haye was a farm, in a hamlet of the same name, in the Belgian municipality of Lasne. It was destroyed by fire in 1910. During the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) the farm was one of the fortified garrisoned points that made up a bulwark on the extreme left (eastern end) of the Duke of Wellington's Anglo-allied line.

Waterloo Elm

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The Waterloo Elm was located just south west of the intersection of the sunken land and the Genappe–Brussels main road. It was the Duke of Wellington's command post for much of the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). The tree was killed by souvenir hunters after the battle. It was felled in 1818 and made into furniture, including a chair, made by Thomas Chippendale, the younger, that was presented to George IV and remains in the British Royal Collection.

Hougoumont

Place
Château d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont) is a large farmhouse situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in Braine-l'Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium. The escarpment is where British and other allied forces faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.Hougoumont, which had become dilapidated, was fully restored in time for the 200th anniversary of the battle and opened to the public on 18 June 2015.

La Belle Alliance

Place
La Belle Alliance is an inn situated a few miles south of Brussels in Belgium, chiefly remembered for its significance in the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815).There are two plaques on the building: one is "In memory of the French Medical Corps who attended the wounded with devotion on 18 June 1815"; and the other commemorates the meeting of the two victorious field marshals at the end of the Battle of Waterloo.
Route Details

Length

10 mi

Elev. Gain

698.6 ft

Est. Steps

23000
Created by
Didier
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