La Haye was a farm, in a hamlet of the same name, in the Belgian municipality of
Lasne
Lasne (; wa, Lane) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, south east of Brussels.
In 2008, Lasne had a population of 14,043. The total area is 47.22 km² which gives a population density of 297 ...
. It was destroyed by fire in 1910. During the
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium). A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armies of the Sevent ...
(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.
History
Along with La Haye, the eastern bulwark consisted of three other garrisoned and hastily fortified locations: less than to the west was
Papelotte farm which like la Hay was on the northern bank of a shallow valley. About to the east was the hamlet of
Smohain Marache, or historically Smohain, is hamlet of Wallonia in the municipalities of Lasne, district of Plancenoit, and Waterloo, in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
It is located in a defile through which runs the Smohain, a stream that ris ...
. At this point the valley had become a
defile with a boggy stream at the bottom. The fourth location was the now ruined Châteaux
Frischermont
Châteaux Frischermont or Fichermont in the Belgian municipality of Lasne is now a ruin (destroyed by fire in and demolished in 1965).In some sources also Châteaux Frichermont At the start of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 it was garrisoned by Du ...
(then similar to the better known Châteaux
Hougoumont
Château d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont) 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 one of the advanced defens ...
which was located on the Anglo-allies right-hand flank ) which was about to the south-east on a premonitory on other bank of the valley.
The bulwark was held during the day by Anglo-allied soldiers under the command of
Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar. At about 19:30 the vanguard of Prussian I Corps (
Zieten's) linked up with the Anglo-allied army in this area.
See also
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List of Waterloo Battlefield locations
The Waterloo Battlefield is located in the municipalities of Braine-l'Alleud and Lasne and Waterloo, about south of Brussels, and about from the town of Waterloo. The ordering of the places in the list is north to south and west to east.
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Notes
References
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Waterloo Battlefield locations
Buildings and structures in Walloon Brabant
Lasne
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