The Battle of Waterloo (Hougoumont Monument) - Waterloo, Belgium - Specific Wars Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, combined with a Prussian army under the command of Prince Blücher. Two large forces under Wellington and Blücher assembled close to the north-eastern border of France. Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before they could join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the coalition. Waterloo was the decisive engagement of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last. The defeat at Waterloo ended Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French, and marked the end of his Hundred Days return from exile.

Waterloo cost Wellington around 15,000 dead or wounded and Blücher some 7,000 (810 of which were suffered by just one unit: the 18th Regiment, which served in Bülow's 15th Brigade, had fought at both Frichermont and Plancenoit, and won 33 Iron Crosses). Napoleon's losses were 24,000 to 26,000 killed or wounded and included 6,000 to 7,000 captured with an additional 15,000 deserting subsequent to the battle and over the following days.

In 1820, the Netherlands' King William I ordered the construction of a monument. The Lion Mound (visit link) , a giant mound, was constructed here using 300,000 cubic metres. Apart from the Lion Mound, there are several other monuments throughout the battlefield.

Aux Soldats français morts à Hougoumont
Le monument aux français morts au Goumont, dans le verger de la propriété, a été élevé en 1912 à l'initiative d'Hector Fleischmann (frère de Théo Fleischmann), par la société d'études historique Les Amis de Waterloo.

Le monument, inauguré le 22 juin 1913, a été restauré en 1953 par la Société Belge d'Etudes Napoléoniennes, en 1986-87 par l'ACMN et en 2001 par A. Arcq et Ph. Delpierre des Amis de Ligny.

War: Napoleonic Wars Is it permanently accessible to the public?: yes Is it necessary to pay a fee to gain access to the place?: no Year of the memorial or monument: Not listed

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