Despite the famous fights around Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, Papelotte and Planchenoit, Waterloo is best known as an open battle, fought over fields and without extensive woodland, rivers or towns.
And yet beyond those I've already covered, there are a number of other buildings worthy of mention.
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Layout of buildings on east edge of battlefield
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La Haye Farm - a photograph from 1910, ruined after a fire. Not to be confused with La Haie Sainte
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Prussians meet Nassau allies in the village of Smohain - in fact, they opened fire on them.
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| I'm intrigued by this buildings and can find no evidence for which ones it is. My instinct says Valette's cottage |
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| Again, I'm uncertain which building this is. Possibly Papelotte? |
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| No doubt about this one! |
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| Le Caillou |
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| Wellington's Elm |
| Fichermont before its demolition in 1859 |
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| View towards Braine |
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| Village of Waterloo - many of the houses are thatched. I have a theory that the reason why the roof of the Great Barn at Hougoumont burnt so easily was because it too was thatched. |
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| Le Caillou - the building to south where Napoleon spent the night. |
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| A good model by Jens Najewitz |
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| The observatory |
The 19th century re-build of the chateau of Fichermont. The Gothic castellations weren't there in 1815
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