词条 | La Haye, Lasne |
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La Haye was a farm, in a hamlet of the same name, in the Belgian municipality of Lasne.{{efn|In some sources the farm name is spelt La Haie.{{sfn|Summerville|2014|p=418}} }} It was destroyed by fire in 1910.{{sfn|Mason|2015|p=49}} 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. HistoryAlong with La Haye, the eastern bulwark consisted of three other garrisoned and hastily fortified locations: less than {{convert|150|m|yards}} to the west was Papelotte farm which like la Hay was on the northern bank of a shallow valley. About {{convert|430|m|yards}} to the east was the hamlet of Smohain. 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 (then similar to the better known Châteaux Hougoumont which was located on the Anglo-allies right-hand flank ) which was about {{convert|700|m|yards}} to the south-east on a premonitory on other bank of the valley.{{sfn|Weller|2010|p=134}} The bulwark was held during the day by Anglo-allied soldiers under the command of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar.{{sfn|Weller|2010|p=134–135}} At about 19:30 the vanguard of Prussian I Corps (Zieten's) linked up with the Anglo-allied army in this area.{{sfn|Summerville|2014|p=418}} See also
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