Wilm's photos with the keyword: battle

Waterloo

15 Mar 2020 12 1 281
The Lion's Mound is a large conical artificial hill located in the municipality of Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium. King William I of the Netherlands ordered its construction in 1820, and it was completed in 1826. It commemorates the location on the battlefield of Waterloo. (Wikipedia) (The round white building is the Panorama, part of the museum.)

Hougoumont Chessnut trees

02 Mar 2020 21 4 497
These chestnuts witnessed the battle of Waterloo almost 205 years ago. Go there! The museum is fantastic. 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. The 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 the United Kingdom, 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. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. (Wikipedia)