• La Haye Sainte (named either after Jesus' crown of thorns or a nearby bramble hedge) is a walled farmhouse compound at the foot of an escarpment near Waterloo, Belgium...
  • La Haye Sainte is an Endless map in Guts & Blackpowder . France and Britain are available in this map. La Haye Sainte is a slightly run-down farmhouse compound...
  • On the night of 17 June, the 2nd Kings German Legion Brigade, commanded by Colonel Ompteda, was ordered to garrison the farmstead of La Haye Sainte.
  • Along with this artillery fire a multitude of French tirailleurs occupied the dominant positions behind La Haye Sainte and poured an effective fire into the squares.
  • ...captured, the Prince of Orange ordered the men of the 5th and 8th Line Battalions K.G.L. to form line and to advance to drive the French away from La Haye Sainte.
  • The picture below of La Haye Sainte is a sketch by J M W Turner, giving a nice sense of the relief, but little more. A similar view can be seen below
  • Before the battle started La Haye Sainte was hastily fortified and garrisoned by the 2nd Light Battalion King's German Legion commanded by Major Baring.
  • Originally built before 1536, although much rebuilt in the 1700’s, La Haye Sainte was ideal for defence.
  • La Haye Sainte is a walled farmhouse compound at the foot of an escarpment on the Charleroi-Brussels road in Belgium.