- At 19:00, thanks to the French garrison in La Haye Sainte, the Imperial Guard was able to climb the escarpment and attack the Allies on the Brussels side of the ridge.
- La Haye Sainte is a slightly run-down farmhouse compound with constant heavy rain. A French flag is raised on one part of the building.
- 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.
- La Haye Sainte is a walled farmhouse compound at the foot of an escarpment on the Charleroi-Brussels road in Belgium.
- 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
- La Haye Sainte is a walled farmhouse compound at the foot of an escarpment on the Charleroi-Brussels road in Belgium.
- Originally built before 1536, although much rebuilt in the 1700’s, La Haye Sainte was ideal for defence.
