Waterloo

HANOVERIAN MONUMENT

This monument was erected in l 818 by some Hanoverian officers in memory of their brothers in arms, the brave defenders of the farm of "La Haie-Sainte''.

It is built of blue stone and presents the appearance of a truncated cone, resting upon a cubical foot.

The four sides of this monument are covered with English and French inscriptions.

On that spot an immense pit was dug which received about 4,000 dead and a great number of horses.

This monument was restored in 1911 and embellished by a pretty surrounding.

Prince George, who became later on King of Hanover, placed in 1847 an iron plate on the gable of "La Haie-Sainte" in memory of the bravery and courage of his compatriots at the fierce [defense] they had to keep in that farm.