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	The Hougoumont farm at Waterloo. Chateau d'Hougoumont.
		Hougoumont, originally called Gomont or Goumont, was a Chateau and farm lying about 5 km south of the village of Waterloo and 18 km south of Brussels.
		Hougoumont nearly fell when a determined attack by Sous-Lieutenant Legros (nicknamed 'L'enfonceur' or 'The Smasher'), wielding a huge axe, managed to break through the North gate.
		The defense of Hougoumont was done by the British Guards and waggon train troops The main building, tower, coach shed, cow shed, east stable and east gate into the walled garden were destroyed during the battle, and the wooded area has been almost completely eliminated.
	www.trabel.com /waterloo/waterloo-hougoumont.htm (352 words)

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		Hougoumont was on the extreme right of the British line, and approximately halfway between the opposing armies.
		The fact that Hougoumont remained in British hands helped to defeat the cavalry attacks as they were able to fire into their flanks.
		The events at Hougoumont are amongst the greatest achievements of the Regiment and Sergeant Graham’s bravery is still commemorated to this day by the ceremony of Hanging the Brick which is carried out by the Sergeants’ Mess every December, where ever they are serving.
	www.shinycapstar.com /waterloo.htm (974 words)

	Hougoumont (farmhouse) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		View on the Hougoumont farm from the north
		Château d'Hougoumont is a large farmhouse situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road.
		Napoleon planned to draw Wellington's reserve to Wellington's right flank in defence of Hougoumont and then attack through the centre left of the British and allies' front near La Haye Sainte.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hougoumont_(farmhouse) (425 words)

	The Defense of Hougoumont
		The importance of the walled farm of Hougoumont, lying in front of the western end of the Allied lines was emphasised by the elite troops that Wellington assigned to its defence - just in time to prevent the French occupying it on the night before the battle.
		The château and its chapel in the centre of the Hougoumont complex, and the Great Barn on the west side, were soon on fire.
		Was this romanticism to compensate for the carnage?
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/battles/c_hougoumont.html (2818 words)

	Waterloo: A Visit To The Field - France And The Netherlands
		Hougoumont, with its chateau and wall, in some sense was like a fortress.
		Hougoumont lay far off in front of his center, and had that morning a small garrison.
		Hougoumont we realize to have been worthy of the prodigious struggle the French made to capture it.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles13/travel-103.shtml (2328 words)

	THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO THE GUARDS
		The buildings and gardens of Hougoumont, which lay immediately under the height on which stood the British Guards, were principally manned by detachments from Byng's brigade, aided by some brave Hanoverian riflemen and accompanied by a battalion of a Nassau regiment.
		At Waterloo the light companies of both brigades were posted in the wood and gardens of Hougoumont, where they were reinforced at midday by four more companies of the Coldstreamers, while the brigades themselves were on the ridge of the position to the rear, on the extreme right of the line.
		Being now prepared for the day's encounter, I went to the farm yard of Hougoumont for straw to sit upon, the ground being very wet; I entered the gates facing the wood into the farm yard, and on my left was a building in which was a quantity of dry straw.
	www.historikorders.com /theguards.htm (4804 words)

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		Hougoumont bucks this conventional wisdom, and short of re-enacting is the closest any of us are ever likely to come to being Richard Sharpe.
		Victory is dependent on control of different areas of the chateau and its grounds, as well as the number of troops each side commits to the fighting (if you achieve your objectives but have siphoned off too many men from the surrounding formations you may at best achieve a tactical victory).
		The British are largely invulnerable to fire combat behind Hougoumont's fortified walls, so the French must win by forcing a breach in one or more gates with overwhelming force, preferably simultaneously.
	grognard.com /reviews1/hougoumont.txt (1361 words)

	Book 29, Battle of Waterloo
		The posts of Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte were occupied by the light troops of the respective divisions in their rear.
		The chateau of Hougoumont, with its enclosures, wood, and orchard, form a large quadrangle, divided into four nearly equal parts by two hedge-rows, which intersect it at right angles from the centre of its sides.
		The last effort of the enemy’s cavalry against the centre was made by the heavy cavalry of the imperial guard; but the most distinguished courage in the French officers, who daringly exposed their persons to draw on the fire of the English infantry before their regiments approached near the squares, could not prevail.
	www.napoleonic-literature.com /Book_29/008-Waterloo.htm (4347 words)

	Waterloo BIAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		One theory put forward for the collapse of the southern wall is that during the two years when Hougoumont was unoccupied, several large foundation stones supporting the wall were stolen.
		After years of farming and tourist interest, the farmhouse and remains of Chateau Hougoumont now lie empty, with some early structural damage and a plethora of evocative memorials to the courageous defenders and assailants of this walled farm on June 18th 1815.
		Hougoumont has been bought by the Battlefield 1815 Committee, and will be an integral part of the restored area around the Lion Mound.
	cooperman.bizland.com /bial.htm (6166 words)

	Battle of Waterloo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although the defence of Hougoumont had a significant bearing on the outcome of the battle overall, it truly was a battle within a battle.
		Hougoumont was successfully defended for the entire duration of the battle, mainly by the British Guards under the command of Lieutenant Colonel James Macdonnell (Coldstream Guards).
		Another famous incident during the battle for Hougoumont involved Private Joseph Brewer of the Royal Waggon Train, who drove his ammunition tumbril hell for leather through an area of the battlefield swept by shot and shell and straight through the open North Gate to bring much needed ammunition to the garrison.
	waterloobattletours.users.btopenworld.com /page15.html (775 words)

	Battle of Waterloo - Hougoumont (1815)
		The French started the battle with an attack on the farm designed to draw British reserves away from the center, where the main French attack was planned.
		Meanwhile the French had gained a foothold in the guard where the battle was being fought with the cold steel of the bayonet.
		The terrain was flat and open except for the walled compound of the Hougoumont farmhouse.
	www.juniorgeneral.org /waterloo/waterloo.html (2009 words)

	Waterloo Tour: In and around Hougoumont
		A bitter struggle was fought for the possession of this farm.
		The attack on Hougoumont was meant to be a diversion but the general in charge, Jérome Bonaparte didn't understand this and kept large parts of II Corps occupied while they were urgently needed elsewhere.
		General Bauduin was a Brigade commander in II Corps who died at Hougoumont.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/virtual/tour/c_goumont.html (152 words)

	Casualties
		The narrative states that: the capture of Hougoumont was important to Napoleon; and that Napoleon himself directed a charge of the Imperial Guard against Hougoumont.
		Of course, there were many other factors that contributed to the defeat of the French; however, the debacle of Hougoumont was probably paramount because it was major and it occurred at the outset of the battle, thereby having an effect on everything that occurred thereafter.
		All the trees in the wood of Hougoumont were pierced with balls, and, in some instances, upwards of twenty had lodged in a single trunk.
	www.napoleonic-literature.com /WE/ViewofWaterloo.html (1840 words)

	Edward Cotton
		He was buried in the gardens of Hougoumont (*), and rested there until the 18 August 1890 when he was disinterred for reburial at Evere Cemetery in the north-east suburbs of Brussels.
		Hougoumont was on the right flank of Wellington's position during the battle of Waterloo and was hotly contested during that fateful day, with many French casualties being incurred in attempts to take it.
		In my opinion, the gardens at Hougoumont would be a far more fitting resting place for Edward COTTON than the Evere Cemetery in Brussels, some 12 miles north of Waterloo.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/gordonchilds/cotton.htm (785 words)

	Waterloo
		Scores of skirmishers flooded the orchards and prepared to attack Hougoumont, which had its garrison reduced to 2 companies from the 2nd Nassau Regiment due to the Guards moving out to assist with holding the line.
		With this prospect occupying the commander's minds, the garrison at Hougoumont was not reinforced after falling to 25 men.
		Hougoumont was now empty and no clear path to re-enter the chateauafter the great defence put forward, the French could now just walk in and claim their prize.
	www.wargame.ch /wc/nwc/newsletter/March2002/Newsletter18/Waterloo.html (2357 words)

	Keith Rocco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was here that the French army - driven by it’s institutional memory grounded in victories which saw Napoleonic soldiers defeat other armies while carrying such celebrated defensive positions as the Abbey of Elchingen and the Castle of Ebelsberg--met a foe of a more determined mettle.
		Time and again, French attacks swept forward in vain attempts to capture Hougoumont which, if successful, would have opened ‘the covered way’ into the heart of Wellington’s position.
		Hence, with the closing of The Great Gate of Hougoumont did the Duke of Wellington claim the reason why he won the last Napoleonic battle.
	www.keithrocco.com /Home/Napoleonic_Prints_1/The_Great_Gate_of_Hougoumont/the_great_gate_of_hougoumont.htm (219 words)

	John Grimshaw, Coldstream Guards
		In the west, on the left and the most isolated, was Hougoumont which was out of sight from the crossroads and almost due west of Napoleon's headquarters at La Belle Alliance on the Brussels road.
		Hougoumont had to be held at all costs for if it fell, the whole line could be rolled up and the British troops outflanked.
		Hougoumont was not the kind of place where the formal movements of infantry training could be employed.
	www.grimshaworigin.org /WebPages/JohnGard.htm (11176 words)

	The Prussians and Wellington - by Peter Hofschroer. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		All three Wellington's strongpoints at Waterloo (Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte and Papelotte) were defended by German troops.
		Hougoumont was defended by various troops including battalion of 2nd Nassau under Mjr.
		Drawing on previously unpublished accounts, Hofschrer gives not only the Prussian perspective of their march to Waterloo and decisive attack on Napoleons flank, but also details of the actions fought by some of the 25,000 Germans in Wellingtons British armymore than a third of the Dukes force.
	web2.airmail.net /napoleon/Waterloo_myths_2.html (1867 words)

	Imperial Glory Designer Diary #2 - Re-creating Waterloo - PC News at GameSpot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The objective of the Allied army was to exploit the advantage of its easily defensible position to resist the French offensive for as long as possible and give von Blücher time to come to their aid.
		Hougoumont and La Haye-Sainte are two vital points to rely on, as the Allies' best chance of resisting the French offensive lies in the protection offered by their walls.
		In addition, the defensive positions of Hougoumont and La Haye-Sainte represent an important advantage, as even in the face of an enemy with a much larger force, a mere few men may put up fierce resistance and thus weaken the French army.
	www.gamespot.com /pc/strategy/imperialglory/news.html?sid=6123580 (1381 words)

	waterloo
		On his left were the farms of Papelotte and La Haye, in his centre was the farm of La Haye Sainte and anchoring his right flank was the chateau and farm at Hougoumont.
		Wellington had placed Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonell in charge at Hougoumont, with the words, "defend the post to the last extremity".
		The Old Guard were to advance between La Haye Sainte and Hougoumont against the Allied centre.
	www.battlefield-site.co.uk /waterloo.htm (1646 words)

	Amazon.ca: Hougoumont: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although the fighting around Hougoumont Chateau on 18 June 1815 had a major impact upon the on-going Battle of Waterloo, it usually receives only cursory attention in most accounts of that famous battle.
		The wider issue of the impact of the struggle for Hougoumont on the outcome at Waterloo is addressed obliquely and with some exaggeration.
		Napoleon conceived of the attack on Hougoumont as a diversion that he hoped would divert at least British attention, if not reserves, away from his main effort in the center.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0850527163 (915 words)

	Hougoumont; Author: Paget, Julian; Hardback; Book
		The successful defense of the fortified farmhouse of Hougoumont by Britain's Brigade of Guards might be described as the Little Round Top of the battle of Waterloo.
		Hougoumont lay opposite the elite French light infantry divisioncommanded by Jerome Bonaparte.
		Jerome's forces had been driven from Westphalia with relative ease by Napoleon's enemies and he was eager to regain his brother's confidence.The defense of Hougoumont became one of the British army's most famous actions, and this account covers in detail the units involved.
	www.netstoreusa.com /hjbooks/085/0850527163.shtml (245 words)

	The Battle of Waterloo La Haye Sante Farm
		At 11am the French bombardment of Hougoumont Farm, on the extreme right of the Allied line, began the battle.
		The British artillery on the ridge behind the farm replied, cannonading the French infantry massed for the attack on the far side of the valley.
		At midday Prince Jerome ordered the assault on Hougoumont and the French infantry columns of his division moved forward to begin the day long struggle around the farm buildings.
	www.britishbattles.com /waterloo/waterloo-army-positions.htm (1491 words)

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		A second assault against Hougoumont means Campi's brigade is hors de combat, but Byng's men start to suffer.
		Far away to the east, the rest of Buelow's corps appears, and the vanguard of the infantry is marching through Chapelle St Lambert, with the church spire of Lasne coming in sight.
		Reille is now attacking Maitland's troops behind Hougoumont and handling them severely while his cuirassiers are boldly charging Halkett's brigade near Braine L'Alleud and forcing it to retire towards Merbe Braine.
	grognard.com /reviews1/belle.txt (2806 words)

	The Battle of Waterloo 18th June 1815
		During the rest of the day Hougoumont was subjected to a sustained attack by Jerome’s troops with assistance from a further division.
		By the end of the battle the chateau had been set ablaze by howitzer fire and the buildings were heaped with British casualties.
		Annually the Coldstream Guards celebrate the defence of Hougoumont with the ceremony of the hanging of the brick.
	www.britishbattles.com /waterloo/waterloo-june-1815.htm (3479 words)

	Battle Photographs
		Hougoumont is still in allied control, but is fast becoming more isolated.
		But is not too bleak for the allies, in the center between La Belle Alliance and Hougoumont, the French had deployed the Guard Light Cavalry division.
		Milhaud's cavalry has restored the situation for the French in the center after the British heavy cavalry charge of the early afternoon, and both the 'Blues' and Dragoon Guards have lost standards to the Cuirassiers.
	home.att.net /~npmarsh/battlephotos.htm (1986 words)

	Simply Australia reviews
		Denis Cashman was one of the Fenians — members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood — transported to the Swan River aboard the Hougoumont in 1867.
		The best-known member of this group of over sixty men is John Boyle O'Reilly, whose sensational escape and subsequent literary career have made him into something of a latter-day hero.
		Cashman —a Waterford man - and many of the other Fenians aboard the Hougoumont had been involved in one of the many Irish plots against the English oppression of their land.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/21950/20050427/simplyaustralia.net/issue8/review8-4.html (756 words)

	Coldstream History
		Wellington identified the Chateau, or farm complex, of Hougoumont, in the right center of his defensive line, as one of three key points for breaking up French attacks.
		At one desperate moment, a small French detachment succeeding in entering the courtyard but were repulsed by a party of 2nd and 3rd Guardsmen, led by Lieutenant Colonel Macdonnell and including Sergeant Graham, who succeeded in closing and holding the courtyard gates shut against further assaults.
		The troops in Hougoumont acted as a thorn in the side of Napolean's left flank throughout the day by causing delay and diversion of forces.
	www.reenact.com /coldstream_history.htm (3754 words)

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