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Hougoumont

This map was created a long time ago. This is not part of the French Revolutionary Wars, but the Napoleonic Wars or the "100 Days".

Battle of Hougoumont
18 June 1815
Hougoumont Farm, Waterloo, Netherlands(Belgium)

First French Empire
VS
United Kingdom

Commanders and Leaders:
France:
Napoleon Bonaparte

UK:
Arthur Wellesley(Duke of Wellington)
Lord Saltoun
Henry Wyndham
John Byng

Wikipedia:
The Defence of Hougoumont

In June 1815 the chateau became an epicenter of fighting in the Battle of Waterloo as it was one of the first places where British and other allied forces faced Napoleon's Army.

June 1815

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.

Before the battle started, Hougoumont and its gardens, located on the allies' right flank, were garrisoned and fortified by the 1st Battalion, 2nd Nassau Regiment, with additional detachments of jägers and landwehr from von Kielmansegge's 1st (Hanoverian) Brigade. The light company of the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards under the command of Lt-Colonel Henry Wyndham, was also stationed in the farm and chateaux, and the light company of the 2nd Battalion, Third Guards, under Lt-Colonel Charles Dashwood in the garden and grounds. The two light companies of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, First Guards were initially positioned in the orchard, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Saltoun. Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell, Coldstream Guards, had overall command of Hougoumont.