Trois Burettes

The Trois Burettes Inn was situated at the crossroads of Namur high road and the Old Roman Road, in Belgium.^[1][2] It was a notable location in two battles:

• Battle of Fleurus (1690): Duc de Luxembourg, commanding Louis XIV of a French army soundly defeated Prince Waldeck’s Allied force of comprising mainly Dutch, German, and Spanish troops.^[3] In this battle the right wing of the French army crossed two bridges near the Trois-Burettes.^[4]
• Battle of Ligny (1815): The French Army of the North under Napoleon Bonaparte defeated a Prussian army under the command of Prince Blücher.^[5] At the start of the battle the cross roads was occupied by the Prussian 5th Brigade (Greneral Tippelskirch's).^[6] When the 5th Brigade advanced on Saint-Amand-la-Haye the 7th Brigade (General Brause's) occupy the position.^[7]

Notes

References

• "#97 Gembloux", Kabinetskaart der Oostenrijkse Nederlanden et het Prinsbisdom Luik, Kaart van Ferraris, 1777 
• Lynn, John A. (1999), The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667–1714, Longman, ISBN 0-582-05629-2 
• Müller, Wilhelm (1811), The Elements of the Science of War: Containing the Modern, Established, and Approved Principles of the Theory and Practice of the Military Sciences ... Illustrated by Seventy-five Plates, on Artillery, Fortification, &c. and Remarkable Battles Fought Since the Year 1675, for the Use of Military Schools and Self-instruction ..., Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Company, p. 27 
• "The Trois-Burettes", Napoleon & Empire (in French), retrieved 18 September 2016 
• Siborne, William (1848), The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (4th ed.), Westminster: A. Constable 

Coordinates: 50°32′08″N 4°33′08″E / 50.53559054°N 4.55217022°E / 50.53559054; 4.55217022