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11. From Brussels to Charleroi via Luttre.
Battle Field of Waterloo.
39 M. Ratnway in 1-21/, hrs. (fares 5 fr. 30, 3 fr. 69, 2
line affords a convenient route to the FreLp or WaTEI
single traveller. Those who merely desire a general
should take the train to Braine lV Alleud (12 M., in 25
1 fr. 25, 75 c., return-fares 2 fr. 95, 4 fr. 95, 4 fr whence the Mound
of the Lion is 11/2 M. distant. Omnibus (50 c.; in 20 min.) or steam-tramway
(see below) from Braine PAlleud to the (11/2 M.) Mound of the Lion ar
back (preferable to walking, as the traveller thus escapes the importunit;
of beggars and guides). The inclusive tickets offered by hotel-touts and
others are, on the whole, not recommended. The walk described below,
from Waterloo to Mont St. Jean, La Haye Sainte, La Belle Alliance, Plancenoit,
and back by Hougomont and the Lion Mound to BraineVAlleud, in all 7-8M.,
is, however, far more interesting. If the walk be prolonged from Plance-
noit to the S. to Genappe, the whole distance will be about 12 M. The
steam-tramway from Braine l’Alleud to Wavre, which has stations at Mer-
braine, the Lion Mound, Gordon Monument, Belle-Alliance, and the Prt
sian Monument, aftords opportunities of shortening the walk. There is
a steam-tramway from Waterloo to Mont St. Jean and the Gordon Monu-
ment. — A coach leaves Brussels daily (except Sundays) between 9 and
10 a.m. for Waterloo, allowing 2-3 hrs, to yisit the battlefield, and arrives
again in Brussels about 5 p.m. (drive of 2 hrs.; return-fare 7 fr., gratuity
1 fr.). It starts from the Place Royale and calls at the principa] hotels. —
Brakes leave Cook’s office (44 Rue de la Madeleine) daily during the s yn
at 9.45 a.m. for Waterloo, returning yid the Forest of Soign fare 10 fr.
One-horse carriage from Brussels to Waterloo, 20 fr.; two-horse, 20 fr.
min.; fares { fr. 85,
The train starts from the Gare du Midi at Brussels (p. 89),
and traverses a pleasant country, passing numerous villas. The
stations of Forest (Est), Uccle-Stalle, Uccle-Calevoet, and Linkebeek
are unimportant.
At Uccle is the chateau of Zeecrabbe, belongi
possesses a fine collection of 16th cent. wood-
Delft fayence and a gallery
g to M. van Gelder, who
vings and Italian and
of old paintings (Rembrandt, Frans Hals,
Alb. Cuyp, M. de Key - van Ruysdael, A. Brouwer, Constable, Turner,
Reynolds, early Flemish and S sh masters, etc.). Visitors are ad-
mitted daily, except Sun., on application, 14-42 and 2-4.
About 11/4 M. to the W. of (71/5 M.) Rhode-Saint-Genése is the
village of Alsemberg, with a beautiful Gothic church (14th & 16th
cent.).
_ 10M. Waterloo, celebrated for the great battle of 18th June,
{515, and the headquarters of the Duke of Wellington from 47th
to 19th June. The village lies on the Brussels and Charleroi road,
3/4 M. from the station. The church (restored in 1855) contains
Wellington’s bust, by Geefs, and numerous marble slabs to the
memory of English officers. One tablet is dedicated to the officers
of the Highland regiments, and a few others to Dutch officers.
The garden of a peasant (a few paces to the N. of the church) contains
an absurd monument to the leg of the Marquis of Anglesea (d. 1854), then
Lord Uxbridge, the commander of the British cavalry, who underwent the
amputation immediately after the battle. The monument bears an appro-
priate epitaph, and is shaded by a weeping willow.
Battle Field. A visit to Mont St. Jean, the tyo monuments on
the battlefield, the Lion, and the farms of La Haye Sainte and |
