| KoppiBlogger | 18 Jun 2017 2:22 a.m. PST |
Today I want to show you pictures of Le Caillou, Napoleons Headquarter at Waterloo. I visited the Location two weeks ago.
Have fun with the pictures.
Report in german and english. link
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| grecian1959 | 18 Jun 2017 2:41 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the report and pictures
I'm following your blog with interest |
Old Glory  | 18 Jun 2017 7:09 a.m. PST |
Enjoyed that -- thank you. Regards
Russ Dunaway |
| DeRuyter | 19 Jun 2017 9:59 a.m. PST |
Nice report. Didn't get to Le Caillou in 2015. Looks like they did a great job updating the museum and exhibits since I was last there in the 90s. |
 deadhead  | 20 Jun 2017 4:01 a.m. PST |
If you are not driving, it is very hard to get to. Quite a walk from the field and no public transport (well I have not been to Mt St J for three years now…so maybe…) Le Caillou was burnt by the Prussians, despite housing many wounded and images show it gutted…..and much less imposing than the modern building. Very interesting to how it has been updated though. thanks |
| von Winterfeldt | 21 Jun 2017 1:50 a.m. PST |
it is amazing how much it changed during the last year, I remember a re – enctment where we had our camp in the garden of Le Caillou. @Deadhead Can you tell me more about the buring, this is quite news to me, a pointer to sources or a quote?? |
| Marcel1809 | 21 Jun 2017 5:27 a.m. PST |
The farm was indeed burnt by the Prussians in the night of 18/19 june, causing substantial damage, it was then transformed into a pub (estaminet) and saw some extensive restoration in the 1880's. In the excellent series "Waterloo 1815" les Carnets de la campagne" there is seperate volume – nr 10 dedicated to Le caillou. This has info on the building before , during and after the battle, can't give any more exact quoes as this volume is presently missing from my library |
| deadhead | 21 Jun 2017 11:17 a.m. PST |
Now that is fascinating. I do have a contemporary image in a book, somewhere, of the ruin (I thought Adkin, but no). It was much smaller than the building we see now and the picture is detailed, so probably from life. Those Carnets de Campagne are superb. If my French was better than schoolboy ordering three beers I would buy the lot…if only for the illustrations (mind you, in that case…why not buy anyway?) |
| von Winterfeldt | 21 Jun 2017 12:11 p.m. PST |
Yes I must get my missing numbers of the Carnets, thanks for the information |
| deadhead | 21 Jun 2017 2:22 p.m. PST |
Sorry not better images. Thye do suggest it was bigger than I had thought back then. Somewhere, in a book, there is a better copy of the second one. 1816 both I gather;
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| von Winterfeldt | 22 Jun 2017 4:24 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 22 Jun 2017 12:57 p.m. PST |
Do not be discouraged. I went many years ago and enjoyed it…but do just quietly raise one eyebrow about the provenance of what is on display, following his stay there. Remarkable that his breakfast tablecloth was still on show ten years ago, despite a fire that destroyed the building. |
| John Miller | 23 Jun 2017 2:05 p.m. PST |
Koppiblogger; My chances of visiting these kinds of places gets slimmer and slimmer with time and even if I could ever get across the pond there are so many places of Napoleonic interest to me I could never manage to see most of them. For that reason I appreciate very much the above photos you posted. Thanks, John Miller |
| deadhead | 24 Jun 2017 9:42 a.m. PST |
Do it while you can. Go out of season, it is quieter and far cheaper. The dollar exchange rate against Euro and pound will only get better and better with time. Money? You can't take it with you…..spend it |
| John Miller | 24 Jun 2017 3:00 p.m. PST |
deadhead: Good advice to be sure!!! If I ever get the chance I will consult you on things Napoleonic not miss while I am over there. By the way, always enjoy reading your comments!!! John Miller |
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