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

1. Kaart van Ferraris 1777.
2. Napoleon & Empire.
3. Lynn 1999, p. 207.
4. Müller 1811, p. 27.
5. Siborne 1848, p. 199–258.
6. Siborne 1848, p. 203.
7. Siborne 1848, p. 229.

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