Frischermont Castle

Frischermont Castle, shortly after the Battle of Waterloo.

Frischermont Castle or Frichermont Castle (French: Châteaux Frischermont) in the Belgian municipality of Lasne is now a ruin,^[1] but at the start of the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 it was not. It belonged to Monsieur Beaulieu,^[2] and it was garrisoned by troops of the 28th Regiment, Orange-Nassau (Regiment Oranje-Nassau No. 28) under the command of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar. It was here at 10:30 that a French patrol drove back Dutch pickets the first fighting of the day took place.^[3]

Notes

1. In some sources also Châteaux Frichermont
2. Glover 2014, p. 165.
3. Staff 2015.

References

• Glover, Gareth (2014), Waterloo: Myth and Reality, Pen and Sword, p. 165–167, ISBN 978-1-78159-356-1
• Staff (2015), Walking the Battlefield of Waterloo, Waterloo 200

Coordinates: 50°40′39″N 4°26′42″E / 50.67763°N 4.44490°E