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April-May 2012
Some good news from the Waterloo battlefield (April-May 2012)
March 2012
The stele to the 27th (Inniskilling)
Regiment of Foot has been restored by M. Lucien Cécille and his team of the
Waterloo Committee. Congratulations for this great job !
December 2011
Many pages on the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) are now available in English
November 2011
We just had the time to rejoice about the restauration of the Picton monument,
only a few days later, the Inniskillings monument was again knocked over.
Since the road was closed and forbidden to the traffic, one can imagine that the
company working there is responsible. But will they repair the damage ?
http://napoleon-monuments.eu/Napoleon1er/1815MontUK_EN.htm#27Foot
Dear Friends,
I must again share with you some sad new about Napoleonic monuments. There have been again some acts of vandalism and theft on the Waterloo battlefield and at Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Waterloo
On the Waterloo battlefield, the small monument to general Picton, indicating (more or less) the place where he was killed, has been knocked over some weeks ago.
http://napoleon-monuments.eu/MONUMENTSENPERIL/Waterloo.htm#Picton
Nothing has been done yet to redress the monument. If you know some British association who could do the job, please inform them.
It would be necessary to fasten the monument more solidly in order to avoid this happening again.
When it was first installed, it was at a safer place. Why then has it been moved?
Just about 100 metres to the south, the eagle on the monument of the Association Franco-Européenne de Waterloo/Fondation Napoléon to the 8th Infantry regiment (Durutte division), has been stolen. Already last year, someone tried to steal the glorious bird, but only succeeded in bending its leg. This time, they succeeded.
http://napoleon-monuments.eu/MONUMENTSENPERIL/Waterloo.htm
http://napoleon-monuments.eu/Napoleon1er/1815AFEW.htm#8Li
Wimereux
At Wimereux, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, the medallion with the Legion of Honour to the right of the road leading to the place where Napoleon stood when distributing the first stars of the Légion d'honneur, in the valley of Terlincthum (not far from the WWI cemetery) , has also been stolen.
http://napoleon-monuments.eu/MONUMENTSENPERIL/62PasdeCalais.htm
You will find more picture and explanations if you follow the links.
Kind regards.
Dominique Timmermans