Frischermont

Châteaux Frischermont or Fichermont in the Belgian municipality of Lasne is now a ruin (destroyed by fire in [when?]

[1][2] At the start of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 it was garrisoned by Dutch soldiers on the easternmost flank of Wellington's defensive line.

[3] While at Frischermont Marlborough wrote that the escarpment of Mont-Saint-Jean would be a good place to defend Brussels if it was attacked from the south.

[4] At the start of the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 it belonged to Monsieur Beaulieu,[5] and it was garrisoned by troops of the 28th Regiment, Orange-Nassau (Regiment Oranje-Nassau No.

It was here at 10:30 that as a French patrol drove back Dutch pickets the first fighting of the day took place.