Saint-Amand, Fleurus

Saint-Amand (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿amɑ̃]; Walloon: Sint-Amand) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Fleurus, located in the Arrondissement of Charleroi, province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Saint-Amand was the scene of fierce fighting between the French and Prussian armies during the Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815.

The French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo two days later effectively ended the war.

Captain H. de Mauduit of the French Old Guard wrote of the battle on the 16th, At Ligny, more than 4,000 dead soldiers were piled on an area less in measurement than the Tuileries garden, some 300 or 400 yards square ...

La Ferme de la Haye, à Saint-Amand still exists and on its wall next to the road is a plaque to the French General Jean-Baptiste Girard who was mortally wounded defending Saint-Amand against a Prussian counter-attack.