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mention of
Hougoumont is
found on the 1777 map of the
Austrian Netherlands created by
Comte Joseph de Ferraris,
marked as "Château
Hougoumont". This is...
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Hougoumont is a
fortified farm that was held by Wellington's army in the
Battle of Waterloo.
Hougoumont, Hougomont, or
variation may also
refer to: Hougoumont...
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support Hougoumont, and
later stated that "the
success of the
battle turned upon
closing the
gates at
Hougoumont". The
struggle for
Hougoumont became the...
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Hougoumont was the last
convict ship to
transport convicts to Australia. A three-masted full-rigged ship of the type
commonly known as a
Blackwall Frigate...
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Coldstream Guards, he was
commended for his
gallantry during the
defence of
Hougoumont, at Waterloo.
Graham saved the life of an officer, and his own brother...
- on the
ridge just
behind Hougoumont.
Their light companies,
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
James Macdonnell, held
Hougoumont Farm
throughout the battle...
- Netherlands, now in Belgium). It
commenced with a
diversionary attack on
Hougoumont by a
division of
French soldiers.
After a
barrage of 80 cannons, the first...
- Reille. At Waterloo, Jérôme's
division was to make an
initial attack on
Hougoumont. It is said that
Napoleon wished to draw in the Duke of Wellington's reserves...
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penal colony in
Western Australia. They were
taken on the
convict ship
Hougoumont to Fremantle,
Western Australia,
arriving 9
January 1868. In 1869, pardons...
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between two
sable wolves,
symbolising both
strength and slyness. The
Castle Hougoumont located in Braine-l'Alleud was
property of this
Spanish family from mid-17th...
