1) The top level court of justice has confirmed, at my demand, that the parking around la Belle Alliance is illegal. The owner of the dance hall has to remove it within 10 months. 2) I asked to reopen the trail from Braine-l'Alleud to Plancenoit, especially in the section Hougoumont - L'Aigle Blessé (you can see it on map crossing diagonally past the wood of Hougoumont). After a first agreement, the political authorities changed their mind because the farmer of Hougoumont said that he will allow no more visitors to the farm if he had to reopen the trail. The farmer has since died. [Editor sez: Jean-Philippe is leading the fight to preserve the battlefield from commercial and other development. He is also the publisher of 'Editions de la Belle Alliance,' and has SIX volumes in print on the battle of Waterloo: "Hougoumont," "Les Armees de Waterloo, 1815," "Ceux qui Bravaient l'Aigle," "Le chemin d'Ohain (l'attaque du 1er corps)," "La Papelotte," and "La Haie Sainte." These are lavishly illustrated, a must for any Waterloo aficionado, even if you don't read a word of French; contact jean.philippe@tondeur.be] Back to OSG News May 2001 Table of Contents Back to OSG News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 by Operational Studies Group. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com