In The Footsteps® has been arranging tours to the anniversary of the Waterloo Campaign battlefields in Belgium for over sixteen years. They have led customers from all over the world interested in the Napoleonic Wars to the battlefields of the Waterloo Campaign and their Team of Battlefield Historians have a wealth of knowledge waiting just for you.
Join our tour commemorating the 208th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo and attend some of the events commemorating this epic battle.
Our Waterloo Anniversary tour will combine commemorative activity with a comprehensive tour of the Waterloo Campaign. You will visit the battlefields at Ligny and Quatre Bras as well as those along the Mont St Jean Ridge near Waterloo including La Belle Alliance, Hougoumont, Wellington's Ridge, and Plancenoit.
Discover the incredible story behind the Waterloo Campaign that took place between 16 and 18 June 1815, which saw Napoleon achieve his last victory and then saw him defeated the Allied armies commanded by the Duke of Wellington and Generalfeldmarschall von Blücher.
On arrival at Brussels Airport, you will be transferred to our tour hotel where you will meet your battlefield historian.
The evening is spent at your leisure either in your hotel or local area.
Your Battlefield Historian will meet you in the reception of your tour hotel at 09:00 hrs. Today, we concentrate on the fighting in and around Ligny between Napoleon’s French and Blücher’s Prussians, before heading to Quatre Bras to discuss Marshal Ney’s French and the Anglo-Dutch forces commanded by the Prince of Orange.
The evening is spent at your leisure either in your hotel or local area.
Your Battlefield Historian will meet you in the reception of your tour hotel at 09:00 hrs. Today will be spent at an event(s) commemorating the 208th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo and you will return to your hotel at approximately 17:30 hrs.
The evening is spent at your leisure either in your hotel or local area.
Your Battlefield Historian will meet you in the reception of your tour hotel at 09:00 hrs. Today is spent exploring the battlefield at Waterloo. We begin at La Belle Alliance to get Napoleon's view of the battlefield before moving to the French ridge overlooking Hougoumont. There we discuss the advance of Lieutenant General Count Honoré Charles Michel Joseph Reille's French II Army Corps’ advance against the British right wing and the farm before dropping down to Hougoumont itself.
From Hougoumont we head to the Waterloo Visitor's Centre, where we climb the Butte du Lion to get a bird's eye view of the battlefield. We then see the excellent 360 Panorama before walking the short distance to overlook the battlefield and discuss the advance by the French I Army Corps commanded by Lieutenant General Jean Baptiste Drouet, Count d'Erlon. After discussing the advance and subsequent charge by the British Heavy Cavalry we take a gentle walk to La Haye Sainte where we discuss the defence by the King's German Legion. We then cross the battlefield to the site of the Mercer Memorial where we discuss the role played by Captain Mercer's Battery during the charge of the French Cavalry and the reaction of the British to the advance of Napoleon’s Old Guard.
The evening is spent at your leisure either in your hotel or local area.
* These days may be changed around depending upon the commemorative events taking place.
Your Battlefield Historian will meet you at the reception of your tour hotel at approximately 09:00 hrs. This morning, we head back to the battlefield to turn our attention to the arrival of the Prussians and the effect that they had on the battle. We discuss their appearance on the battlefield and the desperate fighting that took place, initially between the Prussians and Lieutenant General Lobau's French VI Army Corps and later the Battalions of the French Young Guard, for the control of Plancenoit. We then return once more to La Belle Alliance to discuss the stand of the Old Guard and Napoleon's subsequent flight from the battlefield, which is where we will end our tour
After visiting Plancenoit and La Belle Alliance, you will be returned to Brussels Airport for your onward journey.
Please note: Itineraries are subject to change due to operational reasons. Any changes will be advised closer to the time of departure.
* This price is based upon:
Costs may vary from those shown above due to the availability and selection of hotels, and other associated cost variations at the time of booking.
A supplement of £160.00 GBP applies where single occupancy is required.
A deposit of 30% or £200.00 per person, whichever is the greater, is payable on booking.
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