tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231749.post3239106192838587079..comments2024-02-16T08:19:12.922+11:00Comments on Camp Cromwell: Quatre Bras TodayNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957833462421190558noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231749.post-73238697629373799492011-07-29T17:46:56.784+10:002011-07-29T17:46:56.784+10:00That "derelict old building" is Quatre B...That "derelict old building" is Quatre Bras Farm, used as a field hospital after the battle. There used to be a <a href="http://napoleon-monuments.eu/MONUMENTSENPERIL/Quatre-Bras_EN.htm#Stone" rel="nofollow">commemorative stone on the southern wall</a> but it was stolen last year. (The link also includes other views of the building). <br /><br />The cross from Hougoumont farm on the battlefield of Waterloo <a href="http://bigleesminipaintingblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/project-hougoumont-update-theft-of.html" rel="nofollow">was also stolen</a>, possibly around the same time. Last I read was that Interpol belived the items were 'stolen to order' for a private collector.BigLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.com