Quatre-Bras

Quatre -Bras or Quatre -Bras de Baisy -Thy ( four arms ) is the junction of the road from Brussels to Charleroi (N5 ) and of Namur located to Nivelles ( N93 ) next Baisy -Thy (municipality Genappe ) in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant Nivelles district.

The place is famous for the battle of June 16, 1815 between the Allies under Wellington and the French under Ney. The attacks of the French cavalry failed due to the resistance of the German and British infantry. On both sides were about 5,000 men, including Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick and oil which the here a lion monument was erected 75 years after his death. It was driven copper produced in the Wilhelmshütte in Bornum on behalf of the country Brunswick.

50.571334.45324Koordinaten: 50 ° 34 'N, 4 ° 27 ' E

• Place in the province of Walloon Brabant
• Genappe