{{Short description|Hamlet in Genappe, Walloon Brabant, Belgium}} {{Other uses}}
'''Quatre Bras''' ({{IPA|fr|kat.ʁə bʁɑ|}}, French for crossroads; literally "four arms") is a hamlet in the municipality of Genappe, Wallonia, Belgium. It lies on the crossroad of the Charleroi–Brussels road (currently named N5) and the Nivelles–Namur road south of Genappe.
On 16 June 1815, near the crossroads of Quatre Bras, the Battle of Quatre Bras (part of the Waterloo Campaign) was fought between contingents of the Anglo-Allied army and the left wing of the French Army.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/486593/Battle-of-Quatre-Bras |title=Battle of Quatre-Bras |publisher=www.britannica.com |access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref> There are several monuments to the battle at Quatre Bras.<ref>{{cite web |last=Muilwijk |first=Erwin |date=6 July 2013 |title=Monuments at Quatre Bras (1815) |url=http://1815fieldarmy.nl/news/34-monuments-at-quatre-bras-1815 |access-date=18 August 2014 |archive-date=3 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703092525/http://www.1815fieldarmy.nl/news/34-monuments-at-quatre-bras-1815 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<gallery mode="packed" heights="240" caption="Monuments in Quatre Bras"> File:Monument aux troupes britanniques et hanovriennes 05.JPG|<div style="text-align:center">Monument to the British and Hanoverian Troops.</div> File:Monument Brunswick (Genappe) 05.JPG|<div style="text-align:center">Brunswick Monument.</div> File:Belgique - Genappe - Monument à la cavalerie néerlandaise - 02.jpg|<div style="text-align:center">Monument to the Dutch Cavalry regiments.</div> File:Monument aux Belges (Quatre Bras) 03.JPG|<div style="text-align:center">Monument to the Belgians.</div> </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite web |last=Muilwijk |first=Erwin |date=14 February 2014 |title=New monument at Quatre Bras |url=http://www.1815fieldarmy.nl/news/80-new-monument-at-quatre-bras |publisher=Sovereign House Books |access-date=18 August 2014 |archive-date=30 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630215139/http://www.1815fieldarmy.nl/news/80-new-monument-at-quatre-bras |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Genappe Category:Populated places in Walloon Brabant
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