Panorama of the Lion's hamlet looking toward Mont-Saint-Jean and its farm from the Lion's Mound. Postcard stamped on 14 January 1919 in Waterloo

Panorama of the Lion's hamlet looking toward Mont-Saint-Jean and its farm from the Lion's Mound. Postcard stamped on 14 January 1919 in Waterloo

Mont-Saint-Jean is a hamlet located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, south of Waterloolocated partly on Waterloo and partly on Braine-l'Alleud where the National road (N5) going fromBrussels to Charleroi crosses the National road (N234) going from Nivelles to Leuven.

Mont-Saint-Jean is on the reverse slope of the escarpment where the Battle of Waterloo was fought, and is the name Napoleon Bonaparte gave to the battle (la bataille de Mont-Saint-Jean). At the time of the battle there was a farm called Mont-Saint-Jean Farm[citation needed], on the Charleroi–Brussels road about halfway between the edge of the escarpment and the village.