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The dutch butt is the Butte du Lion, rising 45m above the ground and, to quote Sharpiefan "It's where His Silliness the Prince of Orange got himself shot by his own side. He put the mound up as a monument...
...though a certain author likes to call it 'a monument to Dutch cowardice'!"

It's in the middle of the right/west flank: The map again:






The lion's butt in the background was built by scraping away some of Wellington's ridge. The ground used to be level with the base of the Gordon Monument in the front.

The sunken roads were important to the defenders as well

Cavalry, trapped in the roads, was slaugtered from above
or, as a defensive position, infantry was fairly safe in their shelter.
View out from the inside of a sunken road.


Along this ridge Napoleon had placed 80 guns, their range: 1200m to Wellington's ridge.

View from French guns to English line(left and right flank)

Remember how far back from Wellingtons ridge the woods in the background were?

left flank
right flank
The gunners and the attacking colums or cavalry could not see the redcoats.

On to Part Three!