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'Mont-Saint-Jean' is a village located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium south of Waterloo the Brussels road (N5) forks for Charleroi and Nivelles.
Mont-Saint-Jean is on the reverse slope of the escarpment where the Battle of Waterloo was fought, and is one of the French names for the battle (''Mont Saint-Jean''). At the time of the battle there was a farm called ''Mont-Saint-Jean Farm'', on the Charleroi–Brussels road about halfway between the edge of the escarpment and the village.
In the novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Chapter X is called
"The Plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean" and it describes the massive French cavalry attacks on the British infantry squares situated on the reverse slope of the escarpment at the height of the battle.

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★ Victor Hugo. Les Miserables, Chapter X: The Plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean

★ Staff. Mont-Saint-Jean The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05.

★ Staff. Battle of Waterloo: Section V Mont-Saint-Jean Encarta