James Rouse.A view of La Belle Alliance. On the morning of June 18; 1815 the inn became Napoleon Bonaparte's headquarters for the Battle of Waterloo. After the battle; the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Bl點her met close to the inn signifying the end of the fighting.London: Henry Colburn; 1817.From: William Mudford; An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands; in 1815; under His Grace the Duke of Wellington; and Marshal Prince Blucher; comprising the battles of Ligny; Quatrebras; and Waterloo; with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts down to the surrender of Paris; and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena. Embellished with. plates. from drawings. by James Rouse.193. e. 9 Plate XVI - OLondon; British Library.