La Plaine au Bois Memorial Site - The Belvedere - Esquelbecq

Inaugurated on 24 May 2004, this commemorative mound was created using material from the original pond and earth excavated to make a second new pond.
From the top here is a panoramic view over the plain and of Mont Cassel, also the scene of fierce defensive fighting by the 144th Brigade (2nd Glosters, 4th Ox and Bucks, 1st Buck) from 27th_30th May 1940.
There is an orientation table showing the British positions and the movements of the Nazi troops.
This belvedere, financed mainly by the Crédit Agricole du Nord is in the center of an enormous cross formed bij the paths leading to it.

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge