['< sod > the position itself comprises the heights of [ [ brye ] ], [ [ sombref ] ], and [ [ tongrines ] ], contiguous to the high road connecting namur with [ [ nivelles ] ], by quatre bras, and to the point of junction of that road with the one from charleroi, by fleurus. these heights are bounded upon the south - west and western sides, or right of the position, by a ravine, through which winds a small rivulet along the villages of [ [ wagnelee ] ], [ [ saint - amand - la - haye ] ], and [ [ saint - amand, fleurus | saint - amand ] ], near the lower end of which last, it unites with the greater rivulet of the [ [ ligny ( river ) | ligny ] ] ; and, along the whole of the south side, or front of the position, by a valley, through which flows the ligny, and in which lie, partly bordering the stream itself, and partly covering the declivities, the villages of [ [ ligny ] ], [ [ mont - potriaux ] ], [ [ tongrenelle ] ] s, [ [ boignee ] ], [ [ balatre ] ], and [ [ vilrets ] ]. at the last named point, another small rivulet falls into the ligny on leaving a deep ravine, which commences northward of the village of [ [ botey ] ], and thus secured the extreme - left of the prussian position. the extreme - right, however, resting upon the namur road, in the direction of quatre bras, was completely open. { { sfn | siborne | 1848 | pp = 200 – 201 } } < eod > < sod > the position itself comprises the heights of [ [ brye ] ], [ [ sombref ] ], and [ [ tongrines ] ], contiguous to the high road connecting namur with [ [ nivelles ] ], by quatre bras, and to the point of junction of that road with the one from charleroi, by fleurus. these heights are bounded upon the south - west and north western sides, or right of the position, by a ravine, through which winds a small rivulet along the villages of [ [ wagnelee ] ], [ [ saint - amand - la - haye ] ], and [ [ saint - amand, fleurus | saint - amand ] ], near the lower end of which last, it unites with the greater rivulet of the [ [ ligny ( river ) | ligny ] ] ; and, along the whole of the south side, or front of the position, by a valley, through which flows the ligny, and in which lie, partly bordering the stream itself, and partly covering the declivities, the villages of [ [ ligny ] ], [ [ mont - potriaux ] ], [ [ tongrenelle ] ], [ [ boignee ] ], [ [ balatre, belgium | balatre ] ], and [ [ vilrets ] ]. at the last named point, another small rivulet falls into the ligny on leaving a deep ravine, which commences northward of the village of [ [ botey ] ], and thus secured the extreme - left of the prussian position. the extreme - right, however, resting upon the namur road, in the direction of quatre bras, was completely open. { { sfn | siborne | 1848 | pp = 200 – 201 } } < eod >']