A great part of the outer wall is taken up by a very large mullioned window with quaint round panes, many of them filled with old stained glass; and on the wall opposite to it is a great fireplace of carved stone, the centre of it showing the crest of a mailed arm and the motto, Dieu et BRAS fort.
"The Drummer's Coat"
J. W. Fortescue
It was Napoleon's business to fall upon whatever Prussian force might be concentrated before him and upon his right and to destroy it, meanwhile holding back, by a force sent up the Brussels road to Quatre BRAS, any attempt Wellington and his western army might make to join the Prussians and save them.
"Waterloo"
Hilaire Belloc
In the bright morning sunlight, four hours afterwards, he was roused by a visitor from the frontier, and we have it upon his evidence that the Duke at last understood what was before him, and said that the concentration of his forces must be at Quatre BRAS.
"Waterloo"
Hilaire Belloc