Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te wā i whiwhi ai a Belgium i tōna mana motuhake mai i te Netherlands i te tau 1830, e whā ngā rārangi o ngā pā Napoleonic i huaina ko te Wellington Barrier e kore e taea e te kāwanatanga, e kore hoki e hiahia ki te pupuri. I anga atu ngā pā ki Wīwī, he iwi i whawhai tahi ai a Belgium mō tōna mana motuhake
He aha? I tiimata te whakakorenga o nga whare pakaru o Wellington i te 1839, engari i muri o nga Huringa o te 1848 me te whakapumautanga o te Emepaea Tuarua o French i te 1851, i anga atu a Belgium ki te whakaekenga a France. I rapu nga kaiarahi o Belgian i tetahi rautaki paruru hou, i whawhai ki te aro o te iwi ki te hoia, ki te whakahee ranei i nga paanga arumoni mo nga pa kaha o mua, engari i whakatauhia e 1859 i runga i te mahere i tautokohia e te rangatira o Belgian. I te timatanga o te tau 1847, i kii a Chazal kia whakahaeretia a Antwerp ka whakawhānuihia ki te National Redoubt hei pa kaha mo te ope taua o Belgian. Ko te mahi ki te hanga i te National Redoubt i whakawhiwhia ki tetahi kaitiaki o Chazal, Kapene Henri Alexis Brialmont. I oti i a Brialmont te National Redoubt i te tau 1868, engari ko nga ahunga whakamua hangarau i roto i nga patu me tetahi atu huringa i roto i te whenua o te whenua o Uropi i kore e tika te rautaki paruru a Belgium.