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Anglo-Allied Army in Flanders and France - 1815

By Ron McGuigan

When the Duke of Wellington arrived to take to the command of the Allied Army in April

1815 he found only the original Subsidiary Army, commanded by HRH General The Prince

of Orange, which had been stationed in the Low Countries since the end of the previous war

in 1814. This was a small force of British and Hanoverians kept here to assist with the

formation of the new country of The Netherlands and to guarantee its borders. When

Napoleon left Elba and landed in France, taking over the government of that country once

again, the Allied Nations at the Congress of Vienna resolved to remove him from the throne

and this meant that the army in Flanders would have to be reinforced for a war.

On 11 April 1815, Wellington issued a General Order assuming the command of the Allied

Forces in Flanders and he reorganized the army, merging the British-Hanoverian Forces with

those of the Netherlands. The army was reinforced over the next three months [April, May,and June] by Great Britain, The Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick and Nassau. The army, at

this time, was then made up of the forces of Great Britain [including the Kings German

Legion of Hanoverians], the Hanoverian Subsidiary Corps in British pay [part of the old

Subsidiary Army], the forces of the new Kingdom of the Netherlands [Dutch, Belgians, and

Nassauers in Netherlands Service] and the treaty contingent forces of Hanover, Brunswick,

and Nassau.

This article will trace the organization of Wellingtons Allied Army from the start of the

Campaign in Flanders and France, 15 June 1815 until the end of the war and the creation of

the Army of Occupation in November 1815. I have used the more common names of Dutch

and Belgian to describe the units of the Netherlands Army, however, officially they werereferred to as 'North Netherlands' for the Dutch and 'South Netherlands' for the Belgians.

Wherever possible, names of officers have been spelled according to their country of origin,

but ranks are given in English. It was surprising to discover, that athough the Battle of

Waterloo is extensively covered, how difficult it was to compile this list. The sources were

not consistent and some information almost nonexistent. Any errors and omissions are mine

and I humbly request any corrected or updated information that the reader may possess be

posted on the Napoleon-Series.org Discussion Forum for my use, as well as, for the other

readers.

Anglo-Allied Army in Flanders and France - 1815By Ron McGuigan

The following is the organization of the army as in General Orders:

June 1815

Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Quartermaster-General: Major General [Local LT. General] Sir George Murray

Adjutant-General: Major General Sir Edward Barnes

Commander, Royal Artillery: LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir George WoodCommander, King's German Artillery: Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] Sir Julius Hartmann
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I Corps: General HRH Prince Willem of Orange

Chief-of-Staff: Major General Jean, Baron de Constant Rebecque

Adjutant-General: Major General Herman van der Wyck

Commander, Artillery: Major General Carl van Gunckel

1st British Division: Major General George Cooke

1st British Brigade: Major General Peregrine Maitland.

1st Foot Guards, 2nd Bn. (2nd Major [LT. Colonel & Brevet Colonel] Henry

Askew)

1st Foot Guards, 3rd Bn. (3rd Major [LT. Colonel & Brevet Colonel] William Stewart)

2nd British Brigade: Major General Sir John Byng.

Coldstream Foot Guards, 2nd Bn. (2nd Major [LT. Colonel & Brevet Colonel] AlexanderWoodford)

3rd Foot Guards, 2nd Bn. (2nd Major [LT. Colonel & Brevet Colonel] Francis Hepburn)

Artillery: LT. Colonel Stephen Adye

Sandhams Foot Battery [3rd Bn.] (Captain Charles Sandham)

2nd Horse Battery, KGL (Captain [Brevet Major] Jacob Kuhlmann)

3rd Anglo-Hanoverian Division: LT. General Sir Karl von ALT.en

Chief-of-Staff: Colonel August von Berger, Field Bn. Lauenburg

Assistant-Quartermaster-General: Major Friedrich Kuntze

5th British Brigade: Major General Sir Colin Halkett

30th (The Cambridgeshire) Foot, 2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel Alexander Hamilton)

33rd (The 1st Yorkshire,West Riding) Foot (LT. Colonel William Elphinstone)

69th (The South Lincolnshire) Foot, 2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Charles Morice)

73rd (Highland) Foot, 2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] William Harris)

2nd Brigade, King's German Legion: Brevet Colonel Christian, Freiherr von Ompteda,Commandant 5th Line KGL.

1st Light Bn. (LT. Colonel Louis von dem Bussche)

2nd Light Bn. (Major George Baring)

5th Line Bn. (LT. Colonel Wilhelm von Linsingen)

8th Line Bn. (LT. Colonel Johann von Schroeder, from 2nd Line Bn.)

1st Hanoverian Brigade: Major General Friedrich, Graf von Kielmansegge.

Field Bn. Bremen (LT. Colonel Wilhelm von Langrehr)

Field Bn. 1st Duke of Yorks (Osnabruck) (Major Carl [Friedrich] von Bulow)Field Bn. Grubenhagen (LT. Col Friedrich von Wurmb)

Field Bn. Luneburg (LT. Colonel August von Klencke)


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Field Bn. Verden (Major Julius von Schkopp)

Field Jaeger Corps: (Major August von Sporcken absent [?], Captain von Reden)

Artillery: Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] John Williamson

Lloyds Foot Battery [10th Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] William Lloyd)Cleevess Foot Battery, KGA [4th Coy] (Captain Andreas Cleeves)

2nd Netherlands Division: LT. Genersal Hendrik Baron de Perponcher Sedlnitsky.

1st Brigade: Major General Willem, Graaf van Bylandt.

7th Belgian Line Bn. (LT. Colonel F.C. Vandensande)

27th Dutch Jaegers Bn. (LT. Colonel J.W. Grunebosch)

5th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel Jan J. Westenberg)

7th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel Henry Singendonck)

8th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel Wijbrandus A. de Jongh)

2nd Brigade: Colonel Friedrich von Goedecke, 2nd Nassau Light Infantry Regiment.

2nd Nassau Light Infantry Regiment (Colonel Friedrich von Goedecke)

(LT. Colonel Ernst, Freiherr von Umbusch, absent)

(Major Friedrich Sattler, commanding)

1st Bn. (Captain Moritz Busgen)

2nd Bn. (Major Philipp von Normann)

3rd Bn. (Major Gottfried Hegmann)

28th (Orange Nassau) Regiment (Colonel HSH Prince Bernhard von Saxe-Weimar)

1st Bn. (LT. Colonel W. Ferdinand von Dressel)

2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel Philipp Schleyer)

Orange Nassau Volunteer Jaegers (1 Coy) Captain Emilius Bergmann)

Artillery: Major Cornelis van Opstal

Stievenaar's Belgian Foot Battery (Captain E. J. Stievenaar)Bijlevelds Dutch Horse Battery (Captain A. Bijleveld)

3rd Netherlands Division: LT. General David, Baron Chasse

1st Brigade: Colonel Hendrik Detmers

2nd Belgian Line Line Bn. (LT. Colonel J. Speelman)

35th Belgian Jaegers Bn. (Colonel D.P.J. Arnold)

4th National Militia Bn. (Colonel R. van Heeckeren van Molencate)

6th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel A. van Thielen)

17th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel N. van Malz Wieling)19th National Militia Bn. (Major H. Boellaerdt)


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2nd Brigade: Major General Alexander dAubreme

3rd Dutch Line Bn. (LT. Colonel E. P. l'Honneux)

12th Dutch Line Bn. (Colonel Daniel Bagelaar)

13th Dutch Line Bn. (LT. Colonel Frederik Aberson)

36th Belgian Jaegers Bn. (Colonel Charles Goethals)3rd National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel F. E. Baron van Lawick van Pabst)

10th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel G. F. Brade)

Artillery: Major Jacques, Baron van der Smissen

Krahmers Belgian Horse Battery (Captain C.F. Krahmer de Bichin)

Luxs Belgian Foot Battery (Captain J.H. Lux)

II Corps: LT. General Sir Rowland, 1st Baron Hill

2nd Anglo-Hanoverian Division: LT. General Sir Henry Clinton

3rd British Brigade: Major General Frederick Adam

52nd (Oxfordshire) Light Infantry, 1st Bn. (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir John Colborne)

71st (Highland) Light Infantry, 1st Bn. (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Thomas Reynell)

95th Foot (Riflemen), 2nd Bn. (6 Coys) (Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] Amos Norcott)

95th Foot (Riflemen), 3rd Bn. (2 Coys) (Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] John Ross)

1st Brigade King's German Legion: LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] George Charles Du Plat,

4th Line KGL.

1st Line Bn. (Major [Friedrich] Wilhelm von Robertson)

2nd Line Bn. (Lieut. Colonel Johann von Schroeder with 8th Line Bn., Major Georg Muller)

3rd Line Bn. (LT. Colonel Friedrich von Wissell)

4th Line Bn. (Major Friedrich Reh)

3rd Hanoverian Brigade: LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Hugh Halkett, 7th Line KGL

Landwehr Bn. Bremervorde (LT. Colonel Friedrich von der Schulenberg)

Landwehr Bn. 2nd Duke of Yorks (Osnabruck) (Major Louis, Graf von Munster)

Landwehr Bn. 3rd Duke of Yorks (Quackenbruck) (Major Clamor von dem Bussche-Hunefeld)

Landwehr Bn. Salzgitter (Major Friedrich von Hammerstein)

Artillery: LT. Colonel Charles Gold

Almss Foot Battery [9th Bn.] (Captain Samuel BoLT.on)

1st Horse Battery, KGL (Captain [Brevet Major] August Sympher)

4th Anglo-Hanoverian Division: Major General [Local LT. General] Sir Charles Colville

4th British Brigade: LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Hugh Mitchell, 51st Light Infantry.


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14th (The Buckinghamshire) Foot, 3rd Bn. (Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] Francis Tidy)

23rd (The Royal Welch Fusiliers) Foot, 1st Bn. (Lieut. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir Henry

Ellis)

51st (The 2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Light Infantry (Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] Samuel

Rice)

6th British Brigade: Major General George Johnstone

35th (The Sussex) Foot, 2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel Sir George Berkeley on staff, Major Charles

Macalister)

54th (The West Norfolk) Foot (LT. Colonel John, 6th Earl Waldegrave)

59th (The 2nd Nottinghamshire) Foot, 2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel Henry Austen)

91st Foot, 1st Bn. (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir William Douglas)

6th Hanoverian Brigade: Major General Sir James Lyon

Field Bn. Calenberg (LT. Colonel Carl von Bock was absent, Major Schnehen [?])Field Bn. Lauenberg (LT. Colonel Gideon von Benoit)

Landwehr Bn. Bentheim (Major Christian Croupp)

Landwehr Bn. Hoya (LT. Colonel Otto, Freiherr von Grote)

Landwehr Bn. Nieuberg (Major Julius Brinckmann)

Artillery: LT. Colonel James Hawker

Bromes Foot Battery [3rd Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] Joseph Brome)

Rettbergs Hanoverian Foot Battery (Captain [Brevet Major] Carl von Rettberg)

Netherlands Corps: LT. General HRH Prince Frederik of the Netherlands

Chief-of-Staff: Colonel Louis, Graaf van St. Aldegonde

Commander, Artillery: LT. Colonel Hendrik Trip

1st Netherlands Division: LT. General John Stedman

1st Brigade: Major General Ferdinand dHauw

4th Belgian Line Bn. (LT. Colonel E. de Man)

6th Dutch Line Bn. (LT. Colonel P.A. Twent)16th Dutch Jaegers Bn. (LT. Colonel S.R. van Hulstein)

9th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel J.J. Simons)

14th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel W. Poolman)

15th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel P.C. CoLT.hoff)

2nd Brigade: Major General Dominique de Eerens

1st Belgian Line Bn. (LT. Colonel W. Kuijek)

18th Dutch Jaegers Bn. (LT. Colonel HSH Prince August van Aremberg)

1st National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel F.A. Guicherit)

2nd National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel A. W. Senn van Bazel)18th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel Frederik van Ommeren)


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Artillery: Wijnandss Dutch Foot Battery (Captain P. Wijnands)

Netherlands Indian Brigade: LT. General Karl, Baron Anthing

Chief-of-Staff: Major General Hendrik de Kock

5th East Indian Line Regiment (Major General Gerard Busman)

1st Bn. (LT. Colonel B. Bischoff)

2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel F. Stoecker)

1st Flankers Bn. (Colonel W. Schenck)

10th West Indian Jaegers Bn. (Colonel H.W. Rancke)

11th West Indian Jaegers Bn. (LT. Colonel F. Knotzer)

Rieszs Dutch Foot Battery (Captain C.J. Riesz)

Netherlands Artillery Reserve: LT. Colonel Godfried Holsman

Artillery Park: (LT. Colonel J. de Frees)

Guides a Cheval, 1 Squadron (Captain van Heineken)

Constabulary, 1 Squadron (1st LT. Leutner)

du Bois's Dutch Foot Battery (Captain L.H. du Bois)

Reserve Corps: Field Marshal 1st Duke of Wellington

5th Anglo-Hanoverian Division: LT. General Sir Thomas Picton

8th British Brigade: Major General Sir James Kempt

28th (The North Gloucestershire) Foot, 1st Bn. (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir Charles

Belson)

32nd (The Cornwall) Foot, 1st Bn. (Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] John Hicks)

79th (Cameron Highlanders) Foot, 1st Bn. (LT. Colonel Neil Douglas)

95th Foot (Riflemen), 1st Bn. (6 coys) (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir Andrew Barnard)

9th British Brigade: Major General Sir Denis Pack

1st (The Royal Scots) Foot, 3rd Bn. (Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] Colin Campbell)

42nd (The Royal Highland) Foot (LT. Colonel Sir Robert Macara)

44th (The East Essex) Foot, 2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel John Hamerton)

92nd Foot (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] John Cameron)

5th Hanoverian Brigade: Colonel Ernst von Vincke, Field Bn. 1st Duke of York

Landwehr Bn. Gifhorn (Major Georg von Hammerstein)

Landwehr Bn. Hameln (Major Julius von Strube)

Landwehr Bn. Hildesheim (Major Georg von Rheden)

Landwehr Bn. Peine (Major Ludolph, Graf von Westphalen)

Artillery: Major Heinrich Heise


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Rogerss Foot Battery [3rd Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] Thomas Rogers)

Brauns Hanoverian Foot Battery (Captain Wilhelm Braun)

6th Anglo-Hanoverian Division: LT. General Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole

10th British Brigade: Major General Sir John Lambert

4th (The Kings Own) Foot, 1st Bn. (LT. Colonel Francis Brooke)

27th (The Inniskilling) Foot, 1st Bn. (Captain [Brevet Major] John Hare)

40th (The 2nd Somersetshire) Foot, 1st Bn. (Major Arthur Heyland)

81st Foot, 2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel Henry Milling)

4th Hanoverian Brigade: Colonel Charles Best, 8th Line KGL.

Landwehr Bn. Luneberg (LT. Colonel Ludwig von Ramdohr)

Landwehr Bn. Munden (Major Ferdinand von Schmid)

Landwehr Bn. Osterode (Major Claus von Reden)Landwehr Bn. Verden (Major Christof von der Decken)

Artillery: Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] Heinrich Bruckmann

Gordons Foot Battery [3rd Bn.] (2nd Captain James Sinclair)

Unetts Foot Battery [3rd Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] George Unett)

The Brunswick Corps: LT. General HSH Prince Friedrich, Duke ofBrunswick

Chief-of-Staff: Major Friedrich von WachhoLT.z

Quartermaster-General: LT. Colonel von Heineman

Corps Commander: Colonel Elias Olfermann

Advance Guard:

Advance Guard Bn. (Major von Rauschenplatt)

Light Brigade: LT. Colonel Wilhelm Treusch von Buttlar

Guard Bn. (Major Friedrich von Prostler)

1st Light Bn. (Major von Holstein)

2nd Light Bn. (Major Heinrich von Brandenstein)

3rd Light Bn. (Major von Ebeling)

Line Brigade: LT. Colonel Friedrich von Specht

1st Line Bn. (Major von Metzner)

2nd Line Bn. (Major von Strombeck)

3rd Line Bn. (Major Gustavus von Normann)

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Hussar Regiment (Major von Cramm)

Uhlan Squadron (Major Carl Pott)

Artillery: Major August Mahn

Molls Foot Battery (Major Johann Moll)von Heinemanns Horse Battery (Captain von Heinemann)

Nassau Contingent: LT. General August, Baron von Kruse

1st Nassau Regiment (Colonel Ernst von Steuben)

(LT. Colonel Ferdinand von Hagen)

1st Bn. (Major Wilhelm von Weyhers)

2nd Bn. (Major Adolph von Nauendorf)

Landwehr Bn. (Major Friedrich von Preen)

British Reserve Artillery: Major Percy Drummond

A Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (Captain [Brevet LT. Colonel] Sir Hew Ross)

D Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (Captain [Brevet Major] George Beane)

Hutchessons Foot Battery [3rd Bn.] (Captain Thomas Hutchesson)

Morrisons Foot Battery [4th Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] William

Morrison)

Ilberts Foot Battery [5th Bn.] (Captain Courtnay Ilbert)

Siege Train: Captain [Brevet LT. Colonel] Sir Alexander Dickson, G Troop, Royal Horse

Artillery

Wall's Company [7th Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] Adam Wall)

Carmichael's Company [8th Bn.] [Captain [Brevet Major] Lewis

Carmichael)

Michell's Company [9th Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] John Michell)

Cavalry: LT. General Sir Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge

Commander, Hanoverian Cavalry: Major General Victor von ALT.enCommander, Royal Horse Artillery: LT. Colonel Sir Augustus Frazer, Royal Horse Artillery.

1st British Brigade: Major General Lord Edward Somerset

1st Life Guards (Major [and LT. Colonel] Samuel Ferrior)

2nd Life Guards (Major [and LT. Colonel] Edward Lygon)

Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (Blues) (LT. Colonel Sir John Ellery on staff, LT. Colonel

Sir Robert Hill)

1st (or The Kings) Dragoon Guards (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] William Fuller)

2nd British Brigade: Major General Sir William Ponsonby


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1st (or Royal) Dragoons (LT. Colonel Arthur Clifton)

2nd (or Royal North British) Dragoons (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] James HamiLT.on)

6th (or Inniskilling) Dragoons (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Joseph Muter)

3rd British Brigade: Major General Sir Wilhelm von Dornberg

1st Light Dragoons, KGL (LT. Colonel Johann Bulow)

2nd Light Dragoons, KGL (LT. Colonel Karl von Jonquieres)

23rd Light Dragoons (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] John Dawson , 2nd Earl of

Portarlington)

4th British Brigade: Major General Sir John Vandeleur

11th Light Dragoons (LT. Colonel James Sleigh)

12th (or Prince of Waless) Light Dragoons (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Frederick

Ponsonby)

16th (or The Queens) Light Dragoons (LT. Colonel James Hay)

5th British Brigade: Major General Sir Colquhoun Grant

2nd Hussars, KGL (LT. Colonel August von Linsingen)

7th (or The Queens Own) Light Dragoons (Hussars) (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir

Edward Kerrison)

15th (or The Kings) Light Dragoons (Hussars) (LT. Colonel Leighton Dalrymple)

6th British Brigade: Major General Sir Hussey Vivian

1st Hussars, KGL (LT. Colonel August von Wissell)

10th (or Prince of Waless Own Royal) Light Dragoons (Hussars) (LT. Colonel [Brevet

Colonel] George Quentin)

18th Light Dragoons (Hussars) (LT. Colonel Henry Murray)

7th British Brigade: Brevet Colonel Sir Friedrich von Arentsschildt, Commandant 3rd

Hussars KGL.

3rd Hussars, KGL (LT. Colonel Ludewig Meyer)

13th Light Dragoons (LT. Colonel Patrick Doherty)

1st Hanoverian Cavalry Brigade: Colonel Albrecht von Estorff, Prince Regent's Hussars.

Prince Regents Hussars (LT. Colonel Ferdinand, Graf von Kielmansegge)

Bremen and Verden Hussars (Colonel August von dem Bussche)

Duke of Cumberlands Hussars (LT. Colonel Georg von Hake)

Horse Artillery Attached to the Cavalry: Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] Alexander Macdonald,

Royal Horse Artillery.

E Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (Captain [Brevet LT. Colonel] Sir Robert Gardiner)

F Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (Captain [Brevet LT. Colonel] James Webber Smith)


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G Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (2nd Captain Alexander Cavalie Mercer)

H Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (Captain [Brevet Major] William Norman Ramsay)

I Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (Captain [Brevet Major] Robert Bull)

2nd Rocket Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (Captain Edward Whinyates)

Netherlands Cavalry Division: LT. General Jean-Antoine, Baron de Collaert

Heavy Cavalry Brigade: Major General Albert Trip

1st Dutch Carabiniers (LT. Colonel Lambertus Coenegracht)

2nd Belgian Carabiniers (Colonel Jean de Bruyn de Bastique)

3rd Dutch Carabiniers (LT. Colonel Christiaan Lechleitner)

1st Light Cavalry Brigade: Major General Charles, Baron de Ghigny

4th Dutch Light Dragoons (LT. Colonel Johan Renno)

8th Belgian Hussars (Colonel Louis Baron Duvivier)

2nd Light Cavalry Brigade: Major General Jean, Baron van Merlen

5th Belgian Light Dragoons (LT. Colonel Edouard de Mercx)

6th Dutch Hussars (LT. Colonel Willem Boreel)

Artillery:

Geij van Pittiuss Dutch Horse Half-battery (Captain A. R. W. Geij van Pittius)

Petters Dutch Horse Half-battery (Captain A. Petter)

Garrison Troops:

7th British Brigade: Major General Kenneth MacKenzie.

25th (The Kings Own Borderers) Foot, 2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel Alexander Light)

37th (The North Hampshire) Foot, 2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel Simon Hart)

Independent British Bn.s:

78th (The Ross-shire Buffs) Highlanders, 2nd Bn. (LT. Colonel [Brevet Colonel] John

MacLeod)

2nd Garrison Bn. (LT. Colonel Alexander Lawrence)

13th Veteran Bn. (LT. Colonel Robert Burton)

[1st] Foreign Veteran Bn., KGL (LT. Colonel Charles de Belleville)

Unattached Artillery Companies:

Jones's Company [1st Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] Richard Jones)Hunt's Company [3rd Bn.] (Captain Arthur Hunt)

Marsh's Company [3rd Bn.] (2nd Captain Charles Maitland)


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Younghusband's Company [4th Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major]

Charles Younghusband) Tyler's Company [5th Bn.] (Captain Charles Tyler)

Durnford's Company [6th Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] Philip Durnford)

Dyas's Company [6th Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] Richard Dyas)

Munro's Company [9th Bn.] (Captain [Brevet Major] Alexander Munro)

Daniel's Company, KGL [1st Coy] (Captain Ludewig Daniel)Arentschild's Company, KGL [2nd Coy] (1st LT. Augustus Pfannkuche)

Burton's Company, Royal Marine Artillery (Captain Charles F. Burton)

Hanoverian Reserve Corps: LT. General Friedrich von der Decken

Chief of Staff: Colonel David Martin, 2nd Light KGL

Artillery: Colonel Augustus Rottiger

Attached: Harzer Schutzenkorps (Major Claus von der Decken)

1st Brigade: LT. Colonel August von Bennigsen, Field Bn. Verden

Field Bn. Hoya (LT. Colonel Ernst von Bothmer)

Landwehr Bn. Bremerlehe (Major Arnold von der Decken)

Landwehr Bn. Melle (Major Karl von Donop was absent, Captain Bernhard

Terheyden)

2nd Brigade: Colonel Karl von Beaulieu, Field Bn. Grubenhagen

Landwehr Bn. Alfeld (Major Georg Hamelberg was absent, Major WilhelmDammers)

Landwehr Bn. Northeim (Major Levin von Harling was absent, Major Wilhelm Delius)

Landwehr Bn. Springe (Major Borries von Munchhausen was absent, Captain August

Luderitz)

3rd Brigade: LT. Colonel Karl von Bulow, Landwehr Bn. Luchow

Landwehr Bn. Celle (LT. Colonel August von dem Knesebeck)

Landwehr Bn. Luchow (Major Friedrich Purgold was absent, Captain Heinrich WaLT.er)

Landwehr Bn. Ottendorf (Major Hans von der Decken)

Landwehr Bn. Ratzeburg (Major Christian von Hammerstein)

4th Brigade: Colonel Rudolf Bodecker, 1st Line KGL

Landwehr Bn. Diepholz (Major August von Bar)

Landwehr Bn. Hannover (Major Johann von Weyhe)

Landwehr Bn. Neustadt (Major Friedrich von Hodenberg)

Landwehr Bn. Uelzen (LT. Colonel Georg Soest was absent, Captain Eberhard Kuntze)

Anglo-Allied Army in Flanders and France - 1815:

Subsequent Changes in Command and Organization

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The battles of Quatre Bras, 16 June, and Waterloo, 18 June, resulted in grievous losses to the

command structure of the Anglo-Allied Army. Additionally, reinforcements were rushed to

the army to replace casualties and to increase the British Contingent. The following represents

the changes which occurred for the army between 15 June and 30 November, 1815, when the

Army of Occupation was formed.

Staff:

The Quartermaster-General, Lieutenant General Murray was enroute from North America and

until he arrived, the Deputy Quartermaster-General exercised command of that department.

(Originally in April, Major General Hudson Lowe filled this position). At Waterloo,

Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir William De Lancey filled that office until he was

mortally wound. He was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Broke. Major General

Barnes, the Adjutant-General was wounded at Waterloo. He was temporarily replaced by

Lieutenant Colonel John Waters until Brevet Colonel Sir John Elley, the Deputy Adjutant-

General, could command once he had recovered from his Waterloo wound. Major General

Barnes resumed command by 25 July. Both Lieutenant Generals Sir Edward Paget and SirGeorge Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie were suggested for commands in the army in April.

Paget for a corps command and Lord Dalhousie for either a division or another corps. Major

General Sir Henry Fane was offered a command with the cavalry when the army was forming.

Active operations had ceased before they decided to join and they declined to serve in an

army of occupation. Attached to the Quartermaster-General's Department were 3 (later 4)

companies of the Royal Staff Corps under Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] William

Nicolay. By 21 June the Staff Corps of Cavalry under Major Commandant [Brevet

Lieutenant Colonel] Sir George Scovell was formed.

I Corps:

General HRH The Prince of Orange was wounded at Waterloo and replaced by Major-

General Byng. For a time in July, HRH The Prince of Orange returned but, he was gone to

Brussels by the end of that month. He was replaced in command by Lieutenant General

Howard in August until the end of November. As General HRH The Prince of Orange was

also the Commander of the Netherlands Mobile Army , he had a large number of Netherlands'

Officers attached to his Staff. When he was absent from the army, Lieutenant General Baron

Chasse exercised the command of the Netherlands Mobile Army. Until just prior to the battle

of Quatre Bras, the Netherlands Cavalry Division had been under command of I Corps. On

the advance to Paris, the I Corps consisted of the 1st British and 3rd Anglo-Hanoverian

Divisions, the 2nd and 3rd Netherlands Divisions and the Netherlands Cavalry Division.

1st British Division:

Major General Cooke was wounded at Waterloo and command was assumed firstly by Major

General Byng and then secondly by Major General Maitland. The 1st Brigade of the

Division took Peronne on 26 June, assisted by a Brigade of the 2nd Netherlands Division. By

23 July, Major General [Local Lieutenant General] Sir Kenneth Howard came out to

command. He assumed command of I Corps by 22 August and so Major General Byng

commanded, again, until he went on leave by 2 October when Major General Maitland took

over the command and kept it until the end of November (as Major General Byng had been

appointed to a District Command, on the Home Staff, in Essex).

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Major General Maitland succeeded to the command of the 1st Division at Waterloo and was

replaced by Lieutenant Colonel George Fead, Captain 1st Foot Guards, and in July, by

Lieutenant Colonel James Dawson-West, Captain 1st Foot Guards. Major General Sir

Peregrine Maitland resumed command when Lieutenant General Howard came out. When

Major General Maitland took over the Division again in October, Brevet Colonel Henry

Askew, 1st Foot Guards, may have commanded the Brigade.

2nd British Brigade:

Major General Byng succeeded to the command of the 1st Division at Waterloo and was

replaced by Brevet Colonel Francis Hepburn, 3rd Foot Guards. Major General Byng resumed

command when Lieutenant General Howard came out. He assumed the command of the

Division when Lieutenant General Howard took over I Corps. Brevet Colonel Hepburn again

commanding the Brigade.

King's German Legion Brigade:

Joined the Division around 7 September. The Brigade Commander remained Lieutenant

Colonel Louis von dem Bussche.

3rd Anglo-Hanoverian Division:

Lieutenant General von Alten was wounded at Waterloo and replaced by Major General

Halkett and when he was wounded, then by Major General Graf von Kielmansegge. On 18

July, Major General Sir Thomas Bradford was appointed to command, as on 21 June

Lieutenant General von Alten had been appointed Commander of the Hanoverian Reserve

Corps. As Lieutenant General von Alten was also considered the Field Commander of theHanoverian Army, he had a number of Hanoverian Officers attached to his staff.

5th British Brigade:

Major General Halkett succeeded to the command of the division and was replaced by

Lieutenant Colonel William Elphinstone, 33rd Foot. On 18 July, Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet

Colonel] Sir Charles Belson, 28th Foot, was appointed to command. In August the 69th Foot,

2nd Battalion was transferred to the 4th British Brigade, the 73rd Foot, 2nd Battalion was

transferred to the 12th British Brigade and they were replaced by the 12th (The East Suffolk)

Foot, 2nd Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Julius Stirke) and the 41st Foot, 1st

Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel William Evans).

2nd Brigade KGL:

Brevet Colonel Freiherr von Ompteda was killed at Waterloo and replaced by Lieutenant

Colonel Louis von dem Bussche, 1st Light Battalion On 24 August, the Brigade was

amalgamated with the 1st Brigade KGL and remained in the 3rd Division. On 7 September

the Brigade was transferred to the 1st British Division. The Brigade Commander remained

Lieutenant Colonel Louis von dem Bussche, now Commandant of the 5th Line Battalion

KGL.

1st Hanoverian Brigade:


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Major General Graf von Kielmansegge succeeded to the command of the 3rd Division at

Waterloo and was replaced possibly by Lieutenant Colonel August Klencke, Field Battalion

Luneberg. Kielmansegge resumed commmand when Bradford came out. On 26 July, the

Harzer Schutzenkorps and the Landwehr Battalion Bentheim were transferred to the Brigade

and the Field Battalion Luneberg was transferred to the 6th Hanoverian Brigade. (On 25

April the 1st and 2nd Hanoverian Brigades had been amalgamated as the 1st Brigade).


Formed 7 September and assigned to the 3rd Division. Commanded by Brevet Colonel Sir

John Cameron, 9th Foot.

9th (The East Norfolk) Foot, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir John

Cameron)

57th (The West Middlesex) Foot, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel William Spring)

81st Foot, 1st Battalion (Major [Brevet Lieutenant Colonel] James

Farrer)90th (The Perthshire Volunteers) Foot, 1st Battalion (Major [Brevet Lieutenant Colonel]

George Burrell)

2nd Netherlands Division:

By the end of October, Lieutenant General Perponcher went to Berlin and was replaced by

Major General Count van Bylandt. On 19 July, Kaemfer's Dutch Foot Battery (Captain N. L.

Kaemfer) joined the Division.

1st Brigade:

Major General Count van Bylandt was wounded at Waterloo and replaced by Lieutenant

Colonel Wijbrandus de Jongh, 8th National Militia Battalion This Brigade participated in the

taking of Peronne. When Major General van Bylandt took over command of the Division in

October, Colonel Johannes Speelman, 2nd Belgian Line, commanded his brigade

2nd Brigade:

On 15 June, Colonel von Goedecke was injured and Colonel HSH Prince Bernhard took

command. In November, Colonel von Goedecke resumed the command. In June, the 2nd

Nassau Light Infantry Regt. was transferred to the Nassau Contingent and the 2nd BelgianLine (from 1st Brigade/3rd Division) and the 10th National Militia (from 2nd Brigade/3rd

Division) replaced it.

3rd Netherlands Division:

Lieutenant General Baron Chasse remained in command.

1st Brigade:

The 2nd Belgian Line Battalion was transferred to the 2nd Brigade/2nd Division in June.

2nd Brigade:


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The 10th National Militia Battalion was transferred to the 2nd Brigade/2nd Division in June.

II Corps:

Lieutenant General Lord Hill was on leave of absence from approximately. August to

October, 1815. It is not known if he was replaced in command of the Corps. On the advanceto Paris, the II Corps consisted of the 2nd and 4th Anglo-Hanoverian Divisions, The Nassau

Contingent and the 1st Hanoverian Cavalry Brigade.

2nd Anglo-Hanoverian Division:

Lieutenant General Clinton remained in command.

3rd British Brigade:

Major General Adam was wounded at Waterloo and replaced by Brevet Colonel Sir John

Colborne, 52nd Foot. On 31 July, Brevet Colonel Thomas Reynell, 71st Foot, was appointed

to command. Major General Sir Frederick Adam resumed the command in September. In

July, the 95th Foot, 3rd Battalion (3 companies), Lieutenant Colonel Dugald Gilmour joined.

In August, these 3 companies of the 95th Foot, 3rd Battalion were transferred to the 12th

British Brigade.

1st Brigade, KGL:

Brevet Colonel Du Plat was mortally wounded at Waterloo and replaced by Lieutenant

Colonel Friedrich von Wissell , 3rd Line Battalion On 8 August, Colonel Rudolf Bodecker

was appointed to command. On 24 August, the Brigade was amalgamated with the 2ndBrigade, KGL and transferred to the 3rd Anglo-Hanoverian Division.

3rd Hanoverian Brigade:

No changes were reported.


On 24 August the brigade was transferred to the 2nd Division from the Reserve Corps.

Commanded by Brevet Colonel Sir Charles Greville, 38th Foot:

3rd (East Kent or the Buffs) Foot, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel William Stewart)

36th (The Herefordshire) Foot (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Basil Cochrane)

38th Foot (from the 4th British Brigade)

73rd Foot, 2nd Battalion (from the 5th British Brigade)

4th Anglo-Hanoverian Division:

Lieutenant General Colville remained in command. The division (less 4th British Brigade

and Rettberg's Foot Battery) was not at Waterloo, but, was stationed at Hal guarding the right

flank of the army. The Division took the town of Cambrai on 25 June. Lieutenant Colonel

Hawker and Brevet Major Brome's Foot Battery remained with the Division at Hal. Captain

Unett's Foot Battery was attached to the Division. Major General Grant's 5th Cavalry Brigade

and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Webber Smith's F Troop, Horse Artillery, served with the


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Division for a time shortly after the battle. (In April/May, the Division had been commanded

by Major General Sir Heinrich von Hinuber who resigned from the staff of the army when

Colville, his army senior, came out).


This brigade and Rettberg's Foot Battery were detached and served at Waterloo under

command of the 2nd Division. They rejoined the 4th Division on 24 June. On 18 July, the

23rd Foot, 1st Battalion was transferred to the 11th British Brigade and the 38th (The 1st

Staffordshire) Foot (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir Charles Greville) joined. On 24

August, the 5th (The Northumberland) Foot, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet

Colonel] Sir Charles Pratt) and the 69th Foot, 2nd Battalion (from the 5th British Brigade)

were assigned to the Brigade and the 38th Foot was transferred to the 12th British Brigade.



6th Hanoverian Brigade:

On 26 July, the Landwehr Battalion Bentheim was transferred to the 1st Hanoverian Brigade

and replaced by the Field Battalion Luneberg.

Netherlands Corps:

This formation was not at Waterloo, but, was detached to Hal. Lieutenant General HRH

Prince Frederik of the Netherlands remained in command. The corps was reinforced by the5th Light Dragoons after the battle of Waterloo and was used to besiege the frontier fortresses

in the rear of Wellington's advancing Anglo-Allied Army.

1st Netherlands Division:

Lieutenant General Stedman remained in command.

1st Brigade:


2nd Brigade:


3rd Brigade:

Formed in August to replace the Netherlands Indian Brigade. Commanded first by Colonel

Clemens de Favauge and then by Major General Johan M. Behr. It consisted of the following

units drawn from the garrisons of Mons and Tournai:

8th Dutch Line Battalion9th Dutch Line Battalion

14th Dutch Line Battalion


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15th Dutch Line Battalion

13th National Militia Battalion

16th National Militia Battalion

Spies's Dutch Foot Battery

Netherlands Indian Brigade:

By 16 August it was recalled to The Netherlands in order to prepare for it to be sent to the

colonies. The 7th East Indian Hussars (Colonel P.A. Rappard) may have served with the

Brigade.

Netherlands Reserve Artillery:

Du Bois's Battery moved to Brussels on 17 June and later went to Mons. By the end of June,

Severyns's Dutch Foot Battery (Captain Severyns) and three companies of siege artillery

joined.

Reserve Corps:

At Waterloo it came under the command of Lieutenant General Picton and when he was

killed, it was commanded by Major General Kempt. In July, Lieutenant General Cole

exercised command. On the advance to Paris, the Reserve Corps consisted of the 5th and 6th

Anglo-Hanoverian Divisions, The Brunswick Corps, and the Reserve Artillery.


Lieutenant General Picton was killed at Waterloo and succeeded in command by MajorGeneral Kempt. It appears that Major General Kempt commanded both the division and the

Reserve Corps.


Major General Kempt succeeded to the command of the Division and was replaced by Brevet

Colonel Sir Charles Belson, 28th Foot. On 15 July, Major General Sir John Keane took

command. On 3 July, the 32nd Foot, 1st Battalion was transferred to the 11th British Brigade

and replaced by the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel

Christopher Patrickson). On 7 July, Brevet Colonel Sir Andrew Barnard, 95th Foot, was

appointed the British Commandant of Paris.


On 24 August, the 44th Foot, 2nd Battalion was transferred to the 14th British Brigade and

replaced by the 1st (The Royal Scots) Foot, 4th Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Frederick

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The Division was commanded by Major General Lambert at Waterloo, in the absence of

Lieutenant General Cole. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Bruckmann was neither present at

Waterloo nor with Unett's Battery at Hal. Lieutenant General Cole took command by 19 July

(perhaps as early as 6 July). He may have commanded both the division and the ReserveCorps at the same time. By 22 August Cole is reported as commanding only the 6th

Division. There are some reports that give Gordon's Foot Battery as serving with the Reserve

Artillery at Waterloo and Unett's Foot Battery with the 4th Anglo-Hanoverian Division at Hal.

Lieutenant General Colville's report mentions Unett's Foot Battery as being at the taking of

Cambrai.


Major General Sir John Lambert assumed command of the division at Waterloo and the

Brigade was under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Brooke, 4th Foot. Major General Lambert

resumed command when Lieutenant General Lowry Cole came out. The 81st Foot, 2ndBattalion remained in Brussels as its garrison in June and was transferred in August to the

13th British Brigade. On 24 August, the 27th (The Inniskilling) Foot, 3rd Battalion

(Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir John McLean) was assigned to the Brigade.




Formed 3-6 July and assigned to the 6th Division. Commanded by Major General Sir Manley

Power. It consisted of

7th (The Royal Fusiliers) Foot (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir Edward

Blakeney)

23rd Foot, 1st Battalion (from the 4th British Brigade on July 18th)

29th (The Worcestershire) Foot (Lieutenant Colonel John Tucker)

32nd Foot, 1st Battalion (from the 8th British Brigade)


Formed 18 July and assigned to the Reserve Corps. Commanded by Brevet Colonel Sir

Charles Greville, 38th Foot. For most of August, as the new regiments arrived, they were

assigned to the 12th Brigade until sufficient regiments were available 24 August to form the

7th Division. On 24 August, the brigade was transferred to the 2nd Division. Originally

consisted of:

12th (The East Suffolk) Foot, 2nd Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel]

Julius Stirke)

36th (The Herefordshire) Foot (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Basil Cochrane)

64th (The 2nd Staffordshire) Foot (Major [Brevet Lieutenant Colonel] John Macdonald)


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7th British Division:

Formed 24 August and commanded, temporarily, by Major General Sir Thomas Brisbane. It

is not known if this division was assigned to the Reserve Corps or to any other corps. It is not

known if there was any Royal Artillery organization attached to the division.


Formed 24 August and commanded by Major General Sir Robert O'Callaghan. It consisted of

the following:

39th (The Dorsetshire) Foot, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Cavendish Sturt)

62nd (The Wiltshire) Foot, 2nd Battalion, (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel]

Nathaniel Blackwell)

64th (The 2nd Staffordshire) Foot (Major [Brevet Lieutenant Colonel] John Macdonald)

81st Foot, 2nd Battalion (from the 10th British Brigade)


Formed 24 August and commanded by Brevet Colonel John Alexander Wallace, 88th Foot

(acting for Major General Brisbane commanding the Division). It consisted of the following:

21st (The Royal North British Fusiliers) Foot, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel

Charles Maxwell)

44th Foot, 2nd Battalion (from the 9th British Brigade)

88th (Connaught Rangers) Foot, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] John

Alexander Wallace)95th Foot (Riflemen), 3rd Battalion (3 companies) (Lieutenant Colonel Dugald Gilmour)


Formed 7 September and commanded, temporarily, by Brevet Colonel David Walker, 58th

Foot. It consisted of the following:

6th (The 1st Warwickshire) Foot, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell)

16th (The Bedfordshire) Foot, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Henry

Tolley)

58th (The Rutlandshire) Foot (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] DavidWalker)

82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Foot, 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Henry

King)

The Brunswick Corps:

HSH the Duke of Brunswick was killed at Quatre Bras and Colonel Elias Olfermann

succeeded to the command. At Waterloo, Colonel Olfermann was wounded and Colonel Sir

Friedrich von Herzberg, from Wellingtons Staff, assumed command. When Colonel

Olfermann recovered, he resumed command.

Advance Guard,Light Brigade, Line Brigade


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No changes were reported for these formations.

Cavalry & Artillery

The newly formed Hussar Regiment is sometimes referred to as the 2nd. The original Hussar

Regiment (raised in 1809) was still in British pay, serving with the Mediterranean Garrison.

Nassau Contingent:

In June, the 2nd Nassau Light Infantry Regiment was transferred to the contingent.

Reserve Artillery:

The Reserve Artillery at Waterloo consisted of Ross's A Horse Artillery Troop and Bean's D

Horse Artillery Troop. Later Ross's Troop was transferred to the 1st Cavalry Brigade. Some

reports give Gordon's Foot Battery of the 6th Division as serving with the Reserve at

Waterloo. Hutchesson's Foot Battery was in Ostend, Morrison's Foot Battery was near Ghent

and Ilbert's Foot Battery was in Brussels. These three foot batteries joined later.

Siege Train:

After the battle of Waterloo, the siege train under Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Dickson was

detached and sent to co-operate with a Prussian Siege Corps (II Corps under Major General

von Pirch I, North German Corps under Lieutenant General von Hake and Luxembourg

Garrison under Lieutenant General HSH Prince Ludewig von Hessen-Homburg) commanded

by General HRH Prince Augustus of Prussia in besieging the frontier fortresses along theflank of the advancing Allied Armies. In June, these companies had all been at Ostend.

By September the field operations of the siege train ended and the siege artillery companies

were place in garrisons.

Avesnes: Wall's Company, R.A.

Daussois: Carmichael's Company, R.A. and Michell's Company, R.A.

Cavalry:

Lieutenant General Lord Uxbridge was wounded at Waterloo and succeeded in command byMajor General Vandeleur. Major General von Alten was not at Waterloo. On 11 July,

Lieutenant General Sir Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere was appointed to the

command. On the advance to Paris, Major General Vivian's 6th Cavalry Brigade, later joined

by the 7th Cavalry Brigade, formed the advance guard.

1st British Cavalry Brigade:

This brigade was also known as the Household Brigade. In November, Major General Lord

Edward Somerset was on leave and Lieutenant Colonel George Teesdale, 1st Dragoon Guards

commanded the Brigade. (Originally in April, it was to have been under the command of

Major General Terence O'Loghlin.)

2nd British Cavalry Brigade:


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Major General Ponsonby was killed at Waterloo and command was assumed in turn by Brevet

Colonel Joseph Muter, 6th Dragoons and when he was wounded, then by Lieutenant Colonel

Arthur Clifton, 1st Dragoons. It is not known if [or when] Brevet Colonel Muter resumed the

command. This brigade is sometimes referred to as the Union Brigade.

3rd British Cavalry Brigade:

Major General von Dornberg was wounded at Waterloo and replaced by Major Peter Latour,

23rd Light Dragoons. That night [or the next day] Brevet Colonel the 2nd Earl of

Portarlington, 23rd Light Dragoons took over the command. In July, Major General von

Dornberg resumed command. The Duke of Cumberland's Hussars operated with this Brigade

at Waterloo.

4th British Cavalry Brigade:

At Waterloo, Major General Vandeleur succeeded to the command of the cavalry and he was

replaced by Lieutenant Colonel James Sleigh, 11th Light Dragoons. In July, Major GeneralVandeleur resumed command.


At Waterloo the 13th Light Dragoons joined the brigade. The 2nd Hussars KGL were

detached to patrol the frontier near Courtrai and did not rejoin until later. In June, the brigade

with Webber Smith's F Troop, Horse Artillery cooperated with the 4th Anglo-Hanoverian

Division at the taking of Cambrai and remained with it for a time. In July and August, Major

General Grant was on leave and replaced by Brevet Colonel Sir Edward Kerrison, 7th

Hussars.


No changes were reported. This brigade was the Advance Guard of the Anglo-Allied Army

on the advance to Paris.


At Waterloo the 13th Light Dragoons were transferred to the 5th British Brigade. They

rejoined the brigade later. In June this brigade was ordered to join the Advance Guard. In

July, the Depot Troops, Duke of Brunswick Oel's Hussars from England, joined the Brigade.


Formed 18 August and commanded by Major General Lord George Beresford. It consisted of

the following:

2nd (or The Queen's) Dragoon Guards (Lieutenant Colonel James Kearney)

3rd (or The Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards (Lieutenant Colonel George Holmes)

3rd (or King's Own) Dragoons (Lieutenant Colonel Lord Charles

Manners)

1st Hanoverian Cavalry Brigade:


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The brigade was not at Waterloo, as it was detached to Hal. The brigade had joined the II

Corps in May. Only the Duke of Cumberland's Hussars served at Waterloo.

Horse Artillery:

By the end of the campaign, the Horse Artillery Troops were attached to the following cavalrybrigades:

1st Cavalry Brigade: A Troop (Ross's)

2nd Cavalry Brigade: I Troop (Bull's)

3rd Cavalry Brigade: H Troop (Captain [Brevet Lieutenant Colonel] Sir John May)

4th Cavalry Brigade: 2nd Rocket Troop (Whinyates's)

5th Cavalry Brigade: F Troop (Webber Smith's)

6th Cavalry Brigade: E Troop (Gardiner's)

7th Cavalry Brigade: G Troop (Dickson's)

Reserve Artillery: D Troop (Captain Alexander Cavalie Mercer)

Netherlands Cavalry Division:

Lieutenant General Baron de Collaert was mortally wounded at Waterloo and replaced by

Major General Trip.

Heavy Cavalry Brigade:

Major General Trip succeeded to the command of the Cavalry Division and was replaced by

Colonel Jean de Bruyn, 2nd Carabineers. This brigade with Petter's Battery went to Peronne.

It rejoined the main army on 27 June. The 6th Hussars joined the brigade after the battle ofWaterloo.

1st Light Cavalry Brigade:

After the battle of Waterloo, the 5th Light Dragoons joined the brigade. This brigade served

for a time with HRH Prince Frederik's Corps.

2nd Light Cavalry Brigade:

Major General Baron van Merlen was killed at Waterloo. He was succeeded in command by

Lieutenant Colonel Willem Boreel, 6th Hussars. The brigade was disbanded after the battle.The 5th Light Dragoons were transferred to the 1st Light Cavalry Brigade and the 6th Hussars

to the Heavy Cavalry Brigade.

Garrison Troops:

These Troops were used to garrison the following cities:

Anderlecht: 2nd Brigade, Hanoverian Reserve Corps

Antwerp:

7th British Brigade

[1st] Foreign Veteran Battalion King's German Legion


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4th Brigade, Hanoverian Reserve Corps

Marsh's Company, R.A.

Tyler's Company, R.A.

Brussels:

81st Foot, 2nd Battalion (from 10th British Brigade)

Ilbert's Foot Battery (from Reserve Artillery)

Nieuport:

78th Foot, 2nd Battalion

1st Brigade, Hanoverian Reserve Corps (part)

Arentsschildt's Company, KGL Artillery

Ostend:

13th Royal Veteran Battalion

2nd Garrison Battalion

1st Brigade, Hanoverian Reserve Corps (part)

Hutchesson's Foot Battery (from Reserve Artillery)

Carmichael's Company (from Siege Artillery)

Michell's Company (from Siege Artillery)

Munro's Company, R.A.

Younghusband's Company, R.A.

Burton's Company, Royal Marine Artillery

Tournai: Hunt's Company, R.A.

Ypres:

3rdBrigade, Hanoverian Reserve Corps

Daniel's Company, KGLArtillery



Independent British Battalions:

A reorganization, which occurred in the British Army in 1815, resulted in the 13th Royal

Veteran Battalion being renumbered as the 7th. The 2nd Garrison Battalion arrived at Ostend

12 June with 9 companies. Five companies from Bermuda arrived in October. Some accounts

have the 2nd Garrison Battalion stationed at Tournai. On 9 July, the 3rd Staff Garrison

Company arrived at Ostend.

Unattached Artillery Companies:

Jones's Company, R.A., went to St. Denis, Tyler's Company, R.A. went from Antwerp toVilleron, Younghusband's Company, R.A. went from Ostend to Fontenoy, Dyas's Company,

R.A. went to Montmarte near the 7th Division, Hunt's Company, R.A. went from Tournai to


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St. Denis, Durnford's Company, R.A. went to Mons and Munro's Company, R.A. went from

Ostend to Brussels.

The following unattached artillery companies joined the army in July and August and were

stationed at:

Brussels:

Wallace's Company [4th Battalion] (Captain [Brevet Major] Peter Wallace)

Sinclair's Company [4th Battalion] (Captain [Brevet Major] John Sinclair)

Ostend: Storey's Company [2nd Battalion] (Captain [Brevet Major] David

Storey)

Peronne: Clibborne's Company [9th Battalion] (Captain [Brevet Major] William

Clibborne)

Tournai: Holcroft's Company [4th Battalion] (Captain [Brevet Major] William

Holcroft)

Hanoverian Reserve Corps:

By 21 June, Lieutenant General Sir Karl von Alten was appointed to the command.

Lieutenant General von der Decken returned to Hanover, mainly due to the fact that he was

senior in army rank to von Alten and to many of the division commanders with the army.

On 18 July, the Harzer Schutzenkorps was transferred to the 1st Hanoverian Brigade, 3rdAnglo-Hanoverian Division.

1st Brigade:

Lieutenant Colonel Bennigsen died on 1 September, 1815 and may have been replaced later

that month by Colonel Rudolf Bodecker. At least one authority has Lieutenant Colonel

[Brevet Colonel] von Wissell assuming the command and Colonel Bodecker replacing him in

command of the 4th Brigade.

2nd Brigade:

No changes were reported

3rd Brigade:


4th Brigade:

In July, Colonel Bodecker was transferred to command of the 1st Brigade KGL and replaced

by Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Friedrich von Wissell, 3rd Line Battalion KGL. In

September, Colonel Bodecker may have resumed command and Brevet Colonel von Wissellmay have transferred to the commmand of the 1st Brigade. (In April, the 4th Brigade had

been commanded by Colonel Hartwig Hedemann, Field Battalion Calenberg).


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Royal Engineers and Royal Sappers and Miners

The Royal Engineers were command by Lieutenant Colonel James Carmichael Smyth. Later,

Brigadier General Alexander Bryce arrived and was placed upon the staff. The following

companies of Sappers and Miners were in Flanders constructing defences around the

fortresses in Belgium and providing a pontoon train for the army. In the Netherlands alreadywere the 4th & 5th Companies, 2nd Battalion and 4th Company, 3rd Battalion. Joining

between 24 March and 10 June were the 3rd & 6th Companies, 1st Battalion 2nd & 7th

Companies, 2nd Battalion 1st & & 7th Companies, 3rd Battalion and 1st Company, 4th

Battalion. After 20 June, the 2nd Company, 4th Battalion joined. Hal was the depot for the

engineer's stores.

Royal Waggon Train

The Royal Waggon Train was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Aird. In April,

one troop was in the Netherlands by the end of June there were 3 troops and at the end of

December there were 11 troops with the army. Of the 8 troops of the British Royal Waggon

Train and the 4 troops of The Foreign Waggon Train, it is not known how many of each were

with the army.

Other Allied Contingents:

Had the campaign continued past the July 3rd armistice, the Duke of Wellington's Anglo-

Allied Army was to have been reinforced by the forces of other nations:

Royal Saxony: Lieutenant General Edler von Lecoq commanding. It consisted of a cavalry

brigade and two infantry brigades. In June, this army was directed to march to Antwerp.

Oldenberg: One line regiment of two battalions. It never joined the army, but, eventually

served in the 3rd (Thuringia) Brigade of the North German Corps.

Denmark: General HSH Prince Frederick von Hessen commanding. It consisted of

two/three brigades of cavalry, infantry and artillery. It was directed to march to

Antwerp.

Hanse Towns: Major [Brevet Colonel] Sir Neil Campbell, 54th Foot, commanding. It

consisted of 3 infantry battalions, 8 uhlan cavalry squadrons, a jager company and two

batteries. (The Hanse Towns were the Free Cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lubeck.). It laterjoined the army outside of Paris.

Russia: Emperor Alexander I of Russia offered the Russian II Corps to the Anglo-Allied

Army. Lieutenant General HRH Prince Eugene of Wurttemberg commanding. It consisted

of 3 infantry divisions and 1 cavalry division. Hostilities ended before the Corps could join

the Army.

Portugal: Marshal Sir William Beresford, Conde de Trancoso to command. It was to have

consisted of 4 infantry divisions, 3 cavalry brigades and 4 artillery batteries. The contingent

was only planned on paper and never organized to serve in either Flanders or France, as

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Anglo-Allied Army in Flanders and France - 1815:

British Army of Occupation: 30 November 1815

By Ron McGuigan

In a General Order, Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington broke up his Anglo-Allied Army

and formed the British Contingent of the Army Of Occupation in France. This Army, made

up of the different contingents of the Allies, was also to be commanded by the Duke of

Wellington. The British and the Hanoverian Contingents were to come under the personal

command of the Duke.

Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal 1st Duke of Wellington

Quartermaster-General: Lt General Sir George Murray (Chief-of-Staff to the Army of

Occupation)

Adjutant-General: Major General Sir Edward Barnes

Commander, Royal Artillery: Brevet Colonel Sir George Wood

Cavalry: Lt General Sir Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere

1st Cavalry Brigade: Major General Lord Edward Somerset

1st Dragoon Guards

2nd Dragoon Guards

3rd Dragoons

2nd Cavalry Brigade: Major General Sir Hussey Vivian

7th Hussars

18th Hussars

12th Light Dragoons

3rd Cavalry Brigade: Major General Sir Colquhoun Grant

11th Light Dragoons13th Light Dragoons

15th Hussars

Infantry: Lt General Sir Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill

1st Division: Lt General Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole

1st Brigade: Major General Sir Peregrine Maitland

1st Foot Guards, 3rd Battalion

Coldstream Foot Guards, 2nd Battalion

7th Brigade: Major General Sir James Kempt
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7th Foot, 1st Battalion

23rd Foot

43rd Foot, 1st Battalion

8th Brigade: Major General Sir John Lambert



95th Rifles, 1st Battalion

2nd Division: Lt General Sir Henry Clinton

3rd Brigade: Major General Sir Robert O'Callaghan

3rd Foot, 1st Battalion


91st Foot, 1st Battalion

4th Brigade: Major General Sir Denis Pack


52nd Foot, 1st Battalion

79th Highlanders, 1st Battalion

6th Brigade: Major General Sir Thomas Bradford


29th Foot


3rd Division: Lt General Sir Charles Colville

2nd Brigade: Major General Sir Manley Power

1st Foot, 3rd Battalion


95th Rifles, 2nd Battalion

5th Brigade: Major General Sir Thomas Brisbane




9th Brigade: Major General Sir John Keane



Artillery:


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G Troop, Royal Horse Artillery

H Troop, Royal Horse Artillery

I Troop, Royal Horse Artillery

Carmichael's Foot Battery

Hutchesson's Foot Battery

Gordon's Foot BatteryRogers's Foot Battery

Holcroft's Foot Battery

Unett 's Foot Battery

Hunt's Foot Battery

Royal Engineers and Royal Sappers and Miners: Lt Colonel John Burgoyne

Attached to Divisions:

1st Division: 8th Company, 2nd Battalion

2nd Division: 1st Company, 3rd Battalion3rd Division: 4th Company, 2nd Battalion

Pontoon Train: 5th Company, 2nd Battalion

2nd Company, 4th Battalion

Belgium: Major General Kenneth Mackenzie

By 1 December 1815, the British Regiments garrisoned in Belgium were reported to be

marching to leave. They may have remained at Antwerp until after 25 December.

Hanoverian Contingent

General Officer Commanding: Lt General Sir Karl, Graf von Alten

Chief-of-Staff: Major Andreas von Schlutter

Cavalry: Prince Regent's Hussars

Artillery: von Rettberg's Foot Battery

Infantry: Major General Sir James Lyon

1st Brigade: Brevet Colonel Hugh Halkett

Field Battalion Luneburg

Field Battalion Grubenhagen

Field Battalion 1st Duke of York's (Osnabruck)

2nd Brigade: Colonel August Berger

Field Battalion Bremen

Field Battalion VerdenField Battalion Calenberg


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