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Allied Order of Battle at Waterloo l8 June l8l5

Anglo-Netherlands Army Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal Duke of Wellington

Cavalry: Lieutenant General Earl of Uxbridge Household Brigade: Major General Lord Somerset lst Life Guard Regiment (l2/l9/2l4) 2nd Life Guard Regiment (l6/l9/200) Royal Horse Guard Regiment (Blues) (l4/46/2l7) lst (King's) Dragoon Guard Regiment (28/20/523) 2nd (Union) Brigade: Major General Sir Wm. Ponsonby lst (Royal) Dragoon Regiment (28/30/370) 2nd (Royal North British) Dragoon Regiment (28/33/38l) 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoon Regiment (26/29/390) : Major General Sir Wm. Dornberg 23rd Light Dragoon Regiment (28/22/293) lst Light Dragoon Regiment (32/l0/443) lst KGL Light Dragoon Regiment (33/48/453) : Major General Sir John Vandeleur llth Light Dragoon Regiment (27/34/372) l2th (Price of Wales) Light Dragon Regiment (26/34/367) l6th (Queen's) Light Dragoon Regiment (27/36/367) : Major General Sir Colquhuon Grant 7th (Queen's Own) Hussar Regiment (26/354) l5th (King's) Hussar Regiment (26/366) 2nd KGL Hussar Regiment (35/49/499) (detached & not in battle) : Major General Sir Vivian Hussey l0th (Prince of Wale's Own) Hussar Regiment (26/3l/395) l8th Hussar Regiment (25/33/384) lst KGL Hussar Regiment (35/44/407) : Coloneol von Arentschild l3th Light Dragoon Regiment (28/34/386) 3rd KGL Hussar Regiment (44/46/60l) Hannoverian Cavalry Brigade: Colonel von Estorff Cumberland Hussar Regiment (22/468) Prince Regent's Hussar Regiment (29/567) Bremen & Verdeb Hussar Regiment (27/562) Netherland's Light Cavalry Brigade: General Major Baron Trip van Zoudtlant lst Dutch Carabiniers (24/422) 2nd Belgian Carabiniers (22/377) 3rd Dutch Carabiniers (2l/37l) lst Netherlands Light Cavalry Brigade: General Major van Ghingy 4th Dutch Light Dragoons (30/6l7) 8th Belgian Hussars (l9/420) 2nd Netherlands Light Cavalry Brigade: General Major Van Merlen 5th Belgian Light Dragoons (20/42l) 6th Dutch Hussars (3l/6l0)

1 Brunswick Cavalry 2nd Hussars (39/65l) 2/Uhlans (l) (l7/2l5) Artillery attached to the cavalry: Lieutenant Colonel Sir Augustus Frazer Royal Horse Artillery Bull Troop Horse Artillery (4/l56)(5 6pdrs & l How) Gardiner Troop Horse Artillery (6/l64)(5 6pdrs & l How) Mercer Troop Horse Artillery (5/l75)(5 9pdrs & l How) Ramsay Troop Horse Artillery (5/l75)(5 9pdrs & l How) Webber-Smith Troop Horse Artillery (6/l64)(5 6pdrs & l How) Whinyates Troop Horse Artillery (6/l84)(5 6pdrs & 2nd Rocket Troop) l/2 Petter (Dutch) Horse Battery (4/guns) l/2 Gey (Dutch) Horse Battery (4 guns) Total (5/l27) Dutch Train (3/l06) Infantry: lst (British) Division: Major General Cooke lst (British) Brigade: Major General Maitland 2/lst Guards Regiment (29/43/70l) 3/lst Guards Regiment (29/40/778) 2nd (British) Brigade: Major General Sir Byng 2/Coldstream Guard Regiment (36/55/954) 2/3rd Guard Regiment (35/55/966) Artillery: Sandham's Battery, RA,(5/350)(5 9pdrs & l How) Kuhlman's Battery 2nd KGL (9/l63)(5 9pdrs & l How) 2nd (Anglo-Hanoverian) Division: Lieutenant General Clinton 3rd (British) Brigade: Major General Adam l/52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment (59/65/l,024) 7lst (Highland) Light Infantry Regiment (50/6l/8l9) Prov/95th Rifles (2 cos) (l0/ll/l84) 2/95th Rifles (6 cos)(34/37/584) lst (KGL) Brigade: Colonel Platt lst Line Battalion, KGL (29/25/40l) 2nd Line Battalion, KGL (29/30/435) 3rd Line Battalion, KGL (30/32/52l) 4th Line Battalion, KGL (30/26/422) 3rd (Hanoverian) Brigade: Colonel Halkett Bremervorde Landwehr Battalion (34/598) Osnabruck Landwehr Battalion (30/582) Quackenbruck Landwehr Battalion (27/56l) Salzgritter Landwehr Battalion (32/590) Artillery: Bolton's Battery, RA (5/370)(5 9pdrs & l How) Sympher's Battery, KGL (9/l6l)(5 9pdrs & l How) 3rd (Anglo-Hanoverian) Division: Major General Sir Charles Alten 5th (British) Brigade: Major General Sir Colin Halkett 2/30th (Cambridgshire) Regiment (40/33/562) 33rd (West Riding) Regiment (31/22/513) 2/69th (South Lincoln) Regiment (30/28/483) 2/73rd (Highland) Regiment (23/32/443) 2nd (KGL) Brigade: Colonel von Ompteda

2 lst Light Battalion KGL (32/23/394) 2nd Light Battalion KGL (31/24/346) 5th Battalion KGL (3l/30/4l0) 8th Battalion KGL (32/3l/45l) lst (Hanoverian) Brigade: Major General Count von Kielmansegge l/Bremen Field Battalion (2l/49l) l/Verden Field Battalion (23/5l0) l/York Light Battalion (30/577) Luneberg Field Battalion (27/568) l/Groenbenhagen Jager Battalion (32/589) Kielmanssegge Feldjager Korps (l0/3ll) Artillery: Lloyd's Battery, RA (5/345)(6 guns)(5 9pdrs & l How) Cleeve's Battery, RA (6/2l9)(6 guns)(5 9pdrs & l How) 4th (Anglo-Hanoverian) Division: Lieutenant General Sir John Colville 4th (British) Brigade: Colonel Mitchell 3/14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment (38/33/559) l/23rd (Royal Welsh Fuzileers) Regiment (44/35/662) 5lst (2nd Wet Riding) Regiment (45/39/535) 6th (British) Brigade: Major General Johnstone (detached & not in battle) 2/35th (Sussex) Regiment (36/3l/487) l/54th (West Norfolk) Regiment (41/38/516) 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment (37/36/38/447) l/9lst Regiment (42/48/795) 6th (Hanoverian) Brigade: Major General Sir James Lyon (detached & not in battle) Lauenberg Field Battalion (24/529) Calenberg Field Battalion (34/600) Nienburg Landwehr Battalion (32/593) Hoya Landwehr Battalion (33/596) Bentheim Landwehr Battalion (34/574) Artillery Broome's Battery, RA, (5/345)(detached) (5 9pdrs & l How) Rettenberg's Battery, KGL (5/227)(5 9pdrs & l How) 5th (Anglo-Hanoverian) Division: Lieutenant General Picton 8th (British) Brigade: Major General Kempt l/28th Regiment (35/36/475) l/32nd Regiment (26/36/441) l/79th Regiment (26/30/384) l/95th Regiment (l8/27/374) 9th (British) Brigade: Major General Paet 3/lst Regiment (36/34/383) l/42nd Regiment (17/25/287) l/44th Regiment (30/39/411) l/92nd Regiment (22/27/373) 5th (Hanoverian) Brigade: Major General von Vinke Hamlen Landwehr Battalion (43/626) Hildeshiem Landwehr Battalion (3l/586) Peine Landwehr Battalion (30/58l) Gisshorn Landwehr Battalion (32/585) Artillery:

3 Roger's Battery, RA (5/350)(5 9pdrs & l How) Braun's Battery, Hanoverian, (6/227)(5 9pdrs & l How) 6th (Anglo-Hanoverian) Division: (no commander) l0th (British) Brigade: Major General Sir John Lambert l/4th (King's Own) Regiment (27/36/607) l/27th (Innskilling) Regiment (21/34/695) l/40th (Somerset) Regiment (43/55/764) 2/8lst Regiment (detached) (38/26/4l5) 4th (Hanoverian) Brigade: Colonel Best Verden Landwehr Battalion (32/589) Luneburg Landwehr Battalion (32/592) Osterode Landwehr Battalion (39/638) Munden Landwehr Battalion (34/626) Artillery: Unett's Battery, RA (5/350)(detached) (5 9pdrs & l How) Sinclair's Battery, RA (5/345)(5 9pdrs & l How) Reserve of British Artillery Ross' Troop, RHA (6/l74)(5 9pdrs & l How) Bean's Troop, RHA (4/ll6)(5 9pdrs & l How) Morrison's Battery, RA (5/375)(4 guns)(Vilvordse) Hutchensson's Battery, RA (5/375)(4 guns)(Ostende) Ilbert Battery, RA (5/375)(4 guns)(Ostende) Dutch Reserve: Bois (Dutch) l2pdr Battery (l3/200)(8 guns)(Braine-le-Comte) Train (8/323)(Braine-le-Comte) Dutch Horse Artillery Detachment (2/8)(Braine-le-Comte) Dutch Reserve Park: 3/2nd Artillery Dutch Battalion (6/l20)(Louvain) Train (2/74) Kaemplher (Dutch) Foot Battery (6 guns & 2 How)(4/ll0) (Sottegem) lst (Netherlands) Division: General lieutenant Stedman (detached) lst Brigade: General Major d'Hauw 4th (Belgian) Line (22/526) l6th (Dutch) Line (28/462) 6th (Dutch) Militia Battalion (29/402) 9th (Dutch) Militia Battalion (24/53l) l4th (Dutch) Militia Battalion (25/6l6) l5th (Dutch) Militia Battalion (23/636) 2nd Brigade: General Major de Eerens lst (Belgian) Line (23/659) l8th (Dutch) Chasseurs (2l/777) lst (Dutch) Militia Battalion (23/568) 2nd (Dutch) Militia Battalion (24/558) l8th (Dutch) Militia Battalion (24/49l) 2nd (Netherlands) Division: General Lieutenant de Perponcher-Sedinitzky lst Brigade: General Major Bijlandt 7th (Belgian) Line (23/678) 27th (Dutch) Line (23/786) 5th Militia Battalion (22/460) 7th Militia Battalion (24/65l) 8th Militia Battalion (23/543)

4 2nd Brigade: General Major HSH Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimar l/2nd Nassau Regiment (30/895) 2/2nd Nassau Regiment (28/857) 3/2nd Nassau Regiment (28/87l) l/Orange-Nassau Regiment (28/865) 2/Orange-Nassau Regiment (22/666) Nassau Jager (l co)(5/l72) Artillery Sijleveldt (Dutch) Battery (7/l00)(6 6pdrs & 2 how) Dutch Train (2/ll0) Stievenart (Belgian) Battery (3/ll6)(8 guns) Belgian Train (2/l37) Wynands Foot Battery (5/ll4)(8 6pdrs) Train (2/l04) Reserve Park (3/ll9) 3rd (Netherlands) Division: General Lieutenant Baron Chasse lst Brigade: General Major Detmer 2nd (Dutch) Line (24/447) 35th (Belgian) Chasseurs (2l/584) 4th Militia Battalion (24/495) 6th Militia Battalion (23/469) l7th Militia Battalion (26/508) l9th Militia Battalion (23/444) 2nd Brigade: General Major d'Aubreme l2th (Dutch) Line (24/407) 3rd (Belgian) Line (20/609) l3th (Dutch) Line (25/639) 36th (Belgian) Chasseurs (22/6ll) 3rd Militia Battalion (20/609) l0th Militia Battalion (27/605) Artillery: De Bichin Horse Battery (3/l20)(8 guns) Lux Battery (4/ll7)(8 guns) Dutch Train (7/l39) Belgian Train (3/84) Netherlands Indian Contingent: General Lieutenant Anthing (detached) 5th West Indian Regiment (3)(55/l,486) l0th West Indian Chasseurs (30/674) llth West Indian Chasseurs (33/685) Flank Companies of l9th and 20th Line (29/507) Riesz's Battery (8 6pdrs)(6/ll4) Train (l/l09) Brunswick Contingent: HSH Frederick, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Oels Advanced Guard: Major von Rauschenplatt 2/Uhlans (detached)(l7/215) Avant-Garde Battalion (24/648) lst Brigade: Oberstlieutenant von Buttlar Leib-Batallion (Guarde) (22/650) lst Light Infantry 2nd Light Infantry 3rd Light Infantry Total Light Infantry (60/l,956)

5 2nd Brigade: Oberstlieutenant von Specht lst Line Infantry 2nd Line Infantry 3rd Line Infantry Total Line Infantry (60/l,956) Artillery Von Heinemann's Horse Battery (6/288)(8 guns) Moll's Foot Battery (4/2l2)(8 guns)

British Artillery Total (l49/l52/4,6l7) KGL Artillery Total (25/20/526)

Prussian Army Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal Prince Gebhard Blucher von Wahlstadt I Corps: Generallieutenant von Ziethen lst Brigade: Generalmajor von Steinmetz (9,069) l2th Infantry Regiment (3) 24th Infantry Regiment (3) lst Silesian Landwehr (3) Silesian Schutzen (2 cos) 2nd Brigade: Generalmajor von Pirch II (8,0l8) 6th Infantry Regiment (3) 28th Infantry Regiment (3) 2nd Westphalian Landwehr (3) 3rd Brigade: Generalmajor von Jagow (7,l46) 7th Infantry Regiment (3) 29th Infantry Regiment (3) 3rd Westphalian Landwehr (3) Silesian Schutzen (2 cos) 4th Brigade: Generalmajor von Henckel (4,900) l9th Infantry Regiment (3) 4th Westphalian Landwehr (3) Corps Cavalry: Generalmajor von Roder (2,l75) lst Brigade: Generalmajor von Treckow 5th (Brandenburg) Dragoon Regiment (4) 2nd (lst West Prussian) Dragoon Regiment (4) 3rd (Brandenburg) Uhlan Regiment (4) 2nd Brigade: Oberstlieutenant von Lutzow 4th (lst Silesian) Hussar Regiment (4) 6th (nd West Prussian) Uhlan Regiment (4) lst Kurmark Landwehr Cavalry (4) 2nd Kurmark Landwehr Cavalry (4) Westphalian Landwehr Cavalry (4) Artillery: Oberstlieutenant von Rentzell l2pdr Foot Battery #2 (8 guns) l2pdr Foot Battery #6 (8 guns) l2pdr Foot Battery #9 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #l (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #3 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #7 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #8 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #l5 (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #2 (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #7 (8 guns)

6 6pdr Horse Battery #l0 (3/134) (8 guns) Howitzer Battery #l (l/l75) Pioneer Company #2 II Corps: Generallieutenant von Pirch I 5th Brigade: Generalmajor von Tippelskirch (7,l53) 2nd Infantry Regiment (3) 25th Infantry Regiment (3) 5th Westphalian Landwehr (3) 6th Brigade: Generalmajor von Krafft (6,762) 9th Infantry Regiment (3) 26th Infantry Regiment (3) lst Elbe Landwehr (3) 7th Brigade: Generalmajor von Bause (6,503) l4th Infantry Regiment (3) 22th Infantry Regiment (3) 2nd Elbe Landwehr (3) : Generalmajor von Bose (6,584) 2lst Infantry Regiment (3) 23rd Infantry Regiment (3) 3rd Elbe Landwehr (3) Corps Cavalry: Generalmajor von Wahlen-Jurgass (4,47l) lst Brigade: Generalmajor von Thumen lst (Queen's) Dragoon Regiment (4) 6th (Neumark) Dragoon Regiment (4) 2nd (Silesian) Uhlan Regiment (4) 2nd Brigade: Oberstlieutenant von Sohr 3rd (Brandenburg) Hussar Regiment (4) 5th (Pommeranian) Hussars Regiment (4) llth (2nd Westphalian) Hussars Cavalry (4) 3rd Brigade: Oberst von der Schulenburg 4th Kurmark Landwehr Regiment (4) 5th Kurmark Landwehr Regiment (4) Elbe Landwehr Regiment (4) Artillery: Major von Lehmann l2pdr Foot Battery #4 (8 guns) l2pdr Foot Battery #8 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #5 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #l0 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #l2 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #24 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #34 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #37 (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #5 (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #6 (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #l4 (8 guns) Pioneer Company #7 III Corps: Generallieutenant von Thielmann : Generalmajor von Borche (7,262) 8th (Leib) Infantry Regiment (3) 30th Infantry Regiment (3) lst Kurmark Landwehr (3) l0th Brigade: Oberst von Kemphen (4,4l9) 27th Infantry Regiment (3) 2nd Kurmark Landwehr (3)

7 llth Brigade: Oberst von Luck (3,980) 3rd Kurmark Landwehr Regiment (3) 4th Kurmark Landwehr Regiment (3) 8th Brigade: Oberst von Stulpnagel (6,6l4) 3lst Infantry Regiment (3) 5th Kurmark Landwehr Regiment (3) 6th Kurmark Landwehr Regiment (3) Corps Cavalry: Generalmajor von Hobe (l,98l) lst Brigade: Oberst von der Marwitz 7th (Rhinland) Uhlan Regiment (4) 8th (Rhineland) Uhlan Regiment (4) 9th (Rhineland) Hussar Regiment (4) 2nd Brigade: Oberst von Lottum 5th (lst Westphalian) Uhlan Regiment (4) 7th (Westphalian) Dragoons Regiment (4) 3rd Kurmark Landwehr Cavalry (4) 6th Kurmark Landwehr Cavalry (4) Artillery: Major von Lehmann l2pdr Foot Battery #7 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #l8 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #35 (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #l8 (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #l9 (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #20 (8 guns) Pioneer Company #5 IV Corps: Generallieutenant Bulow von Dennewitz l3th Brigade: Generallieutenant von Hake (6,560) l0th Infantry Regiment (3) lst Neumark Landwehr Regiment (3) 2nd Neumark Landwehr Regiment (3) l4th Brigade: Generalmajor von Ryssel (7,l38) llth Infantry Regiment (3) lst Pommeranian Landwehr Regiment(3) 2nd Pommeranian Landwehr Regiment(3) l5th Brigade: Generalmajor von Losthin (7,l43) l8th Infantry Regiment (3) 3rd Silesian Landwehr Regiment (3) 4th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (3) l6th Brigade: Oberst von Hiller (6,423) l5th Infantry Regiment (3) lst Silesian Landwehr Regiment (3) 2nd Silesian Landwehr Regiment (3) Corps Cavalry: Generalmajor HRH Prince Wilhelm of Prussia lst Brigade: Oberst Count von Schwerin l0th (lst Magdeburg) Hussar Regiment (4) lst Neumark Landwehr Regiment (4) 2nd Neumark Landwehr Regiment (4) lst Pommeranian Landwehr Regiment (4) 2nd Pommeranian Landwehr Regiment (4) 2nd Brigade: Generalmajor von Sydow lst (West Prussian) Uhlan Regiment (4) 6th (2nd Silesian) Hussar Regiment (4) 8th (lst Westphalian) Hussar Regiment (4)

8 3rd Brigade: Oberstlieutenant von Watzdorff lst Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4) 2nd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4) 3rd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4) Artillery: Major von Lehmann l2pdr Foot Battery #3 (8 guns) l2pdr Foot Battery #5 (8 guns) l2pdr Foot Battery #l3 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #2 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #ll (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #l3 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #l4 (8 guns) 6pdr Foot Battery #2l (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #ll (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #l2 (8 guns) 6pdr Horse Battery #2l (8 guns)

British Organization & Strengths - Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, London, l888 de Potter, J.P., Mis a Mort de l'Empire par Napoleon,

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