Orders of Battle, Battle of Waterloo

Date: 18 Jun 1815
Location: Waterloo, Brabant, Nederland
Surnames/tags: battle_of_waterloo waterloo

Contents 1 Orders of Battle 1.1 Anglo-Allied Order of Battle 1.1.1 Anglo-Allied Army Headquarters 1.1.2 Anglo-Allied Military Units 1.2 French Order of Battle 1.2.1 French Army Headquarters 1.3 Prussian Order of Battle

Orders of Battle

These are detailed outlines which detail the exact way in which an army's military formations are divided into their respective corps, brigades, divisions, etc. These also give information on the leadership, the relative strength and size of the formations / units, and the composition of the unit in terms of the types of troops inside it.

Anglo-Allied Order of Battle

The Anglo-Allied Army consisted of a hodgepodge of units from Britain, the Netherlands, the King's German Legion, the Netherlands/Belgium, and the German states of Hanover, Brunswick, and Nassau.

Anglo-Allied Army Headquarters

Command:

• Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
• Military Secretary: Lt-Col. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Foot Guards
• Personal Surgeon: Dr. John Hume
• Adjutant-General: Maj-Gen. Sir Edward Barnes
• Quarermaster-General: Col. Sir William Howe de Lancey (originally Deputy Quartermaster-General under Maj-Gen. Sir George Murray, but Murray sailed to Canada and could not be recalled in time)
• Commissary-General: Thomas Dunmore
• Headquarters' Commandant: Col. Sir Colin Campbell
• Inspector of Hospitals: Sir James Robert Grant
• Royal Artillery Commander: Col. Sir George Adam Wood
• Commanding Royal Engineer: Lt-Col. Carmichael Smyth

ADCs:

• Lt-Col. J. Fremantle, Coldstream Guards
• Lt-Col. Charles Fox Canning, 3rd Foot Guards
• Lt-Col. Hon. Sir Alexander Gordon, 3rd Foot Guards
• Lt-Col. Lord George Lennox, 9th Light Dragoons
• The Prince of Nassau-Usingen
• Maj. Hon. Henry Percy, 14th Light Dragoons
• Captain Lord Arthur Hill
• Lt. Lord George Cathcart, 6th Dragoon Guards

Adjutant-General's Department:

• Maj. A. Hamilton, 4th West India Regt. (ADC)
• Col. Sir John Elley, Royal Horse Guards (Deputy A-G)
• Lt-Col. J. Waters (Assistant A-G)

Quartermaster-General's Department:

• Col. Hon. Alexander Abercromby, 2nd Foot Guards (Assistant QMG)
• Col. F.E. Hervey, 14th Light Dragoons (Assistant QMG)
• Lt-Col. R. Torrens, West India Regt. (Assistant QMG)

Foreign Military Representatives:

• Field-Marshal Baron de Vincent (Austrian)
• Lt-Gen. Count Pozzo di Borgo (Russian)
• Lt-Gen. Miguel de Alava (Spanish)
• Maj-Gen. Count W. F. van Reede (Dutch)
• Maj-Gen. Baron von Muffling (Prussian)

Anglo-Allied Military Units

RED FONT denotes units that were not present at Waterloo

Anglo Allied Army, under Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and DQMG(COS) Col. Sir William H. de Lancey

I Corps (32,000 men, 64 guns)

Commander: Willem van Oranje Nassau, Prince of Orange

Chief-of-Staff: Maj-Gen. J.V. Baron Constant Rebecque

Adjutant-General: Maj-Gen. H. J. van der Wyck

Artillery: Maj-Gen. C. A. van Gunckel

ADC: Sir Henry Webster, Lord March (Duke of Richmond's son)

1st British Infantry Division (Guards) - Maj-Gen. George Cooke (4,266 men)

1st Guard Brigade - Maj-Gen. Peregrine Maitland (1,628)

Brigade-Maj. Capt. J. Gunthorpe, 1st Foot Guards

II/1st Foot Guards - Maj. H. Askew (781)

III/1st Foot Guards - Maj. Hon. W. Steward (847)

Divisional Artillery - Lt-Col. Stephen G. Adye (440)

British foot battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, and 215 men) - Capt. Charles F. Sandham RFA

KGL horse battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 225 men) - Maj. Jacob Kühlmann

3rd British Infantry Division - Maj-Gen. Count Sir Karl (Charles) von Alten (8,091 men)

Chief-of-Staff: Col. August von Berger

ADCs: Maj. A. Heise, 2nd Light Btn. KGL, Lt. W. Havelock, 43rd Foot

2nd KGL Brigade - Col. Baron Ompteda (2,087 men)

I Light Btn. KGL - Lt-Col. L. Bussche (519)

II Light Btn. KGL - Maj. G. Baring (403)

V Line Btn. KGL - Lt-Col. W.B. Linsingen (529)

VIII Line Btn. KGL - Maj. Schroeder (636)

5th Brigade - Maj-Gen. Sir Colin Halkett and Brigade-Maj. Capt. W. Crofton, 54th Foot (2,274 men)

II/30th Foot - Lt-Col. M.W. Bailey (635)

II/33rd Foot - Lt-Col. W.K. Elphinstone (576)

II/69th Foot - Maj. G. Muttlebury (565)

II/73th Foot (Highland) - Lt-Col. W.G. Harris (498)

1st Hanoverian Brigade - Maj-Gen. Graf von Kielmannsegge (3,315 men)

Field Jägers (331) - Capt. von Reden

Light Btn. "Grubenhagen" - Lt-Col. Wurmb (643)

Light Btn. "Lüneburg" - Lt-Col. von Klencke (617)

Line Btn. "Osnabruck" - Maj. Baron Bulow (632)

Line Btn. "Verden" - Maj. de Schkopp (559)

Line Btn. "Bremen" - Lt-Col. Langrehr (533)

Divisional Artillery - Lt-Col. J.S. Williamson (415 men)

KGL 1st Foot Battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 215 men) - Capt. Cleeves

British foot battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 200 men) - Maj. Lloyd

2nd Netherlands Infantry Division - Lt-Gen. Baron Hendrik George de Perponcher-Sedlnitzky (7,620 men)

Chief-of-Staff: Col. P.H. Baron van Zuylen van Nyevelt

1st (Dutch-Belgian) Brigade - Maj-Gen. Graaf W.F. van Bijlandt (2,931 men)

27th (Dutch) Jaeger - Lt-Col. J.W. Grunebosch (550)

7th (Dutch) Militia - Lt-Col. H. Singendonck (675)

8th (Dutch) Militia - Lt-Col. W.A. de Jongh (566)

5th (Dutch) Militia - Lt-Col. J.J. Westenberg (220)

7th (Belgian) Line - Lt-Col. F.C. Vandensande (701)

2nd (Nassau) Brigade - Maj-Gen. H.S.H. Prince Bernard von Saxe-Weimar (4,689 men)

2nd (Nassau) - Maj. F. Sattler (2,673)

I/2nd (Nassau) - Capt. Busgen (889)

II/2nd (Nassau) Regiment - Maj. P. von Normann (885)

III/2nd (Nassau) - Maj. G. Hegmann (899)

I/28th (Orange-Nassau) - Lt-Col. W.F. von Dressel (893)

II/28th (Orange-Nassau) - Lt-Col. P. Schleyer (688)

Volunteers Jaegers (Orange-Nassau) - Capt. E. Bergmann (177)

Divisional Artillery - Comd. Maj. C. van Opstall

Belgian foot battery (2 guns, 258 men) - Capt. E.J. Stievenaart

Artillery Train - Lt. van de Hoeven (112)

Dutch horse battery (6 6-pdr cannons, 2 5.5' howitzers, 219 men) - Capt. A. Bijleveld

Artillery Train - Lt. van Gahlen (139)

3rd Netherlands Infantry Division - Lt-Gen. Baron David-Hendrik Chassé

Chief-of-Staff: Maj. Baron L. A. C. van Delen

1st (Dutch-Belgian) Brigade - Col. H. Detmers (3,298 men)

2nd (Dutch) Line - Lt-Col. J. Speelman (471)

4th (Dutch) Line - Lt-Col. R. van Heekeren van Molencate (519)

6th (Dutch) Line - Lt-Col. A. van Thielen (492)

17th (Dutch) Militia - Lt-Col. N. van Molz Wieling (534)

19th (Dutch) Militia - Maj. H. Boellaerdt (467)

35th (Belgian) Jager - Col. D.P.J. Arnold (605)

2nd (Dutch-Belgian) Brigade - Maj-Gen. A.K.J.G. d'Aubreme (3,848 men)

3rd (Belgian) Line - Lt-Col. E.P. l'Honneux (629)

12th (Dutch) Line - Col. O. D. Bagelaar (431)

13th (Dutch) Line]] - Col. F.N.L. Aberson (664)

3rd (Dutch) Militia - Lt-Col. F.E. Baron van Lawick van Pabst (592)

10th (Dutch) Militia - Lt-Col. G.F. Brade (632)

36th (Belgian) Jager - Col. C. Goethals (633)

Divisional Artillery - Comd. Maj. J.L.D. van der Smissen

Belgian foot battery (6 6-pdr cannons, 2 5.5' howitzers, 267 men) - Capt. J. H. Lux

Artillery Train - Lt. I. Kikkert (146)

Belgian horse battery (6 6-pdr cannons, 2 5.5' howitzers, 210 men) - Capt. C.F. Krahmer de Bichin

Artillery Train - Lt. Zeist (87)

II Corps (27,500 men, 40 guns)

Commander - Lord Rowland Hill

ADC: Cpt. Horace Churchill

2nd British Infantry Division - Lt-Gen. Sir Henry Clinton (7,992 men)

ADCs: Capt. F. Dawkins, 1st Foot Guards, and Capt. J. Gurwood, 10th Hussars

1st KGL Brigade - Col. Georg Carl August du Plat (2,072 men)

I Line Btn. KGL - Maj. W. Robertson (478)

II Line Btn. KGL - Lt-Col. J. C. von Schroeder (527)

III Line Btn. KGL - Lt-Col. F. de Wissell (589)

IV Line Btn. KGL - Maj. R. Reb (478)

3rd Brigade - Maj-Gen. Frederick Adam and Brig-Maj. T. Hunter-Blair, 91st (2,937 men)

I/52nd Foot (Light) - Lt-Col. Sir John Colbourne (1,130 men)

71st Foot (Light) - Lt-Col. T. Reynell (936)

II/95th Foot (Rifles) - Maj. A. Norcott (666)

III/95th Foot (Rifles) Maj. J. Ross (205)

3rd Hanoverian Brigade - Col. Hew Halkett (2,541 men)

Landwehr Btn. "Bremenvorde" - Lt-Col. Schulenberg (655)

Landwehr Btn. "Salzgitter" - Maj. von Hammerstein (644)

Landwehr Btn. "Osnabruck" - Maj. Count Munster (633)

Landwehr Btn. "Quackenbruck" - Maj. Baron C.W. von dem Hunefeldt (609)

Divisional Artillery - Lt-Col. C. Gold

British foot battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 217 men) - Capt. Samuel Bolton, RFA

KGL horse battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 225 men) - Maj. A. Sympher

4th British Infantry Division - Lt-Gen. Sir Charles Colville

4th Brigade - Lt-Col. Harry H. Mitchell (2,007 men)

I/23rd Foot - Lt-Col. Sir Henry Ellis (741)

III/14th Foot - Lt-Col. Francis Skelly Tidy (640)

I/51st Foot (Light) - Maj. S. Rice (626)

6th Brigade - Col. Johnstone (2,639 men)

II/35th Foot - Maj. C. Macalister (570)

I/54th Foot - Lt-Col. John Earl Waldergrave (595)

I/59th Foot - Col. H. Austen (540)

I/91st Foot - Lt-Col. Sir William Douglas (904)

5th Hanoverian Brigade - Maj-Gen. Sir James Lyon (3,029 men)

Hanoverian Line Btn. "Launeberg" - Lt-Col. Benort (533)

Hanoverian Line Btn. "Kalenburg" - Maj. Schnehen (634)

Hanoverian Landwehr Btn. "Nienburg" - Maj. Hollenfer (625)

Hanoverian Landwehr Btn. "Hoya" - Lt-Col. Grote (629)

Hanoverian Landw. Btn. "Bentheim - Maj. Croupp (608)

Divisional Artillery - Lt-Col. J. Hawker

British foot battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 220 men) - Maj. J. Brome, RFA

Hannoverian foot battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 238 men) - Capt. von Rettberg

Netherlands Corps (10,421 men), under Prince Willem Carel Frederik of the Netherlands

Chief-of-Staff: Col. L.A.B. Graaf de Sainte-Aldegonde

1st Netherland Infantry Divison - Lt-Gen. J.A. Stedman (6,692)

Chief-of-Staff Lt-Col. R. Baron Snouckaert van Schauburg

1st Infantry Brigade - Maj-Gen. F. d'Hauw (3,299 men)

16th Jagers (Dutch) - Lt-Col. S. R. van Hulstein (490)

6th Line (Dutch) - Lt-Col. P.A. Twent (431)

9th Militia (Dutch) - Lt-Col. J.J. Simons (555)

14th Militia (Dutch) - Lt-Col. W. Poolman (586)

15th Militia (Dutch) - Lt-Col. P.C. Colthoff (659)

4th Line (Belgian) - Lt-Col. E. de Man (578)

2nd Infantry Brigade - Maj-Gen. D.J. de Eerens (3,168 men)

18th Jagers (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Prince van Aremberg (798)

1st Militia (Dutch) - Lt-Col. F.A. Guicherit (591)

2nd Militia (Dutch) - Lt-Col. A.W. Senn van Bazel (582)

18th Militia (Dutch) - Lt-Col. F.W. van Ommeren (515)

1st Line (Belgian) - Lt-Col. W. Kuijek (682)

Divisional Artillery - Capt. P. Wijnands (225

Dutch foot battery (6 6-pdrs, 2 5.5" howitzers, 225 men) - Capt. P. Wijnands

(Dutch) Indonesian Brigade: Lt-Gen C.H.W. Anthing (3,729 men)

5th (Dutch) Colonial Regiment - Maj-Gen. Busman (1,541)

10th (Dutch) West Indian Jagers - Col. H.W. Rancke (704)

11th (Dutch) West Indian Jagers - Lt-Col. F. Knotzer (718)

1st Flank Btn - Lt-Col. W. Schenck (536)

Dutch foot battery (6 6-pdrs, 2 5.5" howitzers, 230 men) - Capt. C.J. Riesz

Reserve Corps (23,000 men, 56 guns)

Commander: Duke of Wellington

ADCs: Capt. Horace Seymour and Capt. Wedderburn-Webster

5th British Infantry Division - Lt-Gen. Sir Thomas Picton (6,724 men)

Chief of Staff: Maj-Gen. Gomm

ADCs: Capt. A. Langton, 61st Foot; Capt. J. Tyler, 93rd Foot; and Capt. N. Chambers, 1st Foot Guards

8th Brigade - Maj-Gen. Sir James Kempt and BM Capt. C. Eeles, 95th Rifles (1,923 men)

28th Foot - Lt-Col. Sir Charles Belson (557)

I/32nd Foot - Maj. John Hicks (503)

I/79th Foot - Lt-Col. Neil Douglas (445)

6 coys - I/95th Foot (Rifles) - Lt-Col. Sir Andrew Barnard (418)

9th Brigade - Maj-Gen. Sir Denis Pack and BM Maj. C. Smythe, 95th Rifles (1,697 men)

III/1st Foot - Maj. C. Campbell (453)

42nd Foot - Maj. R. H. Dick (338)

II/44th Foot - Lt-Col. J. M. Hammerton (494)

I/92nd Foot (Highland) - Maj. D. Macdonald (412)

5th Hanoverian Brigade - Col. von Vincke (2,604 men)

Landwehr Btn. "Hameln" - Maj. von Strube (689)

Landwehr Btn. "Gifhorn" - Maj. von Hammerstein (640)

Landwehr Btn. "Hildesheim" - Maj. von Rheden (640)

Landwehr Btn. "Peine" - Mjr. Westphalen (635)

Divisional Artillery - Maj. A. Heisse (500)

Hanoverian foot battery (5 6-pdr, 1 5.5" howitzer, 237 men) - Capt. Braun, Hanoverian FA

British foot battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 263 men) - Maj. T. Rogers, RFA

6th British Infantry Division - GOC Lt-Gen. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole

NOTE - Sir Cole was not present at Waterloo, Sir Lambert was the acting commander.

ADC: Lt. T. Baynes, 39th Foot

10th Brigade - Maj-Gen. Sir John Lambert (2,289 men) (Acting Divisional Commander on arrival at Waterloo)

I/4th Foot - Lt-Col. F. Brooke (677)

I/27th Foot - Capt. J. Hare (750)

I/40th Foot - Maj. A.R. Hayland (862)

II/81st Foot - Lt-Col. ? (498) - left in Brussels

4th Hannoverian Brigade - Col. C. Best (2.669 men)

Landwehr Btn. "Osterode" - Maj. Baron Reden (700)

Landwehr Btn. "Münden" - Maj. de Schmidt (680)

Landwehr Btn. "Luneburg" - Lt-Col. de Ramdohr (647)

Landwehr Btn. "Verden" - Maj. de Decken (642)

Divisional Artillery - Lt-Col. Bruckmann (200)

British foot battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 200 men) - Capt. James Sinclair, RFA

British foot battery (5 9pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 264 / 200 men) - Maj. George Unett

Brunswick Division - GOC Duke of Brunswick, then Acting GOC Col. Olfermann

QMG: Lt-Col. van Heinemann

Chief of Staff: Maj. von Wachholtz

Artillery Commander: Maj. von Lubecq

Advance Guard - Maj. von Rauschenplatt (635)

Jager Btn. - Maj. von Rauschenplatt (635)

Light Brigade - Lt-Col. von Buttlar and Adjt-Capt. van Mosqua (2,565 men)

Light Btn. "Leib" ("Life") - Maj. von Prostler (565)

1st Light Btn. - Maj. von Holstein (688)

2nd Light Btn. - Maj. von Brandenstein (621)

3rd Light Btn. - Maj. Ebeling (691)

Line Brigade - Lt-Col. von Specht and Adjt-Capt. van Aurich (1,753 men)

1st Line Btn. - Maj. Metzner (586)

2nd Line Btn. - Maj. von Strombeck (500)

3rd Line Btn. - Maj. von Normann (667)

Divisional Artillery - Maj. Mahn (372)

Brunswick foot battery (8 6-pdr cannons, 205 men) - Maj. von Moll

Brunswick horse battery (8 6-pdr cannons, 167 men) - Capt. von Heinemann

Cavalry Brigade

2nd (Brunswick) Hussars - Maj. von Cramm (684)

(Brunswick) Uhlans - Maj. Pott (235)

(Brunswick) Field Gendarmes or Polizei Huzaren (17)

Nassau Reserve Contingent Brigade - Maj-Gen. A.H.E. von Kruse (2,841 men)

2IC: Lt-Col. von Haven

Chief of Staff: Capt. von Morrenhoffen

1st Nassau - Col. E. von Steuben (2,841)

I/1st Infantry - Maj. J. von Weyhers (951)

II/1st Infantry - Maj. A. von Nauendorf (943)

Landwehr Infantry - Maj. F. von Preen (947)

Hannoverian Reserve Artillery

Hannoverian foot battery (4 6-pdr cannons, 2 5.5" howitzer, ? men) - Capt. ? von Weiring

Hannoverian foot battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 263 men) - Capt. von Braun

British Reserve Artillery - Maj. Drummond

"A" Troop, British horse battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 180 men) - Lt-Col. Sir Hew Ross

"D" Troop, British horse battery (5 6-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 180 men) - Maj. G. Beane

British foot battery (4 18-pdr cannons, 395 men) - Capt. Morrison (battery stationed at Vilvordse)

British foot battery (4 18-pdr cannons, 395 men) - Capt. Hutchesson (battery stationed at Ostend)

British foot battery (4 18-pdr cannons, 395 men) - Cpt. Ilbert (battery stationed at Ostend)

Cavalry Corps (11,000 men, 30 guns)

Commander: Lt-Gen. Sir Henry Paget, the Earl of Uxbridge

Senior ADC: Maj. W. Thornhill

Hanoverian Cavalry Commander: Maj-Gen. Victor von Alten

Royal Horse Artillery Commander: Lt-Col. Sir Frazer

1st British "Household" Cavalry Brigade - GOC Maj-Gen. Lord Edward Somerset (1,319 men)

Brigade Major: Maj. H.G. Smith, 25th Foot

ADC: Lt. H. Somerset, 18th Hussars

1st Life Guard - Lt-Col. S. Ferrior (255)

2nd Life Guard - Lt-Col. Hon. E.P. Lygon (235)

Royal Horse Guard (The Blues) - Lt-Col. Sir Robert Hill (246)

1st (The King’s) Guard Dragoon - Lt-Col. W. Fuller (255)

2nd British "Union" Cavalry Brigade - GOC Maj-Gen. Hon. Sir William Ponsonby (1,332 men)

Brigade Major: Maj. T. Reignolds, 2nd Dragoons

ADC: Lt. B. Christie, 5th Dragoon Guards

1st Royal Dragoon - Lt-Col. A. Clifton (435)

2nd Royal Dragoon (The Scots Greys) - Lt-Col. J.I. Hamilton (444)

6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons - Lt-Col. J. Muter (453)

3rd British Cavalry Brigade - GOC Maj-Gen. Sir William Dörnberg (1,401 men)

1st (KGL) Light Dragoon - Lt-Col. J. Bülow (540)

2nd (KGL) Light Dragoon - Lt-Col. C. de Jonquieres (520)

23rd Light Dragoon - Lt-Col. J.M. Cutcliffe, the Earl of Portarlington (341)

4th British Cavalry Brigade - GOC Maj-Gen. Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur (1,315 men)

Brigade Major: Maj. M. Childers, 11th Light Dragoons

ADC: Capt. W. Armstrong, 19th Light Dragoons

11th Light Dragoon - Lt-Col. J.W. Sleigh (442)

12th Light Dragoon - Lt-Col. Hon. F.C. Ponsonby (433 in 3 sq.)

16th Light Dragoon - Lt-Col. J. Hay (440)

5th British Cavalry Brigade - GOC Maj-Gen. Sir Colquhoun Grant (1,267 men)

Brigade Major: Capt. C. Jones, 15th Hussars

ADC: Lt. R. Mansfield, 15th Hussars

2nd (KGL) Hussars - Lt-Col. Lingingen (599)

7th Hussar - Lt-Col. Sir Edward Kerrison (362)

15th Hussar - Lt-Col. L.C. Darlymple (450)

6th British Cavalry Brigade - Maj-Gen. Sir Hussey Vivian (1,504 men)

Brigade Major: Capt. T.N. Harris

ADC: Capt. E. Keane, 7th Hussars

1st (KGL) Hussar - Lt-Col. A. Wissel (605)

10th Hussar - Lt-Col. George Quentin (452)

18th Hussar - Lt-Col. Hon. H. Murray (447)

British horse battery (5 6-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 180 men) - Capt. Sir Robert Gardiner

7th Cavalry Brigade - Comd. Col. Sir Frederick Arenschildt (712) men)

3rd (KGL) Hussar - Lt-Col. F.L. Meyer (712)

13th Light Dragoon - Lt-Col. Maj. S. Boyse (455) (this regiment was originally attached to the 5th Cav. Brigade)

British Reserve Horse Artillery - Comd. Lt-Col. A. Macdonald

"I" Troop, British horse battery (6 5.5' howitzers, 180 men) - Maj. R. Bull

"G" Troop, British horse battery (5 9-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 180 men) - Capt. A. Mercer

"H" Troop, British horse battery (5 6-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 180 men) - Maj. W.N. Ramsey

"F" Troop, British horse battery (5 6-pdr cannons, 1 5.5" howitzer, 107 men) - Lt-Col. Webber-Smith

2nd British Rocket Troop (5 6-pdr cannons, 1 rocket section, 181 men) - Capt. Edward C. Whinyates

Netherlands Cavalry Division - GOC Lt-Gen. Baron Jean Alphonse de Collaert

Chief of Staff: Lt-Col. A.J. Hoynek van Papendrecht

Heavy (Dutch-Belgian) Cavalry Brigade - Maj-Gen. Jonkheer A.D. Tripp (1,237)

1st (Dutch) Carabinier - Lt-Col. L.P. Coenegracht (446)

2nd (Belgian) Carabinier - Col.J.B. de Bruijn (399)

3rd (Dutch) Carabinier - Lt-Col. C.M. Lechleitner (392)

1st (Dutch-Belgian) Light Cavalry Brigade - Maj-Gen. Baron C. de Ghigny (1,086)

4th (Dutch) Light Dragoon - Lt-Col. J.C. Renno (647)

8th (Belgian) Hussar - Lt-Col. Baron L.L. Davivier (439)

2nd (Dutch-Belgian) Light Cavalry Brigade - Maj-Gen. J.B. van Merlen (741)

6th (Dutch) Hussar - Lt-Col. W.F. Bereel (470)

4th (Dutch) Light Dragoon - Lt-Col. E.A.F.G. de Merex (271)

Divisional Artillery - ? (241)

two Dutch half-batteries (6 6-pdr cannons, 2 5.5" howitzers, 66 men in each half) - Capt. A.A. Petter and Capt. A.R.A. Gey van Pittius

Hannoverian Cavalry Brigade - Col. Baron Estorff

Bremen-Verden (Hannoverian) Hussar Regiment - Col. Busche (613)

Regent (Hannoverian) Hussar Regiment - Lt-Col. Kielmansegge (618)

Herzog (Duke) von Cumberland's (Hannoverian) Hussar Regiment - Lt-Col. Hake (516)

NOTE: Also part of the Anglo-Allied Army but not at Waterloo were various Dutch, Hanoverian, and British garrisons stationed at Ghent, Nieuport, Ostend, Antwerp, and Ypres. Also present at Waterloo were French Royalists and deserters, the so-called "Bourbon Corps", which was made up of various cuirassiers, dragoons and even some grenadiers and chasseurs of the Old Guard. however the strength, layout, and leadership of this corps is unknown nd is therefore not included in the above Orders of Battle.

French Order of Battle

French Army Headquarters

Headquarters (La Maison Militaire):

• Commander: Commander-in-Chief the Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte
• Grand Marshal of the Palace: Général de Division Comte Henri-Gatien Bertrand
• Master of the Horse: Général de Division Comte Fouler
• Chamberlain to His Majesty: Vicomte Turenne
• Surgeon to the Maison Militaire: Docteur Baron Yvan

"General Officers near His Majesty" (General Officer ADCs):

• Général de Division Lebrun, Duc de Plaisance
• Général de Division Comte Drouot
• Général de Division Comte Corbineau
• Général de Division Comte Flahaut de la Billarderie
• Général de Division Come Dejean
• Maréchal de Camp Baron Bernard
• Maréchal de Camp Comte de la Bèdoyére
• Maréchal de Camp Baron Bussy

Officiers d'Ordnnance (Orderly Officers, or Junior ADCs):

• Colonel Gourgard
• Capitaine Regnault
• Capitaine Moline
• Capitaine Saint-Yon
• Capitaine de Resigny
• Capitaine de Lannoy
• Capitaine Amilhet
• Capitaine Chiappe
• Capitaine de Lariboisiere
• Capitaine Planat
• Capitaine Saint-Jacques
• Capitaine Autric

War Cabinet

• Secretary of State: Hughes-Bernard Maret, Duc de Bassano
• Head of Secretariat: Baron Agathon Fian

Etat-Major Général (Army General Staff):

• Major General, Chief of the General Staff: Maréchal Jean de Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatia
• Deputy Chiefof the General Staff: Général de Division Comte Bailly de Monthion
• Assistant Chiefs of the Gereral Staff: Maréchal de Camp Baron Gressot, Maréchal de Camp Baron Couture, and Maréchal de Camp Lebel
• Prisoners of War: Maréchal de Camp Baron Dentzel
• Adjutant-Commandants (Senior Staff Officers): Colonel Baron Michel, Colonel Baron Stoffel, Colonel Babut, Colonel d'Hincourt, Colonel Petiet

Assistant Staff Officers

• Colonels: Comte Gramont, Comte Raoul, Comte Forbin de Janson, Comte Hugo, Comte Zenowicz, and Comte Duzaire
• Majors: Desaix and Tessier de Marguerittes
• Chefs de Bataillon: Dalbenas, Girard, Rollin, Grondal, Laplace, Lefebure, Gentet, Waleski, Desmarquet de Cire, Bernard, Arnaud, Favelas, Fourchy, Hirne, Deschamps
• Capitaines: Clavet Gaubert, Descrivieux, de Joly, Noaillon, Coignet (wagonmaster), Dulnas de Saint-Leon, Baudisson, Guettard, Favier, and Ramorino
• Sous-Lieutenant: Garda

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Prussian Order of Battle

Army of the Lower Rhine

Command

• Commander: Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt
• Chief of Staff: Gen. August Wilhelm Antonius Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau
• Quartermaster General: Maj. Gen. Karl Wilhelm Georg von Grolman
• Provost: Col. Wilhelm Peter Franz Count von Loucey
• Surgeon General: Johann Jakob Voeltzke

Netherlands Representatives:

• Netherlands Military Commissioner: Maj. Gen. Willem Benjamin van Panhuys
• Captain van Delitz
• 1st Lt. C. Lemmers (Adjutant)

Senior General Staff Officers:

• Col. Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuel
• Col. Ludwig Gustav von Thile
• Lt. Col. Job von Witzleben
• Capt. Johann von Vigny.

Assistant General Staff Officers:

• Maj. Moritz von Bardeleben
• Maj. Knackfuss
• Capt. Banermeister
• Capt. Werner
• Capt. Karl Wilhelm von Oesfeld
• 2nd Lt. Franz August O'Etzel
• 2nd Lt. Behrendt
• 2nd Lt. Ernst-Ludwig von Gerlach

Typographical Service Adjutants:

• Maj. von Brunneck
• Maj. August Ludwig Ferdinand Count von Nostitz-Ransen
• Maj. Karl von Weyrach
• Capt. Sprenger

Typographical Service Staff:

• 1st Lt. Holzwarth
• 1st Lt. Michaelis
• Specialist Look

Aide de Camps:

• Maj. Huser
• Capt. von Jasmund
• Capt. Theodor Ferdinand von Stosch
• Lt. Rothe

Additional (Volunteer) Staff Officers:

• Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Count von Hochberg
• Colonel Otto Victor Prince von Schönburg-Waldenburg
• Maj. von Alvensleben
• Maj. von Botticher
• Maj. von Horn
• Capt. Bernhand
• Capt. Count von Blücher
• Capt. Count Holck
• Capt. Count von Flemming
• Capt. Wagner
• 2nd Lt. Matton
• 2nd Lt. Meyer
• 2nd Lt. Muller
• 2nd Lt. Nernst
• 2nd Lt. Zimmer
• Count Schulenburg-Wolfsburg
• Baron Dellmar

Artillery:

• General August Prince of Prussia
• 1st Lt. von Rosenburg (Adjutant)

I Army Corps (31,129 men)

Commander: Lt-Gen. Hans Ernst Karl Count von Zieten

1st Infantry Brigade - Commander: Maj. Gen. Karl Friedrich Franciscus von Steinmetz

12th (2nd Brandenburg) Infantry Regiment - Lt. Col. Karl Thomas von Othegraven

24th (4th Brandenburg) Infantry Regiment - Maj. Ernst Ludwig von Laurens

1st (Cleves) Westphalian Landwehr Regiment – Lt. Col. Jakob Friedrich von Rüchel-Kleist

Battery No. 7 - Capt. Schaale

Horse Battery No. 7 - Capt. Richter

2nd Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Otto Karl Lorenz von Pirch

6th (1st West Prussian) Infantry Regiment - Col. Johann Karl von Kemphen

28th (1st Berg) Infantry Regiment - Maj. Ludwig Baron von Quadt von Hüchtenbruck

2nd (Minden-Ravensberg) Westphalian Landwehr Regiment – Maj. von Winterfeldt

Battery No. 3 - 1st Lt. Neande

3rd Infantry Brigade - Maj. Gen. Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Ludwig von Jagow

7th (2nd West Prussian) Infantry Regiment - Lt. Col. Anton Friedrich Florian von Seydlitz-Kurzbach

29th (2nd Berg) Infantry Regiment - Maj. Franz von Hymmen

3rd (Ostfriesland-Lingen) Westphalian Landwehr Regiment - Maj. Karl Friedrich Friccius

Battery No. 81 - Capt. Hermann

Company No. 1 Silesian Rifles

Company No. 4, Silesian Rifles

4th Infantry Brigade - Maj. Gen. Wilhelm Ludwig Viktor Count Henckel von Donnersmarck

13th (1st Reserve) Infantry Regiment - Maj. Ludwig Baron von Quadt von Hüchtenbruck

19th (7th Reserve) Infantry Regiment – Maj. von Stengel

4th (Münster) Westphalia Landwehr Regiment – Maj. Friedrich Wilhelm von der Groeben

Battery No. 15 - Capt. Anders

I Corps Cavalry – Lt. Gen. Friedrich Erhard Leopold von Roeder

1st Cavalry Brigade - Maj. Gen. Karl Alexander Wilhelm von Treskow

2nd (1st West Prussian) Dragoon Regiment (3 squadrons) – Lt. Col. Ferdinand von Woisky

4th (1. Silesian) Hussar Regiment (3 squadrons) – Lt. Col. von Engelhardt

3rd Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment (3 squadrons) – Lt. Col. August Leopold von Stutterheim

5th (Brandenburg Prince Wilhelm) Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons) – Lt. Col. Anton Carl von Watzdorff

Horse Battery No. 2 - Capt. Borowski

2nd Cavalry Brigade - Lt. Col. Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow

1st Kurmark Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (3 squadrons) - Maj. Friedrich von Folgersberg

2nd Kurmark Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons) - Maj. von Kameke

6th (Lützow) Uhlan Regiment (3 squadrons) – Lt. Col. Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lutzow

Westphalian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons) Maj. Wilhelm von Wulffen

I Corps Artillery - Maj-Gen. Karl Friedrich von Holtzendorff

Battery No. 1 - Captain Huet

Heavy Artillery Battery No. 2 - Capt. Siemon

Heavy Artillery Battery No 6 - Capt. Reuter

Heavy Artillery Battery No 9 - Capt. Holsche

Howitzer Battery No. 1 - Capt. Voitus

Horse Battery No. 10 - Capt. Schaffer

II Army Corps

Commander - Maj. Gen. Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch (39,998 men)

5th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch

2nd (1st Pomeranian) Infantry Regiment - Maj. Friedrich Philipp von Cardell

25th (Lützow Freikorps) Infantry Regiment - Maj. Christian Friedrich Engel von Petersdorff

5th (Paderborn) Westphalian Landwehr Regiment – Lt. Col. Ruchel von Roebel

Battery No. 10 - Capt. Magenhofe

6th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Karl August Adolf von Kraft

9th (Kolberg) Infantry Regiment – Maj. Karl von Schmidt

26th (Elbe) Infantry Regiment – Maj. Heinrich von Reuss

1st Elbe Landwehr Regiment – Lt. Col. Ernst Ludwig Wilhelm von Bismarck

Battery No. 5 - Capt. Michaelis

7th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Friedrich August Wilhelm von Brause

14th (2nd Reserve) Infantry Regiment – Maj. Otto von Mirbach

22nd (10th Reserve) Infantry Regiment – Maj. von Sack

2nd Elbe Landwehr Regiment – Maj. von Reckow

Battery No. 34 - Capt. Lent

8th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Karl August Joseph Friedrich von Bose

21st (9th Reserve) Infantry Regiment – Lt. Col. Eduard von Rechow

23rd (11th Reserve) Infantry Regiment

3rd Elbe Landwehr Regiment – Lt. Col. von Rangow

Battery No. 12 – Capt. Bully

II Army Corps Reserve Cavalry – Maj. Gen. Alexander Georg von Wahlen-Jürgass

1st Cavalry Brigade – Col. von Thümen

1st (Queen’s) Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons) – Lt. Col. von Kameke

2nd (Silesian) Uhlan Regiment (4 squadrons) – Lt. Col. Ferdinand Ernst Wilhelm August von Schmiedeberg

6th (Neumark) Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons) – Lt. Col. Peter Friedrich Christian von Borcke

Horse Battery No. 6 - Capt. Jenichen

2nd Cavalry Brigade – Lt. Col. Friedrich von Sohr

3rd (Brandenburg) Hussar Regiment (4 squadrons) – Lt. Col. Karl von Klinkowström

5th (Pomeranian) Hussar Regiment (4 squadrons) – Maj. von Arnim

11th (Berg and Saxony) Hussar Regiment (squadrons) – Maj. Wilhelm Heinrich Conrad von Romberg

3rd Cavalry Brigade – Maj-Gen. Joseph Adolf Achaz von der Schulenburg

4th (Berlin) Kurmark Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (6 squadrons) – Maj. von Schmeling

5th Kurmark Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons) – Maj. von Uckermann

Elbe Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons) – Maj. von Reibnitz

II Army Corps Artillery – Maj-Gen. Ernst Andreas von Röhl

Battery No. 37 (Berg) - Capt. von Numers

Heavy Battery No. 4 - Capt. Meyer

Heavy Battery No. 8 - 1st Lt. Junghaus

Heavy Battery No. 10 - 1st Lt. Schrader

Howitzer Battery No. 2 - Capt. von Rode

Horse Battery No. 5 - Capt. von Witten

Horse Battery No. 14 - Capt. Fritze

III Army Corps

Commander - Maj-Gen. Johann Adolf Baron von Thielemann (24,141 men)

9th Infantry Brigade – Maj-Gen. Karl August Ferdinand von Borcke

8th (Life) Infantry Regiment – Major Konstantin von Zepelin

30th (1st Russian-German Legion) Infantry Regiment – Maj. Wilhelm von Ditfurth

1st (Berlin) Kurmark Landwehr Regiment – Maj. von Tippelskirch

Battery No. 18 - Capt. Sannow

10th Infantry Brigade – Maj-Gen. Johann Wilhelm von Krauseneck

27th Infantry Regiment – Col. Georg Ferdinand Plessman

2nd Kurmark Landwehr Regiment – Maj. von Beckendorff

Battery No. 35 – Capt. von Wangenheim

11th Brigade – Col. Hans Philipp August von Luck und Witten

3rd Kurmark Landwehr Regiment - Lt. Col von Zschuschen

4th Kurmark Landwehr Regiment – Maj. Wilhelm Heinrich von Grolman

12th Infantry Brigade – Col. Wolf Wilhelm Ferdinand von Stülpnagel

31st (2nd Russian- German Legion) Infantry Regiment - Maj. Ernst Heinrich Leopold von Kesteloot

5th Kurmark Landwehr Regiment – Maj. von Welling

6th Kurmark Landwehr Regiment – Lt. Col. Otto Christian von Rohr

Battery No. 34 – Capt. Valenkampff

III Army Corps Reserve Cavalry – Maj-Gen. Karl Friedrich Bernhard Helmuth von Hobe

1st Cavalry Brigade – Colonel Friedrich August von der Marwitz

7th Uhlan Regiment (3 squadrons) – Maj. Wilhelm von Raven

8th (Russian-German Legion) Uhlan Regiment (4 squadrons) - Col. Karl Friedrich Emil Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten

3 Kurmark Landwehr Regiment (4 squadrons) –Maj. Count Finck von Finckenstein

2nd Cavalry Brigade - Col. Heinrich Christoph Karl Herrmann Count von Wylich und Lottum

5th Uhlan Regiment (3 squadrons) – Maj. Karl Ludwig von Zastrow

7th Dragon Regiment (3 squadrons) – Col. Alexander Wilhelm von der Goltz

9th Hussar Regiment – Col. Friedich von Hellwig

6th Kurmark Landwehr Cavalry Regiment – Maj. Wilhelm Heinrich Ludwig von Dorville

Horse Battery No. 20 – Staff Capt. Vollmar

III Army Corps Artillery – Col. Eberhard Franz Ernst Friedrich von Mohnhaupt

Battery No. 30 – First Lieutenant Hain

Heavy Battery No. 7 – 1st Lt. Baldauf

Heavy Battery No. 11 – 1st Lt. Liebermann

Heavy Battery No. 12 - Capt. Stammer

Howitzer Battery No. 3 - Capt. Kurgass

Horse Battery (1st Horse Battery, Russian-German Legion) No. 18 - Capt. Hoyer

Horse Battery (2nd Horse Battery, Russian-German Legion) No. 19 – 1st Lt. Dellen

IV Army Corps (33,425 men)

Commander – General of the Infantry Friedrich Wilhelm Count Bülow von Dennewitz

13th Infantry Brigade – Lt. Gen. Albrecht Georg Ernst Karl von Hake

10th (1st Silesian) Infantry Regiment – Col. Georg Wilhelm von Lettow

2nd Neumark Landwehr Regiment – Maj. von Braunschweig

3rd Neumark Landwehr Regiment - Maj. von Schmalensee

Battery No. 21 – Capt. Koppen

14th Infantry Brigade - Maj. Gen. Friedrich Wilhelm von Funck

11th (2nd Silesian) Infantry Regiment – Maj. Count von Reichenbach

1st Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment – Maj. von Brandenstein

2nd Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment – Col. von Pawels

15th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Michael Heinrich von Losthin

18th (6th Reserve) Infantry Regiment – Col. Ernst Friedrich von Loebell

3rd Silesian Landwehr Regiment – Lt. Col. von Thile

4th Silesian Landwehr Regiment – Lt. Col. Karl Friedrich Heinrich von Massow

Battery No. 14 – Capt. Hensel

16th Infantry Brigade – Col. Johann Friedrich August Baron Hiller von Gaertringen

15th (3rd Reserve) Infantry Regiment – Col. Johann von Creilsheim

1st Silesian Landwehr Regiment – Maj. von Fischer

2nd Silesian Landwehr Regiment – Lt. Col. Felix von Blandowski

Battery No. 2 – 1st Lt. Schmidt

IV Army Corps Cavalry - Gen. William Prince of Prussia

1st Cavalry Brigade – Col. Wilhelm Werner Otto Count von Schwerin

1st West Prussian Uhlan Regiment (4 squadrons) – Lt. Col. Beier

6th (2nd Silesian) Hussar Regiment (4 squadrons) – Col. Theodor Ernst von Eicke

10th (Elbe National Cavalry) Hussar Regiment (4 squadrons) - Col. August Ludwig von Ledebur

Horse Battery No. 1 – Capt. von Zincken

2nd Cavalry Brigade – Lt. Col. von Watzorff

8th Hussar Regiment (3 squadrons) - Maj. Friedrich August Peter von Colomb

8th Hussar Regiment (3 squadrons) - Maj. von Muller

3rd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons) - Maj. von Falckenhausen

Horse Battery No. 12 – Capt. Pfeil

3rd Cavalry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Hans Joachim Friedrich von Sydow

1st Neumark Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (3 squadrons) - Maj. von Sydow

2nd Neumark Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (3 squadrons) - Maj. Count von Haslingen

1st Pomeranian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (3 squadrons) - Maj. von Blanckenburg

2nd Pomerian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment - Maj. von Kameke

1st Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons) - Maj. von Schill

2nd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 Squadrons) - Maj. von Schallern

IV Army Corps Artillery – Maj. Gen. Karl Johann Ludwig Braun

Battery No. 11 – Cap. von Mengden

Heavy Artillery Battery No. 3 - Capt. Scheffler

Heavy Artillery Battery No. 5 - Capt. Conradi

Heavy Artillery Battery No. 13 - Capt. Wocke

Horse Battery No. 11 – Capt. Borchard

Howitzer Battery No. 4 - 1st Lt. Schlemmer

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