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 were referred 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 - 1815

By 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 Wood Commander, King's German Artillery: Major [Brevet LT. Colonel] Sir Julius Hartmann

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] Alexander Woodford) 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. 2nd Light Bn. 5th Line Bn. 8th Line Bn. (LT. Colonel Louis von dem Bussche) (Major George Baring) (LT. Colonel Wilhelm von Linsingen) (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)

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. 35th Belgian Jaegers Bn. 4th National Militia Bn. 6th National Militia Bn. 17th National Militia Bn. 19th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel J. Speelman) (Colonel D.P.J. Arnold) (Colonel R. van Heeckeren van Molencate) (LT. Colonel A. van Thielen) (LT. Colonel N. van Malz Wieling) (Major H. Boellaerdt)

2nd Brigade: Major General Alexander dAubreme 3rd Dutch Line Bn. 12th Dutch Line Bn. 13th Dutch Line Bn. 36th Belgian Jaegers Bn. 3rd National Militia Bn. 10th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel E. P. l'Honneux) (Colonel Daniel Bagelaar) (LT. Colonel Frederik Aberson) (Colonel Charles Goethals) (LT. Colonel F. E. Baron van Lawick van Pabst) (LT. Colonel G. F. Brade)

Artillery: Major Jacques, Baron van der Smissen Krahmers Belgian Horse Battery Luxs Belgian Foot Battery (Captain C.F. Krahmer de Bichin) (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 BusscheHunefeld) Landwehr Bn. Salzgitter (Major Friedrich von Hammerstein) Artillery: LT. Colonel Charles Gold Almss Foot Battery [9th Bn.] 1st Horse Battery, KGL (Captain Samuel BoLT.on) (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.

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. 18th Dutch Jaegers Bn. 1st National Militia Bn. 2nd National Militia Bn. 18th National Militia Bn. (LT. Colonel W. Kuijek) (LT. Colonel HSH Prince August van Aremberg) (LT. Colonel F.A. Guicherit) (LT. Colonel A. W. Senn van Bazel) (LT. Colonel Frederik van Ommeren)

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) (Captain van Heineken) (1st LT. Leutner) (Captain L.H. du Bois)

Guides a Cheval, 1 Squadron Constabulary, 1 Squadron du Bois's Dutch Foot Battery

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

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 Landwehr Bn. Munden Landwehr Bn. Osterode Landwehr Bn. Verden (LT. Colonel Ludwig von Ramdohr) (Major Ferdinand von Schmid) (Major Claus von Reden) (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 of Brunswick
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. 1st Light Bn. 2nd Light Bn. 3rd Light Bn. (Major Friedrich von Prostler) (Major von Holstein) (Major Heinrich von Brandenstein) (Major von Ebeling)

Line Brigade: LT. Colonel Friedrich von Specht 1st Line Bn. 2nd Line Bn. 3rd Line Bn. Cavalry: (Major von Metzner) (Major von Strombeck) (Major Gustavus von Normann)

Hussar Regiment Uhlan Squadron

(Major von Cramm) (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.en Commander, 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

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)

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)

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 Landwehr Bn. Bremerlehe Landwehr Bn. Melle Terheyden) (LT. Colonel Ernst von Bothmer) (Major Arnold von der Decken) (Major Karl von Donop was absent, Captain Bernhard

2nd Brigade: Colonel Karl von Beaulieu, Field Bn. Grubenhagen Landwehr Bn. Alfeld Dammers) Landwehr Bn. Northeim Landwehr Bn. Springe Luderitz) (Major Georg Hamelberg was absent, Major Wilhelm (Major Levin von Harling was absent, Major Wilhelm Delius) (Major Borries von Munchhausen was absent, Captain August

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
By Ron McGuigan

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 AdjutantGeneral, 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 Sir George 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 MajorGeneral 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). 1st British Brigade:

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 the Hanoverian 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:

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). 16th British 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 Belgian Line (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:

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 advance to 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 2nd Brigade, KGL and transferred to the 3rd Anglo-Hanoverian Division. 3rd Hanoverian Brigade: No changes were reported. 12th British Brigade: 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

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). 4th British Brigade: 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 British Brigade: No changes were reported. 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 the 5th 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: No changes were reported. 2nd Brigade: No changes were reported. 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 Battalion 9th Dutch Line Battalion 14th Dutch Line Battalion

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.

5th Anglo-Hanoverian Division:

Lieutenant General Picton was killed at Waterloo and succeeded in command by Major General Kempt. It appears that Major General Kempt commanded both the division and the Reserve Corps. 8th British Brigade: 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. 9th British Brigade: 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 Muller) 5th Hanoverian Brigade: No changes were reported.

6th Anglo-Hanoverian Division:

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 Reserve Corps 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. 10th British Brigade: 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, 2nd Battalion 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. 4th Hanoverian Brigade: No changes were reported. 11th British 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 Blakeney) 23rd Foot, 1st Battalion 29th (The Worcestershire) Foot 32nd Foot, 1st Battalion 12th 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) (Lieutenant Colonel [Brevet Colonel] Sir Edward (from the 4th British Brigade on July 18th) (Lieutenant Colonel John Tucker) (from the 8th British Brigade)

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. 13th British Brigade: 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) 14th 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) 15th British Brigade: 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] David Walker) 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

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

Cavalry:
Lieutenant General Lord Uxbridge was wounded at Waterloo and succeeded in command by Major 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:

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 General Vandeleur resumed command. 5th British Cavalry Brigade: 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. 6th British Cavalry Brigade: No changes were reported. This brigade was the Advance Guard of the Anglo-Allied Army on the advance to Paris. 7th British Cavalry Brigade: 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. 8th British Cavalry Brigade: Formed 18 August and commanded by Major General Lord George Beresford. It consisted of the following: 2nd (or The Queen's) Dragoon Guards 3rd (or The Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 3rd (or King's Own) Dragoons Manners) 1st Hanoverian Cavalry Brigade: (Lieutenant Colonel James Kearney) (Lieutenant Colonel George Holmes) (Lieutenant Colonel Lord Charles

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 cavalry brigades: 1st Cavalry Brigade: 2nd Cavalry Brigade: 3rd Cavalry Brigade: 4th Cavalry Brigade: 5th Cavalry Brigade: 6th Cavalry Brigade: 7th Cavalry Brigade: Reserve Artillery: A Troop (Ross's) I Troop (Bull's) H Troop (Captain [Brevet Lieutenant Colonel] Sir John May) 2nd Rocket Troop (Whinyates's) F Troop (Webber Smith's) E Troop (Gardiner's) G Troop (Dickson's) 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 of Waterloo. 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: Antwerp: 7th British Brigade [1st] Foreign Veteran Battalion King's German Legion 2nd Brigade, Hanoverian Reserve Corps

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: 3rd Brigade, Hanoverian Reserve Corps Daniel's Company, KGL Artillery 7th British Brigade: No changes were reported. 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 to Villeron, 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

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 Sinclair's Company Ostend: Storey) [4th Battalion] [4th Battalion] (Captain [Brevet Major] Peter Wallace) (Captain [Brevet Major] John Sinclair) (Captain [Brevet Major] David (Captain [Brevet Major] William (Captain [Brevet Major] William

Storey's Company

[2nd Battalion] [9th Battalion] [4th Battalion]

Peronne: Clibborne's Company Clibborne) Tournai: Holcroft's Company 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, 3rd Anglo-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: No changes were reported. 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 Wissell may have transferred to the commmand of the 1st Brigade. (In April, the 4th Brigade had been commanded by Colonel Hartwig Hedemann, Field Battalion Calenberg).

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 already were 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 AngloAllied 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 later joined 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 hostilities ended while negotiations were being held to send the contingent to join the AngloAllied Army.

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 Dragoons 13th 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

7th Foot, 1st Battalion 23rd Foot 43rd Foot, 1st Battalion 8th Brigade: Major General Sir John Lambert 27th Foot, 1st Battalion 40th Foot, 1st Battalion 95th Rifles, 1st Battalion 2nd Division: Lt General Sir Henry Clinton 3rd Brigade: Major General Sir Robert O'Callaghan 3rd Foot, 1st Battalion 39th Foot, 1st Battalion 91st Foot, 1st Battalion 4th Brigade: Major General Sir Denis Pack 4th Foot, 1st Battalion 52nd Foot, 1st Battalion 79th Highlanders, 1st Battalion 6th Brigade: Major General Sir Thomas Bradford 6th Foot, 1st Battalion 29th Foot 71st Foot, 1st Battalion 3rd Division: Lt General Sir Charles Colville 2nd Brigade: Major General Sir Manley Power 1st Foot, 3rd Battalion 57th Foot, 1st Battalion 95th Rifles, 2nd Battalion 5th Brigade: Major General Sir Thomas Brisbane 5th Foot, 1st Battalion 9th Foot, 1st Battalion 21st Foot, 1st Battalion 9th Brigade: Major General Sir John Keane 81st Foot, 1st Battalion 88th Foot, 1st Battalion Artillery:

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 Battery Rogers'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 Battalion 3rd 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 Verden Field Battalion Calenberg