Order of battle of the Battle of Quatre Bras
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The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815 at Quatre Bras in the Belgian province of Wallonia. The numbers following each unit are the approximate strengths of that unit.
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Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Anglo-allied Army[]
Headquarters and support regiments[]
Major General Prince Willem of Orange G.C.B.
Unit | Commander | Complement | Killed | Wounded | Missing |
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Headquarters | Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | 150 off[icers] 1,231 men | 0 off 0 men | 2 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Personal Staff | Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey KCB | 83 off 9 men | 7 off 0 men | 22 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Medical Staff | Inspector Sir James Robert Grant M.D. | 39 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 7 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Artillery Corps | Colonel Sir George Adam Wood Kt | 15 off 10 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Royal Waggon Train | Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Aird | 12 off 266 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Royal Corps of Artillery Drivers | Major Neil Turner | 13 off 1,212 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
I Corps[]
Unit | Commander | Complement | Killed | Wounded | Missing |
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I Corps | Major-General William, Prince of Orange G.C.B. (Prins Willem van Oranje) | 798 off 17,325 men, 41 guns | 13 off 214 men | 46 off 1,266 men | 1 off 224 men |
Quarter-master-general | Major-General Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque | 20 off 126 men | 1 off 0 men | 8 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
1st Division | Major-General George Cooke | 175 off 4,155 men | 5 off 45 men | 9 off 507 men | 0 off 0 men |
1st Brigade | Major-General Peregrine Maitland | 78 off 1,901 men | 5 off 43 men | 9 off 491 men | 0 off 0 men |
2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards | Lieutenant Colonel Henry Askew | 35 off 919 men | 2 off 23 men | 4 off 256 men | 0 off 0 men |
3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards | Lieutenant Colonel William Stuart | 40 off 982 men | 2 off 20 men | 5 off 235 men | 0 off 0 men |
2nd Brigade | Major-General Sir John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford | 79 off 1,939 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 7 men | 0 off 0 men |
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards | Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell | 36 off 896 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards | Lieutenant Colonel Francis Hepburn | 40 off 1,043 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 7 men | 0 off 0 men |
Artillery | Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Galway Adye | 14 off 401 men | 0 off 2 men | 0 off 9 men | 0 off 0 man |
Sandham's Battery Royal Artillery (RA) | Captain Charles Frederik Sandham | 5 off 99 men, 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer | 0 off 2 men | 0 off 9 men | 0 off 0 man |
Kuhlmann's Battery KGLHA, King's German Legion | Captain Heinrich Jacob Kuhlmann | 8 off 302 men 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
3rd Division | Lieutenant-General Charles, Count Alten KCB (aka Charles Alten) | 318 off 5,173 men | 5 off 115 men | 26 off 434 men | 1 off 6 men |
5th Brigade | Major-General Sir Colin Halkett K.C.B. | 173 off 2,059 men | 5 off 62 men | 15 off 248 men | 0 off 0 men |
2nd Battalion, 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot | Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton | 51 off 579 men | 0 off 5 men | 2 off 28 men | 0 off 0 men |
33rd (1st Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot | Lieutenant-Colonel William George Keith Elphinstone | 41 off 514 men | 3 off 16 men | 7 off 67 men | 0 off 0 men |
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot | Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Morice | 38 off 495 men | 1 off 37 men | 3 off 109 men | 0 off 0 men |
2nd Battalion, 73rd Regiment of Foot | Lieutenant-Colonel William George Harris | 39 off 471 men | 1 off 4 men | 3 off 44 men | 0 off 0 men |
1st Hanoverian Brigade | Major-General Friedrich von Kielmansegg | 127 off 3,189 men | 0 off 44 men | 10 off 169 men | 1 off 6 men |
Field Battalion Bremen | Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm von Langrehre | 21 off 512 men | 0 off 5 men | 1 off 13 men | 0 off 0 men |
Field Battalion 1st Duke of York's Osnabrück | Carl Friedrich von Bulow | 25 off 607 men | 0 off 20 men | 2 off 22 men | 0 off 4 men |
Light Battalion Grubenhagen | Lieutenant Colonel Baron Friedrich von Wurmb | 22 off 621 men | 0 off 5 men | 4 off 74 men | 0 off 0 men |
Light Battalion Lüneburg | Lieutenant Colonel August von Klencke | 22 off 595 men | 0 off 11 men | 3 off 42 men | 1 off 2 men |
Field Battalion Verden | Major Julius von Schkopp | 26 off 533 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Field Jaeger Battalion (two companies) | Captain de Reden | 10 off 321 men | 0 off 3 men | 0 off 18 men | 0 off 0 men |
3rd Division Artillery | Lieutenant Colonel John Suther Williamson | 13 off 225 men | 0 off 9 men | 0 off 17 men | 0 off 0 men |
Lloyd's Battery RA | Major William Lloyd | 5 off 93 men, 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer | 0 off 7 men | 0 off 8 men | 0 off 0 man |
Cleeves' Battery KGLFA King's German Legion | Captain Andreas Cleeves | 6 off 132 men, 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer | 0 off 2 men | 0 off 9 men | 0 off 0 man |
2nd Netherlands Division (2e Divisie)[Note 1] | Lieutenant-Generaal Baron Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitsky Chief of Staff colonel Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt |
290 off 7,697 men | 3 off 54 men | 11 off 325 men | 0 off 218 men |
1st Brigade (1e Brigade) | Generaal-Majoor Willem Frederik van Bylandt | 121 off 3,216 men | 2 off 35 men | 6 off 181 men | 0 off 185 men |
27th Light Battalion (Bataljon Jagers No. 27) | Lieutenant-Kolonel | 23 off 739 men | 0 off 3 men | 1 off 62 men | 0 off 33 men |
7th Line Battalion (Bataljon Infanterie van linie No. 7) | Lieutenant-Kolonel | 23 off 666 men | 1 off 6 men | 1 off 32 men | 0 off 34 men |
5th National Militia Battalion (Bataljon Nationale Militie No. 5) | Lieutenant-Kolonel | 22 off 454 men | 1 off 14 men | 2 off 42 men | 0 off 17 men |
7th National Militia Battalion (Bat. Nat. Mil. No. 7) | Lieutenant-Kolonel | 22 off 622 men | 0 off 2 men | 1 off 13 men | 0 off 77 men |
8th National Militia Battalion (Bat. Nat. Mil. No. 8) | Lieutenant-Kolonel | 22 off 502 men | 0 off 6 men | 1 off 27 men | 0 off 23 men |
Foot Artillery Battery (Batterij artillerie te voet) | Kapitein | 3 off 107 men 6x6 pdr gun, 2x24 pdr how | 0 off 4 men | 0 off 5 men | 0 off 1 men |
Train (Trein) | Lieutenant Frederik Van Gahlen | 2 off 126 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
2nd Brigade (2e Brigade) | Kolonel F. von Gödecke[Note 2] | 146 off 4,579 men | 2 off 36 men | 9 off 240 men | 0 off 64 men |
2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment (2. Infanterieregiment von Nassau) | Majoor | 86 off 2,585 men | 1 off 12 men | 4 off 91 men | 0 off 9 men |
1st Battalion (1e Bataljon) | Kapitein Moritz Büsgen | 27 off 835 men | 0 off 5 men | 1 off 31 men | 0 off 9 men |
2nd Battalion (2e Bataljon) | Majoor | 25 off 819 men | 1 off 4 men | 2 off 27 men | 0 off 0 men |
3rd Battalion (3e Bataljon) | Majoor | 27 off 819 men | 0 off 3 men | 1 off 33 men | 0 off 0 men |
28th Regiment, Orange-Nassau (Regiment Oranje-Nassau No. 28) | Kolonel Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach[Note 2] | 57 off 1,625 men | 0 off 5 men | 0 off 35 men | 0 off 22 men |
1st Battalion (1e Bataljon) | Lieutenant-Kolonel | 28 off 835 men | 0 off 1 man | 0 off 7 men | 0 off 6 men |
2nd Battalion (2e Bataljon) | Majoor | 22 off 637 men | 0 off 1 man | 0 off 12 men | 0 off 16 men |
Volunteer Jager Company (Compagnie vrijwillige jagers) ('Oranje-Nassau') | Kapitein | 5 off 153 men | 0 off 3 men | 0 off 16 men | 0 off 0 men |
Horse Artillery Battery (Batterij rijdende artillerie) | Kapitein Adriaan van Bijleveld | 5 off 100 men 6x6 pdr gun, 2x24 pdr how | 0 off 2 men | 1 off 13 men | 0 off 1 man |
Train (Trein) | Lieutenant Gert van der Hoeven | 2 off 109 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 5 men | 0 off 1 men |
II Corps[]
Unit | Commander | Complement | Killed | Wounded | Missing |
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II Corps | Lieutenant General Sir Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill | 11 off 193 men, 6 guns | 0 off 0 men | 2 off 6 men | 0 off 0 men |
1st Troop Sympher's Battery KGLHA, King's German Legion | Captain Augustus Sympher | 5 off 193 men | 0 off 0 men | 2 off 6 men | 0 off 0 men |
Artillery | Major | 12 off 191 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Rogers' Battery RA | Captain Thomas Rogers | 5 off 90 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Braun's Hanoverian Foot Artillery | Captain Wilhelm Braun | 4 off 101 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Reserve[]
Under the command of Wellington.
Unit | Commander | Complement | Killed | Wounded | Missing |
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5th Division | Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton | 312 off 4,792 men | 6 off 84 men | 49 off 531 men | 3 off 27 men |
8th Brigade | Major General Sir James Kempt | 167 off 2,348 men | 4 off 68 men | 44 off 522 men | 1 off 0 men |
1st Battalion, 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot | Colonel Sir Charles Paul Belson KCB | 39 off 580 men | 0 off 11 men | 4 off 60 men | 0 off 0 men |
1st Battalion, 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot | Major (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel) John Hicks | 44 off 605 men | 2 off 21 men | 20 off 153 men | 0 off 0 men |
79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) | Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Douglas | 46 off 656 men | 2 off 28 men | 16 off 258 men | 1 off 0 men |
1st Battalion, 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) | Lieutenant-Colonel (Brevet Colonel) Sir Andrew Barnard | 35 off 507 men | 0 off 8 men | 4 off 51 men | 0 off 0 men |
9th Brigade | Major General Sir Dennis Pack | 177 off 2,133 men | 18 off 107 men | 57 off 728 men | 0 off 17 men |
3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot (The Royal Scots) | Lieutenant Colonel Colin Campbell | 52 off 588 men | 6 off 60 men | 12 off 180 men | 0 off 0 men |
42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, the "Black Watch" | Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Macara(†) KCB | 39 off 550 men | 3 off 42 men | 14 off 228 men | 0 off 0 men |
2nd Battalion, 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot | Lieutenant-Colonel John Miller Hamerton | 36 off 427 men | 2 off 10 men | 15 off 94 men | 0 off 17 men |
92nd Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders) | Lieutenant-Colonel John Cameron of Fassifern(†) | 47 off 568 men | 6 off 35 men | 16 off 226 men | 0 off 0 men |
4th Hanoverian Brigade | Colonel Charles Best | 140 off 2,444 men | 2 off 16 men | 4 off 39 men | 2 off 27 men |
Landwehr Battalion Lüneburg | Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig von Ramdohr | 24 off 582 men | 0 off 4 men | 2 off 8 men | 0 off 4 men |
Landwehr Battalion Minden | Major Ferdinand von Schmid | 37 off 590 men | 0 off 6 men | 0 off 14 men | 0 off 13 men |
Landwehr Battalion Osterode | Major Claus von Reden | 35 off 621 men | 1 off 1 man | 0 off 3 men | 0 off 0 men |
Landwehr Battalion Verden | Major Christoff von der Decken | 34 off 556 men | 1 off 5 men | 2 off 14 men | 2 off 10 men |
Brunswick Corps[]
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (KIA)
Unit | Commander | Complement | Killed | Wounded | Missing |
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Brunswick Corps | Lieutenant General Duke of Brunswick | 213 off 5,686 men, 16 guns | 4 off 85 men | 16 off 468 men | 0 off 179 men |
Brunswick Advance Guard | Major von Rauschenplatt | 25 off 647 men | 0 off 9 men | 4 off 43 men | 0 off 0 men |
1st Brigade | Lieutenant-Colonel | 94 off 2,597 men | 0 off 33 men | 8 off 158 men | 0 off 57 men |
Guard Battalion | Major Frederich von Pröstler | 25 off 647 men | 0 off 15 men | 5 off 106 men | 0 off 18 men |
1st Light Infantry Battalion | Major von Holstein | 23 off 649 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 3 men | 0 off 22 men |
2nd Light Infantry Battalion | Major Heinrich von Brandenstein | 21 off 652 men | 0 off 18 men | 3 off 49 men | 0 off 17 men |
3rd Light Infantry Battalion | Major von Ebeling | 23 off 649 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 man |
2nd Brigade | Lieutenant-Colonel Frederich von Specht | 77 off 1,942 men | 3 off 43 men | 4 off 267 men | 0 off 122 men |
1st Line Battalion | Major Metzner | 23 off 649 men | 1 off 16 men | 2 off 86 men | 0 off 29 men |
2nd Line Battalion | Major von Strombeck | 27 off 646 men | 2 off 23 men | 1 off 162 men | 0 off 46 men |
3rd Line Battalion | Major Gustavus von Normann | 25 off 647 men | 0 off 4 men | 1 off 19 men | 0 off 47 men |
Artillery | Major August Mahn | 11 off 500 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Heinemann's Horse Battery | Captain Manfred von Heinemann | 5 off 289 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Moll's Foot Battery | Major Johann Moll | 5 off 211 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men | 0 off 0 men |
Cavalry Corps[]
Unit | Commander | Complement | Killed | Wounded | Missing |
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Anglo-Allied Army Cavalry Corps | Lieutenant General Henry Paget, the 2nd Earl of Uxbridge | 122 off 1,870 men, 0 guns | 3 off 33 men | 5 off 79 men | 0 off 96 men |
Cavalry of the Brunswick Corps | Major Von Cramm | 50 off 872 men | 2 off 19 men | 2 off 37 men | 0 off 45 men |
2nd Hussars Regiment | Major von Cramm | 34 of 656 men | 2 off 15 men | 2 off 27 men | 0 off 23 men |
Uhlans (1 Squadron) | Major Carl Pott | 16 off 216 men | 0 off 4 men | 0 off 10 men | 0 off 22 men |
3rd Light Brigade (3e Brigade Lichte Cavalerie)[Note 3] | Generaal-Majoor Jean Baptiste Baron van Merlen | 65 off 998 men | 1 off 14 men | 3 off 42 men | 0 off 51 men |
5th Light Dragoons (Regiment lichte dragonders No. 5)[Note 4] | Lieutenant-Kolonel | 26 off 395 men | 0 off 6 men | 1 off 23 men | 0 off 14 men |
6th Hussars (Regiment Huzaren van Boreel) | Lieutenant-Kolonel | 36 off 603 men | 1 off 8 men | 2 off 19 men | 0 off 37 men |
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French Army[]
Left Wing, Armee du Nord
Marshal of the Empire Michel Ney
II Corps[]
Gen de Division Honoré Charles Reille
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5th Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery
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6th Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery
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9th Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery
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2nd Cavalry Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery
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Corps Artillery
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III Cavalry Corps[]
Gen de Corps d'Armee François Étienne de Kellermann, Comte de Valmy
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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11th Cavalry Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery
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Imperial Guard Light Cavalry Division |
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See also[]
- Order of Battle of the Waterloo Campaign
Notes[]
- ^ De Bas and Wommersom, Tome III, table p. 96
- ^ Jump up to: a b According to De Bas and Wommersom, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was the colonel of the 28th regiment "Orange-Nassau," but he had to replace the commander of the second brigade, Colonel Von Goedecke (Gödecke), who had been taken ill; Cf. De Bas and Wommersom, Tome III, p. 97, table and fn. 3.
- ^ The Anglo-Allied Army Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine number them: 1st Heavy 2nd Light, 3rd Light; but the source Wellington's Army in 1815. British-German-Netherland Order of Battle numbers them Heavy, 1st Light, 2nd Light.
- ^ The Anglo-Allied Army Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, but the source Wellington's Army in 1815. British-German-Netherland Order of Battle numbers this the 4th (Dutch) Light Dragoon
References[]
- Erwin Muilwijk, Quatre Bras, Perponcher's gamble, Sovereign House Books, 2013. ISBN 978-90-819318-2-3.
- Balkoski, Joseph (May–June 1979), "Ney vs. Wellington: The Battle of Quatre Bras June 16, 1815", Strategy & Tactics (74): 18, ISSN 0049-2310
- Hofschroer, Peter (1998), 1815, The Waterloo Campaign, Wellington, his German Allies and the Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras, London: Greenhill Books, pp. [, page needed],
- De Bas, F. and J. De T'Serclaes de Wommersom (1908), La campagne de 1815 aux Pays-Bas d'après les rapports officiels néerlandais. Tomes : I : Quatre-Bras. II : Waterloo. III : Annexes et notes. IV : supplément : cartes et plans, Paris: Librairie Plon, retrieved 20 May 2013
- Napoleonic Wars orders of battle