Order of battle of the Battle of Quatre Bras explained

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16June 1815 at Quatre Bras in the Belgian region of Wallonia. The numbers following each unit are the approximate strengths of that unit.

Anglo-allied Army

Headquarters and support regiments

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Major General Prince Willem of Orange G.C.B.

UnitCommanderComplementKilledWoundedMissing
HeadquartersField Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington150 off[icers] 1,231 men0 off 0 men2 off 0 men0 off 0 men
Personal StaffColonel Sir William Howe De Lancey KCB83 off 9 men7 off 0 men22 off 0 men0 off 0 men
Medical Staff Inspector Sir James Robert Grant M.D.39 off 0 men0 off 0 men7 off 0 men0 off 0 men
Artillery CorpsColonel Sir George Adam Wood Kt15 off 10 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men
Royal Waggon TrainLieutenant Colonel Thomas Aird12 off 266 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men
Royal Corps of Artillery DriversMajor Neil Turner13 off 1,212 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men

I Corps

UnitCommanderComplementKilledWoundedMissing
I CorpsMajor-General William, Prince of Orange G.C.B. (Prins Willem van Oranje)798 off 17,325 men, 41 guns13 off 214 men46 off 1,266 men1 off 224 men
Quarter-master-generalMajor-General Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque20 off 126 men1 off 0 men8 off 0 men0 off 0 men
1st DivisionMajor-General George Cooke175 off 4,155 men5 off 45 men9 off 507 men0 off 0 men
1st BrigadeMajor-General Peregrine Maitland78 off 1,901 men5 off 43 men9 off 491 men0 off 0 men
2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot GuardsLieutenant Colonel Henry Askew35 off 919 men2 off 23 men4 off 256 men0 off 0 men
3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot GuardsLieutenant Colonel William Stuart40 off 982 men2 off 20 men5 off 235 men0 off 0 men
2nd BrigadeMajor-General Sir John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford79 off 1,939 men0 off 0 men0 off 7 men0 off 0 men
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot GuardsLieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell36 off 896 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men
2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot GuardsLieutenant Colonel Francis Hepburn40 off 1,043 men0 off 0 men0 off 7 men0 off 0 men
ArtilleryLieutenant-Colonel Stephen Galway Adye14 off 401 men0 off 2 men0 off 9 men0 off 0 man
Sandham's Battery Royal Artillery (RA)Captain Charles Frederik Sandham5 off 99 men, 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer0 off 2 men0 off 9 men0 off 0 man
Kuhlmann's Battery KGLHA, King's German LegionCaptain Heinrich Jacob Kuhlmann8 off 302 men 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men
3rd DivisionLieutenant-General Charles, Count Alten KCB (aka Charles Alten)318 off 5,173 men5 off 115 men26 off 434 men1 off 6 men
5th BrigadeMajor-General Sir Colin Halkett K.C.B.173 off 2,059 men5 off 62 men15 off 248 men0 off 0 men
2nd Battalion, 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of FootLieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton51 off 579 men0 off 5 men2 off 28 men0 off 0 men
33rd (1st Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of FootLieutenant-Colonel William George Keith Elphinstone41 off 514 men3 off 16 men7 off 67 men0 off 0 men
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of FootLieutenant-Colonel Charles Morice38 off 495 men1 off 37 men3 off 109 men0 off 0 men
2nd Battalion, 73rd Regiment of FootLieutenant-Colonel William George Harris39 off 471 men1 off 4 men3 off 44 men0 off 0 men
1st Hanoverian BrigadeMajor-General Friedrich von Kielmansegg127 off 3,189 men0 off 44 men10 off 169 men1 off 6 men
Field Battalion BremenLieutenant Colonel Wilhelm von Langrehre21 off 512 men0 off 5 men1 off 13 men0 off 0 men
Field Battalion 1st Duke of York's OsnabrückCarl Friedrich von Bulow25 off 607 men0 off 20 men2 off 22 men0 off 4 men
Light Battalion GrubenhagenLieutenant Colonel Baron Friedrich von Wurmb22 off 621 men0 off 5 men4 off 74 men0 off 0 men
Light Battalion LüneburgLieutenant Colonel August von Klencke22 off 595 men0 off 11 men3 off 42 men1 off 2 men
Field Battalion VerdenMajor Julius von Schkopp26 off 533 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men
Field Jaeger Battalion (two companies)Captain de Reden10 off 321 men0 off 3 men0 off 18 men0 off 0 men
3rd Division ArtilleryLieutenant Colonel John Suther Williamson13 off 225 men0 off 9 men0 off 17 men0 off 0 men
Lloyd's Battery RAMajor William Lloyd5 off 93 men, 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer0 off 7 men0 off 8 men0 off 0 man
Cleeves' Battery KGLFA King's German LegionCaptain Andreas Cleeves6 off 132 men, 5x9lb guns 1x5.5 inch Howitzer0 off 2 men0 off 9 men0 off 0 man
2nd Netherlands Division (2e Divisie)[1] Lieutenant-Generaal Baron Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitsky
Chief of Staff colonel Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt		290 off 7,697 men3 off 54 men11 off 325 men0 off 218 men
1st Brigade (1e Brigade)Generaal-Majoor Willem Frederik van Bylandt121 off 3,216 men2 off 35 men6 off 181 men0 off 185 men
27th Light Battalion (Bataljon Jagers No. 27)Lieutenant-Kolonel Johann Willem Grunebosch23 off 739 men0 off 3 men1 off 62 men0 off 33 men
7th Line Battalion (Bataljon Infanterie van linie No. 7)Lieutenant-Kolonel Frederik Charles van den Sande23 off 666 men1 off 6 men1 off 32 men0 off 34 men
5th National Militia Battalion (Bataljon Nationale Militie No. 5)Lieutenant-Kolonel Jan Johannes Westenberg22 off 454 men1 off 14 men2 off 42 men0 off 17 men
7th National Militia Battalion (Bat. Nat. Mil. No. 7)Lieutenant-Kolonel Hendrick Singendonck22 off 622 men0 off 2 men1 off 13 men0 off 77 men
8th National Militia Battalion (Bat. Nat. Mil. No. 8)Lieutenant-Kolonel Wijlbrandis Augustus de Jongh22 off 502 men0 off 6 men1 off 27 men0 off 23 men
Foot Artillery Battery (Batterij artillerie te voet)Kapitein Emmanuel Joseph Stevenart3 off 107 men 6x6 pdr gun, 2x24 pdr how0 off 4 men0 off 5 men0 off 1 men
Train (Trein)Lieutenant Frederik Van Gahlen2 off 126 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men
2nd Brigade (2e Brigade)Kolonel F. von Gödecke[2] 146 off 4,579 men2 off 36 men9 off 240 men0 off 64 men
2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment (2. Infanterieregiment von Nassau)Majoor Johann Friedrich Sattler86 off 2,585 men1 off 12 men4 off 91 men0 off 9 men
1st Battalion (1e Bataljon)Kapitein Moritz Büsgen27 off 835 men0 off 5 men1 off 31 men0 off 9 men
2nd Battalion (2e Bataljon)Majoor Philipp von Normann25 off 819 men1 off 4 men2 off 27 men0 off 0 men
3rd Battalion (3e Bataljon)Majoor Gottfried Hechmann27 off 819 men0 off 3 men1 off 33 men0 off 0 men
28th Regiment, Orange-Nassau (Regiment Oranje-Nassau No. 28)Kolonel Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach57 off 1,625 men0 off 5 men0 off 35 men0 off 22 men
1st Battalion (1e Bataljon)Lieutenant-Kolonel Wilhelm Ferdinand von Dressel28 off 835 men0 off 1 man0 off 7 men0 off 6 men
2nd Battalion (2e Bataljon)Majoor Christian Philipp Schleyer22 off 637 men0 off 1 man0 off 12 men0 off 16 men
Volunteer Jager Company (Compagnie vrijwillige jagers) ('Oranje-Nassau')Kapitein Emilius Bergmann5 off 153 men0 off 3 men0 off 16 men0 off 0 men
Horse Artillery Battery (Batterij rijdende artillerie)Kapitein Adriaan van Bijleveld5 off 100 men 6x6 pdr gun, 2x24 pdr how0 off 2 men1 off 13 men0 off 1 man
Train (Trein)Lieutenant Gert van der Hoeven2 off 109 men0 off 0 men0 off 5 men0 off 1 men

II Corps

UnitCommanderComplementKilledWoundedMissing
II CorpsLieutenant General Sir Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill11 off 193 men, 6 guns0 off 0 men2 off 6 men0 off 0 men
1st Troop Sympher's Battery KGLHA, King's German LegionCaptain Augustus Sympher5 off 193 men0 off 0 men2 off 6 men0 off 0 men
Artillery Major Heinrich Heise12 off 191 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men
Rogers' Battery RACaptain Thomas Rogers5 off 90 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men
Braun's Hanoverian Foot ArtilleryCaptain Wilhelm Braun4 off 101 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men

Reserve

Under the command of Wellington.

UnitCommanderComplementKilledWoundedMissing
5th DivisionLieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton312 off 4,792 men6 off 84 men49 off 531 men3 off 27 men
8th BrigadeMajor General Sir James Kempt167 off 2,348 men4 off 68 men44 off 522 men1 off 0 men
1st Battalion, 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot39 off 580 men0 off 11 men4 off 60 men0 off 0 men
1st Battalion, 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of FootMajor (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel) John Hicks44 off 605 men2 off 21 men20 off 153 men0 off 0 men
79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders)Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Douglas46 off 656 men2 off 28 men16 off 258 men1 off 0 men
1st Battalion, 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)Lieutenant-Colonel (Brevet Colonel) Sir Andrew Barnard35 off 507 men0 off 8 men4 off 51 men0 off 0 men
9th BrigadeMajor General Sir Dennis Pack177 off 2,133 men18 off 107 men57 off 728 men0 off 17 men
3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot (The Royal Scots)Lieutenant Colonel Colin Campbell52 off 588 men6 off 60 men12 off 180 men0 off 0 men
42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, the "Black Watch"Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Macara(†) 39 off 550 men3 off 42 men14 off 228 men0 off 0 men
2nd Battalion, 44th (East Essex) Regiment of FootLieutenant-Colonel John Miller Hamerton36 off 427 men2 off 10 men15 off 94 men0 off 17 men
92nd Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders)Lieutenant-Colonel John Cameron of Fassifern(†)47 off 568 men6 off 35 men16 off 226 men0 off 0 men
4th Hanoverian BrigadeColonel Charles Best140 off 2,444 men2 off 16 men4 off 39 men2 off 27 men
Landwehr Battalion LüneburgLieutenant Colonel Ludwig von Ramdohr24 off 582 men0 off 4 men2 off 8 men0 off 4 men
Landwehr Battalion MündenMajor Ferdinand von Schmid37 off 590 men0 off 6 men0 off 14 men0 off 13 men
Landwehr Battalion OsterodeMajor Claus von Reden35 off 621 men1 off 1 man0 off 3 men0 off 0 men
Landwehr Battalion VerdenMajor Christoff von der Decken34 off 556 men1 off 5 men2 off 14 men2 off 10 men

Brunswick Corps

Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (KIA)

UnitCommanderComplementKilledWoundedMissing
Brunswick CorpsLieutenant General Duke of Brunswick213 off 5,686 men, 16 guns4 off 85 men16 off 468 men0 off 179 men
Brunswick Advance GuardMajor von Rauschenplatt25 off 647 men0 off 9 men4 off 43 men0 off 0 men
1st BrigadeLieutenant-Colonel Wilhelm Treusch von Buttlar94 off 2,597 men0 off 33 men8 off 158 men0 off 57 men
Guard BattalionMajor Frederich von Pröstler25 off 647 men0 off 15 men5 off 106 men0 off 18 men
1st Light Infantry BattalionMajor von Holstein23 off 649 men0 off 0 men0 off 3 men0 off 22 men
2nd Light Infantry BattalionMajor Heinrich von Brandenstein21 off 652 men0 off 18 men3 off 49 men0 off 17 men
3rd Light Infantry BattalionMajor von Ebeling23 off 649 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 man
2nd BrigadeLieutenant-Colonel Frederich von Specht77 off 1,942 men3 off 43 men4 off 267 men0 off 122 men
1st Line BattalionMajor Metzner23 off 649 men1 off 16 men2 off 86 men0 off 29 men
2nd Line BattalionMajor von Strombeck27 off 646 men2 off 23 men1 off 162 men0 off 46 men
3rd Line BattalionMajor Gustavus von Normann25 off 647 men0 off 4 men1 off 19 men0 off 47 men
ArtilleryMajor August Mahn11 off 500 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men
Heinemann's Horse BatteryCaptain Manfred von Heinemann5 off 289 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men
Moll's Foot BatteryMajor Johann Moll5 off 211 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men0 off 0 men

Cavalry Corps

UnitCommanderComplementKilledWoundedMissing
Anglo-Allied Army Cavalry CorpsLieutenant General Henry Paget, the 2nd Earl of Uxbridge122 off 1,870 men, 0 guns3 off 33 men5 off 79 men0 off 96 men
Cavalry of the Brunswick CorpsMajor Von Cramm50 off 872 men2 off 19 men2 off 37 men0 off 45 men
2nd Hussars RegimentMajor von Cramm34 of 656 men2 off 15 men2 off 27 men0 off 23 men
Uhlans (1 Squadron)Major Carl Pott16 off 216 men0 off 4 men0 off 10 men0 off 22 men
3rd Light Brigade (3e Brigade Lichte Cavalerie)[3] Generaal-Majoor Jean Baptiste Baron van Merlen65 off 998 men1 off 14 men3 off 42 men0 off 51 men
5th Light Dragoons (Regiment lichte dragonders No. 5)[4] Lieutenant-Kolonel Edouard A. J. G. de Mercx de Corbais26 off 395 men0 off 6 men1 off 23 men0 off 14 men
6th Hussars (Regiment Huzaren van Boreel)Lieutenant-Kolonel Jonkheer Willem Francois Boreel36 off 603 men1 off 8 men2 off 19 men0 off 37 men

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
Gen de Division Gilbert Bachelu		1st Brigade
Gen de Brigade Husson
  • 1st Btn, 2nd Light Regt (578)
  • 2nd Btn, 2nd Light Regt (569)
  • 3rd Btn, 2nd Light Regt (577)
  • 4th Btn, 2nd Light Regt (570)
  • 1st Btn, 61st Line Regt (423)
  • 2nd Btn, 61st Line Regt (407)
2nd Brigade
Gen de Brigade Baron Campi
  • 1st Btn, 72nd Line Regt (483)
  • 2nd Btn, 72nd Line Regt (487)
  • 1st Btn, 108th Line Regt (415)
  • 2nd Btn, 108th Line Regt (406)
  • 3rd Btn, 108th Line Regt (251)
Artillery
Cpt Deshailles
  • 18th Bty, 6th Arty (six 6 lb., two 5.5" how.)
6th Division
Gen de Division Prince Jérôme Bonaparte		1st Brigade
Gen de Brigade Bauduin
  • 1st Btn, 1st Legere Regt (625 approx)
  • 2nd Btn, 1st Legere Regt (625 approx)
  • 3rd Btn, 1st Legere Regt (600 approx)
  • 1st Btn, 3rd Line Regt (600 approx)
  • 2nd Btn, 3rd Line Regt (600 approx)
2nd Brigade
Gen de Brigade Soye
  • 1st Btn, 1st Line Regt (625 approx)
  • 2nd Btn, 1st Line Regt (600 approx)
  • 3rd Btn, 1st Line Regt (600 approx)
  • 1st Btn, 2nd Line Regt (600 approx)
  • 2nd Btn, 2nd Line Regt (600 approx)
  • 3rd Btn, 2nd Line Regt (575 approx)
Artillery
Cpt Barbaux
  • 3rd Bty, 2nd Arty (six 6 lb., two 5.5" how.)
9th Division
Gen de Division Maximilien Sebastien Foy		1st Brigade
Gen de Brigade Gauthier
  • 1st Btn, 92nd Line Regt (553)
  • 2nd Btn, 92nd Line Regt (472)
  • 1st Btn, 93rd Line Regt (471)
  • 2nd Btn, 93rd Line Regt (472)
2nd Brigade
Gen de Brigade Baron Jamin
  • 1st Btn, 100th Line Regt (423)
  • 2nd Btn, 100th Line Regt (424)
  • 3rd Btn, 100th Line Regt (246)
  • 1st Btn, 4th Light Regt (533)
  • 2nd Btn, 4th Light Regt (536)
  • 3rd Btn, 4th Light Regt (535)
Artillery
Cpt Tacon
  • 1st Bty, 6th Arty (six 6 lb., two 5.5" how.)
2nd Cavalry Division
Gen de Division Hippolyte Piré		1st Brigade
Gen de Brigade Pierre Antoine François Huber
  • 1st Chasseur Regt (485)
  • 6th Chasseur Regt (560)
2nd Brigade
Gen de Brigade Wathiez
  • 5th Lancer Regt (412)
  • 6th Lancer Regt (381)
Artillery
Cpt Gronnier
  • 2nd Bty, 4th Horse Arty (four 6 lb., two 6" how.)
Corps Artillery
Baron Le Pelletier
  • 7th Bty, 2nd Arty (six 12 lb., two 6" how.)

III Cavalry Corps

Gen de Corps d'Armee François Étienne de Kellermann, Comte de Valmy

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11th Cavalry Division
Gen de Division Baron L'Heritier		1st Brigade
Gen de Brigade Picquet
  • 2nd Dragoon Regt (585)
  • 7th Dragoon Regt (516)
2nd Brigade
Gen de Brigade Guiton
  • 8th Cuirassier Regt (425)
  • 11th Cuirassier Regt (325)
Artillery
Cpt Marcillac
  • 3rd Bty, 2nd Horse Arty (four 6 lb., two 5.5" how.)
Imperial Guard Light Cavalry Division
Gen Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes
  • Lancer Regt (880)
  • Chasseur and Mameluke Regt (1,197)

See also

Notes

  1. De Bas and Wommersom, Tome III, table p. 96
  2. 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.
  3. http://www.napoleonic-literature.com/Waterloo_OB/Allied.htm The Anglo-Allied Army
  4. http://www.napoleonic-literature.com/Waterloo_OB/Allied.htm The Anglo-Allied Army

References

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