KillerMongoose
Sergeant Knight
We are the Army of the Netherlands. We fight for our Fatherland against all those who oppose us and wish to oppress us and burn our homes and kill our families. We have stood in the shadows for too long, now we show ourselves and brace for the coming storm. We will stand, and we will fight. For Honor, For our Families, and for the Fatherland!
We will Accept any regiments who are based on Belgian or Dutch units during the period of 1813-1815
If you are interested in Joining the Army contact one of the regimental leaders.
History
Netherlands infantry battalions consisted of 6 companies and 1 depot company. The 1st and the 6th Companies were designated as Flank Companies, while the 1st-4th were Centre Companies. The Flank Companies formed the elite units of the battalion, comprising the best men.
The Netherland infantry units were arrayed in 2 instead of in 3 ranks. The infantry was armed with British Brown Bess muskets. Majoor Boersma writes, "As early as August 1814, while the Brown Bess was still being widely distributed, it was decided that the French musket would become the standard infantry firearm for the Army. It would be produced in the Netherlands as the Model 1815 ..."
Artillery battery consisted of 6 cannons and 2 howitzers.
Cavalry regiment had 3 or 4 squadrons.
One of the best Netherland infantry units was the 7th Line Battalion. Especially the officers were excellent. Commander F. C. Vandensande served in the French 112th Line Infantry Regiment, and was awarded with Légion d’Honneur. Captain L’Olivier served in the French 7th Line Infantry Regiment as commander of grenadier company. Captain Nieuport served in the French 13th Tirailleur Regiment of Young Guard. Lieutenant Nieulandt served in the 1st Regiment of Honor Guard. Lieutenant Scheltens served in the famous Grenadiers of Old Guard.
According to Erwin Muilwijk the Netherland troops in 1815 were "... typical new recruits with no campaign experience yet; just like every other army had large numbers of them in this period. Obviously Jager and Line battalions were professional soldiers, but even these had large numbers of new men. The militia was all sort of conscripted, but there was no specific difference I think. Not a bad army, not a distinguishable army perhaps at the start; but it prooved its task, to me. Perhaps a study on its own........"
(The new Netherlands army had large numbers of recruits. For example out Of the 739 NCOs and privates of the 27th Jager Battalion only 182 men, or 23 %, had combat experience.)
Quite interesting view on the quality of Wellington's troops at Waterloo presents Italian historian Alessandro Barbero. He writes, "Nevertheless, there were still some identifiable differences in quality between the armies in the field that had little to do with national character. Such an assertion would have surprised the combatants' contemporaries, who put great faith in cliches about the racial qualities of various peoples; indeed, many generalizations of this kind were considered to have indisputable scientific value.
In fact, however, the compartment of troops on the battlefield at Waterloo was substantially the same whatever their nationality. Even in Wellington's composite, heterogeneous army, the gap between British troops and "foreign" troops - a gap that British officers and soldiers, with their ingrained chauvinism, considered unbridgeable - did not prove signifcant under fire ...
So heterogeneous an army certainly had its disadvantages from an organizational point of view, but on a tactical level, contary to what some historians have maintained, the fighting quality of battalions and squadrons in Wellington's army was substantially the same irrespective of their nationality". (Barbero - "The Battle" pp 19-20)
Unfortunately many older British accounts downplayed the role played by the Netherlands troops. Instead these authors have tended to magnify out of all proportion the accomplishments of the modest numbers of British soldiers at Waterloo. The British troops are almost super-human, the Duke practically a deity. These authors created a virtual reality, a feel-good network. Anything which seemed to detract from their reputation as pillars of the temple of belief in British martial invincibility is omitted in their works. The strong bias is confusing and at times comical.
The words describing the Netherlands and French setbacks of failures are expressive :
- "trashed"
- "mauled"
- "utterly routed"
- "fled in complete panic"
- "fleeing left and right"
- "whole formations broke"
- "...the carnage was awful..." - Jac Weller
- "the terror stricken masses" - Siborne
- and my favorite: "French officers were brought up
from the hollow in great numbers, delivering up their swords."
British setbacks are described in either dry or mild words:
- "retiring to safety in an irregular manner" - an NCO, British Foot Guard
- "taking a better position in the rear"
- "falling back rapidly"
- "moved to the rear"
- "tactically out manoeuvred"
- and my favorite: "an advance to the rear in force"
The Netherlands soldiers are: cannon fodder, paper tigers, cowardly, bastards, and sadly unreliable.
The British soldiers are: motivated by sense of duty, professional, confident, our boys , heroes, die hards , dare devils, and knights of the battlefield.
Order of battle of the Netherland army in June 1815
NOTES
* - the 1st Infantry Divison was at Hal, not present at Waterloo
* 1st Netherland Infantry Divison : Lt-Gen. Stedmann
(nominal commander Prince William C Frederick)
1st Infantry Brigade - Mjr-Gen. de Hauw (3.469 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16th Jager Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. S R van Hulstein
. . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Line Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Twent
. . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Simons
. . . . . . . . . . . . 14th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Poolman
. . . . . . . . . . . . 15th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Colthoff
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Line Battalion (Belgian) - Lt-Col. de Man
2nd Infantry Brigade - Mjr-Gen. de Eerens (3.168 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 18th Jager Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Prince van Aremberg
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. F A Guicherit
. . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. A W Senn van Bazel
. . . . . . . . . . . . 18th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. F W van Ommeren
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Line Battalion (Belgian) - Lt-Col. W Kuijek
Divisional Artillery - Cpt. Wynand
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - Dutch foot battery (6 6-pdrs, 2 5.5" howitzers, ? men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. Wynand
(Dutch) Indonesian Brigade: Lt-Gen Anthing (3.583 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Colonial Regiment (Dutch) - Mjr-Gen. Bosman
. . . . . . . . . . . . 10th West Indian Jager (Dutch) - Col. Rancke
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11th West Indian Jager (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Knotzer
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Flank Battalion (European Cos of 19th-24th East India Btn.) - Lt-Col Schenck
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - Dutch foot battery (6 6-pdrs, 2 5.5" howitzers, ? men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. ?
2nd Netherland Infantry Division : Lt-Gen. Baron de Perponcher-Sedlnitzky (7,620 men)
Chief-of-Staff: Col. van Zuylen van Nyevelt.
1st (Dutch-Belgian) Brigade - Mjr-Gen. Graf van Bijlandt (3.233 / 2.931 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 27th Jager Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Grunebosch (809 / 550)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 7th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. H Singendonck (675)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 8th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. W A de Jongh (566)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 5th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. J J Westenberg (482 / 220)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 7th Line Battalion (Belgian) - Lt-Col. Vandensande (701)
2nd (Nassau) Brigade - Mjr-Gen. Prinz Bernard von Saxe-Weimar (4.689 / 4.431men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - I/2nd (Nassau) - Capt. Busgen (889) - defended Hougoumont
. . . . . . . . . . . . - II/2nd (Nassau) Regiment - Mjr. von Normann (885)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - III/2nd (Nassau) - Mjr. Hegmann (899)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - I/28th (Orange-Nassau) - Lt-Col. von Dressel (893)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - II/28th (Orange-Nassau) - Lt-Col. Schleyer (68
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Volunteers Jagers (Orange-Nassau) - Capt. Bergmann (177 / 169)
Divisional Artillery - Mjr. Van Opstal
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - Belgian foot battery (2 guns, 258 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. Stievenaar
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - Dutch horse battery (6 6pdr cannons, 2 5.5' howitzers, 219 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. Bijleveld
3rd Netherland Infantry Division : Lt-Gen. Baron David Henry Chasse (7,146 men)
1st (Dutch-Belgian) Brigade - Col. Detmers (3.298 / 3.088 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 2nd Line Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Speelman (471)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 4th Line Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. van Molencate (519)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 6th Line Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. van Thielen (492)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 17th Militia Battalion (Dutch, 534 men) - van Molz Wieling
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 19th Militia Battalion (Dutch, 467) - Mjr. Boellaerdt
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 35th Jager Battalion (Belgian) - Col. Arnold (605)
2nd (Dutch-Belgian) Brigade - Maj-Gen. d'Aubreme (3.848 /3.581 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 3rd Line Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. L'Honneux (629)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 12th Line Battalion (Dutch) - Col. Bagelaar (431)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 13th Line Battalion (Dutch) - Col. Aberson (664)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 3rd Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Baron van Lawick von Pabst (592)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 10th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Brade (632)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 3rd Jager Battalion (Belgian) - Lt-Col. Honneux (629)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 36th Jager Battalion (Belgian) - Col. Goethals (633)
Divisional Artillery - Mjr. Van der Smissen
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - Belgian foot battery (6 6pdr cannons, 2 5.5' howitzers, 267 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. J. H. Lux
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - Belgian horse battery (6 6pdr cannons, 2 5.5' howitzers, 210 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. Krahmer de Bichin
Netherland Cavalry Division : Lt-Gen. Baron Jean Alphonse de Collaert (3,305 men)
Heavy (Dutch-Belgian) Cavalry Brigade - Maj-Gen. Jonkheer Tripp
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 1st Carabinier Regiment (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Coenegracht (446 in 3 squadrons)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 2nd Carabinier Regiment (Belgian) - Col. de Bruijn (399 in 3 sq.)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 3rd Carabinier Regiment (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Lechleitner (392 in 3 sq.)
1st (Dutch-Belgian) Light Cavalry Brigade - Maj-Gen. Baron de Ghigny
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 4th Light Dragoon Regiment (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Renno (647 in 4 sq.)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 8th Hussar Regiment (Belgian) - Lt-Col. Baron Pavivier (439 in 3 sq.)
2nd (Dutch-Belgian) Light Cavalry Brigade - Maj-Gen. van Merlen
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 6th Hussar Regiment (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Bereel (470 in 4 sq.)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 5th Light Dragoon Regiment (Dutch) - Lt-Col. de Merex (271 in 3 sq.)
Divisional Artillery - ?
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - two Dutch half-batteries (6 6pdr cannons, 2 5.5" howitzers, 241 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. Petter and Cpt. Geij van Pittius
Garrisons (13,000 men, 26 guns) in Ghent, Nieuport, Ostend, Antwerp and Ypres
. . . . . . . . . . . . 17th Jager Battalion (Dutch)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 8th Line Battalion (Dutch)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Line Battalion (Dutch)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 14th Line Battalion (Dutch)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 15th Line Battalion (Dutch)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11th Militia (Dutch) Battalion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 12th Militia (Dutch) Battalion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 13th Militia (Dutch) Battalion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16th Militia (Dutch) Battalion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 20th Militia (Dutch) Battalion
There were several units still going through intensive training: 21st to 47th Militia Btns
33rd Depot Btn and 34th Garrison Btn. They all were assigned to garrison duty and not
yet ready for the field service.
The Netherland infantry units were arrayed in 2 instead of in 3 ranks. The infantry was armed with British Brown Bess muskets. Majoor Boersma writes, "As early as August 1814, while the Brown Bess was still being widely distributed, it was decided that the French musket would become the standard infantry firearm for the Army. It would be produced in the Netherlands as the Model 1815 ..."
Artillery battery consisted of 6 cannons and 2 howitzers.
Cavalry regiment had 3 or 4 squadrons.
One of the best Netherland infantry units was the 7th Line Battalion. Especially the officers were excellent. Commander F. C. Vandensande served in the French 112th Line Infantry Regiment, and was awarded with Légion d’Honneur. Captain L’Olivier served in the French 7th Line Infantry Regiment as commander of grenadier company. Captain Nieuport served in the French 13th Tirailleur Regiment of Young Guard. Lieutenant Nieulandt served in the 1st Regiment of Honor Guard. Lieutenant Scheltens served in the famous Grenadiers of Old Guard.
According to Erwin Muilwijk the Netherland troops in 1815 were "... typical new recruits with no campaign experience yet; just like every other army had large numbers of them in this period. Obviously Jager and Line battalions were professional soldiers, but even these had large numbers of new men. The militia was all sort of conscripted, but there was no specific difference I think. Not a bad army, not a distinguishable army perhaps at the start; but it prooved its task, to me. Perhaps a study on its own........"
(The new Netherlands army had large numbers of recruits. For example out Of the 739 NCOs and privates of the 27th Jager Battalion only 182 men, or 23 %, had combat experience.)
Quite interesting view on the quality of Wellington's troops at Waterloo presents Italian historian Alessandro Barbero. He writes, "Nevertheless, there were still some identifiable differences in quality between the armies in the field that had little to do with national character. Such an assertion would have surprised the combatants' contemporaries, who put great faith in cliches about the racial qualities of various peoples; indeed, many generalizations of this kind were considered to have indisputable scientific value.
In fact, however, the compartment of troops on the battlefield at Waterloo was substantially the same whatever their nationality. Even in Wellington's composite, heterogeneous army, the gap between British troops and "foreign" troops - a gap that British officers and soldiers, with their ingrained chauvinism, considered unbridgeable - did not prove signifcant under fire ...
So heterogeneous an army certainly had its disadvantages from an organizational point of view, but on a tactical level, contary to what some historians have maintained, the fighting quality of battalions and squadrons in Wellington's army was substantially the same irrespective of their nationality". (Barbero - "The Battle" pp 19-20)
Unfortunately many older British accounts downplayed the role played by the Netherlands troops. Instead these authors have tended to magnify out of all proportion the accomplishments of the modest numbers of British soldiers at Waterloo. The British troops are almost super-human, the Duke practically a deity. These authors created a virtual reality, a feel-good network. Anything which seemed to detract from their reputation as pillars of the temple of belief in British martial invincibility is omitted in their works. The strong bias is confusing and at times comical.
The words describing the Netherlands and French setbacks of failures are expressive :
- "trashed"
- "mauled"
- "utterly routed"
- "fled in complete panic"
- "fleeing left and right"
- "whole formations broke"
- "...the carnage was awful..." - Jac Weller
- "the terror stricken masses" - Siborne
- and my favorite: "French officers were brought up
from the hollow in great numbers, delivering up their swords."
British setbacks are described in either dry or mild words:
- "retiring to safety in an irregular manner" - an NCO, British Foot Guard
- "taking a better position in the rear"
- "falling back rapidly"
- "moved to the rear"
- "tactically out manoeuvred"
- and my favorite: "an advance to the rear in force"
The Netherlands soldiers are: cannon fodder, paper tigers, cowardly, bastards, and sadly unreliable.
The British soldiers are: motivated by sense of duty, professional, confident, our boys , heroes, die hards , dare devils, and knights of the battlefield.
Order of battle of the Netherland army in June 1815
NOTES
* - the 1st Infantry Divison was at Hal, not present at Waterloo
* 1st Netherland Infantry Divison : Lt-Gen. Stedmann
(nominal commander Prince William C Frederick)
1st Infantry Brigade - Mjr-Gen. de Hauw (3.469 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16th Jager Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. S R van Hulstein
. . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Line Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Twent
. . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Simons
. . . . . . . . . . . . 14th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Poolman
. . . . . . . . . . . . 15th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Colthoff
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Line Battalion (Belgian) - Lt-Col. de Man
2nd Infantry Brigade - Mjr-Gen. de Eerens (3.168 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 18th Jager Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Prince van Aremberg
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. F A Guicherit
. . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. A W Senn van Bazel
. . . . . . . . . . . . 18th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. F W van Ommeren
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Line Battalion (Belgian) - Lt-Col. W Kuijek
Divisional Artillery - Cpt. Wynand
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - Dutch foot battery (6 6-pdrs, 2 5.5" howitzers, ? men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. Wynand
(Dutch) Indonesian Brigade: Lt-Gen Anthing (3.583 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Colonial Regiment (Dutch) - Mjr-Gen. Bosman
. . . . . . . . . . . . 10th West Indian Jager (Dutch) - Col. Rancke
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11th West Indian Jager (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Knotzer
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Flank Battalion (European Cos of 19th-24th East India Btn.) - Lt-Col Schenck
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - Dutch foot battery (6 6-pdrs, 2 5.5" howitzers, ? men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. ?
2nd Netherland Infantry Division : Lt-Gen. Baron de Perponcher-Sedlnitzky (7,620 men)
Chief-of-Staff: Col. van Zuylen van Nyevelt.
1st (Dutch-Belgian) Brigade - Mjr-Gen. Graf van Bijlandt (3.233 / 2.931 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 27th Jager Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Grunebosch (809 / 550)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 7th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. H Singendonck (675)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 8th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. W A de Jongh (566)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 5th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. J J Westenberg (482 / 220)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 7th Line Battalion (Belgian) - Lt-Col. Vandensande (701)
2nd (Nassau) Brigade - Mjr-Gen. Prinz Bernard von Saxe-Weimar (4.689 / 4.431men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - I/2nd (Nassau) - Capt. Busgen (889) - defended Hougoumont
. . . . . . . . . . . . - II/2nd (Nassau) Regiment - Mjr. von Normann (885)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - III/2nd (Nassau) - Mjr. Hegmann (899)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - I/28th (Orange-Nassau) - Lt-Col. von Dressel (893)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - II/28th (Orange-Nassau) - Lt-Col. Schleyer (68
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Volunteers Jagers (Orange-Nassau) - Capt. Bergmann (177 / 169)
Divisional Artillery - Mjr. Van Opstal
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - Belgian foot battery (2 guns, 258 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. Stievenaar
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - Dutch horse battery (6 6pdr cannons, 2 5.5' howitzers, 219 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. Bijleveld
3rd Netherland Infantry Division : Lt-Gen. Baron David Henry Chasse (7,146 men)
1st (Dutch-Belgian) Brigade - Col. Detmers (3.298 / 3.088 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 2nd Line Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Speelman (471)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 4th Line Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. van Molencate (519)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 6th Line Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. van Thielen (492)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 17th Militia Battalion (Dutch, 534 men) - van Molz Wieling
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 19th Militia Battalion (Dutch, 467) - Mjr. Boellaerdt
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 35th Jager Battalion (Belgian) - Col. Arnold (605)
2nd (Dutch-Belgian) Brigade - Maj-Gen. d'Aubreme (3.848 /3.581 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 3rd Line Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. L'Honneux (629)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 12th Line Battalion (Dutch) - Col. Bagelaar (431)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 13th Line Battalion (Dutch) - Col. Aberson (664)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 3rd Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Baron van Lawick von Pabst (592)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 10th Militia Battalion (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Brade (632)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 3rd Jager Battalion (Belgian) - Lt-Col. Honneux (629)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 36th Jager Battalion (Belgian) - Col. Goethals (633)
Divisional Artillery - Mjr. Van der Smissen
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - Belgian foot battery (6 6pdr cannons, 2 5.5' howitzers, 267 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. J. H. Lux
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - Belgian horse battery (6 6pdr cannons, 2 5.5' howitzers, 210 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. Krahmer de Bichin
Netherland Cavalry Division : Lt-Gen. Baron Jean Alphonse de Collaert (3,305 men)
Heavy (Dutch-Belgian) Cavalry Brigade - Maj-Gen. Jonkheer Tripp
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 1st Carabinier Regiment (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Coenegracht (446 in 3 squadrons)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 2nd Carabinier Regiment (Belgian) - Col. de Bruijn (399 in 3 sq.)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 3rd Carabinier Regiment (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Lechleitner (392 in 3 sq.)
1st (Dutch-Belgian) Light Cavalry Brigade - Maj-Gen. Baron de Ghigny
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 4th Light Dragoon Regiment (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Renno (647 in 4 sq.)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 8th Hussar Regiment (Belgian) - Lt-Col. Baron Pavivier (439 in 3 sq.)
2nd (Dutch-Belgian) Light Cavalry Brigade - Maj-Gen. van Merlen
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 6th Hussar Regiment (Dutch) - Lt-Col. Bereel (470 in 4 sq.)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - 5th Light Dragoon Regiment (Dutch) - Lt-Col. de Merex (271 in 3 sq.)
Divisional Artillery - ?
. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - two Dutch half-batteries (6 6pdr cannons, 2 5.5" howitzers, 241 men)
. . . . . . . . . . . . - Cpt. Petter and Cpt. Geij van Pittius
Garrisons (13,000 men, 26 guns) in Ghent, Nieuport, Ostend, Antwerp and Ypres
. . . . . . . . . . . . 17th Jager Battalion (Dutch)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 8th Line Battalion (Dutch)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Line Battalion (Dutch)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 14th Line Battalion (Dutch)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 15th Line Battalion (Dutch)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11th Militia (Dutch) Battalion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 12th Militia (Dutch) Battalion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 13th Militia (Dutch) Battalion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16th Militia (Dutch) Battalion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 20th Militia (Dutch) Battalion
There were several units still going through intensive training: 21st to 47th Militia Btns
33rd Depot Btn and 34th Garrison Btn. They all were assigned to garrison duty and not
yet ready for the field service.
The Army
Commander of the Army: Prince of Orange - WaffleBorn
Bataljon Infanterie Van Linie Nr. 7
Commanding officer: Luitenant-Kolonel Waffleborn
Combat Duties: Line
Historical Uniforms:
Centre Company
Grenadier Company
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Flanquer Company
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Grenadier Company
Flanquer Company
Regiment Karabiniers Nr. 2
Commanding officer: Majoor Crook
Combat Duties: Heavy Cavalry
Historical Uniforms:
Petter's Halve Batterij Rijdende Artillerie
Commanding officer: Kapitein Chargerz
Combat Duties: Artillery
Historical Uniforms:
16de Flanquer Regiment
Commanding officer: Luitenant-Kolonel
Combat Duties: Skirmishers
Historical Uniforms:
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Teamspeak:
IP: 1stKGL.ts3dns.com
![[VSC] Teemu](/data/avatars/s/442/442697.jpg?1688032233){kind=avatar}