Waterloo campaign order of battle
This is the complete order of battle for the four major battles of the Waterloo campaign.
French Army order of battle
Headquarters
L'Armée du Nord under the command of Emperor Napoleon I.Major Général : Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia.
Commander of artillery: Général de Division Charles-Étienne-François Ruty.
Field commanders under the direct command of Emperor Napoleon:
- Marshal Ney, Prince of the Moskova:
- * On 16 June 1815, at the battle of Quatre Bras, in command of the Left Wing: I Corps, II Corps, III Cavalry Corps and Imperial Guard light cavalry division.
- * On 18 June 1815, at the battle of Waterloo, effective field commander of all the French forces present, minus those engaged at Plancenoit.
- Marshal Marquis de Grouchy:
- * On 16 June 1815, at the Battle of Ligny, in command of the French Cavalry Reserve: I Cavalry Corps, II Cavalry Corps, the l'Héritier division and IV Cavalry Corps.
- * Between 17 and 19 June 1815, in command of the Right Wing: III Corps, IV Corps, I Cavalry Corps, II Cavalry Corps.
III Cavalry Reserve Corps
French Imperial Guard
- Commander of the Garde Impériale: Marshal Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier.Aide-major général : General of Division Comte Antoine Drouot.Sous-aide-major général: Colonel Hériot.
Anglo-allied army order of battle
Combined British, Dutch and Hanoverian forces were under the supreme command of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The order of battle included below reflects all units of the Anglo-allied army including those that were not present for the battles themselves. The casualty numbers include all the casualties suffered by each regiment over the three days of fighting during the campaign from 16 June 1815 to dawn on 19 June 1815.Present at the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington had 71,257 soldiers available, 3,866 officers and 65,919 other ranks. By the end of the day's fighting the army had suffered 16,084 casualties a loss of 24.6%.
I Corps
I Corps fielded 24,844 on 18 June 1815 taking into account those not present in the Order of Battle and the casualties on the previous two days.II Corps
With so much of the Dutch Belgian contingent not present at the battle, only 579 officers and 8,677 men were fielded by II Corps.Cavalry Corps
With only three regiments not present at the battle the Cavalry Corps was the most complete at Waterloo fielding 16,133 after taking into account the small losses at Quatre-Bras and during the retreat on 17 June 1815.Reserves
The reserves, 34,394 men and 56 guns, came under the direct command of Wellington during the Battle of Waterloo. The British 7th Infantry Division under Major General Kenneth MacKenzie was not present at the battle as the brigade manned various garrisons around the area. The Hanoverian Reserve Division was also not present, again manning garrisons on behalf of the army. Actual combatants from the Reserve present at the battle numbered 18,964 with 56 guns.Prussian Army order of battle
The Prussian Army was led by Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstadt and his chief of staff August von Gneisenau and remained independent from the allied Anglo-Dutch-German army during the course of the campaign.His aide de camp was Von Nostitz, who assisted him during the 1815 campaign, notably after his fall at the last charge at the end of the battle of Ligny.