Waterloo Campaign 2 Military mobilisation during the Hundred Days



wellington s allied army (army of flanders)

cantoned in southern part of kingdom of netherlands, in belgium, field marshal arthur wellesley, 1st duke of wellington commanded coalition army, made of troops duchies of brunswick, , nassau , kingdoms of hanover, netherlands , united kingdom.


in june 1815 wellington s army of 93,000 headquarters @ brussels cantoned:



i corps (prince of orange), 30,200, headquarters braine-le-comte, disposed in area enghien–genappe–mons.
ii corps (lord hill), 27,300, headquarters ath, distributed in area ath-oudenarde–ghent.
reserve (under wellington himself) 25,500, lay around brussels.
reserve cavalry (lord uxbridge) 9,900, in valley of dendre river, between geraardsbergen , ninove.
dutch light cavalry observed frontier west of leuze , binche

the netherlands corps, commanded prince frederick of netherlands did not take part in actions of waterloo campaign (it posted fall position near braine), did besiege of frontier fortresses in rear of wellington s advancing army.


a danish contingent known royal danish auxiliary corps commanded general prince frederick of hessen-kassel , hanseatic contingent (from free cities of bremen, lübeck , hamburg) later commanded british colonel sir neil campbell, on way join army, both however, joined army in july having missed conflict.


wellington had hoped obtain portuguese contingent of between 12,000 , 14,000 men might boarded on ships , sent army. however, contingent never materialised, portuguese government extremely uncooperative. explained did not have authority send prince regent of portugal s forces war without consent (he still in brazil had been in exile during peninsular war , had yet return portugal). explained though had signed treaty of 15 march without consent. besides this, state of portuguese army in 1815 left desired , shadow of former self of being disbanded.


the tsar of russia offered wellington ii army corps under general wurttemberg, wellington far keen on accepting contingent.


prussian army (army of lower rhine)

this army composed entirely of prussians provinces of kingdom of prussia, old , acquired alike. field marshal gebhard leberecht von blücher commanded army general august neidhardt von gneisenau chief of staff , second in command.


blücher s prussian army of 116,000 men, headquarters @ namur, distributed follows:



i corps (graf von zieten), 30,800, cantoned along sambre, headquarters charleroi, , covering area fontaine-l Évêque–fleurus–moustier.
ii corps (pirch i), 31,000, headquarters @ namur, lay in area namur-hannut–huy.
iii corps (thielemann), 23,900, in bend of river meuse, headquarters ciney, , disposed in area dinant–huy–ciney.
iv corps (bülow), 30,300, headquarters @ liege , cantoned around it.




^ bowden 1983, chapter 3.
^ beck 1911, p. 372,373.
^ siborne 1895, pp. 765, 766.
^ mcguigan 2009, § siege train.
^ plotho 1818, appendix pp. 34,35.
^ hofschröer 2006, pp. 82,83.
^ sørensen 1871, pp. 360-367.
^ glover 1973, p. 181.
^ gurwood 1838, p. 281.
^ wellesley 1862, pp. 573, 574.
^ wellesley 1862, p. 268.
^ wellesley 1862, p. 499.
^ bowden 1983, chapter 2.



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