With the noble charge of the 52nd, followed by the general advance of the whole line, the French retreat became a rout,—the most disastrous, as has been said, on record: but the record referred to did not include the Titanic battles of the last few years. The Prussians took up the pursuit, and the Allied Army bivouacked on the field of battle.
So much detail connected with the services of the Artillery at Waterloo must of necessity be given in the Appendix, that it has not been thought advisable to anticipate it here. But there are several interesting Regimental matters connected with the battle, for the insertion of which this seems the most suitable place.
In the first place, the names of the officers belonging to the troops and brigades, which were present, may be given.
Total Number of all ranks of the following Troops and Brigades present at Waterloo, according to MS. Returns to Board of Ordnance, dated Paris, 18th September, 1815.
| R.H.A. Major R. Bull’s Troop, now “D” Battery, B Brigade. | |
|---|---|
| No. | |
| 2nd Captain Brevet-Major R. M. Cairnes | 168 |
| Lieutenant Louis | |
| Lieutenant Smith | |
| Lieutenant Townsend | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Webber Smith’s Troop, now “B” Battery, B Brigade. | |
| 2nd Captain E. T. Walcott | 167 |
| Lieutenant Edwards | |
| Lieutenant Forster | |
| Lieutenant Crawford | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Gardiner’s Troop, now “A” Battery, B Brigade. | |
| 2nd Captain T. Dyneley | 174 |
| Lieutenant Harding | |
| Lieutenant Swabey | |
| Lieutenant Ingilby | |
| Captain Whinyates’s Troop (reduced in 1816). | |
| 2nd Captain Dansey | 194 |
| Lieutenant Strangways | |
| Lieutenant Wright | |
| Lieutenant Ward | |
| Lieutenant Ord | |
| 2nd Captain Mercer’s Troop, now “C” Battery, B Brigade. | |
| 2nd Captain Newland | 164 |
| Lieutenant Leathes | |
| Lieutenant Hincks | |
| Lieutenant Breton | |
| Major Ramsay’s Troop, now “D” Battery, A Brigade. | |
| 2nd Captain A. Macdonald | 173 |
| Lieutenant Brereton | |
| Lieutenant Sandilands | |
| Lieutenant Robe | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. D. Ross’s Troop, now “A” Battery, A Brigade. | |
| 2nd Captain and Brevet-Major Parker | 159 |
| Lieutenant Hardinge | |
| Lieutenant Day | |
| Lieutenant Warde | |
| Lieutenant Onslow | |
| R.H.A. Major Beane’s Troop (reduced in 1816). | |
| 2nd Captain Webber | 169 |
| Lieutenant Maunsell | |
| Lieutenant Bruce | |
| Lieutenant Cromie | |
| R.A. Captain C. F. Sandham’s Brigade (reduced in 1819). | |
| 2nd Captain Stopford | 105 |
| Lieutenant Foot | |
| Lieutenant Baynes | |
| Lieutenant Jago | |
This and all the other Field Brigades were armed, each with five 9-pounders and one 5½-inch howitzer.
MS. Returns, dated 30 May, 1815.
| Captain Bolton’s Brigade, now “E” Battery, 8th Brigade. | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Captain Napier | 101 |
| Lieutenant Pringle | |
| Lieutenant Anderson | |
| Lieutenant Spearman | |
| Lieutenant Sharpin | |
| Lieutenant B. Cuppage | |
| Major Lloyd’s Brigade (reduced in April, 1817). | |
| 2nd Captain S. Rudyerd | 97 |
| Lieutenant Phelps | |
| Lieutenant Harvey | |
| Captain Sinclair’s Brigade, now “4” Battery, 3rd Brigade (Captain Gordon being absent). | |
| 2nd Captain F. Macbean | 104 |
| Lieutenant Wilson | |
| Lieutenant Poole | |
| Lieutenant Burnaby | |
| Major Roger’s Brigade, now “7” Battery, 13th Brigade. | |
| Lieutenant R. Manners | 94 |
| (Other officers’ names not given.) | |
These were the only troops and brigades which were engaged. There were others, which were in the vicinity, but not present at the battle; and there were also detachments of other brigades present with small-arm ammunition. Lieutenants E. Trevor, W. Lemoine, J. Bloomfield, and others already named, were present on staff or unattached duty.
Of the officers named above, the following were killed or wounded at the battle of Waterloo:—