Effective Strength of the French Army at Waterloo.
| Infantry of the Line:— | ||
| First Corps | 32 battalions | |
| Second Corps (3 divisions) | 28 battalions | [46] |
| Sixth Corps (2 divisions) | 12 battalions | |
| — | ||
| 72 battalions. | ||
| Which, at 720 each, (according to the statements in the Moniteur and in the portfolio of Napoleon,) would amount to | 51,840 | |
| Infantry of the Guard, stated by Gourgaud, p. 37, and Fleury, p. 167, at | 14,000 | |
| Cavalry of the Guard, according to Fleury, pp. 165 and 167 | 4,500 | |
| Cavalry of 1st, 2nd, and 6th Corps, according to Fleury, p. 167 and Book ix | 4,200 | |
| Reserve of Cavalry, 4 Corps, according to Book ix, p. 128 | 7,400 | |
| Artillery ditto ditto | 6,500 | |
| ——— | ||
| 88,440 | ||
| Losses sustained on the 16th, by these Corps, according to Book ix | 4,250 | |
| ——— | ||
| 84,190 |
II.
Effective Strength of the Anglo-Allied Army at Waterloo.
| British Infantry | 15,181 | ||
| “ Cavalry | 5,843 | ||
| “ Artillery | 2,967 | ||
| King’s German Legion—Infantry | 3,301 | ||
| “ “ Cavalry | 1,997 | ||
| “ “ Artillery | 526 | ||
| ——— | |||
| Total British and German Legion | 29,815 | ||
| Hanoverian, Brunswick, and Nassau Infantry | 17,724 | ||
| “ “ “ Cavalry | 1,363 | ||
| “ “ “ Artillery | 975 | ||
| Dutch-Belgian Infantry | 13,402 | ||
| “ “ Cavalry | 3,205 | ||
| “ “ Artillery | 1,177 | ||
| ——— | |||
| Total | 67,661 | ||
| Deduct: Retreated— | |||
| Bylandt’s Belgian Brigade | 3,233 | ||
| Tripp’s Dutch-Belgian Carabiniers | 1,237 | ||
| Hanoverian Cumberland Hussars | 496 | ||
| D’Aubreme’s Dutch-Belgian Brigade | 3,181 | 8,148 | [47] |
| ——— | |||
| Actual Combatants | 59,513 | ||
FOOTNOTES:
[46] Book ix. tells us, in Table F, that four of the regiments in this Corps had three battalions.
[47] There was probably the same backwardness in a few other cases; but these are distinctly recorded.
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