OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST OF THE

PRUSSIAN II ARMY CORPS

UNDER LIEUTENANT-GENERAL VON PIRCH I

DURING THE 1815 CAMPAIGN

("Nachweisung des Verlustes, den das königlich Preußische zweite Armee-Corps unter den Befehlen des General-Lieutnants von Pirch I Excellenz in den verschiedenen Gefechten (mit Ausschluß der Belagerungen) des Feldzuges von 1815 gehabt hat")

edited by Geert van Uythoven

The tables beneath give the number of casualties broken down to regimental level. The footnotes refer to the names of the officers, which are listed below the tables.

‘Generalität’ and unattached officers:

killed

wounded

POW / missing

total

Off.

NCO

Other

Off.

NCO

Other

Off.

NCO

Other

Off.

NCO

Other

‘Generalität’ and off. unattached

1¹⁾

5²⁾

On 16 June 1815, the battle of Ligny:

brigade	regiment	killed			wounded			POW / missing			total
brigade	regiment	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other
5. Brigade	1. Pommersches IR	3³⁾	5	59	13⁴⁾	20	318	1⁵⁾	-	35	17	25	412
	25. IR	2⁶⁾	11	20	18⁷⁾	36	318	-	1	304	20	48	642
	5. Westphälisches LW IR	2⁸⁾	4	58	4⁹⁾	16	287	-	15	230	6	35	575
	Feld-Jäger-Kompagnie	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	9	-	3	11
Total:		7	20	137	35	74	925	1	17	578	43	111	1,640
6. Brigade	Kolbergsches IR	3¹⁰⁾	8	51	10¹¹⁾	15	212	-	2	89	13	25	352
	26. IR	-	5	52	13¹²⁾	26	223	-	3	81	13	34	356
	1. Elbisches LW IR	4¹³⁾	15	437	5¹⁴⁾	11	111	2¹⁵⁾	-	146	11	26	694
Total:		7	28	540	28	52	546	2	5	316	37	85	1,402
7. Brigade	14. IR	2¹⁶⁾	2	17	3¹⁷⁾	7	148	-	3	51	5	12	216
	22. IR	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	24	-	3	25
	2. Elbisches LW IR	1¹⁸⁾	-	8	-	1	10	-	2	100	1	3	118
Total:		3	2	25	3	9	159	-	7	175	6	18	359
8. Brigade	21. IR	1¹⁹⁾	8	40	5²⁰⁾	16	419	-	2	61	6	26	520
	23. IR	2²¹⁾	5	23	4²²⁾	9	129	-	2	23	6	16	175
	3. Elbisches LW IR	1²³⁾	5	63	4²⁴⁾	9	123	1²⁵⁾	25	306	6	39	492
Total:		4	18	126	13	34	671	1	29	390	18	81	1,187
Cavalry	Königinn Dragoner-Rgt.	1²⁶⁾	3	23	7²⁷⁾	7	58	1²⁸⁾	-	21	9	10	102
	Neumärksches Dragoner-Rgt.	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Brandenburgsches Husaren-Rgt.	-	-	-	1²⁹⁾	-	3	-	-	1	1	-	4
	Pommersches Husaren-Rgt.	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	10
	11. Husaren-Rgt.	-	2	8	-	3	29	-	-	4	-	5	41
	Schlesisches Ulanen-Rgt.	-	-	6	-	1	20	-	2	5	-	3	31
	Elb-LW-Kav.-Rgt.	-	2	5	1³⁰⁾	3	34	1³¹⁾	5	40	2	10	79
	4. Kurmärksches LW-Kav.-Rgt.	-	1	6	-	2	11	-	2	12	-	5	29
	5. Kurmärksches LW-Kav.-Rgt.	-	1	1	-	3	11	-	3	8	-	7	20
Total:		1	9	50	9	19	170	2	12	97	12	40	317
Artillery	12pfünd. Fuß-Bat. No. 4 & 8	-	1	7	-	-	8	-	9	40	-	10	55
	6pfünd. Fuß-Bat. No. 5, 10, 12, 34 & 37	-	2	7	-	2	15	-	6	27	-	10	49
	Reitende Bat. No. 5, 6 & 14	-	2	8	1³²⁾	3	22	1³³⁾	6	25	2	11	55
Total:		-	5	22	1	5	45	1	21	92	2	31	159

II Corps:		22	82	900	89	193	2,516	7	91	1,648	118	366	5,064

On 18 June 1815, the battle of Waterloo (‘Belle Alliance’):

brigade	regiment	killed			wounded			POW / missing			total
brigade	regiment	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other
5. Brigade	1. Pommersches IR	1³⁴⁾	2	2	1³⁵⁾	4	41	-	-	18	2	6	61
	25. IR	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
	5. Westphälisches LW IR	-	-	2	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Feld-Jäger-Kompagnie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7
Total:		1	2	4	1	4	57	-	-	25	2	6	86
7. Brigade	2. Elbisches LW IR	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5
Total:		-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5
8. Brigade	21. IR	-	-	-	-	1	14	-	-	4	-	1	18
	23. IR	-	-	7	-	5	31	-	-	9	-	5	47
	3. Elbisches LW IR	-	1	20	2³⁶⁾	1	65	-	4	46	2	6	131
Total:		-	1	27	2	7	110	-	4	59	2	12	196
Cavalry	Brandenburgsches Husaren-Rgt.	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	7	-	1	8
	Pommersches Husaren-Rgt.	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	1	-	1	4
Total:		-	-	1	-	1	3	-	1	8	-	2	12
Artillery	6pfünd. Fuß-Bat. No. 10	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	2
	Reitende Bat. No. 6	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	2
Total:		-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	2	4

II Corps:		1	3	33	3	14	178	-	5	92	4	22	303

On 20 June 1815, the combat at Namur:

brigade	regiment	killed			wounded			POW / missing			total
brigade	regiment	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other
6. Brigade	Kolbergsches IR	1³⁷⁾	5	33	18³⁸⁾	27	301	-	-	61	19	32	395
	26. IR	-	5	50	16³⁹⁾	40	341	-	9	218	16	54	609
	1. Elbisches LW IR	1⁴⁰⁾	4	9	7⁴¹⁾	9	79	-	3	82	8	16	170
Total:		2	14	92	41	76	721	-	12	361	43	102	1,174
7. Brigade	Fusilier bat./14. IR	2⁴²⁾	1	2	4⁴³⁾	6	89	-	-	-	6	7	91
	Fusilier bat./22. IR	-	-	4	2⁴⁴⁾	3	11	-	-	-	2	3	15
	Fusilier bat./2. Elbisches LW IR	-	-	15	-	-	22	-	-	37	-	-	74
Total:		2	1	21	6	9	122	-	-	37	8	10	180
8. Brigade	Fusilier bat./23. IR	1⁴⁵⁾	-	18	7⁴⁶⁾	8	81	-	-	2	8	8	101
Total:		1	-	18	7	8	81	-	-	2	8	8	101
Cavalry	Brandenburgsches Husaren-Rgt.	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Pommersches Husaren-Rgt.	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	7
Total:		-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	8
Artillery	6pfünd. Fuß-Bat. No. 5 & 35	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
	Reitende Bat. No. 5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Total:		-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	1

II Corps:		5	15	132	54	95	928	-	12	404	59	122	1,464

On 23 June 1815, combat of Mariembourg:

	killed			wounded			POW / missing			total
	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other	Off.	NCO	Other
8. Brigade: Fusilier battalions of the 21. IR & 3. Elbisches LW IR	-	1	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	5

Total of losses of Prussian II Corps during the 1815 campaign:

killed

wounded

POW / missing

total

Off.

NCO

Other

Off.

NCO

Other

Off.

NCO

Other

Off.

NCO

Other

101

1069

151

302

3,623

108

2,144

187

511

6,836

OFFICER CASUALTY LIST:

(With the footnotes added from the above listings)

‘Generalität’ and unattached officers:

1) Killed: Colonel and brigade commander von Thümen.

2) Wounded: Major-General and brigade commander von Jurgaß; Colonels and brigade commanders von Langen, and Heinr. von Zastrow (died of his wounds sustained at Namur on 20 June 1815); Captain and Adjutant von Dresky; 1st Lieutenant von Pfefferkorn.

5. Brigade

1. Pommersches IR:

3) Killed: Captain von Pritzelwitz; 2nd Lieutenants von Felsmar (for service; ‘zur Dienstleistung’), and Damerow.

34) Killed: 1st Lieutenant von Mirbach.

4) Wounded: Majors von Donop, and von Reitzenstein; Captain von Wnuck (died of his wounds later); 1st Lieutenant von Glyszinsky; 2nd Lieutenants Wiemann, Korn, Jeffroy, Ramdohr, Kraatz, Goldbeck, Korff, Riemann (for service), and von Gayl.

35) Wounded: 2nd Lieutenant von Stempel.

5) Prisoner: Offizier des Jäger-Detachements (for service) Stubenrauch.

25. Infanterie-Regiment:

6) Killed: 1st Lieutenant von Borkowsky; 2nd Lieutenant Schmidt 2.

7) Wounded: Captains von Machnitzky, Vietinghoff, and von Holleben; 1st Lieutenants Müller 1., Preuße, Palm, and von Lüttwitz; 2nd Lieutenants Richter, Stargardt, Süvern, Schmidt 1., von Warnsdorf, Chappius, Förster, Ewald, Schnelle, Schulz, and Pirner.

5. Westphälisches LW IR:

8) Killed: Captain von Bülow; 1st Lieutenant von Lippa.

9) Wounded: 2nd Lieutenants Münchhausen, Dietrichs, Kohlstädt, and RIntein.

6. Brigade

Kolbergsches IR:

10) Killed: Captain Ernst Karl von Schönebeck; 2nd Lieutenants Otto von Kleist, and Joh. Fleischmann.

37) Killed: 2nd Lieutenant Friedr. Ehrhardt

11) Wounded: Captains von Drigalsky, von Roell, and von Pritzelwitz; Lieutenant von Tesmar, von Renouardt, Brehmer, von Bajensky, Fritz, Schleich, and Chevalier.

38) Wounded: Majors von Dorsch, and von Petry; Captains von Bork, von Sydow, von Malotky, and von Kistowsky; Lieutenant von Gostkowsky, von Nicelly, Döhring, von Somnitz, von Scheppke, Keck, Engler, Bethke, Brümmer, Sommer, Henning, Neuß, and Kuesell.

26. Infanterie-Regiment:

12) Wounded: Lieutenant-Colonel von Natzmer; Major von Ciefilsky; Captains von Liebhaber, and von Ysing; 1st Lieutenant von Seydlitz; 2nd Lieutenants Behring, von Reuß, Podjursky, Voigt, Borchard, Pust, Weigelt, and Gleiwitz.

39) Wounded: Colonel von Reuß; Major von Kerkeringk; Captains von Radeke, von Mosel, von Wietersheim, von Bardeleben; Lieutenants von Grävenitz, von Wucherer 1., von Scheel, Cämmerer, von Reuß, von Herzog, von Behrend, von Wucherer 2., Bolk, and Jengel.

1. Elbisches LW IR:

13) Killed: Majors Schleicher, and von Jagow; Captain von Knorr; Lieutenant Krukelsdorf.

40) Killed: Colonel von Bismarck.

14) Wounded: 2nd Lieutenants Bremer, Stuckzuis, Skerl, Reinschmid, and Gödike.

41) Wounded: Captains von Alvensleben, and von Czettritz; Lieutenants Mühe, Kühle, Heuschild, Ilse, and Traff.

15) Prisoner: Lieutenants Behrendt, and Demike.

7. Brigade

14. Infanterie-Regiment:

16) Killed: 1st Lieutenant von Kleist; 2nd Lieutenant Schwartz.

42) Killed: 1st Lieutenant von Ustarbowsky; 2nd Lieutenant von Gahlen.

17) Wounded: 1st Lieutenants von Mansbach, and von Ustarbowsky; 2nd Lieutenant von Oesterreich.

43) Wounded: Captains von Selchow, and von Karsten; 2nd Lieutenants von Ostrowsky, and Meißner.

22. Infanterie-Regiment:

44) Wounded: 1st Lieutenant von Beyer; 2nd Lieutenant Stark.

2. Elbisches LW IR:

18) Killed: 2nd Lieutenant Jahnke.

8. Brigade

21. Infanterie-Regiment:

19) Killed: 2nd Lieutenant Mach.

20) Wounded: 1st Lieutenants von Jock, and von Zitzwitz; 2nd Lieutenants von Furtenbach, von Jüllich, and von Seydlitz.

23. Infanterie-Regiment:

21) Killed: Captain von Sell; 2nd Lieutenant Endrich.

45) Killed: 2nd Lieutenant von Blachon.

22) Wounded: 1st Lieutenant Schäfer; 2nd Lieutenants Richter, Roszelsky 2., and Sörgel.

46) Wounded: Captain von Klese; 2nd Lieutenants von Finance, Lange, von Hertip, Andree, Scholtz, and Reiche.

3. Elbisches LW IR:

23) Killed: 2nd Lieutenant Rübisam.

24) Wounded: Major von Hanstein; 2nd Lieutenants von Hanstein, Jahn, and Köllichs.

36) Wounded: Captain von Bülzingslöwen; 2nd Lieutenant von Scholmer.

25) Prisoner: 2nd Lieutenant Schröder 3.

Cavalry

Königinn Dragoner-Regiment:

26) Killed: Lieutenant von Stülpnagel.

27) Wounded: Rittmeister dü Troffel; Lieutenants von der Gröben, Harder, Bunny, Schmiedeborg, Mirbach, and Kistmacher.

28) Prisoner: Rittmeister von Holleben.

Brandenburgsches Husaren-Regiment:

29) Wounded: unknown.

Elb LW-Kavallerie-Regiment:

30) Wounded: Rittmeister von Bandemer.

31) Prisoner: Rittmeister von Bandemer.

Artillery

Horse artillerie (‘Reitende Artillerie’):

32) Wounded: Lieutenant Thilo.

33) Prisoner: Lieutenant Lincke (Reit. Batt. No. 14).

Sources:

- Militair-Wochenblatt No. 55 (Berlin, 12 July 1817) pp. 220-223.

- “Namentliche Liste, derjenigen Herren Offiziere des 9ten (Colbergschen) Infanterie-Regiments, welche in den Feldzügen von 1813, 14 und 15 vor dem Feinde geblieben oder an ihren Wunden verstorben sind”, in Militair-Wochenblatt No. 38 (Berlin, 15 March 1817) pp. 82-83.

- “Namentliche Liste, derjenigen Herren Offiziere des 9ten (Colbergschen) Infanterie-Regiments, welche in den Feldzügen von 1813, 14 und 15 verwundet worden”, in Militair-Wochenblatt No. 38 (Berlin, 15 March 1817) pp. 83-84.