"Battle of Quatre Bras", by  Hurlimann, after Madou. Atlas van Stolk, Rotterdam. In the centre the  Battaillon de Ligne No. 7 going foreward. On the left the Prince of Orange with his Staff; on the right Brunswick troops in action


Order of Battle
per 15 June 1815
XXXX
Anglo-Allied Army
[Wellington]
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XXX
I Corps
[Oranje]
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XX
2e NEDERLANDSCHE DIVISIE

Luitenant-generaal H.G. de Perponcher-Sedlnitsky
Chef van den Staf: Colonel P.H. van Zuylen van Nyevelt
Adjudanten: Majoor J. van de Poll,
Kapitein F.P. de Smeth van Deurne
Adjoints: Majoor G.G. Taets van Amerongen,
Kapitein F.B. von Gagern,
Luitenant Chalmers
1e Luitenant-ter-zee C. Hoynck van Papendrecht
Commandant der Artillerie: Majoor C. van Opstall
Commandant der Genie: Kapitein A. J. Gobelet
Onder-inspecteur van Administratie: J.W. de Sturler
Eerste Officier van Gezondheid: Dr. F.A. Kühn
Veldpost: Geëmployeerde Franceschini
Vivres en fourages: Magazijnmeester ...,
Geëmployeerde Rousseau
Transporten: Chef de Parc Volcke,
Conducteur Engelshoven
 
Headquarters at Nivelles

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X
1e BRIGADE

Generaal-majoor W.F. van Bijlandt
Brigade-majoor: Kapitein Ph. J. van Zuylen van Nyevelt
Adjudant: Kapitein P. Rendorp
Adjoints: Kapitein G.J. van Hogendorp
1e luitenant C.F. van Haren

Headquarters at Nivelles

Battaillon Jagers Nº 27
Luitenant-colonel W.J. Grunebosch
{23 officers, 739 rank and file, 2 horses}

Battaillon de Ligne Nº 7
  Luitenant-colonel F.C. Vandensande 
{23 officers, 666 rank and file, 9 horses}

Battaillon Nationale Militie Nº 5
Luitenant-colonel J.J. Westenberg
{21 officers, 454 rank and file, 8 horses}

Battaillon Nationale Militie Nº 7
Luitenant-colonel H. Singendonck
{22 officers, 622 rank and file, 9 horses}

Battaillon Nationale Militie Nº 8
Luitenant-colonel W.A. de Jongh
{22 officers, 502 rank and file, 7 horses}

Artillerie de Pied
Capitaine E.J. Stevenart
{3 officers, 107 rank and file, 3 horses}
6 6-pounder guns, 2 24-pounder howitzers

Trein
1e Luitenant van Gahlen
{2 officers, 126 rank and file, 248 horses}
13 caissons artillery ammunition
16 caissons infantry ammunition
7 waggons

X
2e BRIGADE

Colonel Prinz B. von Sachsen-Weimar*
Brigade-major: Hauptmann A. Coustol
Adjoint: Major L. Vigelius
Adjutant: Hauptmann Baron von Gagern

Headquarters at Hautain-le-Val


REGIMENT NASSAU-USINGEN

I. Bataillon
Major J. Fr. Sattler
{28 officers, 880 rank and file, 11 horses}

II. Bataillon
  Major Ph. von Normann 
{28 officers, 850 rank and file, 10 horses}

III. Bataillon
Major G. Hegmann
{28 officers, 855 rank and file, 9 horses}


REGIMENT ORANJE-NASSAU Nº 28**

1e Battaillon
Oberst Prinz B. von Sachsen-Weimar
{28 officers, 849 rank and file, 16 horses}

2e Battaillon
Major P. Schleyer
{22 officers, 666 rank and file, 14 horses}

Freywillige Oranische Jäger-Kompanie
Hauptmann E. Bergmann
(5 officers, 172 rank and file, 10 horses)


Rijdende Artillerie
Kapitein A. Bijleveld
{5 officers, 100 rank and file, 99 horses}
6 6-pounder guns, 2 24-pounder howitzer
Trein
1e Luitenant van der Hoeven
{2 officers, 109 rank and file, 188 horses}
13 caissons artillery ammunition
6 waggons

Note: On 15 June 1815 Stevenart's foot battery, normally part of the 2e Brigade, was detached to the 1e Brigade which was cantoned in and around Nivelles; Bijleveld's Horse Battery was subsequently detached to the 2e Brigade which was cantoned around Les Quatre Bras.

 

 

* Commander ad interim: the Brigade Commander, Colonel F.W. von Goedecke, had been wounded some time earlier by a kick from his horse, and felt unable to maintain his command. Von Sachsen Weimar received command on 15 June, the very day the his outposts at Frasnes were attacked by Lefebvre-Desnouëttes, which opened the French actions against Wellington's Army. Von Sachsen-Weimar was then 23 years of age.

** Contrary to the Regiment Nassau-Usingen (herzoglich-nassauischen 2. Infanterie-Regiment) which was "hired" by the Netherlands government, the Regiment Oranien-Nassau was incorporated into the Netherlands Army as Nº 28 in the Line and wore a Netherlands style uniform.


Sources:

F. de Bas: Prins Frederik der Nederlanden en zijn tijd, Vol. IV; Schiedam 1904

F. de Bas and J. de T'Serclaes de Wommersom: La Campagne de 1815 aux Pays-Bas, d'après les rapports officiels Néerlandais; Bruxelles 1908

P. Wacker: Das Herzoglich-nassauische Militär 1806-1866; Taunusstein 1998