APPENDIX.
Reading edition
I.
Effective Strength of the French Army at Waterloo.
Infantry of the Line:—
First Corps32 battalions
Second Corps (3 divisions)28 battalions [46]
Sixth Corps (2 divisions)12 battalions
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72 battalions.
Which, at 720 each, (according to the statements in the Moniteur and in the portfolio of Napoleon,) would amount to51,840
Infantry of the Guard, stated by Gourgaud, p. 37, and Fleury, p. 167, at14,000
Cavalry of the Guard, according to Fleury, pp. 165 and 1674,500
Cavalry of 1st, 2nd, and 6th Corps, according to Fleury, p. 167 and Book ix4,200
Reserve of Cavalry, 4 Corps, according to Book ix, p. 1287,400
Artillery ditto ditto6,500
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88,440
Losses sustained on the 16th, by these Corps, according to Book ix4,250
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84,190
II.
Effective Strength of the Anglo-Allied Army at Waterloo.
British Infantry15,181
“ Cavalry5,843
“ Artillery2,967
King’s German Legion—Infantry3,301
“ “ Cavalry1,997
“ “ Artillery526
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Total British and German Legion29,815
Hanoverian, Brunswick, and Nassau Infantry17,724
“ “ “ Cavalry1,363
“ “ “ Artillery975
Dutch-Belgian Infantry13,402
“ “ Cavalry3,205
“ “ Artillery1,177
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Total67,661
Deduct: Retreated—
Bylandt’s Belgian Brigade3,233
Tripp’s Dutch-Belgian Carabiniers1,237
Hanoverian Cumberland Hussars496
D’Aubreme’s Dutch-Belgian Brigade3,1818,148[47]
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Actual Combatants59,513