Waterloo orders of battle:
British-Allied Cavalry
18
June, 1815
Battle
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British Order of Battle
Commander:
The
Duke of Wellington.
Deputy Quartermaster General: Col
Sir William de Lancey.
Army strength: 54,000
infantry, 13,000 cavalry, 157 cannons.
Cavalry
Corps
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Lord
Uxbridge
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12,000
men, 30 guns
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British
& KGL
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1st
Brigade
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Gen
Lord Somerset
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1st
& 2nd Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, 1st Dragoon
Guards.
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2nd
Brigade
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Gen
Sir William Ponsonby
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1st
Dragoons, 2nd Dragoons, 6th Dragoons.
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3rd
Brigade
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Gen
Sir Wilhelm Dornberg
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1st
& 2nd KGL Lt Dragoons, 23rd Lt Dragoons.
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4th
Brigade
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Gen
Sir John Vandeleur
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11th,
12th & 16th Lt Dragoons.
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5th
Brigade
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Gen
Sir Colquhoun Grant
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7th
& 15th Hussars.
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6th
Brigade
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Gen
Sir Richard Vivian
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1st
KGL Hussars, 10th & 18th Hussars.
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7th
Brigade
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Col
Sir F von Arentschild
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3rd
KGL Hussars, 13th Lt Dragoons.
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British
Horse Artillery
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Bull's
1st Howitzer's, Webber-Smith's 2nd, Gardiner's 3rd,
Whinyate's 4th Rockets, Mercer's 5th, Ramsay's 6th.
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1st
Hanoverian Brigade
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Col
von Estorff
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Cumberland
Hussars, Brunswick Hussars, Uhlan squadron.
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1st
Dutch Belgian Div.
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1st
Brigade
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Gen
Trip
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1st
(D), 2nd & 3rd (B) Caribiniers,
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2nd
Brigade
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Gen
de Ghingy
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4th
(D) Lt Dragoons, 8th (B) Hussars.
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2nd
Brigade
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Gen
Van Merlen
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5th
(B) Lt Dragoons, 6th (D) Hussars.
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Artillery
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One
horse battery.
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