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[img]Still the French Dragons of General Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans controlled the French drive on the Allied positions east of Rosseignies. With General François Etienne de Kellermann III Cav Corps along with the Imperial Guards Cav they were trying to master the battle field.
Meanwhile as the Allied line crumples, from the persistent attacks from the French Dragons and light Cav. The few Allied units try to form a battle line. Starting with the Prussian Major General Pirch II at the far lift of the line closest to the Old Roman road. His Brigade went as far right to Major General Adam who had what was left of the 7th and the 3rd Allied Infantry Brigade. The Allied thin red line was supported by Prussian light infantry. What was left of the Allied Cav under Lt. General Collaert; Jean Antoine de Collaert was born in Blehen (Liège) on 13 June 1761. Son of Marie Joseph Ferdinand Baron de Collaert, Adjutant of the Prince of Prussia, and Marianna Hauben. When the Dutch Kingdom became a part of the French Empire, De Collaert entered French service as a général de brigade on 2 January 1811, and was send to the Illyrian Provinces (Dalmatia). On 27 April he received command of the 1st brigade of the 1st Division (Delzons) of the Corps d’Observation of Italy. Appointed commander of Zara (replacing Bertrand de Sivray) from 1811 to 1 April 1813. Received the grand cross of the Ordre de Réunion on 22 February 1812. During the beginning of 1813, De Collaert transferred to the Grande Armée in Germany, on 25 March 1813 receiving command of the 1st Brigade of the 4th Cavalry Division (l’Héritier, later 5th Heavy Cavalry Division) of the 3rd Cavalry Corps (Arrighi de Casanova). This Division was on 10 August of that same year renamed 5th Cavalry Corps, with De Collaert acting commander of the 5th Dragoon Division from 10 August to 5 October 1813. Serving in Saxony during 1813: Battles of Lützen (2 may) and Bautzen (20-21 May). During July with the Corps d’Observation of Bavaria (Augereau). Became a knight of the Légion d’honneur on 14 July 1813. Distinguished himself during the fighting at Augustenburg on 6 August 1813. Battle of Dresden 26-27 August. Not sure if he was present at Leipzig. On 24 December 1813 present at the combat near Sainte-Croix in the Alsace. Appointed officer of the Légion d’honneur on 8 January 1814.
Serving in France during 1814: Combat of Valjouan 17 February, combat of Saint-Dizier 26 March. After Napoleon’s abdication, on 16 August 1814 he was appointed a knight in the Order of the Holy Louis of France. He requested and received his dismissal from the French army on 1 March 1815.

Netherlands Army 1814 - 1815
De Collaert entered the Netherlands army, becoming a major-general of cavalry on 26 March 1815. On 21 April promoted lieutenant-general, receiving command of the cavalry of the Netherlands Mobile Army. That same month joining 1st Corps (Prince of Orange) of Wellingtons Anglo-Allied Army in Belgium. Suffering a serious wound by a musket ball which crushed his foot during the battle of Waterloo while leading from the front (18 June). Appointed commander of the Militaire Willemsorde on 8 July 1815. On 16 march 1816 appointed commander of the province Noord-Brabant. Died in Brussels because of his wound suffered during the battle of Waterloo on 17 June of that same year. Major General Trip was also caught in the same vice that his commander was both fighting their way out of it. Watching afar off General Trip and General De Collaert could only hope that the Royal Scots Greys charge could brake them out of French General Domon iron cage. Empress' Dragoons
The dragoon regiments of the line distinguished themselves in the German Campaign of 1805, and so Napoleon decided (in a decree of April 15, 1806) to reorganize the cavalry of the Guard and create within it a regiment of dragoons (Regiment de Dragons de la Garde Impériale), made up of three squadrons, headed by 60 officers personally selected by Napoleon. The first squadron was to have 296 men, and be made up of "vélites", whilst the other two were regular squadrons of 476 horsemen. To complete this new unit, each of the 30 dragoon regiments of the line provided 12 men, each of whom had done 10 years of service, and the brigadier, chasseur, and dragoon line regiments provided the sous-officiers. This regiment quickly became known as the Régiment de dragons de l'Impératrice (the Empress' Dragoons) in tribute to their patroness, Joséphine de Beauharnais, and up until its last member died, the Regiment marked the anniversary of her death.
The unit's numbers rose to 1269 in 1807 with the addition of two new squadrons, and on December 9, 1813 it was attached to the Guard's 3rd regiment of éclaireurs. The dragoons' uniform and weaponry was the same as those of the Guard's mounted grenadiers, only in green rather than blue, and (in place of the bonnet à poil) a copper helmet with a hanging mane in the Neo-Greek Minerve style, and a red plume.
At this half pass the hour we counted 200 of them fighting for mastery of the front line at the village Rosseignies.

At this time half pass the half pass the hour 1615GeneralGraf Bulow’s IV Prussian Corps was moving on the French west of the village called Thines. Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bulow Hundred DaysIn the short peace of 1814-1815 Bülow was at Königsberg as commander-in-chief in Prussia proper. He was soon called to the field again, and in the Waterloo campaign commanded the IV Corps of Blücher's army. He was not present at Ligny, but his corps headed the flank attack upon Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, and bore the heaviest part in the fighting of the Prussian troops around Plancenoit. He took part in the invasion of France, but died suddenly on 25 February 1816, a month after his return to the Königsberg command.

At this hour 1615 GeneralGraf Bulow’s IV Prussian Corps was moving on the French west of the village called Thines. Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bulow in the short peace of 1814-1815 Bülow was at Königsberg as commander-in-chief in Prussia proper. He was soon called to the field again, and in the Waterloo campaign commanded the IV Corps of Blücher's army. He was not present at Ligny, but his corps headed the flank attack upon Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, and bore the heaviest part in the fighting of the Prussian troops around Plancenoit. He took part in the invasion of France, but died suddenly on 25 February 1816, a month after his return to the Königsberg command.
My name is Herman Winderfeld am the Major in charged of the 1-2 West F. Lw we are advancing this hour on the French. The time is 1615 with about 1000 men am setting my sights on being at the Old Roman road by 1700. I most first clear a path to that road which is blocked by the French 2/3 ligne they the French have about the same number of men as I have.
They the French also are supported by 24 artillery pieces plus 100 Mounted Guard Grenadiers. I am supported by 10 field pieces. Lt. General Clinton of the Allied command sent me re-informants about 1000 men to do the job that was set before me.
This report is at 1615 by Oberst Lt. Schutter of the 4th Infantry Regiment; at this hour we have a French line infantry battalion surrounded east of the Old Roman road about 300 of them of the 3/1 II Corps. The French Legere unit 2/2e legers were putting up a brave defiance this hour as the Kurm Lw Kav charged into one of their skirmish units. That report was given by Oberst Luck.
Major general Adams of the 3rd British Brig with the 2/37th North Hampshire Fus fired on the combine French Cav Brig of the 12e Dragons the 14th dragons lancers and the 6 Chass de Cheval and the Grenadiers dieux miellé garde Grenadiers. With good results but although the French where not moved out of their position. Lt. General Picton tried to dig his unites out of the steel ring that the French built around him this hour. As he did move closer to the new Allied line that was

1645:The French Legere unit 2/2e legers were putting up a brave defiance this hour as the Kurm Lw Kav charged into one of their skirmish units. That report was given by Oberst Luck.
Major general Adams of the 3rd British Brig with the 2/37th North Hampshire Fus fired on the combine French Cav Brig of the 12e Dragons the 14th dragons lancers and the 6 Chass de Cheval and the Grenadiers dieux miellé garde Grenadiers. With good results but although the French where not moved out of their position. Lt. General Picton tried to dig his unites out of the steel ring that the French built around him this hour. As he did move closer to the new Allied line that was
reforming this hour.
Major General Walter Adams Coxen of the 3rd British Brig

At 1645 Major Herman Winderfeld, was at the task that laid before him. Try to push his command towards the approaching III Prussian Corps that was headed up the Old Roman road and move the French from the right flank o9f the Allied line east of the Village of Rosseignies. His task was not easy and more and more French Infantry were thrown at his command. He was thanking how can the French use these men to stop him with a strong Prussian corps coming up on their flank ?
The reformation of the allied line that Lt. General Clinton of the Allied command sent were intercepted by the French and many were turned back .
Still his task laid before him to do his job with what he had. The Prussian light Infantry that appeared before the French advance has almost disappeared as fast as it appeared!
Still the French were pushing what was left of Major General Adam who had what was left of the 7th and the 3rd Allied Infantry Brigade. And Lt. General Picton thin red line to the braking point would there be any hope at all for the Allies only time would tell.

1700 hour off of the Old Roman road: the first unites of the III Prussian Corps to meet the French were Maj Dittfurth with the IR 30 the IR 27, III 15 Lw, IR 13 went head long into the attack. The French defenders were push out of the small village south of Rosseignies. At 1700 Major Herman Winderfeld, was still at his assignment that he was order to complete was he successful in it only time will tell. He now took over command of the single battery that he was assign and putting murderess fire down on the French Legers that dared to advance on his guns. Trying to push his command towards the approaching III Prussian Corps that was headed up the Old Roman road and move the French from the right flank of the Allied line east of the Village of Rosseignies. Meanwhile east of the town of Nivelles, Oberst Hiller was successful in moving the French Old Guard Flankers out of that part of town and destroying in the process and Old Guard Horse battery.
[color=#FF0000]A bold attack cost the lives of 200 1/79th Cameron Highlanders southwest of Nivelles but disordered 1000 French Young Guard and cost them 100 lives in the process.
Meanwhile east of the village of Town of Soignée the death head Hussars made a bold attack on the French 5th Hussars and 100 French Cuirassiers killing many of the Elite 5th Hussars.

Major General Gröben of the III Prussian Korps moves to take the Village of Rosseignies at 1715 hours of the Battle along with the Fus /30 III 14 Lw, IR 2, 14 cannons and IR 30, 11. 5Lw IR 13 and the II.1.
The French defenders are the 15th Legers of the III Corps Brig Billard VIII Inf Div Lefol.
Major General Adams of the III British Brig was at this hour and a half reforming the Allied line east of the village of Rosseignies. With what was left of the Allied Army. Using the 7th Royal Vet of the 7th British Brig and the 1st Foreign of the 7th,2.37th North Hampshire also of the 7th 2 Battalions of Hanoverians Lw plus the Cavalry of the Scots Greys.
Also at this quarter pass the hour Lt. General Picton is still trying to get his command out of the Iron net that the French have enclosed about him. The French force are unknown at this time. General Picton was once aging able to move his combine force closer to General Adams line.
Major General Losthin of the Prussian IV Korps moves on the town of Nivelles which is under the defiance of the French Imperial Guard. Which at this quarter and hour are being driven out of the town of Nivelles by his strong Brig.
Major General Reichenbach of the IV Korps also is pushing his command south of the Nivelles. The French defenders are the Imperial Guard Tirailleurs.
Meanwhile at the southern end of the village of Soignée, General Lt. of Calvary Roeder is advancing on the French Cuirassiers Div. Saving what was left of the Prince of Oranges command who was captured earlier this hour.

1730 hour General Major Steinmatz took over command from Major General Gröben of the III Prussian Korps. As he moves to take the Village of Rosseignies at 1730 hour pushing the French 15th legers deeper into the village.
The French there are joined by the
1er, 2e and 3e Bataillons, 34e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Jean-Antoine-Augustin Mouton
The famous 9th Legers know as the L’Incomparable, a name they won in the glory years in Italy.
Major General Adams of the III British Brig was at this half an hour reforming the Allied line east of the village of Rosseignies. With what was left of the Allied Army. Using the 7th Royal Vet of the 7th British Brig and the 1st Foreign of the 7th,

General Major Brause of the 7th Infantry Brig II Armee Korps was leading the Prussian Army charge from the center east of the Allied battle line .
The Allied first Light Cav are holding up a sudden advance from the French heavy cavalry north of the Allied line.Major General Reichenbach of the IV Korps also is pushing his command south of the Nivelles. The French defenders are the Imperial Guard Tirailleurs.The French defenders were now the 2/8e and the 1/25e Ligne who have reinforce the Imperial Guard Tirailleurs. Major General Losthin of the Prussian IV Korps moves on the town of Nivelles which is under the defiance of the French Imperial Guard Garde Chasseurs pushing them out of town of Nivelles.Meanwhile at the southern end of the village of Soignée, General Lt. of Calvary Roeder is advancing on the French Cuirassiers Div.
Meanwhile east of that village pushing back the French 84th e line another famous regt called the Un Contra Dix.

1745 hour General Major Steinmatz commander of the III Prussian Korps whom at this time is attacking with great success the Village of Rosseignies. You can smell the burning bodies of the French Legers inside the small peasants humble huts.
The French famous 9 Leger die where they fight along with the famous 84e ligne. Out side in the wide streets that lead to the richer more important trade center of Rosseignies the French ligne regts form firing lines, two companies front one knelling the other standing passing loaded muskets.
As more and more Prussian Infantry Battalions push the lines of the French 88e and 84e and the 89e to the side, overwhelming them with their numbers.
“Forward is the command, they had no mercy for the poor dark east Indians we will have no mercy for them was shouted out by Oberst Kleist of the I Armee Korps. 2/3 of the Village of Rosseignies is now in Prussian hands. Towards the center of the battle field Major Winterfeld leads his unit out of the protection of the cannons and attacks a lone French unit of the 11th legers another famous unit of days gone by the old Tirailleurs du Po. Sending them hurrying back to the crumbling French lines. The Roman road was just a bloodbath for the French Legers trying to hold back the tide of Prussians! The once glorious charges by the French Lancers earlier in the battle were now a thing of the past what Cavalerie they had were now surrounding the few Allied Units trying to reform their lines. The French Dragons were still pushing towards the Allied defensive line.To only be pushed back by the on coming II Prussian Korps. Who are now rebuilding the Allied line that Major General Adams of the III British Brig was at this quarter too the hour was reforming east of the village of Rosseignies. With what was left of the Allied Army. Using the 7th Royal Vet of the 7th British Brig and the 1st Foreign of the 7th,French General de Exelmans Rémi Joseph Isidore was once aging leading his Cavalerie units in hopes of crushing what was left ofLt. General Picton command that was still trying to brake out of the French steel ring around them. With very few unites of Cavalry His Lordship Uxbridge’s hurries his lads back to the Allied lines. Only to see that his hopes are raised by the sight of 1000 Prussian riders.

The Prussian commands maps out a battle plan to not only capture but destroy the French Grand battery that has forming west of the Town of Nivelles. Prussian IV Korps much like a anvil and hammer, pounding the remaining units of the French Imperial Guard Garde Chasseurs who are trying to hold what is left of the bridge that Allied General Lambert held hours ago. As the Allies fall back to the defensive lined his Lordship the Duke of Wellington orders all commanders to establish the battle line in front of the woods.” There they are as he looks over his shoulders and sees the Prussians marching to battle”. What was left of his large army was just a small remnant of a once great army with almost 80,000 killed or wounded he wipes his brow. “This is a close run thing”! Meanwhile at the southern end of the village of Soignée, General Lt. of Calvary Roeder is advancing on the French Cuirassiers Div.
Meanwhile east of that village he was pushing back the French line.

1800 Coming out of no where once again the French Dragons of French General de Exelmans Rémi Joseph Isidore was once aging leading his Cavalerie. In a last attempt to brake the Allied line. Using all the French Cavalerie that were able he smashed though Lord Uxbridge’s reforming units killing Lord Uxbridge in the charge. Only to be turned back by the fire power of the arriving Prussian Infantry. As the two engagements were fought at the very same time, I will be treating them separately here fo the sake of clarity. However , as will become apparent their operational effect upon each other was marked. The French had at this hour reduced the Allied Army to fleeing units and with out a central battle line. The Battle is now between the much reduced French Forces and the strong Prussian Armee. The battle now opens at 1800 with General Major Jagow I Korps moving to overcome the French who hold ¼ of the village of Rosseignies. The I Prussian Korps for the first time in this 12 hour battle were able to set up their cannons and bombard the French who whole that part of the village no doubt dying where they fight the 9th Legere.
To Jagow’s right was the Brig of General Steinmitz who also had about 100 gun trained on the French line that was falling back at this hour. Now the French where loosing ground to the power of the Prussian Armee.
To the right of Steinmietz was General Lt. Thielemann who fought the same type of battle for hours on the Old Roman road. As the III Korps moves into action with it’s light troops spread out on a broad front pushing the French Legers back with each assault.
Our hero of the hour Major Winterfeld of the I Korps was able to reform his unit with reinforcements from his own Brig. He was fighting to the lift of Thielemann.
Lt. General Clinton was able to reform his command what was left of them and formed his line to the right of Winterfeld the only Allied units in a ordered line at this hour. Also Major General Adam and his 3rd Brig help with forming up a Allied line. With the death of Lord Uxbridge a great blow was driven into what was left of the Allied Cavalry. The remnants of this once great band of mounted warriors hurried to the rear of the Allied battle line behind his Lordship the Duke of WellingtonThe other battle was to the north of here around town of Nivelles. The IV Prussian Korps was pushing the French Imperial Garde back one step at a time. Not fearing attacks by the famous French Imperial Mounted Garde was a welcome relief to all who have fought the French up to this date. The two arms that the Emperor of the French once used to bully the rest of Europe were long used up. General Lt. Bulow pushes with a mighty hand and a mighty arm added by General Major Losthin.

My own detail which been quite these many hours mainly because we have been shadowing the fleeing French. We used the cover of the forest that ran east of the village of Soignée, Also at this time General Lt. of Calvary Roeder is advancing still on the French Cuirassiers Div and their Infantry support of the Imperial Guard. .


1815 hour ;Blasting the French with all his Guns Jagow pushes the I Prussian deeper into the village of Rosseignies. The French limbered up their own guns in fear of capture and head north to Town of Nivelles. Meanwhile in and around the Town of Nivelles the French where doing about the same thing falling back the only real hope that I saw was the French Cavalry were reforming near the Allied line. Maybe another charge would get them his Lord ship the Duke of Wellington? But if it’s successful the battle would still go on because the Lord of this hour is the Prussian Armee. As they pass in review before King William the III King of the Germans.

At 1830 hours the Allied army saw a unbelievable sight! The French were able once more to mass their Cavalerie for a mass attack on the fleeing Allied Army. On the right of the French line where Squadrons of Hussars and Dragons. Chasseurs and Elite Guard Mounted Grenadiers more dragons and a few Squadrons of Cuirassiers. The French center had ligne Infantry with Elite Guard Mounted Grenadiers Squadrons. The left had a mix of super heavy Carabiniers Squadrons and a small Red Dutch Lancers of de Garde. In front of this awesome sight were their fleeing comrades being hurried own by Prussian Infantry. Squadrons of Dragons and lancers and Cuirassiers.Major General Adam’s of the Allied 3rd British Brig was also trying to stay off the incoming French who were only hindered because the vast majority were all disordered. The Allied battle line moves out of harms way and closer to the Bois de Houtain Le-Mont. General Adams units were attack the French units that where separated from the main battle line killing many of the French Lancers and Chasseurs plus the Dragons who where in these Squadrons. The Prussian on the right of their line were pushing the French back to where they have the Allied command of the now dead Lt. General Picton. Many of the still standing Allied soldat’s were saying as they could hear the sound of musket fire getting ever so close “ revenge is better severed up cold”!
Major Sack’s of the IR 22 II Prussian Korps led the infantry charge on the French Right on the east side of the village of Rosseignies followed by 3600 Prussian Infantry and 16cannon. Lt. General Clinton was able to reform his command what was left of them and formed his line to the left of Major Sack’s. Attacking the Mixed French Cavalry Squadrons of the 12e dragons, 1st e Chasseurs, 5th e lancers, 6th e Chasseurs,13th e dragons, Grenadiers dieux, 16th e dragons.
Major Petersdorft of the II Prussian Infantry Korps led the Prussian Infantry on the left. He was followed by 4000 Prussians and 16 cannons.
The Prussian Grand battery of 64 cannons rained murderess fire down on the French line at this half passed the hour.
General Major Jagow pushes the Prussian I Korps deeper into the village of Rosseignies.
The other battle was to the north of here around the town of Nivelles. The IV Prussian Korps was pushing the French Imperial Garde back one step at a time. Not fearing attacks by the famous French Imperial Mounted Garde was a welcome feeling to the soldat’s of the Prussian Armee.
Meanwhile at the southern end of the village of Soignée, General Lt. of Calvary Roeder is advancing on the French Cuirassiers Div.
General Lt. Zieten II is also forming a battle line east of the village of Soignée while General Lt. Roeder advances up the road to the village of Soignée. The most remarkable thing of this battle is that the Allied I Army Corps is marching without the Prince of Orange northward towards and not away from the French.

1845 hour Cavalié Mercer was a British artillery officer. Although he rose to the rank of general, his fame is as commander of G Troop Royal Horse Artillery in the thick of the fighting at the Battle of Waterloo, and as author of Journal of the Waterloo Campaign.[1]
Mercer's six-gun horse artillery troop arrived too late for the Battle of Quatre Bras, but it fought with the cavalry rearguard covering the army's retreat to Waterloo. The troop fought on the extreme right wing of Wellington's army at Waterloo, before being moved into the thick of the fighting nearer the centre of the line. There it beat off repeated charges by French heavy cavalry heavy cavalry, disobeying orders to abandon the guns and retire inside nearby infantry squares as the enemy closed. The location of this action is marked by a memorial on the Waterloo battlefield. After the battle, Mercer's troop marched on Paris with the Allied armies, and formed part of the army of occupation.
Mercer's Journal is an important source for historians of the Waterloo campaign, as well as a detailed description of the landscape and people of Belgium and France in the early 19th century. It is one of the few accounts of the period written by an artillery officer.
Mercer remained in the peacetime army, twice serving in Canada. He was a painter of some merit, and a number of his watercolours of Canadian landscapes were purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in the 1980s.[2]
Cavalié Mercer
Lt. General Lord Clinton; Sir Henry Clinton commander of the Allied Infantry 2nd Div. In 1815 during the Battle of Waterloo, Clinton led the 2nd Division which Wellington posted in reserve behind his right flank. The 2nd Division included the 3rd British Brigade (Maj-Gen Frederick Adam), the 1st King's German Legion (KGL) Brigade (Col Du Plat), the 3rd Hanoverian Brigade (Col Hugh Halkett) and Lieut-Col Gold's two artillery batteries (Bolton RA and Sympher KGL). His troops helped to defeat and pursue Napoleon's Imperial Guard at the end of the battle. He died on 11 December 1829.

In this battle for the village of Rosseignies. General Sir Frederick Adam GCB GCMG (1781–1853) was a Scottish major-general at the Battle of Waterloo, in command of the 3rd (Light) Brigade. At this quarter to the hour he was leading his troops to rear of the Allied line that was located near the Bois de Houtain Le-Mont 622 men. Col Du Plat was with General Adam’s at this time. Col Hugh Halkett was wounded north of Rosseignies. Lieut-Col Gold's both batteries lost hours ago. Major General Johann Georg Emil von Brause of the II Prussian Corps 7th Brig was leading his troops forward this quarter to the hour on the Prussian right. His command was next to Lt. General Clinton the commander of the Allied right . The French right in this sector was the Cavalerie Squadrons of 8th e dragons the 13e dragons the Elite Guard Mounted Grenadiers Squadrons the 12th e Chasseurs the 6th e Hussars the 9th e Chasseurs. Honoré Charles Michel Joseph Reille (French pronunciation: [ʁɛj]; 1 September 1775 – 4 March 1860) was a Marshal of France, born in Antibes. Reille commanded theFrench II Corps in the battle for the village of Rosseignies his commanders where
5th Division Général de Division Baron Gilbert Desiree Joseph Bachelu
General de Division Bachelu was killed east of Rosseignies leading his div.
1st Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Pierre-Antoine Husson

1er and 2e Bataillons, 3e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Hubert Vautrin
Col Hubert Vautrin was killed also east of Rosseignies.

1er and 2e Bataillons, 61e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Charles Bouge
2nd Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Toussaint Campi
General Brig Campi at this quarter to the hour was holding the French line northeast of Rosseignies.
1er and 2e Bataillons, 72e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Frederic-Armand Thibault
1er, 2e and 3e Bataillons,108e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Philippe Higonet

6th Division Général de Division Prince Jérôme Bonaparte

General de Div Prince Jerome Bonaparte was captured fighting near the Old Roman Road.
The Village of Rosseignies was now in Prussian hands. The site of the second battle that of the town of Nivelles was a hot contest between the IV Prussian Korps who where pushing the French Imperial Garde back one step at a time. Meanwhile at the southern end of the village of Soignée, General Lt. of Calvary Roeder is advancing on the French Cuirassiers Div.
General Lt. Zieten II is also forming a battle line east of the village of Soignée while General Lt. Roeder advances up the road to the village of Soignée.The most remarkable thing of this battle is that the Allied I Army Corps is marching without the Prince of Orange northward towards and not away from the French.

1900 hours; At the top of the hour the Prussians cannons let lose a bombardment to clear the way for the Prussian Infantry to continue their advance on the retreating French Armee.
My report at 1900 hours Oberst Lt. Seydlitz due to the lake of Cavalerie we most clear first the numerous light and legers that the French have put in front of us, as a stumbling block. They hold us up from attacking their Artillery and their rear areas. We most have some kind of mounted support.
Respectful submitted Oberst Lt. Seydlitz
The left side of newly formed French line were attacking as if they just arrived on the battle field fresh and with vigor but they were tired and warned out trying to end this three day battle early. At this the top of the hour the Allied and Prussian Infantry crushed the right of the French line sending the French defenders rolling back towards the town of Nivelles which at the top of the hour was in Prussian hands. The lift side of the French line were commanded by General Brig Campi
2nd Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Toussaint Campi

Maximilien Sebastien Foy commander of the 9th Division II Corps
1st Brigade Général de Brigade Jean-Joseph Gauthier 1,961 69 1,892

1er and 2e Bataillons, 92e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Jean-Marie Tissot 1,018
983
1er and 2e Bataillons, 93e Régiment de Ligne Chef de Bataillon Massot 943 34 909
2nd Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Jean-Baptiste Jamin 2,697 97 2,600

He was born in Ham, Somme, and educated in the military school of La Fere, and made sub-lieutenant of artillery in 1792. He was present at the battles of Valmy and Jemappes, and in 1793 obtained a company, as promotion was rapid in those days. In all the subsequent campaigns (including the First Battle of Zurich) he was actively employed under Dumourier, Pichegru, Moreau, Masséna, and others.
Early Empire
In 1803, he was colonel of the 5th regiment of horse artillery, and refused, from political principles, the appointment of aide-de-camp on Napoleon's assumption of the imperial throne. Nevertheless, he was employed in Auguste Marmont's II Corps and shared in the victories of Napoleon's brilliant 1805 Ulm Campaign in Germany. In 1806, he commanded the artillery of the army stationed in Friuli, for the purpose of occupying the Venetian territory incorporated by the treaty of Pressburg with the kingdom of Italy. In 1807 he was sent to Constantinople to introduce European tactics in the Turkishservice, but this object was defeated by the death of Selim III and the opposition of the Janissaries.
Service in Portugal
On Foy's return, the expedition against Portugal was preparing. He received a command in the artillery under Maj-Gen Jean-Andoche Junot in the first French invasion of Portugal. During the occupation of Portugal, he filled the post of inspector of forts and fortresses.
He was severely wounded at the Battle of Vimeiro. After the Convention of Cintra, he returned to France, and with the same army proceeded to Spain. In November 1808, he was promoted to general of brigade and fought under the command of Marshal Nicolas Soult at the Battle of Corunna.
In early 1809, he led a brigade under Soult in the second French invasion of Portugal. When commanded to summon the Bishop of Porto to open the gates of Porto, he was seized, stripped by the populace and thrown into prison. He escaped with difficulty. At the Second Battle of Porto, he alertly spotted Arthur Wellesley's surprise river crossing. Leading the 17th Light Infantry in a futile attempt to drive the British back, Foy was wounded.
Foy was wounded again while leading his brigade at the Battle of Bussaco during the third French invasion of Portugal. In 1810, he made a skilful retreat at the head of 600 men, in the face of 6,000 Spaniards, across the Sierra de Caceres. Early in 1811, he was selected by Marshal André Masséna to convey to the emperor the critical state of the French army before the Lines of Torres Vedras. This commission, though one of great peril — the country being in a complete state of insurrection — he successfully accomplished, for which service he was made general of division.
Service in Spain
In July 1812, Foy was in the Battle of Salamanca and covered the retreat of the defeated French army. He was one of those who, when Wellington raised the siege of Burgos and retreated to the Douro, hung upon his rear and took some prisoners and artillery.
On the news of the disasters in Russia and Wellington's consequent resumption of offensive movements, Foy was sent with his division beyond Vittoria to keep the different parties in check. After the battle of Vittoria, at which he was not present, he collected 20,000 troops of different divisions at Bergana, and had some success in skirmishes with the Spanish corps forming the left wing of the allied army. He arrived at Tolosa about the same time as Lieut-Gen Thomas Graham. After a sanguinary contest in that town, retreated upon Irun, from which he was quickly dislodged, and finally recrossed the Bidassoa River.
Foy commanded a division in Marshal Soult's army during the Battle of the Pyrenees in July 1813. After Soult's defeat at Sorauren, Foy saved his division and parts of other commands by retreating northeast over the Roncesvalles Pass.
Final career
In the Battle of the Nive on 9 December 1813 and the Battle of St. Pierre d'Irrube on the 13th, Foy distinguished himself. In the hard fought Battle of Orthez, on 27 February 1814, he was left apparently dead on the field. Before this period be had been made count of the empire, and Commander of the Légion d'honneur. In March 1815, he was appointed inspector general of the fourteenth military division, but on the return of Napoleon, during the Hundred Days, he embraced the cause of the emperor. Foy commanded a division of infantry in the battles of Ligny and Waterloo, at the last of which he received his fifteenth wound. This terminated his military career.
In 1819, he was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies, the duties of which he discharged until his death in November 1825; and from his first entrance into the chamber, was distinguished for his eloquence, and quickly became the acknowledged leader of the opposition. Before his death he wrote a history of the Peninsular War.
Jean-Joseph Gauthier commander of 1st Brig 9th Div II Corps ;in this battle he was killed east of the old Roman Road
1er and 2e Bataillons, 92e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Jean-Marie Tissot
Col Jean –Marie Tissot
1er and 2e Bataillons, 93e Régiment de Ligne Chef de Bataillon Massot
Chef Massot captured west of the Old Roman road trying to block the Prussian reinforcements there.
2nd Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Jean-Baptiste Jamin
1er, 2e, and 3e Bataillons, 4e Régiment de Légère Colonel Vincent Peyrus 1,093
1er, 2e, and 3e Bataillons, 100e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Joseph Braun 1,604
Division d'Artillerie 187
1er Companie 6e d'Artillerie a Pied Capitaine Tacon 88 6x6lb guns & 2x5.5in howitzers
3/1er Train Squadron 99
2nd Cavalry Division Général de Division Comte Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen de Piré 1,840

1st Brigade Général de Brigade Baron Pierre-Francois-Antoine Hubert 1,046
1er Régiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval Colonel Pierre-Joseph-Victor Simonneau 485
6e Régiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval Colonel Paul-Eugene de Faudoas-Barbazan 560
Colonel Vincent Peyrus wounded west of the Old Roman road carried off the battle field.
At 1900hours Bülow IV Prussian Korps at the top of the hour was holding on to the town of Nivelles, pushing the French
Moyenne and Vieille Garde skirmishers back a step at a time. Général Major Losthin was trying to flank the Imperial Garde also at the top of the hour.
The Prussian IV Korps at this the twin battles of Nivelles and Rosseignies. At Nivelles at the top of the hour
General der Infanterie Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow
32,000 men, 132 guns


13 Brigade von Hacke 6,560 men

11th Brigade von Luck

12th Brigade von Stülpnagel
IV Corps Cavalry Prince William of Prussia

1st Brigade von Schwerin 1,963 men
2nd Brigade von Watzdorff 1,377 men
3rd Brigade von Sydow 2,246 men

General Lt. Zieten II of the Prussian I Korps was forming a battle line trying to follow the Retreating French who where moving north east of him towards the Bois de Cutshall . Meanwhile south of the town of Soignée on the road to thattown General Lt. Roeder was advancing up to the village of Soignée.The Allied I Army Corps were flanking the French as they pushed up the road.

1915 Hours the Prussian Cav Korps under General Lt. Roeder is at this quarter pass the hour advancing slowly up the road to Soignée. The third battle now called the battle of the three towns in the battle reports that keep coming into the mobile Hq. of General Lt. Zieten II of the Prussian I Korps
Sire, the French are moving towards Bois de Cutshall!
Sire we reporting that they are at La Caffeniere!
The French Sire are reported making a stand at Soignée.
Sire we have the Allied I Corps to support us at Soignee if they make a stand!
The Allied I Corps;The Allied I Corps; Major General HRH Prince Willem of Orange G.C.B.captured; Major-General George Cooke 1st Division
1st Brigade Major-General Peregrine Maitland

Captured .
2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Askew

Wounded.
3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards Lieutenant Colonel the Honorable William Stewart

Killed.
2nd Brigade Major-General Sir John Byng

2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards
Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell

Wounded.
2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards
Lieutenant Colonel Francis Hepburn
Captured .
Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel Steven Galway Adye

Sandham's Battery RFA Brigade Royal Artillery (R.A.) Captain Charles Frederik Sandham
3rd Division
Lieutenant-General Count Sir Charles Alten K.C.B. (Count Carl von Alten)
Captured .

5th Brigade Major-General Sir Colin Halkett K.C.B.
Wounded.
2nd Battalion, 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton
33rd (1st Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot
Lieutenant-Colonel William George Keith Elphinstone

Captured .
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot (Lost colours)]
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Morice 38 off 495 men
2nd Battalion, 73rd Regiment of Foot
Lieutenant-Colonel William George Harris
2nd Brigade, King's German Legion
Brevet Colonel Baron Christian Freiherr von Ompteda

Captured .
1st (Rifles) Light Battalion Lieutenant-Colonel Louis von dem Bussche Killed.

2nd (Rifles) Light Battalion Major Georg Freiherr von Baring

Captured . At this quarter after the hour the once numerous Allied I Corps was but 2000 men under arms. They fought bravely pushing the French Cuirassiers back from Soignée to the famous battle that lost the French their VI Corps and two Cuirassiers Div. And along with the living was Col Sharpe and Sergent Patrick and the chosen men of the 95th rifles.
Meanwhile over to the east where the two great battles of Rosseignies and Nivelles where being fought. The French Infantry regiments 2/69e of the IV Corps
1er and 2e Bataillons, 69e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Christophe Hervé
1/92e
1er and 2e Bataillons, 11e Régiment de Légère Colonel Vicomte Jean Andre Tibruce Sebastiani
1er and 2e Bataillons, 92e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Jean-Marie Tissot
Where all being push back are destroyed some where routed and others were retreating.
6e Régiment de Lanciers Légère Colonel Baron Nicolas-Marie-Mathurin de Galbois
1er, 2e, 3e, and 4e Bataillons, 2e Régiment de Légère Colonel Pierre-Francois Maigrot
1er, 2e and 3e Bataillons,108e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Philippe Higonet
1er and 2e Bataillons, 61e Régiment de Ligne Colonel Charles Bouge
1er, 2e, and 3e Bataillons, 12e Régiment de Légère Colonel Joseph Mouttet
All of the above units were attacked and beaten or where falling back one step at a time. The II was at the forefront of most of the fighting up to this quarter after the hour but also the French III Corps;
1er and 2e Bataillons, 64e Régiment de


Ligne
Colonel Raimond-Martin Dubalen
1er and 2e Bataillons, 64e Régiment de


Ligne
Colonel Raimond-Martin Dubalen
1er, 2e and 3e Bataillons, 34e Régiment de Ligne
1er and 2e Bataillons, 59e Régiment de Ligne
1er and 2e Bataillons, 93e Régiment de Ligne The Elite Garde Cheval was also taken many hit in the battle.