NAM.1975-12-105-10

Manuscript orders, from Lt Col Sir Charles Broke, AQMG to Maj Gen Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur, Quarter-Master General’s Office Head Quarters, Le Plessis Longueau, 29 Jun 1815. Records planned movements and formations of the Army with their baggage at daybreak, 5 o’clock in the morning on the 30th June 1815. Mentions Lt Gen Lord Hill to march Lt Baron Estorff’s Cavalry by Creil and Chantilly to Luzarches, the Infantry of the 2nd Corps to move to Chantilly includes: 2nd Division, The Nassau Troops and the 4th Division. The British Cavalry to march from its camp near Pont Ste. Maxence to Louvres. Includes mention of 1st Corps movements from St. Martin Longueau to Senlis: Netherland (sic) Cavalry and Infantry, 1st and 3rd Division. Troops including the Brunswick Cavalry and Infantry, 5th and 6th Division, Reserve Artillery camped near Gournay to move and cross the River Oise at Pont Ste. Maxence towards Senlis. One of twelve manuscript orders of the period 19 Jun to 7 Jul 1815, placed into one bound book when conserved. From Lt Col Sir Charles Broke, AQMG, to Maj Gen Sir John Vandeleur, Commander of the Cavalry, relating to the movements of the British and Allied forces after the Battle of Waterloo. Associated with the, Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).

Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815)