NAM.1975-12-105-12

Manuscript orders, from Lt Col Sir Charles Broke, AQMG to Maj Gen Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur, Neuilly, 6 Jul 1815. Detailing the occupation of the suburbs of Paris by the allied forces from 4 o’clock in the morning on the 7th July 1815. Includes encampment details such as: the 2nd Corps’ Cavalry to canton at Boulogne, the 2nd Corps’ Infantry to camp between Neuilly and the Bois de Boulogne and the 1st Corps’ Cavalry to be cantoned at Auteuil. Also details positions of the 5th and 6th Divisions, the Brunswick Cavalry and Infantry, Netherland (sic) Cavalry and Infantry and the Reserve Artillery in Paris, such as in Clichy, Villiers, St. Ouen.. 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)