NAM.1975-12-105-3

Manuscript orders, from Lt Col Sir Charles Broke, AQMG to Maj Gen Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur - Commanding the Cavalry, Quarter-Master General’s Office Head Quarters, 23 Jun 1815. Records planned movements of troops. Maj Gen Sir John Byng will move troops on the 24th June 1815 : The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th British divisions, the divisions of the Netherlands Infantry attached to the 1st Corps, the Nassau Corps and the Brunswick Corps to move possibly to Englefontaine from Gommegnies. 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)