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At the Battle of Waterloo, the 2nd Light Battalion – with members of the 1st Light Battalion and the 5th Line Battalion – defended the farmhouse and road at La Haye Sainte. As the 5th Line Battalion under Oberst Ompteda was on its way to reinforce the defenders of Haye Sainte, the French cavalry attached to Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d ...
1st (Rifles) Light Battalion Lieutenant-Colonel Louis von dem Bussche: 44 officers, 410 men 3 officers, 37 men 9 officers, 84 men 0 officers, 13 men 2nd (Rifles) Light Battalion Major Georg Freiherr von Baring: 38 officers, 352 men 5 officers, 40 men 9 officers, 120 men 0 officers, 29 men 5th Line Battalion: Lieutenant-Colonel Baron Wilhelm von ...
At the head of the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion of the Legion, Baring was put in charge of the defence of the farmhouse of La Haye Sainte during the battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. He wrote about the events of the day in a detailed report, [ 2 ] which ended with the words:
Wellington ordered the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion of the King’s German Legion, commanded by Major Georg Baring, to garrison La Haye Sainte the evening before the battle. Upon arriving at 19:30 amidst heavy rain, Baring ordered the men to begin fortifying the farm complex for defence, in anticipation of an attack the next morning.
This was largely achieved by the disbandment of the second battalion of 22 infantry regiments. [59] Wellington later said that he had "an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced Staff". [60] His troops consisted of 74,326 men: 53,607 infantry, 13,400 cavalry, and 5,596 artillery with 156 guns plus engineers and staff ...
While the 1st Battalion saw some action in Spain and Portugal in 1800–1801, the 2nd remained stationed in England. In 1803 the regiment's fittest officers and men were concentrated in the 1st battalion, for training as light infantry, and the 2nd battalion was transferred to the 96th Foot. [4] A new second battalion was raised in 1804.
In 1803 as senior captain, he joined the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion of the newly formed King's German Legion (KGL), which was under the command of his brother Colin. The 2nd Light were involved in the Cathcart's expeditions to Hanover, Rügen and Copenhagen. During this time he was promoted to major and his bold initiative on outpost duty won ...
The 2nd Battalion, 73rd Regiment of Foot and the 2nd Battalion, 30th Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Waterloo, June 1815, Joseph Cartwright. The 2nd Battalion remained in England until May 1813 when it was shipped to Swedish Pomerania and fought at the Battle of the Göhrde in September 1813 [14] and the Battle of Merxem in January 1814. [15]