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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 ...
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 is a list of Jäger units in various national armies. Jäger , or Jaeger , is the German word for " hunter ", and describes a kind of light infantry . [ 1 ] In English the word Jaeger is also translated as " rifleman " or " ranger ".
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.
2nd Battalion The 52nd Light Infantry was based in Oxford, England, when it became the 2nd Battalion. This was the 52nd of Waterloo fame who, under the command of Colonel Sir John Colborne, broke a battalion of the Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard.
Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath, Waterloo Medal, Royal Guelphic Order (2nd class), King William Cross, Military William Order (3rd class) Konrad Ludwig Georg Baring (8 March 1773, Hannover – 27 February 1848, Wiesbaden , during a spa treatment) was an officer in the army of the Electorate of Hanover and the British army's King's ...
3rd Light Infantry Battalion Major von Ebeling 23 off 649 men 0 off 0 men 0 off 0 men 0 off 0 man 2nd Brigade: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederich von Specht 77 off 1,942 men 3 off 43 men 4 off 267 men 0 off 122 men 1st Line Battalion Major Metzner 23 off 649 men 1 off 16 men 2 off 86 men 0 off 29 men 2nd Line Battalion Major von Strombeck 27 off 646 men