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dibble18 Jul 2019 1:35 a.m. PST

I see that Gareth Glover is still at it with his Waterloo archive series.

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And this one looks interesting too, again by Gareth Glover.

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King Monkey18 Jul 2019 4:12 a.m. PST

That's well timed, nearly finished Vol VI.

von Winterfeldt18 Jul 2019 5:28 a.m. PST

good news

Lord Hill21 Jul 2019 2:05 p.m. PST

Hope it's more like volumes 1-3.

Volume 4 was really scraping the bottom of the barrel with some tenuous filler – an 18-page letter by a Commissary serving in Paris in 1816 about the treatment he'd received for his gout and bills from his tailor for some alterations to his breeches etc.

summerfield31 Jul 2019 3:36 p.m. PST

Gareth Glover (2019) The Waterloo Archive, Volume VII – British Sources, KEN TROTMAN WATERLOO ARCHIVE BOOK 1.
SENT TO PRINTERS – At least three more volumes in preparation for later this year and next.

Contents
FOREWORD 11
Thomas Stoney Landscapes of 20 June 1815 13

THE STAFF OF THE ARMY 33
Chapter 1 33
No. 1 Captain Lord Arthur Hill aide de camp to the Duke of Wellington 33

THE CAVALRY 35
Chapter 2: General Orders 35
No. 2a General Cavalry Orders (May 1815) 35
No2b General Cavalry Orders (June 1815) 44
No 2c General Cavalry Orders after Waterloo (June 1815) 48
No 2d Cavalry General Orders (July 1815) 56

Chapter 3: 1st Brigade of Major General Lord Edward Somerset 63
1st Life Guards 63
No. 3 Captain Edward Kelly 1st Life Guards 63
No. 4 Cornet and Sub Lieutenant William Richardson, 1st Life Guards 65
2nd Life Guards 66
No. 5 Private William Chapman, 2nd Life Guards 66

Chapter 4: 2nd Brigade of Major General Sir William Ponsonby 68
2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) 68
No.6 Lieutenant James Wemyss, Scots Greys 68
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 69
No.7 Private John Herron 6th Inniskilling Dragoons 69
No.8 Private John Herron 6th Inniskilling Dragoons 70
3rd Brigade of Major General William Dornberg 71
No. 9 Major General Sir Wilhelm Caspar Ferdinand, Baron von Dornberg 71
23rd Light Dragoons 73
No. 10 Captain Henry Grove 23rd Light Dragoons 73
No. 11 From the Same 74

Chapter 5: 4th Brigade of Major General Sir John Vandeleur 83
16th Light Dragoons 83
No. 12 Captain Clement Swetenham 16th Light Dragoons 83
Chapter 6: 5th Brigade of Major General Sir Colquhoun Grant 85
7th Hussars 85
No. 13 Captain William Verner 7th Hussars 85
No. 14 Lieutenant Standish O'Grady 7th Hussars 85
No. 15 From the Same 86
No. 16 From the Same 88
No.17 From the Same 90
No. 18 From the Same 92
No. 19 From the Same 92
No. 20 From the Same 93

Chapter 7: 6th Brigade of Major General Sir Vivian Hussey 97
No. 21 Letter Book of 6th Cavalry Brigade 97
10th Hussars 102
No. 22 Captain Thomas William Taylor, 10th Hussars 102
18th Hussars 117
No. 23 Journal of Lieutenant George Woodberry 18th Hussars 117

THE ARTILLERY 135
Royal Horse Artillery 135
Chapter 8: Major Robert Bull's Troop 135
No. 24 First Lieutenant Mathew Louis 135

THE INFANTRY 147
FIRST DIVISION OF MAJ-GEN GEORGE COOKE 147
Chapter 9: 1st Brigade of Maj-Gen P Maitland 147
2nd & 3rd Battalions 1st Foot Guards 147
No. 25 Ensign Richard Thomas Master 1st Foot Guards 147
No. 26 Ensign the Honourable Seymour Bathurst 1st Foot Guards 154
No, 27 From the Same 154
No. 28 From the Same 155
No. 29 From the Same 156
No. 31 From the Same 157

Chapter 13: 2nd Brigade of Maj-Gen Sir John Byng 159
2nd Battalion 3rd Foot Guards 159
No. 32 Ensign Charles Lake, Third Foot Guards 159

SECOND DIVISION OF LT-GEN SIR HENRY CLINTON 163
Chapter 10: 3rd Brigade of Major General F Adam 163
1st Battalion 52nd Foot 163
No. 33 Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Colborne 52nd Foot 163
3rd Battalion 95th Foot 164
No. 34 2nd Lieutenant Dugald Macfarlane 3rd Battalion 95th Regiment 164

THIRD DIVISION OF LT-GEN BARON ALTEN 166
Chapter 11: 5th Brigade of Maj-Gen Sir Colin Halkett 166
2nd Battalion 30th Foot 166
No. 35 Ensign Edward Macready, 30th Regiment 166
33rd Foot 167
No. 36 Ensign William Thain, Adjutant 33rd Foot 167
No. 37 Private John Gray 33rd Foot 168

FOURTH DIVISION OF LT GEN SIR CHARLES COLVILLE 170
Chapter 12: 4th Brigade of Colonel Mitchell 170
3rd Battalion 14th Foot 170
No. 38 Captain William Turnor 14th Foot 170
1st Battalion 23rd Foot 172
No. 39 Lt-Col J Humphrey Edward Hill 23rd Foot Royal Welch Fusiliers 172
1st Battalion 51st Foot 173
No. 40 Lieutenant Frederick Mainwaring 51st Foot 173

FIFTH DIVISION OF LT GEN SIR THOMAS PICTON 184
Chapter 13: 8th Brigade of Major General Sir James Kempt 184
1st Battalion 32nd Foot 184
No. 41 Captain John Crowe [?] of the 32nd Foot 184
1st Battalion 95th Foot 187
No. 42 First Lieutenant John Fitzmaurice, 1st Bn 95th Foot 187

Chapter 14: 9th Brigade of Maj-Gen Sir Denis Pack 189
No. 43 Major General Sir Denis Pack 189
1st Battalion 92nd Foot 190
No. 44 Captain Thomas Hobbs 92nd Foot 190

SIXTH DIVISION 218
Chapter 15: 10th Brigade of Maj-Gen John Lambert 218
1st Battalion 40th Foot 218
No. 45 Lieutenant Hugh Wray, 40th Regiment of Foot. 218

BRUSSELS GARRISON 221
Chapter 16: 81st Foot 221
No. 46 Private Joseph Willcox 81st Foot 221

THE SUPPORT SERVICES 223
Chapter 19: Royal Staff Corps 223
No. 47 Captain William Staveley Royal Staff Corps 223
No, 48 From the Same 224
No. 49 From the Same 224

Chapter 20: Royal Engineers 228
No. 50 Captain John Oldfield Royal Engineers 228
No. 51 From the Same 230
No. 52 From the Same 233
No. 53 From the Same 254
No. 54 Appendixes to his letters 256

Chapter 21: Chaplains 260
No.55 Chaplains 260

Chapter 22: Civilians 261
No. 56 Lady Georgiana Lennox (later Lady de Ros) to Lady Georgina Bathurst 261
No. 57 From the Same 262
No. 58 From the Same 263
No. 59 The Duke of Richmond to Earl Bathurst 264
No. 60 Lord Apsley to Earl Bathurst 265
No. 61 From the Same 266
No. 62 Lady Sarah Lennox 267
No. 63 From the Same 268
No. 64 From the Same 269
No. 65 Lady Georgina Lennox 270

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