History of the King's German Legion, Volume 2Thomas and William Boone, 1837 |
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18th June 1st hussars 1st light 1st line 2d light 7th line 7th line battalion allied army allied troops Alten April artillery attack August battalion-ensign battery battle of Waterloo Batty's Bayonne breach brigade British captain cavalry Charles Charles Alten colonel column command corps Decken despatch detachment ditto Dörnberg dragoons duke of Cambridge enemy enemy's fire flank force forward Frederick French front gallant garrison Göhrde guards guns Hanover Hanoverian Heise Hill horsemen horses hundred infantry Jones's Sieges Journal July killed King's German Legion left wing lieut lieutenant lieutenant-colonel light battalion light division line battalion line battalion-captain line battalion-lieut Lord Wellington loss major major-general March Narrative night o'clock officers picquet Portuguese prisoners rear regiment Rendsburg retired retreat river road royal highness Sept serjeant severely wounded sir Rowland Hill sir Stapleton Cotton skirmishers slightly wounded squadron thousand village Wallmoden
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