Forgotten Foreign Forces: King's German Legion
#WaterlooRemembered Day 2 Forgotten foreign forces - The King's German Legion. In the first interview of the series I speak to Hailey Stewart about the KGL & Brunswick troops who played a key yet neglected role in the campaign. Please share widely, post questions and comments, and thank you to everyone who has listened so far. Join me tomorrow when I will be speaking to Alicia Laspra about Spain during this conflict. https://anchor.fm/the-napoleonicist/episodes/Waterloo-Remembered-Day-2-Forgotten-Foreign-Forces---The-Kings-German-Legion-ef2g22
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@Hailey Stewart Yes, it is from Baring (the published version), here in the English translation by Beamish: "Out of nearly four hundred men, with which I commenced the battle, only forty-two remained effective. Whoever I asked after, the answer was "killed", - "wounded"! I freely confess that tears came involuntarily into my eyes at this sad intelligence, and the many bitter feelings that seized upon me." (The full text can be read on our website: http://www.akhmg.de/KingsGermanLegion/geschichte/1814_1815niederlande_waterloo/beamish/beamish2_anhang21.htm)
In his unpublished report Baring speaks of 40-50 men left to him. To this report (preserved in the Hannoverian State Archives: Hann. 41 XXI Nr. 152) a report by the former Lieutenant Riefkugel of the 2nd Light Battalion, KGL from 1824 is attached, which gives the numbers: From 378 effectives (officers and men) 41 were dead, 115 wounded, 22 captured or missing.