Netherlands Artillery
in the Waterloo Campaign
Part II:
The Netherlands Artillery Officers
Johannes Nicolaas Spies
reviewed by Geert van Uythoven, The Netherlands
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On 1 June 1793 Spies became a cadet-élève in the Dutch artillery. He took part in the 1794 campaign in Flanders, and the 1800 – 1801 campaign in Germany. As a 1st lieutenant he took part in the 1805 campaign in Germany. Serving with the artillery continuously, Spies was finally promoted to 1st captain on 12 May 1813. In 1814 he joined the Netherlands army. The exploits of Spies during the Waterloo campaign will be described in part 3 of this series. Promoted to major on 14 December 1818 and in this rank he transferred to the 3de Bataillon Artillerie Nationale Militie on 29 February 1819. Netherlands Artillery in the Waterloo Campaign 1815 Part II: Artillery Officers
Adriaan Bijleveld David Esaias Bode (Boode) Lodewijk Hendrik Du Bois A.Willem Du Pont Adrianus Rudolf Willem Gey Carel August Gunkel (Gunckel) Godfried Jacob Holsman Nicolaas Lodewijk Kaempfer Carel Frederik Krahmer de Bichin Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer Frederik Carel List Johannes Hendrik Lux Prince (William) Frederick Carl van Oranje-Nassau (Willem Frederik Karel, Prins der Nederlanden) Abraham Petter Carel Jan Riesz Johan George Hendrik Scheffer Jacques-Louis-Dominique, Baron van der Smissen Johannes Nicolaas Spies Maximilian-Henry Steenberghe Emmanuel-Joseph Stevenart Hendrik Rudolph Trip Pieter Wijnands Leopold Winssinger Netherlands Artillery in the Waterloo Campaign 1815 Part I [FE71]
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