Netherlands Artillery
in the Waterloo Campaign

Part II:
The Netherlands Artillery Officers

Maximilian-Henry Steenberghe

reviewed by Geert van Uythoven, The Netherlands

Steenberghe was born in Charleroi (present day Belgium) on 13 September 1787. On 22 March 1804, he became a gunner in the 2nd Regiment of the Corps Imperiale d’Artillerie de la Marine. He climbed up through the ranks: corporal (1 January 1806); fourier 1 September 1806; sergeant (7 November 1809); sergeant-major (19 March 1811); 2nd lieutenant (23 January 1812); and 1st lieutenant (1 February 1813). On 27 April 1813, promoted captain adjutant, Steenberghe was assigned to the general staff of VI Corps d’Armée. He was discharged from the French army as chef de bataillon on 4 October 1814.

Steenberghe joined on 17 November of the same year the ‘southern’ army in the Netherlands. The exploits of Steenberghe during the Waterloo campaign will be described in part 3 of this series. On 21 December 1843 he was promoted major general of the artillery, and finally promoted lieutenant-general of the artillery on 8 September 1852. He was pensioned out of the army in 1855.

Netherlands Artillery in the Waterloo Campaign 1815 Part II: Artillery Officers

Netherlands Artillery in the Waterloo Campaign 1815 Part I [FE71]

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