Netherlands Artillery
in the Waterloo Campaign
Foot Artillery Company ‘Bunnik’
by Geert van Uythoven, The Netherlands
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The ‘northern’ 3rd company of the 3rd Artillery battalion of the national militia was commanded by Captain H. Bunnik. Other officer: 1st Lieutenant F. de Groot. This company had no guns, and was assigned to the reserve artillery park, which after Waterloo was assigned to the 1st Netherlands Army Corps (Prince William of Orange). Until 8 June only a detachment of this company was present, commanded by 1st Lieutenant F. de Groot and all vehicles drawn by requisitioned horses. On this date, Captain Bunnik arrived with the remaining men, taking over command. Listed on 12 June with a strength of 3 officers, 119 others, 106 horses (of the 235 horses needed) and 41 vehicles, being at Sotteghem (artillery company?) and Strijpem (train detachment?). Other sources list the company present on 18 July, with exactly the same strength. On the 17th, the artillery reserve park was ordered back to Halle, where Prince Frederick of Orange stood. On 3 August it was reinforced with another detachment of 43 men, command by 2nd Lieutenant C.L. Kühn, who with the detachment until 27 July had been assigned to the artillery park of the 2nd Netherlands Army Corps (Prince Frederick of Orange). In any case, the company ‘Bunnik’ saw no action during the Waterloo campaign. Netherlands Artillery in the Waterloo Campaign 1815 Part III: Artillery Batteries and Companies
Foot Artillery Company ‘Bunnik’ Foot Artillery Battery ‘Du Bois’ Foot Artillery Battery ‘Kaempfer’ Foot Artillery Company ‘Van der Linden’ Foot Artillery Battery ‘Lux’ Foot Artillery Battery ‘Riesz’ Foot Artillery Company ‘Rommel’ Foot Artillery Battery ‘Scheffer’ Foot Artillery Battery ‘Severijns’ Foot Artillery Battery ‘Spies’ Foot Artillery Battery ‘Steenberghe’ Foot Artillery Battery ‘Stevenart’ Foot Artillery Battery ‘Wijnands’ Horse Artillery Battery ‘Bijleveld’ Half Horse artillery Battery ‘Gey’ Horse Artillery Battery ‘Krahmer’ Half Horse Artillery Battery ‘Petter’ Acknowledgements, Bibliography, and Footnotes Netherlands Artillery in the Waterloo Campaign 1815 Part II: Artillery Officers [First Empire 72]
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 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 [First Empire 71]
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