Netherlands Artillery
in the Waterloo Campaign
Foot Artillery Battery ‘Severijns’
by Geert van Uythoven, The Netherlands
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This ‘northern’ battery was served by a company of the 4th Artillery battalion of the national militia. The battery was commanded by Captain Severijns. Other officers: 1st Lieutenant C. Snel; 1st Lieutenant G. Hilg; 2nd Lieutenant F. Sommerton. Train detachment: 2nd Lieutenant L.J. Vervaart (or Vervaet). This battery was armed with six short 12-pdr bronze cannon, and two 24-pdr (iron) bronze howitzers. As a mobile 12-pdr Foot artillery battery it stood ready in ‘s Hertogenbosch. There were however no horses available for the necessary horse teams. On 6 May order was sent to the commander of’ ‘s Hertogenbosch, that when a ‘southern’ train company from Mechelen would arrive, he would have to deliver the guns to the company of Captain Severijns. Severijns at the same time was ordered to serve the battery with his company, and to march to the headquarters of the Netherlands Mobile Army. On 15 June however Severijns was still waiting for horses to arrive. After the battle of Waterloo, horses for the train detachment were provided by taking away most of the 367 horses from two train companies that were with the pontoon train. Joining the Netherlands Mobile Army this company was assigned to the 2nd Netherlands Army Corps (Prince Frederick of Orange), as this corps had the task to besiege French fortresses when necessary during its advance into France. However, the battery would see no fighting during the Waterloo campaign. After the Waterloo campaign, the battery marched back to the Netherlands, being garrisoned in Doesburg. 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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