Netherlands Artillery
in the Waterloo Campaign
Foot Artillery Battery ‘Steenberghe’
by Geert van Uythoven, The Netherlands
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This ‘southern’ battery was served by a company of the 4th line artillery battalion. The battery was commanded by Captain Maximilian-Henry Steenberghe. Other officers: 1st Lieutenant Leopold Winssinger (ex-2nd lieutenant in the Foot artillery company ‘Stevenart’, promoted) 1st Lieutenant George Frederik Ruysch van Coevorden (ex-2nd lieutenant in the Foot artillery company ‘Stevenart’); 2nd Lieutenant C.F. de Fiquelmont. Train detachment: 1st Lieutenant F. van Galen (ex-2nd lieutenant of the train detachment with the Foot artillery company ‘Stevenart’, promoted); 1st Lieutenant Johannes Martinus Daniel Seitz; 2nd Lieutenant Camusé; 2nd Lieutenant Demmeni. Leaving Mechelen on 24 June with a transport of 30 vehicles destined for the main artillery park, but without any guns, Captain Steenberghe arrived at Bavay on 28 June. During the siege of Valenciennes which fell on 20 July, this company served two batteries, one consisting of mortars, the other one of heavy artillery. The battery ‘Stevenart’ had lost during the battle of Quatre-Bras, apart from its commander, so many men, horses, and material, that it was not able to take the field anymore except for the section of Lieutenant Leopold Winssinger. On 30 June, the section ‘Winssinger’ was absorbed into the Foot artillery company ‘Steenberghe’, which formed a new battery from that date on. This battery was assigned to the 1st Brigade (Major-General Ferdinand d’Hauw) of the 1ste Nederlandsche Divisie (Lieutenant-General Jan Andries Stedman). After the Waterloo campaign the battery marched back to the Netherlands, being garrisoned in Gent. 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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