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I believe I can help John Dalton in his quest for information about the Dutch-Belgian and German artillery at Waterloo. My source for this is Scott Bowden's 'Armies at Waterloo', Empire Games Press, Arlington, Texas, 1983, a modern work, but one which uses impeccable primary sources, erxclusively so where its orders of battle are concerned.

1st Corps - the Prince of Orange

1st Infantry Division - Cooke (Divisional Artillery)

Maj. Kuhlmann's 2nd Horse Battery KGL 5 x 9pdr cannon1 x 5.5" howitzers 5/200

3rd Infantry Division - Alten (Divisional Artillery)

Capt. Cleeves' Ist Foot Battery KGL 5 x 9pdr cannon 1 x 5.5" howitzers 6/209

2nd Dutch-Belgian Infantry Division - Perponcher

1st Brigade
Captain Bijleveld's Dutch Horse Battery 6 x 6ppdr cannon 2 x 5,5" howitzers 7/100

2nd Brigade

Captain Stienvenart's Belgian Foot Battery 6 x 6ppdr cannon 2 x 5.5" howitzers 5/253
Note: This battery lost four cannon, both howitzers, two officers and 137 men at Quatre Bras.

3rd Dutch-Belgian Division - Chasse

1st Brigade
Captain Krahmer de Bichin's Belgian Horse Battery 6 x 6ppdr cannon 2 x 5.5" howitzers 3/120

2nd Brigade

Captain Lux's Belgian Foot Battery 6 x 6ppdr cannon 2 x 5.5" howitzers 4/117

2nd Corp - Hill

2nd Infantry Division - Clinton (Divisional Artillery)

Major Sympher's 1st Horse Battery KGL 5 x 9ppdr cannon 1 x 5.5" howitzers 5/220

4th Infantry Division - Colville (Divisional Artillery)

Captain von Rettberg's Hanoverian Foot Battery 5 x 9ppdr cannon 1 x 5.5" howitzers 2/233

Army Reserve

5th Infantry Division - Picton (Divisional Artillery)

Captain Braun's Hanoverian Foot Battery 5 x 6ppdr cannon 1 x 5.5" howitzers 6/231

Brunswick Contingent - Duke of Brunswick

Captain von Heineman's Brunswick Horse Battery 8 x 6pdr cannon 5/162
Major von Moll's Brunswick Foot Battery 8 x 6pdr cannon 7/198

Dutch-Belgian Cavalry Division - Collaert

Captain Petter's ? Horse Battery 3 x 6pdr cannon 1 x 55" howitzer
Captain Gey van Pifflus' ? Horse Battery 3 x 6pdr cannon 1 x 5.5" howitzer
Note: Total strength of both batteries was 5/127

Detached Force

Dutch Belgian Corp - Prince Frederick

Indian Brigade: Captain Riesz's 3rd? Foot Battery 6 x 6pdr cannon 2 x 5.5" howitzers 6/ 114

1st Dutch-Belgian Infantry Division

2nd Brigade: Captain Wiljnand's Dutch Foot Battery 6 x 12pdr cannon 2 x 5.5" howitzers 5/114

Dutch Belgian Artillery Reserve

Captain du Bois Dutch Foot Battery 6 x 12pdr cannon 2 x 55" howitzers 13/200

Note: Did not have all horse teams

Captain Kaempfer's ? Foot Battery 6 x 6pdr cannon 2 x 5.5" howitzers 6/ 120
Note: Lacked horse and did not take the field.

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