As referenced previously, Mr. Hofschroer gives the French 22,300 on this part of the field. The total from the database is in the neighborhood of 9,000 men short. I am left to puzzle on this discrepancy. PRUSSIANS IV Corps under Bulow / Friedrich Wilhelm Graf Bulow von Dennewitz General of Infantry - with x2 AdC / Couriers Bulow rated as: (Good/Cautious/Average) 15th Infantry Brigade - 6,291 Troops Major General Michael Heinrich von Losthin - with x1 AdC / Courier Losthin rated as: (Average/Plodding/Poor) 14th Foot Battery - Captain Hensel (6x6lb, 2x7lb How) M R 3/0 4th Silesian Landwher Regiment - 1,777 (x3 battalions) MR 3/0 Lt. Col. von Masso 3rd Silesian Landwehr Regiment - 1,936 (x3 battalions) M R 3/0 Jaeger detachment M R 4/1 Lt. Col von Thile 18th Line Infantry Regiment - 2,395 (x3 battalions; 2 line, 1 fusilier) M R 4/1 Col. von Loebell Notes: The Prussian Fusilier Battalion may deploy as or change formation to Skirmishers. They may also reform from the skirmishing mode, and adopt line, column or square formations. This same rule applies to other Fusilier Battalions in the order of battle. 16th Infantry Brigade - 5,941 Troops Colonel Johann Freidrich Hiller von Gaaertrigen - with xl AdC / Courier Hiller rated as: (Average/Cautious/Average) 2nd Foot Battery - 1st Lt Schmidt (6x6lb, 2x7lb How) M R 3/0 2nd Silesian Landwher Regiment - 1,708 (x3 battalions) M R 3/0 Lt. Col. von Blandowski 1st Silesian Landwehr Regiment - 1,799 (x3 battalions) MR 3/0 Major von Fischer 15th Line InfantryRegiment - 2,444 (x3 battalions; 2 line, 1 fusilier) M R 4/1 Col. von Creilsheim 14th Infantry Brigade - 7,030 Troops Major General Freidrich Wilhelm von Funck - with xl AdC / Courier Funck rated as: (Good/Rash/Average) 13th Foot Battery - 1st Lt. Martitz (6x6lb, 2x7lb How) MR 3/0 2nd Pomeranian Landwher Regiment Col. von Pawels - 2,415 (x3 battalions) M R 3/0 1st Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment Major von Brandenstein - 2,461 (x3 battalions) M R 3/0 11th Line InfantryRegiment Major Count von Reichenbach - 2,154 (x3 battalions; 2 line, 1 fusilier) MR 4/1 13th Infantry Brigade - 6,833 Troops Lieutenant General Albrecht Georg Ernst Karl von Hake - with x1 AdC / Courier Hake rated as: (Good/Plodding/Poor) 21st Foot Battery - Captain Koppen (6x6lb, 2x7lb How) M R 3/0 3rd Neumark Landwher Regiment -Major von Schmalensee 2,366 (x3 battalions) M R 3/0 2nd Neumark Landwehr Regiment - Major von Braunschweig 2,074 (x3 battalions) M R 3/0 10th Line InfantryRegiment - Col. von Lettow 2,393 (x3 battalions; 2 line, 1 fusilier) M R 4/1 IV Corps Cavalry under Prince William of Prussia - with x1 AdC / Courier Prince William rated as: (Mediocre/Average/Inspirational) 3rd Brigade - 2,246 Troopers Maj Gen Hans Joachim Freicrich von Sydow [rated as: (Mediocre/Average/Average)] 2nd Silesian Landwehr - 410 Troopers - Major von Schallern M R 3/0 1st Silesian Landwehr - 426 Troopers - Major von Schill M R 3/0 2nd Pomeranian Landwehr - 316 Troopers - Major von Kameke M R 3/0 1st Pomeranian Landwehr - 304 Troopers - Maj von Blanckenburg M R 3/0 2nd Neumark Landwehr - 426 Troopers - Maj Count von Haslingen M R 3/0 1st Neumark Landwehr - 364 Troopers - Major von Sydow M R 3/0 2nd Brigade - 1,377 Troopers Lt. Col. Von Watrzdorff [rated as: (Poor/Plodding/Uninspiring)] 12th Horse Artillery - Captain Pfeil (6x6lb, 2x7lb How) M R 3/0 3rd Silesian Landwehr - 351 Troopers - Major von Falckenhausen M R 3/0 8th Dragoon Regiment - 397 Troopers - Major von Muller M R 5/2 8th Hussar Regiment - 449 Troopers - Major von Colomb M R 4/1  1st Brigade - 1,963 Troopers Col. Graf von Scherwin [rated as: (Poor/Plodding/Uninspiring)] 1st Horse Artillery - Captain von Zincken (6x6lb, 2x7lb How) M R 3/0 1st West Prussian Uhlans - 641 Troopers - Lt. Col. Beier M R 4/1 - including jaeger detachment 6th Hussars - 577 Troopers - Col. von Eicke M R 4/1 - including jaeger detachment 10th Hussars - 573 Troopers - Lt. Col. Ledebur M R 4/1 Notes: Both the Uhlans and 6th Hussars are listed as having a "jaeger detachment" with the regiment. SHAKO does include rules for infantry skirmishers, but I could find no reference to the mounted equivalent. If these are actually mounted jaegers (mounted infantry, like a traditional Dragoon), then I'm not certain that there would be enough of a complement to warrant the additional movement stand. IV Corps Reserve Artillery under Major General Johann Karl Ludwig von Braun with x1 AdC /Courier : von Braun rated as: (Good/Average/Average) 3rd Heavy Battery - Captain Scheffler (6x12pd, 2x10pd How) MR 3/0 13th Heavy Battery - Captain Wacke (6x 12pd, 2x10pd How) MR 3/0 5th Heavy Battery - Captain Conradi (6x12pd, 2x10pd How) MR 3/0 11th Foot Battery - Captain von Mengden (6x6pd, 2x7pd How) MR 3/0 11th Horse Battery - Captain Borchard (6x6pd, 2x7pd How) MR 3/0 Notes: The cannon in the 11th Horse Battery were of English manufacture. There was a Howitzer Battery listed in the Reserve of the IV Corps, but this unit of 8x7lb howitzers was not with the army uniil after the 18th of June. II Corps under Major General Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch -with x1 AdC /Courier : Pirch rated as: (Average/Cautious/Average) 5th Infantry Brigade - 7,962 Troops Col. Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch - with x1 AdC / Courier Tippelskirch rated as: (Average/Plodding/Poor) 10th Foot Battery - Captain Nagenhofer (6x61b, 2x71b How) M R 3/0 5th Westphalian Landwher Regiment - 2,454 (x3 battalions) M R 3/0 + Jaeger detachment M R 4/1 Lt. Col. Ruchel von Roebel 2nd Line Infantry Regiment - 2,939 (x3 battalions) M R 3/0 + Jaeger detachment M R 4/1 Major von Cardell 25th Line InfantryRegiment - 2,469 (x3 battalions) M R 3/0 + Jaeger detachment M R 4/1 Major von Petersdorff 6th Infantry Brigade - 7,047 Troops Major General Karl August Adolf von Krafft - with x1 AdC / Courier Krafft rated as: (Average/Cautious/Inspirational) 5th Foot Battery - Captain Michaelis (6x6lb, 2x7lb How) M R 3/0 1st Elbe Landwher Regiment - 2,460 (x3 battalions) M R 3/0 Lt. Col. von Bismark 26th Line Infantry Regiment - 2,002 (x3 battalions) M R 4/1 + Jaeger detachment M R 4/1 Major von Reuss 9th Line InfantryRegiment - 2,587 (x3 battalions) M R 4/1 + Jaeger detachment M R 4/1 Major von Schmidt Notes: Page 273 of the Hamilton-Williams text provides: During the Prussian withdrawal to Wavre I and II Corps, which had borne the brunt of the fighting at Ligny and before, with the loss of about 10, 500 men, arrived with so little ammunition as to be considered non-combatant. It was not until, through the efforts of Lieutenant-Colonel von Sohr, the army ammunition train reached Wavre at 5 p. m. that these corps regained their ability to fight. Ten-thousand men lost shared between two corps, works out to roughly 5,000 casualties per formed body. Dividing this total by four (brigades in each corps), one arrives at a figure of about 1300 men. It is, I readily stipulate, poor math to suggest that 10,000 casualties may be evenly distributed among the units of I and II Corps. However, for purposes of this specific SHAKO reconstruction, I think the emphasis must be placed on the number of battalions. One can tinker to his heart's content afterward, adjusting unit MR to reflect troop quality, experience, condition and so forth. In some respects then, one could argue that the Landwher troops of these corps would be "new" veterans and so be able to fight on a level field with Regular troops.  General Notes on Prussian Order of Battle at Plancenoit: If the numbers are off with the French Order of Battle (Fields of Glory compared to the Hofschroer narrative), then they are even more so with respect to the Prussian forces. Infantry: 30 Battalions of Landwehr 16 Battalions of Line 8 Battalions of Fusiliers 6 Jaeger detachments ("Battalions") 54 Battalions (total excludes detachments) 31,681 - not including II Corps (incl artillery crews) 46,690 if II Corps included in total Artillery: 13 Batteries (including 3 Horse, 5 in Reserve and 2 from II Corps) 78 guns / 26 howitzers Cavalry: 7 Regiments Landwehr 1 Regiment Dragoons 3 Regiments Hussars 1 Regiment Uhlans 5,586 troopers Project: Plancenoit The Research and Development of Another SHAKO Solo Wargame Introduction, Sources, and Discovery Order of Battle: French Order of Battle: Prussians Terrain, Rules Modifications, and Scenario Parameters Wargaming the Prussian Advance of June 18, 1815 [MW126] Back to MWAN # 125 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2003 Hal Thinglum This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. 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