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At the Battle of Waterloo, the 2nd Light Battalion – with members of the 1st Light Battalion and the 5th Line Battalion – defended the farmhouse and road at La Haye Sainte.
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Part of the light battalions - at first 1/6, then 1/3, at last the whole establishment - had a rifle, which had a range of approximately 400 paces, but was difficult to load. The so called sharpshooters of the line battalions were also armed with this rifle.
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At the Battle of Waterloo, the 2nd Light Battalion — with members of the 1st Light Battalion and the 5th Line Battalion — famously defended the farmhouse and road at "La Haye Sainte."
King's German Legion @nline -> Waterloo 1815 (1) - kgl.de
42nd foot, 1st battalion 44th foot, 2nd battalion 92nd foot, 2nd battalion. Hanoverian 5th brigade – colonel von Vincke landwehr battalion Hameln landwehr battalion Hildesheim landwehr battalion Peina landwehr battalion Giffhorn. 6th division. 1 battery royal foot artillery – major Unett. 10th brigade – major-general Lambert 4th foot, 1st ...
The Crossroads - west side: the KGL 1st Light Battalion - Blogger
Aug 21, 2011 · The 1 st Light wore green uniforms, similar to those the 95 th Foot of the British Army (The Rifles), as they were also light troops, trained to move more swiftly and flexibly than the line battalions of infantry.
Bexhill and The King’s German Legion (by F. E. Rye)
The KGL gained numerous battle honours, remembered in north-west Germany to this day. In the small towns of Goslar, about forty miles south-east of Hanover is garrisoned a Jager Battalion, formerly of the Royal Guard, which is directly descended from the 138 and 2′ …
The Origins of the King’s German Legion 1803-04 and the
The KGL arrived in Portsmouth in the middle of February 1806, with the 1st Heavy and 1st Light Cavalry, the two Light Infantry battalions and the first two Line Brigades (i.e. four infantry battalions) being sent immediately to Ireland.
The King's German Legion · Napoleonic And Naval History
Jun 8, 2012 · During the Waterloo Campaign, the KGL (Light Battalion) defended the house of La Haye Sainte against many fierce French attacks, including several led my Marshall Michel Ney. The garrison defended the house valiantly through most of the day, though repeated attempts to relieve and restock the garrison met with disaster at the hands of French ...
King’s German Legion – Memorial At Peninsula
At the Battle of Waterloo, the 2nd Light Battalion — with members of the 1st Light Battalion and the 5th Line Battalion — famously defended the farmhouse and road at “La Haye Sainte.”
Waterloo in 20mm: 1st Battalion KGL - Blogger
Oct 8, 2017 · Not to be confused with the two green coated light battalions of the KGL, these red coated light infantry were also armed with Baker rifles and formed a square of their own, suffering tremendous casualties from French artillery and skirmish fire.
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