11ème Régiment de Cuirassiers

The 11ème Régiment de Cuirassiers was led by colonel COURTIER at Quatre Bras and Waterloo . The 3 squadrons and 391 effectives at Quatre Bras were reduced to only 2 squadrons with 332 effectives at Waterloo. The 11ème served with the 8ème in the 1ère Brigade de la 11ème Division de Cavalerie.

These are Perry figures with the 11ème shown without cuirass, accurate for Waterloo. They were painted for me by Carl Robson. The Regiment is shown at its Quatre Bras strength.

11ème Régiment de Cuirassiers

colonel COURTIER

Baron Marie-Adrien François GUITON and ADC

Commanding the 2ème Brigade de la 11ème Division de Cavalerie, Maréchal de Camp, Baron Marie-Adrien François GUITON.

5ème Régiment de Dragons Légers Belges

The 5ème Régiment de Dragons Légers Belges shown here, belonged to the 2e Nederlandse Cavalerie Divisie where it was brigaded with 6 (Nederlandse) Huzaren Regiment in the 3rd (Lichte) Nederlandse-Belgische Brigade of Majoor-Generaal Jean Baptise Baron van Merlen. The Regiment's CO was lieutenant-colonel E.A.J.G. de Merex. At Quatre Bras the regiment had 441 effectives in 3 squadrons. The Brigade was active along the French border and undertook a fighting retreat until arriving at Quatre Bras. 

This unit was painted for be by Leuthen Studios using Perry figures. I particularly like the sculpting and painting of the nicely animated senior officer figure. The inter-linked silver circles on the top rim of the shako is very well done, and, quite historically accurate. The uniforms are very similar to French Line chassuers a cheval.

5ème Régiment de Dragons Légers Belges

5ème Régiment de Dragons Légers Belges

lieutenant-colonel E.A.J.G. de Merex

lieutenant-colonel E.A.J.G. de Merex

Trumpeter

Régiment de Dragons de la Garde - Dragons de l'Impératrice

This is the 1er Escadron  of the Régiment de Dragons de la Garde, known as the Dragons de l'Impératrice under chef d'escadron GOUNIOU. The regiment was commanded at Waterloo by lieutenant-général comte Ornano.  

It was painted for me by Carl Robson using Perry figures.

At Waterloo, the Regiment comprised 816 effectives in 4 squadrons. This would require a total of 41 figures using General de Brigade rules.

3 (Lichte) Nederlandse Belgische Brigade 1815

The 6 (Nederlandse) Huzaren Regiment was brigaded with the Regiment Lichte Dragonders Nr. 5. The Brigade commander was Majoor-Generaal Jean Baptiste, Baron van Merlen. His 3 (Lichte) Nederlandse-Belgische Brigade formed part of the 2e Nederlandse Cavalerie Divisie.

The figures are by Perry, painted for me by Leuthen Studios.

Baron van Merlen is shown with his ADC, Adjutant-Kapitaan J. P. de Bellefroid.

The interesting blanket design of ADC de Bellefroid relies heavily on the Website: Les Uniformes pendant la campagne des Cent Jours:

http://centjours.mont-saint-jean.com/detail_chefBR.php?rubrique=C&unite=14&nation=3

6 (Nederlandse) Huzaren Regiment

One of my largest cavalry Regiments is the four-squadron 6 (Nederlandse) Huzaren Regiment. The Regiment fielded 641 troopers and officers at Quatre Bras. This equates to 32 figures on 11 bases per General de Brigade rules.

The 6 Huzaren served in the 2e Nederlandse Cavalerie Divisie in the 3rd (Lichte) Nederlandse-Belgische Brigade of Majoor-Generaal Jean Baptise Baron van Merlen. The Regiment's CO was Luitenant-Kolonel Willem François Boreel.

The figures are by Perry, painted for me by Leuthen Studios. I handled the basing.

6 (Nederlandse) Huzaren Regiment

1e Escadron

6 (Nederlandse) Huzaren Regiment

4 Squadrons Deployed

1e & 2e Escadron

Luitenant-Kolonel Willem François Boreel

This is the only unit I have ever asked to be repainted. The original painting was as beautiful as this revised version you see here. The problem was mine and caused by faulty research. The figures you see here now follow closely the Brigade-Uniformtafel Nr. 194 by Peter Bunde which shows every possible detail of the dress, campaign and undress uniforms. In my original research I had followed the plates contained in Andre Dellevoet's " The Dutch-Belgian Cavalry at Waterloo". I enjoyed the text and maps very much, and the exclusive focus on the Dutch-Belgian Cavalry gave me a whole new appreciation of the actions along the French border and of course a very detailed account of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. I'm not concerned with the author's bias as I really wanted to get a different nation's "take" on the Campaign.

My mistake was using only the very nice original artwork in the book as the sole source of my instructions to the artist. The biggest problem was that the basic uniform colour was rendered in the book as a violet blue. As I did more research, after the fact, every other source showed variations on a pale sky blue. The illustrator also had various important uniform details which differed from other sources. So with deference to M. Andre, I decided to bite the bullet and request a very significant retrofitting. My advise: be sure of your research!

I am very pleased with the final result and the 6 Huzaren is as accurate as I have been able to make it.

Squadron Trumpeter

Cavalry-Captain Jan van de Poll, 3e Escadron

Troop Sergeant

Trooper

Trooper