APPENDIX IV.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH CONTINGENT IN
FRANCE, APRIL 10, 1816.

CAVALRY.
 
  Head-quarters. Stations. No. of Officers. No. of Men. No. of Horses.
1st Brigade Cassel 1st Dragoon Gds. Frevent and adjacents 30 458 438
    2nd    ”     ” Avesnes and adjacents 22 437 420
    2nd Dragoons Bailleul 26 431 579
2nd Brigade Samer 7th Hussars Etaples and 14 detachments 25 459 430
    12th Lt. Dragoons Fruges and 9 detachments 30 499 433
    18th Hussars Deserves and 9 detachments 24 468 426
    R. H. Artillery Samer and 4 detachments 4 170 189
3rd    ” Cassel 11th Lt. Dragoons Wormhout and 4 detachments 28 462 405
    15th Hussars Bourbourg and vicinity 24 496 437
    13th Lt. Dragoons Hazebrouck and 7 detachments 27 394 398
    R. H. Artillery Samer 4 164 171
INFANTRY.
First Division (Head-quarters, Cambrai):—
 
1st Brigade Cambrai Grenadier Gds. Cambrai     27 1259 75
  Coldstream Gds. Cambrai 11 257 29    
    Marcoing 5 231 9    
    Gouzeacourt 4 226 9    
    Gonnelieu 1 3 3    
    Villers Glishain 3 116 5    
    Honnecourt 2 117 5    
    Villers Ploich and Beaugaart 3 116 10    
    Banteau and Bantouzelle 2 113 3    
      — —— —    
    Total Coldstream Guards     31 1179 73
7th   ” St. Leger 43rd Regiment Bapaume and 10 detachments 43 1079 69
    7th     ” Amblainsville and 13 detachments 37 933 54
    23rd    ” Hamelincourt and 13 detachments 39 722 52
    Commissariat Sapignies, Farreuil, Bapaume 3 90 126
8th   ” Beaumez 27th Regiment Bugny and 14 detachments 44 988 67
    40th    ” Havincourt and 8 detachments 26 653 48
    1st Battalion Rifle Brigade Bourlon and 5 detachments 30 503 57
    Commissariat Bugny 1 30 46
Divisional R. Artillery Bapaume 8 216 90
     ”     Commissariat    ” 1 10 17
 
Second Division (Head-quarters, St. Pol):—
 
3rd Brigade St. Pol 3rd Regiment Croix and 15 detachments 35 1013 50
    39th    ” Bethincourt and 18 detachments 43 968 62
    91st    ” St. Pol and 18 detachments 43 992 61
    Commissariat Vallum, Bailleul, Maisnil 2 90 140
4th   ” ”     4th Regiment Fauquembourg and 15 detachments 29 814 52
    52nd    ” Upen de Aval and 24 detachments 39 1003 70
    79th    ” Wizernes and 16 detachments 37 671 42
    Commissariat Clety, Dohen 2 52 80
6th   ” Lillers 6th Regiment Lillers and 6 detachments 35 843 38
    29th    ” Chocques and 5 detachments 31 861 59
    71st    ” Norrein Fonte and 18 detachments 35 864 62
    Commissariat Bourcq, St. Hilaire 1 40 74
    Royal Sappers and Miners Well, Pernes, Floringham 8 101 63
Divisional R. Artillery Lillers, St. Pol, Lillers Barbent 15 258 285
     ”     Commissariat Le Parcq 2 34 49
     ”     R. Waggon Train Aubigny and 1 detachment 4 76 104
 
Third Division (Head-quarters, Valenciennes):—
 
2nd Brigade Valenciennes 3rd Battn. Royals Valenciennes 36 1132 49
    57th Regiment     ” 43 705 30
    2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade Les Celles and 2 detachments 29 553 40
5th   ” ”     5th Regiment Valenciennes 37 1152 49
    9th    ” St. Amand 40 1032 36
    21st   ” Valenciennes 42 1004 43
9th   ” ”     81st   ”     ” 37 1076 40
    88th   ”     ” 34 1113 56
Royal Artillery       ”    and St. Amand 13 376 304
  ”   Waggon Train Raillencourt and 3 detachments 15 166 255
  ”   Staff Corps Proville and 1 detachment 11 168 ..
Commissariat Waggon Train St. Pol, Valenciennes, Sancourt, Oissy, and 10 detachments 48 1343 1810

Note.—Several of the detachments were commanded by Non-commissioned officers only.[477]

477. Supplementary Despatches, etc. , xi. 355.