Appendix III. — From the Duke of York to the Duke of Wellington
“Horse Guards, November 9, 1815.
“My Lord Duke,
“Having received an intimation from His Majesty’s Government that a contingent British force, consisting of 30,000 troops, shall be maintained in France for a certain period after the definitive treaty of peace, and the period having now arrived for carrying into effect the organization of this force, and for removing the remainder of the British army to this country, I have the Prince Regent’s commands to acquaint your Grace that the following are the corps selected to remain in France, according to this arrangement, under the command of your Grace, viz.:—
| Cavalry. | |||
| Present strength. | Recruits from England. | Total. | |
| 1st Dragoon Guards | 392 | 58 | 450 |
| 2nd ″ ″ | 418 | 32 | 450 |
| 3rd Dragoons | 365 | 40 | 405 |
| 7th Hussars | 357 | 93 | 450 |
| 11th Light Dragoons | 387 | 63 | 450 |
| 12th ″ ″ | 341 | 109 | 450 |
| 13th ″ ″ | 343 | 70 | 413 |
| 15th Hussars | 347 | 103 | 450 |
| 18th ″ | 386 | 64 | 450 |
| Waggon Train Troops | 600 | .. | 600 |
| Infantry. | |||
| First Foot Guards, 3rd Battalion | .. | .. | 1200 |
| Coldstream Guards, 2nd Battalion | 996 | 204 | 1200 |
| 1st Foot, 3rd Battalion | .. | .. | 1000 |
| 3rd Foot, 1st ″ | 827 | 173 | 1000 |
| 4th ″ ″ ″ | 662 | 150 | 712 |
| 5th ″ ″ ″ | 1116 | .. | 1000 |
| 6th ″ ″ ″ | 781 | 69 | 850 |
| 7th ″ ″ ″ | 868 | 132 | 1000 |
| 9th ″ ″ ″ | 1051 | .. | 1000 |
| 21st ″ ″ ″ | 804 | 196 | 1000 |
| 23rd ″ | 671 | 29 | 700 |
| 27th ″ ″ ″ | .. | .. | 1000 |
| 29th ″ | 808 | 22 | 830 |
| 39th ″ ″ ″ | 842 | 108 | 950 |
| 40th ″ ″ ″ | 694 | 106 | 800 |
| 43rd ″ ″ ″ | 1044 | .. | 1000 |
| 52nd ″ ″ ″ | 987 | 13 | 1000 |
| 57th ″ ″ ″ | 601 | 149 | 750 |
| 71st ″ ″ ″ | 803 | 130 | 933 |
| 79th ″ ″ ″ | 692 | 80 | 772 |
| 81st ″ ″ ″ | .. | .. | 1000 |
| 88th ″ ″ ″ | 1130 | .. | 1000 |
| 91st ″ ″ ″ | 848 | 100 | 948 |
| 95th ″ 1st ″ (six companies) | 577 | .. | 600 |
| ″ ″ 2nd ″ ″ ″ | 534 | .. | 600 |
| Staff Corps | 302 | .. | 200 |
| Cavalry and Infantry | .. | .. | 27,613 |
| Artillery | .. | .. | 2000 |
| Officers and Non-commissioned officers | .. | .. | 3300 |
| Total | 32,913 | ||
“With regard to the cavalry, the detachments of men from the depôts in this country will be forwarded without delay; and your Grace will be pleased to order a transfer of horses from the corps that are to return to England to complete the regiments remaining in France to 420 horses each, leaving five dismounted men in each troop.
“Your Grace will order the 3rd Battalion of the First Guards to be completed to 1,200 from the 2nd Battalion. The 2nd Battalion of the Coldstream will be completed from the 1st Battalion in this country to the same number.
“Your Grace will also be pleased to order the transfer of such effectives as may be required from the 4th Battalion of the Royals, 3rd Battalion of the 27th, and 2nd Battalion of the 81st, to complete the 3rd Battalion of the former and the 1st Battalions of the two latter corps to 1,000 rank and file. The remaining transfers from the 2nd Battalions and depôts necessary to complete the corps in the manner specified in the foregoing list will be forwarded from this country without delay, and will probably reach their destination before the final departure of the troops returning home; but until their arrival, your Grace will keep such corps from among those destined for England as may be necessary to keep the contingent complete in the first instance.
“Having made this selection of the corps to remain in France as the British contingent under your command, it remains for me to convey to your Grace, the Prince Regent’s command that the following corps shall be marched for embarkation to,475 under the charge of the Staff that is not destined to remain in France, as soon as your Grace shall have completed your arrangements.
| R. and F. | |
| 1st Life Guards | 233 |
| 2nd ″ ″ | 191 |
| Royal Horse Guards | 302 |
| 3rd Dragoon Guards | 310 |
| 1st Dragoons | 293 |
| 2nd ″ | 298 |
| 6th ″ | 309 |
| 10th Hussars | 448 |
| 16th Light Dragoons | 390 |
| 23rd ″ ″ | 384 |
| Waggon Train | 800 |
| First Foot Guards, 2nd Battalion | 720 |
| Third ″ ″ ″ ″ | 1139 |
| 1st Foot, 4th Battalion | 500 |
| 12th ″ 2nd ″ | 610 |
| 14th ″ 3rd ″ | 593 |
| 16th ″ | 617 |
| 25th ″ 2nd Battalion | 426 |
| 27th ″ 3rd ″ | 585 |
| 28th ″ | 497 |
| 30th ″ 2nd Battalion | 575 |
| 32nd ″ | 555 |
| 33rd ″ | 470 |
| 35th ″ 2nd Battalion | 575 |
| 36th Foot | 416 |
| 37th ″ 2nd Battalion | 542 |
| 38th ″ | 654 |
| 41st ″ | 860 |
| 42nd ″ | 472 |
| 44th ″ 2nd Battalion | 737 |
| 51st ″ | 558 |
| 54th ″ | 547 |
| 58th ″ 1st Battalion | 630 |
| 59th ″ 2nd ″ | 458 |
| 62nd ″ ″ ″ | 538 |
| 64th ″ | 508 |
| 69th ″ 2nd Battalion | 454 |
| 73rd ″ ″ ″ | 490 |
| 78th ″ ″ ″ | 327 |
| 81st ″ ″ ″ | 390 |
| 82nd ″ 1st ″ | 825 |
| 90th ″ 1st ″ | 820 |
| 92nd ″ | 526 |
| 95th ″ 3rd Battalion | 480 |
| 2nd Garrison Battalion | 992 |
| 7th Veteran ″ | 670 |
| Total | 24,714 |
“I am further to acquaint your Grace that the Prince Regent has been pleased to approve of Lieut.-General Lord Combermere to command the cavalry and Lieut.-General Lord Hill the corps of infantry, under your command; and upon the calculation that the corps of cavalry will consist of three brigades, and that your Grace will find it expedient to form the infantry, exclusive of the Guards, into three divisions and eight brigades, the following are the Officers who it is proposed to attach to these respective corps:—
| Lieut.-General | Sir Lowry Cole, G.C.B. |
| ″ ″ | Sir Henry Clinton, G.C.B. |
| ″ ″ | Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B. |
| Major-General | Sir James Kempt, G.C.B. |
| ″ ″ | Sir Thomas Brisbane, K.C.B. |
| ″ ″ | Lord Edward Somerset, K.C.B. (Cavalry). |
| ″ ″ | Sir Thomas Bradford, K.C.B. |
| ″ ″ | Sir John Lambert, K.C.B. |
| ″ ″ | Sir Manley Power, K.C.B. |
| ″ ″ | Sir C. Grant, K.C.B. (Cavalry). |
| ″ ″ | Sir P. Maitland (Guards). |
| ″ ″ | Sir John Keane, K.C.B. |
| ″ ″ | Sir Frederick Adam, K.C.B. |
| ″ ″ | Sir H. Vivian, K.C.B. (Cavalry). |
| Adjutant-General, Major-General | Sir E. Barnes, K.C.B. |
| Quartermaster-General, Lieut.-General | Sir George Murray, G.C.B. |
“Your Grace will be pleased to make a selection of the Staff for the Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General’s Departments, as well as the Medical, Commissariat, and Pay Departments, which you think adequate to the service; and when your Grace shall have made your selection of the members and the individuals, I request you will send a list for the Prince Regent’s final approval.
“I am, my Lord Duke,
“Yours sincerely,
“Frederick.”476
Notes
475. Blank in manuscript.
476. Supplementary Despatches, etc., of the Duke of Wellington, xi. 228.