Description

The French 1st Corps at Waterloo were under the overall command of Comte dErlon and consisted of over 19300 men and over 40 guns. The breakdown of the four infantry divisions and sole cavalry division of the 1st Corps are given below.

The use of dErlons Corps at Waterloo is the source on much conjecture, as they may well have proven decisive for the French had confusion over their conflicting orders from Ney and Napoleon himself not occurred, and they may well have been in a position to crush the Prussians on their arrival if this confusion had not arisen.

For those of you who feel they would like to fight Waterloo on a truly epic scale, then we offer you the chance to get all of the 1st Corps in one bundle package. 11 Infantry brigade box sets and 2 light cavalry box sets will give you everything you need to recreate this iconic formation.

• 1st Infantry Division (Quiot with Charlet & Bourgeois; 4,000 infantry in 8 battalions, 8 cannon in 1 battery)
• 28th Line (2 battalions/ total of 900 men)
• 54th Line (2/975)
• 55th Line (2/1,150)
• 105th Line (2/975)
• 20/6th Foot Artillery (8x 6-pdr)
• 2nd Infantry Division (Donzelot with Schmitz & Aulard; 5,125 infantry in 9 battalions, 8 cannon in 1 battery)
• 13th Light (3/1,875)
• 17th Line (2/1,050)
• 19th Line (2/1,025)
• 51st Line (2/1,175)
• 10/6th Foot Artillery (8x 6-pdr)
• 3rd Infantry Division: (Marcognet with Noguez & Grenier; 4,025 infantry in 8 battalions, 8 cannon in 1 battery)
• 21st Line (2/1,150)
• 25th Line (2/975)
• 45th Line (2/1,000)
• 46th Line (2/900)
• 19/6th Foot Artillery (8x 6-pdr)
• 4th Infantry Division (Durutte, with Pegot & Brue; 3,850 infantry in 8 battalions, 8 cannon in 1 battery)
• 8th Line (2/975)
• 29th Line (2/1,150)
• 85th Line (2/625)
• 95th Line (2/1,100)
• 9/6th Foot Artillery (8x 6-pdr)
• 1st Cavalry Division (Jacquinot; 1,500 cavalry in 11 squadrons, 6 cannon in 1 battery)
• Brigade Bruno
• (1st) 3rd Chasseurs (3/375)
• 7th Hussars (3/425)
• Brigade Gobrechet
• (2nd) 3rd Lancers (3/400)
• 4th Lancers (2/300)

Artillery 2/1st Horse Artillery (6x 6-pdr) Reserve Artillery (Desales) 11/6th Foot Artillery (8x 12-pdr) 2/1st Engineers (350)

Bundle contents:

• Black Powder Epic Battles: Waterloo – French Infantry Brigade x 11
• FREE Black Powder Epic Battles: Waterloo – French Light Cavalry Brigade x 2

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted