Uniformen der Armeen von Waterloo. Band 2: Alliierte Armeen

The army of England presented in the first volume is now followed by the foreign formations that took part in the campaign in the Netherlands with the Duke of Wellington. In addition to the Hanoverian units, either as the King's German Legion (KGL) or as a new formation, which were established in the Kingdom of Hanover from 1813 onwards, these are above all the troops of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This consisted not only of original Dutch but also Belgian units, plus a small Nassau contingent. The smallest body of troops was the contingent of the Duke of Brunswick.
These allied troops made up the largest part of Wellington's army, for only about 36% of the troops in the Netherlands came from Great Britain. However, if one adds the King's German Legion, which was actually in British pay, with its 10%, that still leaves over 50% of Wellington's army not in British pay. Adkins' fact-rich volume on the Battle of Waterloo shows that about 45% of the troops united under Wellington in 1815 spoke German.
As in the first volume, the plates by the artist Charles Lyall are, as far as possible, assigned to a unit and annotated according to current, uniform-scientific knowledge. If a model by the artist is recognisable, this is also mentioned in the commentary on the plates.
In order to give the reader a general impression of the structure as well as the appearance of Wellington's Allied units, the plate section is preceded by an extensive section describing formation and uniform.
The brief description of the Battle of Waterloo begun in the first volume is not included in this volume. Instead, the Battle of Quatre Bras of 16 June 1815 is described, in which the troops of the Netherlands and Brunswick played a considerable part in halting Marshal Ney's advance on Brussels. Accompanying this description are maps from Siborne's atlas.