Netherlands 2nd Division

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The Netherlands 2nd Division was a key Dutch-Belgian infantry formation in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly recognized for its role in the Waterloo campaign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars military formation ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
ally Brunswick ⓘ
Hanover ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2nd Netherlands Division ⓘ
Dutch 2nd Division ⓘ
linked to: Eerste Divisie

Perponcher’s Division ⓘ
army Army of the Netherlands ⓘ
branch infantry ⓘ
coalition Seventh Coalition ⓘ
coalitionCommander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
commander Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitzky ⓘ
Willem Frederik van Bylandt ⓘ
composition Belgian troops ⓘ
Dutch troops ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Waterloo campaign ⓘ
linked to: Waterloo Campaign
country United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
engagementType line infantry combat ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
garrisonOrAssemblyArea Southern Netherlands ⓘ
higherCommand I Corps (Anglo-Allied Army) ⓘ
higherCommander Prince William of Orange ⓘ
historicalRegion Low Countries ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
notableFor defensive stand at Quatre Bras ⓘ
holding the left-centre of the Anglo-Allied line at Waterloo ⓘ
opponent French Empire ⓘ
opponentCommander Michel Ney ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Allied Army ⓘ
recognizedFor key role in the Waterloo campaign ⓘ
role infantry ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subunit Bylandt’s Brigade ⓘ
Saxe-Weimar’s Brigade ⓘ
van Bijlandt’s Brigade ⓘ
linked to: Bylandt’s Brigade
theater Waterloo campaign theater ⓘ
linked to: Waterloo Campaign
timePeriod 1815 ⓘ

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Battle of Quatre Bras → notableUnit → Netherlands 2nd Division ⓘ