- OCWGG

I Corps
William, Prince of Orange

The 3rd British Infantry Division
Lt-Gen. Charles, Count Alten

With thirteen and a half battalions plus twelve guns it was the strongest British division at the start of the battle.
It was deployed on the right/centre of Wellington's line after a 30-mile march via Quatre-Bras. It spent much of the battle in squares resisting cavalry attacks and suffered severely from artillery fire.
The 5th Line (KGL) suffered losses of 93% after being ordered to retake La Haye Sainte after it was taken by the French They were caught in the wrong formation by cuirassiers.
The 1st Hanoverian Brigade lost 1,532 men, of whom 45% were missing.

Casualties at Waterloo were about 3,725 (47%).
Three out of four unit commanders in the brigade were killed or wounded at either Quatre-Bras or Waterloo.
The 2/69th lost their King's Colour at Quatre-Bras.