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Just too many from Nassau. Where are you in this mess. Nassau at Waterloo Nassau Contingent - Major-General A.H.E. von Kruse - 2,880 1st (Duke of Nassau) Infantry Regiment - Colonel Ernst von Steuben 1st Battalion / 1st (Duke of Nassau) Infantry Regiment - Major Wilhelm von Weyhers 2nd Battalion / 1st (Duke of Nassau) Infantry Regiment - Major Adolph von Nauendorf 2nd Nassau Regiment - Major Friedrich Sattler - 2,709 1st Battalion / 2nd Nassau Regiment - Captain B?sgen 2nd Battalion / 2nd Nassau Regiment - Major Philipp von Normann 3rd Battalion / 2nd Nassau Regiment - Major Gottfried Hegmann Regiment of Orange-Nassau - Colonel The Duke of Saxe-Weimar - 1,591 1st Battalion / Orange-Nassau Regiment - Lieutenant-Colonel W. Ferdinand von Dressel 2nd Battalion / Orange-Nassau Regiment - Lieutenant-Colonel Philipp Schleyer 1 Company Nassau Volunteer J?gers - Captain E. Bergmann

It seema that this fella picked up his commission at the worst possible time. The 1809 Austrian campaign was a hard fought war for both the French & Austrians.

De Militaire Willemsorde (MWO) (?Military Order of William?) RIDDER VIERDE KLASSE (?4TH CLASS KNIGHT?) http://home.wanadoo.nl/g.vanuythoven/MWO/M...4th%20Class.htm Breidbach-Bűrresheim, Major ? la suite Anton Philipp von; Adjutant-Volunteer Nassau contingent; wounded 18 June 1815 (1791- )(KB No.7, 25 February 1816)

The German readers can go through this list of books. Leben des Freiherrn Max von Gagern 1810-1889 By Ludwig Pastor http://books.google.com/books?id=tkMKAAAAI...mqDw&pgis=1 Hochzeit feiner Schwester Amalie mit dem Freiherr? Anton von Breidbach? ... bei Waterloo gek?mpft hatten Wedding sister Amalie fine with the Baron "by Anton Breidbach? ... fought at Waterloo Mise ? mort de l'Empire par Napol?on By Jean Pierre de Potter http://books.google.com/books?id=HdFnAAAAM...nRBg&pgis=1 Adjutants Volontaires Google Books search - Breidbach waterloo http://books.google.com/books?ei=nfwFSp-GO...nG=Search+Books

Nobles and Nation in Central Europe pages 114-115 Though Anton went on to the Hapsburg military-engineering academy and in 1809 received a commission, a Napoleonic decree soon compelled subjects of the states of the Confederation of the Rhine to withdraw from Austrian service or suffer confiscation of their estates. Anton then returned to Nassau, where several decades later he reached the rank of general. Google Books Nobles and Nation in Central Europe pages 113, 114?15, 116 http://books.google.com/books?id=fkBUgPQwE...MnXDw#PPA116,M1 I'll keep looking :D

Looks like you'll need to buy a book. I'll check Google Books to see if its online. Nobles and Nation in Central Europe Free Imperial Knights in the Age of Revolution, 1750?1850 Index List the Baron on these Pages Breidbach-Riedt, Baron Anton (1791?1878) 113, 114?15, 116

One tends to forgot the price that animals pay in war. The Exploits of Baron de Marbot p. 104/5 Tudela, Spain 1808 During this affair I had a lively quarrel with Labedoyere over the following matter. He had just bought a young and ill broken horse, which at the sound of the cannon reared up and absolutely refused to go on. Labedoyere leaped off in a rage, drew his sword, and hamstrung the poor beast, who fell bleeding on the grass, dragging himself along by his forefeet. I could not contain my indignation, and expressed it to him in strong terms; but Labedoyere took it very ill, and we should have come to blows had we not been in the presence of the enemy. The report of this incident got about in the staff and Marshal Lannes, very angry, declared that he would not have Labedoyere any more among his Aides-de-Camp. The latter, in despair, had seized his pistols to blow out his brains, when our friend de Viry suggested to him that it would be more honourable to seek death in the ranks of the enemy than to inflict it upon himself.

A nice French & Indian War Massachussetts commission with an early mention of Artemas Ward. FRANCIS BERNARD, Esq; Captain General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Majesty?s Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, and Vice-Admiral of the Same (Signed) Fra Bernard To Aaron Warren Gent. Greeting. By Virtue of the Power and Authority in and His Majesty?s Royal Commission to Me granted to be Captain General, over this His Majesty?s Province of the Massachusetts Bay aforesaid I do by those Presents(reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty Courage and good Conduct) constitute and appoint You the Said Aaron Warren Ensign of a military Company of Foot in ye Town of Upton, whereof Ezra Wood is Captain, and in the Regiment of Militia in the county of Worcester, whereof Artemas Ward Esq. is Colonol. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Ensign in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms both inferior Officers and Soldiers and to keep them in good Order and Discipline and they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Ensign and you are your self observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from time to time receive from your Captain, or other your Officers according to military Rules and Discipline, to the Trust reposed in you. Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Boston, the first Day of July In the Second Year of the Reign of His Majesty King GEORGE the THIRD, Annoq; Domini, 1762 By His Excellency?s Command, (Signed) John Cotton

The French lost an estimated 50,000 horse during the Russian Campaign of 1812. When Napoleon returned to France one of his biggest problems was finding horses to replace all those lost. I imagine that the Germans by 1944 must not have had many horses left(Just a Guess). Maybe the vets were placed in combat positions to fill in the officer ranks. Some info on horses in WWII http://warandgame.wordpress.com/2008/02/26...n-army-in-wwii/ Consider the vaunted Wehrmacht, whose pride was the mechanized might of the panzers. When Hitler invaded Russia on June 22, 1941, the German Army had over 750,000 ?hippotrain? (horse-drawn) guns and other vehicles, in contrast to only about 600,000 motor vehicles, including some 3,500 armored fighting vehicles. Aside from the operational limitations that the use of horses and mules imposed on the German Army, they also proved an enormous logistical burden. On average, to feed three horses doing useful work hauling howitzers and such required the services of two more horses to haul their weekly rations of feed and fodder. And since horses and mules are not as sturdy as cars and trucks, during the war on the Eastern front the German Army lost an average of 1,000 horses a day. About 75 percent of these losses were due to combat, 17 percent to heart failure brought on by overwork, and the balance, 8 percent, to diseases, exposure, and starvation. Replacing horses was a major problem. Nevertheless, since the Germans had an inadequate supply of motor vehicles, they continued to rely on horseflesh through the entire war. The total number of horses used by the German armed forces during the war is unknown, but losses appear to have totaled about 2.7 million, nearly double the 1.4 million that were lost in World War I. This includes animals killed for food: Unlike wrecked trucks, dead horses could be eaten, and this was done regularly by Germans and Russians alike.

Fantastic Photo! It looks like Stabsveterin?r Dr. Wilner has an EKI, which possibly means he did a little more that his vet duties. thanks, barry

Thanks for the HELP I'm not sure that he can be identified as a Major. If he was a colonel with a regiment number we might be able too. WELL CRAP

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Hello, I just got it in. I didn't come with any additional information. Infantine Agere or Infantino Agere or Legere :speechless:

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Hello, I just got in this book on American naval records during the American Revolution. I got this one on abebooks.com for $17. thanks, barry

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I got it in and made some pics. thanks, barry

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Here is a website with some George Washington letters. Kaller Historical Documents http://web.mac.com/americagallery/iWeb/His...Washington.html

I got my book in today and its mostly regulars. However it has a nice section on French officers who served under American command. Freedom Chamberlain

Here are two from PA. I guess our guy is the first one.