The account provides a highly detailed description of the fighting on the 16th June 1815. In his account of the 20th December 1827, Heinrich Köhler recalled the action at 3 o’clock in the afternoon: ‘Shortly thereafter, the Duke of Brunswick arrived with his corps and the 2nd Light Battalion under Major von Brandenstein was immediately detached in the direction of Piermont to cover the left wing and to occupy the wood nearby. The enemy troops in the wood were expelled and the position taken. Meanwhile, the two companies of Grey Jägers of the Avantgarde were detached to the right to the Bois de Bossu as well as small detachments of cavalry, the latter were ordered to occupy a position close to the wood and to observe the movements of the enemy from that position. The Line Brigade and the Leib Battalion formed the second line behind the division under General Picton, on the left of Quatre Bras.'

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