Talk:August von Kruse
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No objection to deletion. Biscuittin (talk) 21:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
- thanks for weighing in :) TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 21:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
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Needs to be a disambig. There is a scientist referenced in Rhodococcus by this name. Bob the Wikipedian, the Tree of Life WikiDragon (talk) 22:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Kruse's Nassau Brigade - 1st Nassau Infantry- was actually on the ridge in Wellington's left center at Waterloo, not at Hougoumont -although a Dutch Light infantry battalion was in the woods of Hougoumont throught the fight there. The 2nd Nassau Infantry under Prince Bernard of Saxe Weimer, was on the Allied far left stationed in hamlets providing a crucial linking position for when the Prussians arrived to join Wellington in battle.--Joey123xz (talk) 19:04, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
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limited info on this man. couldn't find anything on children or family, other than the name of his wife. Auntieruth55 (talk) 23:47, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
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What does this mean? Waterloo, stationed in later in the day battle
13 years ago I suggested a correction update regarding Kruse and his role as a general in the battle of Waterloo. I have just now spotted the novice errors I made in that write-up back then, and will request you replace my former incorrect information in the Waterloo section of the Kruse article, with the following accurate information.
In response to Napoleon's invasion of Belgium in June 1815, Wellington's army, stationed around the Brussels capital area, had to be gathered to meet the threat. Part of this army was Kruse's brigade of the 1st Nassau Infantry, which was activated over the night of June 15th, 1815. General Kruse led the brigade towards the first clashes at Quatre Bras on June 16th. The streams of casualties from the battle up ahead caused some worry among the brigade ranks. They could not arrive at the Quatre-Bras battle in time. The brigade had to turn around when Wellington's army was obliged to retreat on June 17th, and prepare for the battle of Waterloo against Napoleon, located south of the village of Waterloo, fought the next day, June 18th. Kruse had his brigade were deployed in a reserve position, initially in Wellington's right center at the Battle of Waterloo.
(The 1st Nassau Infantry Regiment is not to be confused with the 2nd Nassau Infantry regiment, which was part of Prince Bernard of Saxe Weimar's brigade, stationed on the Allied far left at Waterloo (which was ordered to send one of its battalions to defend the strategic outpost of Hougoumont).
Kruse's largely inexperienced soldiers were shaken during the ferocious battle, but its experienced officers, and intervention by Wellington and Netherland's commander, General Perponcher, managed to keep them in position at a stage of the battle when Napoleon's attacks were almost overwhelming the defending army's limits. The light company of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Nassau Regiment, was sent to help in the defence of Wellington's central farmhouse strongpoint at La Haye Sainte, where, quite luckily their unique large cooking kettles that each Nassau soldier carried, were used to scoop water from the farmhouse's interior courtyard pond, and then put out a menacing roof fire started by french fire bombs; this crucially allowed the besieged garrison to continue fighting off the French attackers for two more hours. The 1st Nassau Regiment's battalions were all hard hit with casualties in the battle; suffering 23% losses, and also had many missing - as was the case with many other of Wellington's front line units.
Under the command of Major General Kruse at the Battle of Waterloo, was the Nassau Reserve Contingent Brigade - total numbering, 2841 men
The Brigade consisting of Col.Steuben's, 1st Nassau Regiment - composed of 3 Battalions:
1st battalion of the 1st Nassau Reg. - 951 men
2nd battalion of the 1st Nassau Reg. - 943 men
Landwehr Battalion of the 1st Nassau Reg.- 947 men
Kruse Article Sources;
Further detailed sources within the following article, including soldier's witness memoirs involving Kruse can be found at; [1] More intriguing Waterloo bonus material - the Nassau contingent at Quatre Bras! Posted by Michael Felix Kazich - In Military History "The Nassau contingent at Quatre Bras"