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    The King's German Legion (KGL; German: Des Königs Deutsche Legion, semantically erroneous obsolete German variations are Deutsche Legion des Königs, Englisch–Deutsche...
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  • Battalion of the King's German Legion (abbreviated: KGL) was raised in late 1805 as the fifth out of eight line battalions that the Legion levied in total...
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  • German Legion may refer to: Legio I Germanica (48 BC - AD 70), a legion in the Roman army King's German Legion (1803-1816), a unit of the British Army...
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  • The 8th Line Battalion of the King's German Legion was a Hanoverian unit in British service during the Napoleonic Wars. The unit was raised during the...
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    confused with the King's German Legion, which was active during the Napoleonic Wars. Great Britain raised a British German Legion of two regiments of...
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  • International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine, a Ukrainian brigade created during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine King's German Legion (KGL), a...
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    La Haye Sainte (category King's German Legion)
    replica). Media related to King's German Legion at Wikimedia Commons Beamish, North Ludlow (1832), History of the King's German Legion, vol. 1, Thomas and William...
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    farmhouse. The King's German Legion resolutely defended the farmhouse. Each time the French tried to scale the walls, the outnumbered Germans somehow held...
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  • Invasion of Hanover (1803) (category 1803 in Germany)
    Napoleon's French Empire. One consequence was the formation of the exiled King's German Legion in British service. Hanover remained under French control until its...
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    during that time. Integral divisions of the British army were the King's German Legion (18,000 men), the Brunswick troops, and several other troops from...
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    Battalion, King's German Legion 2nd Line Battalion, King's German Legion 5th Line Battalion, King's German Legion 7th Line Battalion, King's German Legion Detachment...
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  • that was used primarily by British light dragoons and hussars, and King's German Legion light cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars. It was adopted by the Prussians...
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    (Lifeguards, Royal Horse Guards, Dragoon Guards and Dragoons), and King's German Legion Dragoons, through most of the period of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic...
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    Charles, Count Alten (category King's German Legion)
    Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 347–348. King's German Legion(de) King's German Legion...
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  • Foot, and the 6th Line Battalion King's German Legion. Three squadrons each of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd King's German Legion Hussar Regiments totaled 1,620...
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    officer and soldier of the British Army (including members of the King's German Legion) who took part in one or more of the following battles: Ligny (16...
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  • Henry de Hinuber (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Hinüber, was a Hanoverian infantry officer who commanded units of the King's German Legion (KGL) while serving in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars...
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  • Haye Sainte, which is defended by the King's German Legion and the 95th Rifles. He saves a King's German Legion officer, Macduff. Believing that La Haye...
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    Colin Halkett (category King's German Legion)
     4789. Beamish, History of the King's German Legion Vol 2, p.524ff N. Ludlow Beamish; History of the King's German Legion Vol 1. 1832-37 (new edition: Naval...
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  • Irish Legion, a French battalion established in 1803 for a future invasion of Ireland King's German Legion, British units of expatriate German personnel...
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  • Gerson (category German-language surnames)
    Gerson (1788–1844), German surgeon in the King’s German Legion during the Napoleonic Wars Horst Gerson (1907–1978) was a German-Dutch art historian....
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    Retrieved 31 January 2013. "Blues in the Water, by King's German Legion". King's German Legion. Retrieved 2017-03-10. Archived at Ghostarchive and the...
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    were commanded by John Uslar who saw action at Waterloo with the King's German Legion. In June 1819 Elsom arrived at the mouth of the Orinoco with the...
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    Indian Legion (German: Indische Legion), officially the Free India Legion (German: Legion Freies Indien) or 950th (Indian) Infantry Regiment (German: Infanterie-Regiment...
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    former German soldiers joined the Foreign Legion to pursue a military career, an option no longer possible in Germany, including French German soldiers...
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    Order of battle of the Waterloo campaign (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    August von Gneisenau and remained independent from the allied Anglo-Dutch-German army during the course of the campaign. Major General Karl von Grolman,...
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    Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (category King's German Legion)
    Adolphus was appointed as commander-in-chief of the newly founded King's German Legion, and in 1813, he became field marshal. George III appointed Prince...
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    also contributed men to the expedition. The 1st battalion of the Irish Legion (raised by the French for an invasion of Ireland that never happened) was...
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    the British 18th Hussars (Murray's), and of the 1st Hussars of the King's German Legion (KLG, Wissell's), was posted on the left of that point with two strong...
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    Battle of Talavera (category King's German Legion)
    the dark, but the 9th Light Infantry routed Sigismund von Löw's King's German Legion (KGL) brigade (1st Division) and pushed forward to capture the high...
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