Seventy-third Foot, second battalion—Lieutenant William Strahan.

    First Life-Guards—Captain John Whale, slightly.
    Seventh Hussars—Lieutenant John Gordon, slightly.
    Eleventh Light Dragoons—James S. Moore, severely.

    Field B. Bremen—Captain Lapel, severely; Ensigns Bruhl and Meyer, severely.
    First Batt. Duke of York—Major Bulow, slightly.

                        (Signed)            JOHN WATERS.
                                                 Lieutenant-Colonel, and A. A. G.

Regarding the action on the 17th....

The small number of casualties on this date is attributable to the following:

On the 17th, Marshal Ney did nothing. At about noon, after receiving reports of Blucher's defeat at Ligny, Wellington began pulling back toward Brussles to realign his army with that of the retreating Prussians, who were falling back to Wavre. The new defensive position would be the farm at Mont. St. Jean, approximately eight miles behind (north of) Quatre Bras. Meanwhile, at Ligny, after instructing Marshal Grouchy to locate the remnants of the Prussian Army and prevent it from linking up with the British by placing his corps between the Prussians and the British, Napoleon rode over to Quatre-Bras, less than five miles away, to take command of the action against the primary adversary, Wellington. Napoleon expected Ney to be pinning the British force at Quate-Bras until he could arrive with the Reserve, which included the Imperial Guard, or else hotly pursuing them. Napoleon reached Quatre-Bras at about 1 P.M., which Ney's troops were eating lunch. Napoleon was furious. Ney had committed a second serious blunder by letting Wellington slip out of his grasp unmolested. Napoleon quickly assessed the situation and realized that he still might be able to rescue his strategy of catching up to and destroying the British before they could consolidate their forces. He immediately ordered the lounging troops to prepare to march; however, it wasn't until 2 P.M. before they were ready to move. By this time the only British remaining at Quatre-Bras was a strong rear-guard which was now beginning its retreat behind the British main body. The emperor ordered d'Erlon to take his cavalry and quickly ride down and crush the rear-guard. However, d'Erlon had no sooner begun the pursuit when a terrific thunderstorm struck, which caused the roads and fields to become quagmires. The storm, which rained in torrents, lasted unabated until the about sunrise the next day; Sunday, the 18th of June 1815. This fact, coupled with the heroic actions of the British rear-guard, as exemplified by CPT Mercer with his battery of cannon, thwarted all of Napoleon's attempts to catch the British before they could reach their new defensive position. Clearly then, the action on the 17th was a limited rear-guard action on the part of the British and this resulted in few casualties.