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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

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by George F Nafziger


  9th Hussar Regiment (4) 8th Light Brigade: General de brigade Burthe

  11th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3)

  12th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3) 16th Light Brigade: General de brigade Subervie

  Prussian Combined Uhlan Regiment (4) (3/2nd, 4/2nd, 3/4th, 4/4th)

  3rd Wurttemberg Jager zu Pferd Regiment (4)

  10th Polish Hussar Regiment (4) Artillery: Martinot

  1/4th Horse Artillery (4-6pdrs & 2 How) 2nd Cuirassier Division: General de division Wathier Brigade: General de brigade Beaumont (Caulaincourt)

  5th Cuirassier Regiment (4) (33/520) Brigade: General de brigade Domes

  8th Cuirassier Regiment (4) (32/653) Brigade: General de brigade Richter

  10th Cuirassier Regiment (4) (36/554)

  1/2nd Chevauleger Regiment (13/191) Artillery: Chef d'escadron Romangin

  II, 4/2nd Horse Artillery (4-6pdrs & 2 How) (8/175)

  1/lst Train (bis) Battalion (1/80)

  5/1 lth Train (bis) Battalion (1/36) 4th Cuirassier Division: General de division Defrance Brigade: General de brigade Bouvier des Eclats (Gerkeim, Chouard)

  1st Carabinier Regiment (4) (32/422) Brigade: General de brigade Chouard

  (l'Heriter, Paultre)

  2nd Carabinier Regiment (4) (407) Brigade: General de brigade Paultre

  (Ornano, Bouvier des Eclats)

  1st Cuirassier Regiment (4) (37/327)

  4/4th Chevauxleger Regiment (9/196)

  Artillery: Parizet

  3/, 4/1st Horse Artillery (4-6pdrs & 2 How) (5/147)

  3/1st Train (bis) Battalion

  5/11th Train (bis) Battalion (total train—1/109) III Reserve Cavalry Corps: General de division Grouchy 3rd Light Cavalry Division: General de division Lahoussaye 11th Light Brigade: General de brigade Gauthrin

  6th Hussar Regiment (3) (24/499)

  8th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3) (32/498) 10th Light Brigade: General de brigade G6rard

  6th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3) (28/432)

  25th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3) (24/487) 17th Light Brigade: General de brigade Dommanget

  1st Bavarian Chevauxleger Regiment (4) (18/378)

  2nd Bavarian Chevauxleger Regiment (4) (18/350)

  Saxon Prinz Albert Chevauxleger Regiment (4) (20/280) Artillery:

  6/4th Horse Artillery (4-6pdrs & 2 How) (2/65) 3rd Cuirassier Division: General de division Doumerc Brigade: General de brigade Berkheim

  4th Cuirassier Regiment (4) (36/668) Brigade: General de brigade L'Heriter

  7th Cuirassier Regiment (4) (34/702) Brigade: General de brigade Doullembourg

  14th Cuirassier Regiment (4) (38/561)

  3rd Chevauleger Regiment (1 co) (8/113) Artillery: (9/349)

  1/6th Horse Artillery

  3/6th Horse Artillery

  1/8th Train (bis) Battalion

  2/11th Train (bis) Battalion

  6/11th Train (bis) Battalion 6th Heavy Division: General de division La Houssay Brigade: General de brigade Thiry

  7th Dragoon Regiment (3) (24/382)

  23rd Dragoon Regiment (3) (25/420) Brigade: General de brigade Seron

  28th Dragoon Regiment (3) (33/402)

  30th Dragoon Regiment (3) (30/377) Artillery: Captain Mouillet

  4/, 5/4th Horse Artillery (4-6pdrs & 2 How ea) (4/178)

  IV Corps: General de division Latour-Maubourg 4th Light Cavalry Division: General de division Rozniecki 28th Light Brigade: General de brigade Dziemanowski

  7th Polish Uhlan Regiment (3) (407)

  2nd Polish Uhlan Regiment (3) (443)

  11th Polish Uhlan Regiment (3) (501) 29th Light Brigade: General de brigade Turno

  3rd Polish Uhlan Regiment (3) (329)

  16th Polish Uhlan Regiment (3) (472)

  15th Polish Uhlan Regiment (3) (398) 7th Cuirassier Division

  1st Division: Generalmajor Thielemann

  Zastrow Cuirassier Regiment (4) (421)

  Saxon Garde du Corps (4) (459)

  14th Polish Cuirassier Regiment (4) (264) 2nd Brigade: General de brigade Lepel

  1st Westphalian Cuirassier Regiment (4) (475)

  2nd Westphalian Cuirassier Regiment (4) (480) Corps Artillery: Chef d'escadron Schwerin

  2nd Westphalian Horse Battery (4-6pdrs & 2 How)

  2nd Westphalian Train Company

  2nd Saxon Horse Battery von Hiller (4—6pdrs & 2 How)

  3rd & 4th Polish Horse Artillery Batteries (4-6pdrs & 2 How ea)

  (total artillery—571)

  Battle of Smolensk 17 August 1812 French Forces at Smolensk

  Imperial Guard:

  1st Division

  2nd Division

  3rd Division

  Vistula Legion

  Guard Cavalry

  Guard Artillery I Corps:

  1st Division

  2nd Division

  3rd Division

  Corps Artillery

  Corps Cavalry III Corps:

  10th Division

  11th Division

  25th Division

  Corps Artillery

  Corps Cavalry V Corps:

  16th Division

  17th Division

  18th Division

  Corps Artillery

  Corps Cavalry VIII Corps:

  23rd Division

  24th Division

  Corps Artillery

  Corps Cavalry

  I Reserve Cavalry Corps

  1st Light Division 1st Cuirassier Division 5th Cuirassier Division

  II Reserve Cavalry Corps

  2nd Light Division

  2nd Cuirassier Division

  4th Cuirassier Division

  Actual Artillery Strength 12pdrs—57 6pdrs—267 4pdrs—32 3pdrs—2 6” Mortars—16 5.5” Howitzers—122

  Russian Forces at Smolensk

  On the Left Bank: 7th Corps: Raevsky One Jager Regiment

  6th Corps: Docturov

  7th Division (8,400)

  24th Division (8,400) 3rd Corps: Tuchkov

  3rd Division (8,400) 2nd Corps: Baggovout

  4th Division (7,500)

  One Line Regiment from 17th Division (2,800)

  Reserve on Right Bank: Barclay de Tolly 3rd Corps: Tuchkov

  1st Grendier Division (8,400) 2nd Corps: Baggovout

  17th Division (less 1 regiment) (5,600) 4th Corps: Ostermann (9,500)

  1 lth Division

  23rd Division 5th Corps: Grand Duke Constantine

  1st Converged Grenadier Division

  1st Cuirassier Division Army Cavalry:

  1st Reserve Cavalry Corps

  2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps

  3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps

  Cossack Corps

  On the Road to Moscow: General Bagration 7th Corps: Raevsky (11,500)

  26th Division

  12th Division

  (One Jager Regiment Detached) 8th Corps: Borosdin (9,500)

  2nd Grenadier Division

  2nd Converged Grenadier Division

  27th Division Corps Cavalry:

  2nd Cuirassier Division

  4th Cavalry Corps

  Cossack Corps

  French VIII Corps 23 August 1812

  Commander-in-Chief Vandamme General de division

  Chief of Staff Revest Adjudant commandant

  23rd Division: Generallieutenant Tharreau Brigade: Generalmajor Damas

  3rd Westphalian Light Battalion (1) (19/569) 2nd Westphalian Line Regiment (3 + artillery co)

  (59/1,568) (2-6pdrs) 6th Westphalian Line Regiment (2 + artillery co) (41/1,241) (2-6pdrs) Brigade: Generalmajor Wickenberg

  2nd Westphalian Light Battalion (1) (20/583) 3rd Westphalian Line Regiment (2 + artillery co)

  (37/1,138) (2-6pdrs) 7th Westphalian Line Regiment (3 + artillery co) (58/1,417) (2-6pdrs) Artillery: Nummers (Major Frode)

  1st Westphalian Foot Battery Froede (4-6pdrs & 2 How) (4/208) 24th Division: Generallieutenant Ochs Brigade: Generalmajor Legras

  Westphalian Grenadier Guards (1 + artillery co)


  (25/628) Guard Foot Artillery Battery Brunig (2-6pdrs) Westphalian Guard Jagers (1) (25/628) Westphalian Jager Karabiniers (1) (23/452) Brigade: Generalmajor Borstel

  1st Westphalian Light Battalion (1) (19/569) 5th Westphalian Line Regiment (2) (37/1,172) Artillery: Captain Volmar

  1st Westphalian Horse Battery (5/167) 2nd Westphalian Foot Battery Lemaitre (6-6pdrs & 2 How) (3/178) Corps Cavalry: Generalmajor Hammerstein (General de division Chabert) 24th Brigade: Generalmajor Hammerstein

  1st Westphalian Hussar Regiment (4) (30/408) 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment (4) (28/428) Guard Brigade: Generalmajor Wolf Westphalian Guard Chevauleger Regiment (4) (31/397)

  Corps Artillery Reserve: General de division Allix

  1st Westphalian Heavy Foot Battery (6-12pdrs & 4 How) Westphalian Sappers Westphalian Artillery Artisans Westphalian Train Westphalian Gendarmerie

  French VI Corps 29 August 1812

  Commander-in-Chief ……. G. St. Cyr Geneal de division

  19th Division: Generallieutenant Deroy Brigade: Generalmajor von Siebein

  1st Bavarian Light Infantry Battalion (1) (5/24/15)

  1st Bavarian Line Regiment (2) (27/56/482)

  9th Bavarian Line Regiment (2) (18/48/288) Brigade: Generalmajor von Raglovich

  3rd Bavarian Light Infantry Battalion (1) (10/23/194)

  4th Bavarian Line Regiment (2) (22/57/455)

  10th Bavarian Line Regiment (2) 112/52/399) Brigade: Generalmajor Count Rechberg

  6th Bavarian Light Infantry Battalion (1) (14/35/255)

  8th Bavarian Line Regiment (2) Artillery: Major Lamey

  1st Light Battery Widemann (3-6pdrs & 1 How)

  3rd Light Battery Haider (3-6pdrs & 1 How)

  11th Battery Brack (6-6pdrs & 2 How)

  6th Battery Rois (4-12pdrs & 2 How)

  Howitzer Battery (6 howitzers)

  1st Train Company

  3rd Train Company

  11th Train Company

  6th Train Company

  Park 20th Division: Generallieutenant von Wrede Brigade: Generalmajor von Vincenti

  2nd Bavarian Light Infantry Battalion (1) (18/40/190)

  2nd Bavarian Line Regiment (2) (25/53/359)

  6th Bavarian Line Regiment (2) (12/55/532) Brigade: Generalmajor Count Beckers

  4th Bavarian Light Infantry Battalion (1) (7/30/165)

  French Grande Armee at the Battle of Borodino 7 September 1812

  Commander-in-Chief: Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

  Headquarters Escort:

  2/2nd Hessian Leib Regiment

  1/2nd Baden Erbgrossherzog Regiment

  Portuguese Legion Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (4)

  28th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (1) (detached from III Corps)

  General Park:

  10/1st Foot Artillery 21/2nd Foot Artillery 5/, 7/, 22/8th Foot Artillery 15/, 19/7th Foot Artillery 8/, 16/, 17/9th Foot Artillery

  Left Wing: Prince Eugene de Beauharnais IV CORPS

  Commander-in-Chief …… Eugene Viceroy of Italy

  Italian Royal Guard: General de division Pino Brigade: General de brigade Lecchi

  Royal Velites (2)

  Guard Infantry Regiment (2)

  Guard Conscript Regiment (2) Guard Cavalry: General de brigade Triaire

  Gardes d'honneur (5 coys)

  Guard Dragoon Regiment (2 sqn)

  Queen's Dragoon Regiment (4) Artillery:

  1st & 2nd Italian Foot Artillery (6pdrs)

  1st & 2nd Italian Horse Artillery (6pdrs)

  21, 7/1st Italian Foot Artillery (12pdrs) 13th Division: General de division Delzons Brigade: General de brigade Huard

  8th Legere Regiment (2)

  84th Line Regiment (4)

  1st Provisional Croatian Regiment (2) Brigade:

  92nd Line Regiment (4)

  106th Line Regiment (4) Artillery:

  9/2nd Foot Artillery (6-6pdrs & 2 How)

  2/4th Horse Artillery (4-6pdrs & 2 How) 14th Division: General de division Broussier Brigade:

  19th Legere Regiment

  Joseph Napoleon Regiment

  53rd Line Regiment Brigade:

  35th Line Regiment

  9th Line Regiment Artillery:

  7/2nd Foot Artillery

  3/4th Horse Artillery 1st Division: General de division Morand (Detached from I Corps)

  1st Brigade: General de brigade d'Alton

  13th L6gere Regiment (5) 2nd Brigade: General de brigade Gratien

  17th Regiment (5) 3rd Brigade: General de brigade Bonamy

  30th Line Regiment (5) Artillery:

  1/7th Foot Artillery (6pdrs)

  7/1st Horse Artillery (6pdrs) 3rd Division: General de division Gerard (Detached from I Corps) 1st Brigade: General de brigade Desailly

  7th Legere Regiment (5)

  12th Line Regiment (5) 2nd Brigade: General de brigade Leclerc

  127th Line Regiment (2)

  21st Line Regiment (5)

  1/, 2/Mecklenburg-Strelitz Battalion Artillery:

  3/7th Foot Artillery (6pdrs)

  4/3rd Horse Artillery (6pdrs) Corps Artillery: Reserve

  5/, 12/2nd Foot Artillery Park

  8/, 16/, 20/2nd Foot Artillery Corps Cavalry: General de division Ornano

  12th Light Cavalry Brigade: General de brigade Guyon

  9th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3)

  19th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3) 13th Light Cavalry Brigade: General de brigade Villata

  2nd Italian Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3)

  3rd Italian Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3) VI Corps Cavalry: 20th Light Cavalry Brigade: Generalmajor Seydewitz

  3rd Bavarian Chevauxleger Regiment

  6th Bavarian Chevauxleger Regiment 21st Light Cavalry Brigade: Generalmajor Preysing

  4th Bavarian Chevauxleger Regiment

  5th Bavarian Chevauxleger Regiment III Reserve Cavalry Corps: General de division Grouchy 3rd Light Cavalry Division: General de division Chastel 11th Light Brigade: General de brigade Gauthrin

  6th Hussar Regiment (3)

  8th Chasseur a ChevaJ Regiment (3) 10th Light Brigade: General de brigade Gerard

  6th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3)

  25th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (3) 17th Light Brigade: General de brigade Dommanget

  1st Bavarian Chevauxleger Regiment (4)

  2nd Bavarian Chevauxleger Regiment (4)

  Saxon Prinz Albeit Chevauxleger Regiment (4) Artillery:

  6/4th Horse Artillery 6th Heavy Division: General de division La Houssaye Brigade: General de brigade Thiry

  7th Dragoon Regiment (3)

  23rd Dragoon Regiment (3) Brigade: General de brigade Seron

  28th Dragoon Regiment (3)

  30th Dragoon Regiment (3) Artillery:

  4/, 5/4th Horse Artillery

  French Center: Napoleon I III CORPS

  Commander-in-Chief Ney Marechal de France

  10th Division: General de division Ledru 1st Brigade: General de brigade Gengoult

  24th Line Regiment (4)

  1st Portuguese Line Regiment (2) 2nd Brigade: General de brigade Morion

  46th Line Regiment (4) 3rd Brigade: General de brigade Bruny

  72nd Line Regiment (4)

  129th Line Regiment (2) Artillery:

  12/5th Foot Battery (6pdrs)

  5/6th Horse Battery (6pdrs) 11th Division: General de division Razout 1st Brigade: General de brigade Joubert

  4th Line Regiment (4) 2nd Brigade

  18th Line Regiment (4)

  3rd Brigade: General de brigade d'Henin

  93rd Line Regiment (4) Artillery:

  18/5th Foot Artillery (6pdrs)

  6/5th Horse Artillery (6pdrs) 25th Division: Generallieutenant Scheler

  1st Brigade: Generalmajor von Hugel (Total strength 1 Battalion)

  1st Line Regiment “Prinz Paul”

  4th Line Regiment 2nd Brigade: Generalmajor Koch (Total strength 1 Battalion)

  2nd Line Regiment “Herzog Wilhelm”

  6th Line Reg
iment “Kronprinz” 3rd Brigade: Generalmajor von Bruxelles

  1st Light Infantry Battalion

  2nd Light Infantry Battalion

  1st Jager Battalion “Konig”

  2nd Jager Battalion

  (Total strength 1 Battalion) Artillery:

  1st & 2nd Wurttemberg Foot Artillery (6pdrs)

  1st & 2nd Wurttemberg Horse Artillery (6pdrs) Calvary Corps: Generalmajor Wollwrath 9th Light Brigade: General de brigade Mouriez

  11th Hussar Regiment (4)

  6th Chevauleger Regiment (3)

  Jager zu Pferd Regiment #4 “Konig” (4) 14th Light Brigade: General de brigade Beurman

  28th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (2)

  4th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (4)

  1st Wurttemberg Chevauleger Regiment “Prinz Adam” (4)

  2nd Wurttemberg Chevauleger Regiment “Leib” (4) Artillery Reserve:

  12pdr Wurttemberg Foot Battery

  16/, 21/lst Foot Artillery (12pdrs)

  VIII CORPS

  Commander-in-Chief Junot General de division

  23rd Division: Generallieutenant Tharreau Brigade: Generalmajor Damas

  3rd Westphalian Light Battalion (1) 2nd Westphalian Line Regiment (2) 6th Westphalian Line Regiment (2) Brigade: Generalmajor Wickenberg 2nd Westphalian Light Battalion (1) 3rd Westphalian Line Regiment (2) 7th Westphalian Line Regiment (3) Artillery:

  1st Westphalian Foot Battery Froede (6pdrs) 24th Division: Generallieutenant Ochs Brigade: Generalmajor Legras Westphalian Grenadier Guards (1)

  Guard Foot Artillery Battery Brunig (2-6pdrs) Westphalian Guard Jagers (1) Westphalian Jager Karabiniers (1) 1st Westphalian Jager Battalion (1) Artillery:

  2nd Westphalian Foot Battery Lemaitre (6pdrs) Corps Cavalry: General de division Chabert 24th Brigade: Generalmajor Hammerstein 1st Westphalian Hussar Regiment (4) 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment (4) Westphalian Guard Chevauxleger Regiment (4) (Two unknown squadrons were detached from this brigade) Corps Artillery Reserve:

  1st Westphalian Heavy Foot Battery (12pdrs) Westphalian Guard Horse Battery (6pdrs) IV Corps: General de division Latour-Maubourg 4th Light Cavalry Division: General de division Rozniecki 29th Light Brigade: General de brigade Turno 3rd Polish Uhlan Regiment (3) 11th Polish Uhlan Regiment (3) 16th Polish Uhlan Regiment (3) 7th Cuirassier Division: General de division Lorge 1st Division: Generalmajor Thielemann Zastrow Cuirassier Regiment (4)

  Saxon Garde du Corps (4)

  14th Polish Cuirassier Regiment 2nd Brigade: General de brigade Lepel

 

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