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III Corps
Marshal DavoutLouis Nicolas Davout
Louis-Nicolas d'Avout , better known as Davout, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, was a Marshal of France during the Napoleonic Era. His prodigious talent for war along with his reputation as a stern disciplinarian, earned him the title "The Iron Marshal"...
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First Division General of Division Morand Charles Antoine Morand Charles Antoine Louis Alexis Morand Comte de l'Empire, was a general of the French army army during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars... |
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Second Division
General of Division Friant Louis Friant Louis Friant was born in the village of Morlancourt, 8 km south of Albert near the river Somme. The village would later suffer the misfortune of lying along the Western Front trench-lines of World War I.... |
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Third Division
General of Division Gudin Charles-Étienne Gudin de La Sablonnière Charles-Étienne Gudin de La Sablonnière, count, was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.-Early career and Revolutionary Wars:... |
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Light Cavalry
General of Brigade Viallanes |
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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IV Corps
Marshal SoultNicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia , the Hand of Iron, was a French general and statesman, named Marshal of the Empire in 1804. He was one of only six officers in French history to receive the distinction of Marshal General of France...
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First Division General of Division Saint-Hilaire Louis Vincent Le Blond de Saint-Hilaire Louis-Vincent-Joseph Le Blond, comte de Saint-Hilaire was a French general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.-Early career:... |
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Second Division
General of Division Leval |
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Third Division
General of Division Legrand |
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Corps Artillery Reserve | one foot battery (6 guns) |
VI Corps
Marshal NeyMichel Ney
Michel Ney , 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon I...
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First Division General of Division Marchand Jean Gabriel Marchand Jean Gabriel Marchand, 1st Count Marchand went from being an attorney to a company commander in the army of the First French Republic in 1791. He fought almost exclusively in Italy throughout the French Revolutionary Wars and served on the staffs of a number of generals... |
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Second Division
General of Division Gardanne Gaspard Amédée Gardanne Gaspard Amédée Gardanne was a French general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.-Biography:Born at at Solliès-Pont, he joined the French royal army in 1779. After the French Revolution he joined a volunteer unit as an officer. He fought under Napoleon Bonaparte during the 1796-1797 and 1800... |
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Light Cavalry
General of Brigade Colbert Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais, born 18 October 1777 in Paris - died 3 January 1809, Cacabelos, Spain), Comte de l'Empire joined the French army during the French Revolutionary Wars. He became a general officer of cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars and fought in a number of major... |
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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VII Corps
Marshal AugereauDivisions | Regiments and batteries |
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First Division General of Division Desjardins |
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Second Division
General of Division de Bierre |
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Light Cavalry
General of Brigade Durosnel |
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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Imperial Guard
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Infantry Marshal Lefebvre François Joseph Lefebvre François Joseph Lefebvre, First Duc de Dantzig was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon.... |
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Imperial Guard Cavalry
Marshal Bessières Jean-Baptiste Bessières Jean-Baptiste Bessières, 1st Duc d' Istria was a Marshal of France of the Napoleonic Era. His younger brother, Bertrand, followed in his footsteps and eventually became a Divisional General... |
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Artillery |
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Reserve Cavalry
Marshal MuratJoachim Murat
Joachim-Napoléon Murat , Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France, 1st Prince Murat, was Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808 and then King of Naples from 1808 to 1815...
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First Cuirassier Division General of Division Nansouty Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty Count Étienne-Marie-Antoine-Champion de Nansouty was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars who rose to the rank of General of Division in 1803 and subsequently held important military commands during the Napoleonic Wars. Of noble Burgundian descent, he was a student at... (absent) |
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Second Cuirassier Division
General of Division d'Hautpoul Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul was a French cavalry general of the Napoleonic wars. He came from an old noble family of France whose military tradition extended for several centuries.... |
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First Dragoon Division
General of Division Klein Louis Klein Louis Klein served in the French military during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars as a general of cavalry.... |
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Second Dragoon Division
General of Division Grouchy Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy Emmanuel de Grouchy, 2ème Marquis de Grouchy was a French general and marshal.-Biography:Grouchy was born in Paris, the son of François-Jacques de Grouchy, 1st Marquis de Grouchy and intellectual wife Gilberte Fréteau de Pény . His sister was Sophie de Condorcet, a noted femininist... |
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Third Dragoon Division
General of Division Beaumont Marc Antoine de Beaumont Marc Antoine Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont, born 23 September 1763 – died 4 February 1830, a French nobleman, became a page to the king and joined the army of the Old Regime. He stayed in the army during the French Revolution and narrowly escaped being executed... |
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Fourth Dragoon Division
General of Division Sahuc Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc Louis-Michel-Antoine Sahuc, born 7 January 1755 – died 24 October 1813, joined the French Royal Army and spent 20 years there before fighting in the French Revolutionary Wars. He rose to command a French cavalry regiment and later became a general officer... |
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Light Cavalry Division
General of Division Lasalle |
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Light Cavalry Brigade
General of Brigade Wathier Pierre Watier Pierre Watier , was a French general of division.Born at Laon, Aisne, Watier is one of 660 personalities to have their name engraved under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the city where he died. His name appears on the 12th column and is spelt WATHIER.... |
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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Russian Army
General of Cavalry Count BennigsenLevin August, Count von Bennigsen
Levin August Gottlieb Theophil , Count von Bennigsen was a German general in the service of the Russian Empire....
Chief of Staff: Quartermaster-General, Major F.F. Steinheil
Second Division
Lieutenant General Count A.I. Ostermann-Tolstoi
Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy
Alexander Ivanovich Count Osterman-Tolstoy was a Russian nobleman and soldier in the era of the French Revolutionary Wars...
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- Cavalry Brigade
MG (Major General) Kozhin
- Leib Cuirassiers (5 sqs)
- Kargopol Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Isum Hussars (10 sqs)
- Ilowaiski 9 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Efremov 3 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
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- Infantry
Brigade MG Masowski
- Pavlovski Grenadiers ( 3 bns)
- Rostov Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Sukin 2
- Petsburg Grenadiers (3 bns)
- Eletz Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Diven 3
- 1st Jaegers (3 bns)
- 20th Jaegers (3 bns)
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- Artillery Brigade Col Stavitsky 1
- Battery Company Maj Osipov (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Talyzin (12 guns)
- Light Company May Efremov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Voyeikov (12 guns)
- Horse Battery Col Stavitsky 1 (12 guns)
- 1st Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company of Major Dreyer
Third Division
Lieutenant General Baron [F.W. [Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken | von der Osten-Sacken]]
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- Cavalry Brigade MG Count P.P. von der Palen 3
- Little Russian Cuirassers (5 sqs)
- Kurland Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Ilowaiski 10 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Papuzin Cossacks (5 sotnias)
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- Infantry
Brigade MG Ushakov 1
- Tauride Grenadiers (3 bns)
- Lithuanian Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Titov 2
- Kaporsk Musketeers (3 bns)
- Muromsk Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Prince Dolgorukov 5
- Tschernigov Musketeers (3 bns)
- Dnepr Musketeers (3 bns)
- 21st Jaegers (3 bns)
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- Artillery Brigade Col von Bril
- Battery Company Col von Bril (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Kotlyarov (12 guns)
- Light Company May Mitrofanov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Strazhev (12 guns)
- Horse Battery Col Pirogov (12 guns)
- Pontoon Company of Captain Khoven
1st Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company of Major Afanas'ev 1
Fourth Division
Major General A.A. Somov
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- Cavalry MG Baron Korf
- St. George (Order) Cuirassiers (5 sqs)
- Pskov Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Polish Horse (10 sqs)
- Grekov 9 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Grekov 18 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
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- Infantry
Brigade MG Somov
- Tula Musketeers (3 bns)
- Tengisk Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Arseniev 2
- Tobolsk Musketeers (3 bns)
- Polotzk Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Barclay de Tolly
- Kostroma Musketeers (3 bns)
- 3rd Jaegers (3 bns)
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- Artillery Brigade Col Prince Yashvil 2
- Battery Company Maj Savitsky (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Kudryavtsev (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Yushkov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Brimmer (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Mikulin (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Prince Yashvil 2 (12 guns)
- Pontoon Company of Major Artsibashev
- 1st Pioneer Regiment, Miner Company of Captain Gebner 1
Fifth Division
Lieutenant General N.A. Tuchkov I
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- Cavalry Brigade MG Prince Golitsyn
- Riga Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Kasan Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Elisabethgrad Hussars (10 sqs)
- Lithuanian Horse (10 sqs)
- Gordeev 1 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
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- Infantry
- Brigade ?
- Sievsk Musketeers (3 bns)
- [Kaluga Musketeers (3 bns) Detached to Prussians; not present]
- Brigade MG Leont'ev
- Perm Musketeers (3 bns)
- Mohilev Musketeers (3 bns)
- Brigade Col Priouda
- 24th Jaegers (3 bns)
- 25th Jaegers (3 bns)
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- Artillery Brigade Col Count Sievers
- Battery Company Col Count Sievers (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Sigismund (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Klingenberg (12 guns)
- Horse Company Maj Obleuhov 1st (12 guns)
Troops from the Sixth Division
Brigade MG K.F. Baggovut
- Starooskol Musketeers (3 bns)
- 4th Jaegers (3 bns)
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- From the Cavalry Brigade
- Alexandria Hussars (10 sqs)
- Popov 5 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
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- From the Artillery Brigade
- Battery Company Lt-Col Vasil’ev (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Merlin (12 guns)
- Light Company in two Light platoons (12 guns)
Seventh Division
Lieutenant General D.S. Dokhturov
Dmitry Dokhturov
Dmitry Sergeyevich Dokhturov was a Russian Infantry General and a prominent military leader during the Patriotic War of 1812....
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- Cavalry Brigade MG Chaplits
- Moscow Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Ingermannland Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Pavlograd Hussars (10 sqs)
- Malachov Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Andronov 1 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
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- Infantry
- Brigade MG Zapol'skii
- Ekaterinoslav Grenadiers (3 bns)
- Moscow Musketeers (3 bns)
- Brigade MG Straton-Potapov
- Vladimir Musketeers (3 bns)
- Voronezh Musketeers (3 bns)
- Brigade MG Markov 1
- Pskov Musketeers (3 bns)
- Azov Musketeers (3 bns)
- 5th Jaegers (3 bns)
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- Artillery Brigade Col Ermolov
- Battery Company Maj Ansio (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Shulman 2nd (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Kondratiev (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Panfilov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Krivtsov (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Ermolov (12 guns)
- 2nd Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company Maj Berg
Eighth Division
Lieutenant General P.K. Essen 3
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- Cavalry Brigade MG P.F. Glebov-Streshnev
- Petersburg Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Livland Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Olviopol Hussars (10 sqs)
- Kieselev Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Sysojev Cossacks (5 sotnias)
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- Infantry
- Brigade MG Olsuf’ev 3
- Moscow Grenadiers (3 bns)
[* Viburg Musketeers Detached; fought with Prussian Corps]
- Brigade MG Engelhardt 1
- Schlusselburg Musketeers (3 bns)
- Staroingermannland Musketeers (3 bns)
- Brigade MG Levitsky
- Podolsk Musketeers (1 Musketeer bn)
- Archangelgorod Musketeers (3 bns)
- 7th Jaegers (3 bns)
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- Artillery Brigade Col Nowak 1
- Battery Company Maj Nepeytsyn (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Kolotinski (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Tatpykov (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Bastian 2d (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Nowak 1st (12 guns)
- 2nd Pioneer Regiment, Miner Company of Maj Zapreev
Fourteenth Division
Major General Count N. M. Kamensky 2d
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- Cavalry Brigade Col Sheplev [Brigade may not have been present]
- Finland Dragoons (5 squadrons)
- Mitau Dragoons (5 squadrons)
- Grodno Hussars (10 squadrons) [Not present. Arrived at the army the day after the battle]
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- Infantry
- Brigade MG Alekseev
- Belozersk Musketeers (3 bns)
- Ryazan Musketeers (3 bns)
- Brigade MG Gersdorf
- Uglits Musketeers (3 bns)
- Sofia Musketeers (3 bns)
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- Artillery Brigade Col Papkov 2
- Battery Company Col Papkov 2d (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Vitovtov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Green (12 guns)
- Pontoon Company of Major Rutkovski
Prussian artillery temporarily attached to the Russian Army's Right Flank at Eylau
Maj von Brockhausen
- 12–pound Battery Brockhausen Nr 34 (8 guns)
- 12-pound Battery Kulikke Nr 37 (8 guns)
- 6-pound Battery Wedekind Nr 8 (10 guns)
Prussian Corps
Lieutenant General Anton von l'EstocqGeneral-Quartermaster-Lieutenant: Col von Scharnhorst
Avantgarde
- 50 cavalry from the Towarczys Regiment
- 40 cavalry from the Auer Dragoon Regiment Nr 6
- Auer Dragoon Regiment Nr 6 (9 sqs)
- Bredow Horse Battery Nr 8 (8 guns)
Third Division
Major General von Auer
- Towarczys Regiment (10 sqs)
- Half of Horse battery Decker Nr 10 (4 guns)
- Vyborg Musketeers (Russian) (3 bns)
Second Division
Major General von Rembow
- Infantry Regiment Nr 11 "Schoning" (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion "Schlieffen"
First Division
Major General von Diericke
- Grenadier Battalion "Fabecky"
- Infantry Regiment Nr 2 "Ruchel" (2 bns)
- Dragoon Regiment Nr 7 "Baczko" (10 sqs)
- Cuirassier Regiment Nr 4 "Wagenfeld" (4 sqs)
- Half of Horse Battery Nr 13 "Rentzel" (4 guns)
Rearguard
Major General von Prittwitz
- Half of Fusilier Battalion Nr 21 "Stutterheim" (2 companies)
- 1st Battalion, Hussar Regiment Nr 5 "Prittwitz" (5 sqs)
- Half of Horse Battery Nr 6 "Sowinski" (4 guns)
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