XI Corps (Grande Armée)
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The XI Corps of the Grande Armée was the name of more than one French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars
. In 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition
, General of Division Auguste Marmont
's Army of Dalmatia
was renamed the XI Corps. Emperor Napoleon I held it in reserve at the Battle of Wagram
. In 1812, the unit was reconstituted during the invasion of Russia and placed under Marshal
Pierre Augereau. It did not fight in any battles and instead served a collection point for reserves. In 1813, it fought at the Battle of Leipzig
while commanded by Marshal Jacques MacDonald.
Average battalion strength was approximately 700.
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
. In 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition
War of the Fifth Coalition
The War of the Fifth Coalition, fought in the year 1809, pitted a coalition of the Austrian Empire and the United Kingdom against Napoleon's French Empire and Bavaria. Major engagements between France and Austria, the main participants, unfolded over much of Central Europe from April to July, with...
, General of Division Auguste Marmont
Auguste Marmont
Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, 1st Duke of Ragusa was a French General, nobleman and Marshal of France.-Biography:...
's Army of Dalmatia
Dalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
was renamed the XI Corps. Emperor Napoleon I held it in reserve at the Battle of Wagram
Battle of Wagram
The Battle of Wagram was the decisive military engagement of the War of the Fifth Coalition. It took place on the Marchfeld plain, on the north bank of the Danube. An important site of the battle was the village of Deutsch-Wagram, 10 kilometres northeast of Vienna, which would give its name to the...
. In 1812, the unit was reconstituted during the invasion of Russia and placed under Marshal
Marshal of France
The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
Pierre Augereau. It did not fight in any battles and instead served a collection point for reserves. In 1813, it fought at the Battle of Leipzig
Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations, on 16–19 October 1813, was fought by the coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden against the French army of Napoleon. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops as well as Germans from the Confederation of the Rhine...
while commanded by Marshal Jacques MacDonald.
XI Corps in April 1809
General of Division Auguste MarmontAuguste Marmont
Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, 1st Duke of Ragusa was a French General, nobleman and Marshal of France.-Biography:...
- Chief of Staff: General of Brigade Jacques-Antoine-Adrien DelortJacques-Antoine-Adrien DelortJacques-Antoine-Adrien Delort was a French general and deputy.A National Guardsman at the age of 16 in 1789, he died a Lieutenant General, aide-de-camp to the King and a Peer of France...
- 3rd squadron of the 24th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment
- 1st Division: General of Division Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de MontrichardJoseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de MontrichardJoseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. His name is inscribed on the north side of the Arc de Triomphe....
(c. 6,000, 6 guns)- ColonelColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
Jean Louis Soye- 18th Light Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- 5th Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- General of Brigade Jean Marie Auguste Aulnay de Launay
- 79th Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- 81st Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- Artillery: 9th company of the 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment (six 6-pound cannons)
- Colonel
- 2nd Division: General of Division Bertrand Clausel (c. 4,900, 16 guns)
- General of Brigade Alexis Joseph DelzonsAlexis Joseph DelzonsAlexis Joseph Delzons was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was killed in the battle of Maloyaroslavets.-French Revolutionary Wars:...
- 8th Light Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- 23rd Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)
- General of Brigade Gilbert Désiré Joseph Bachelu.
- 11th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
- Artillery: 3rd and 9th companies of the 8th Foot Artillery Regiment (six 6-pound cannons and two 5-inch howitzers each)
- General of Brigade Alexis Joseph Delzons
- Corps Artillery Reserve: General of Brigade Louis TirletLouis TirletLouis Tirlet was a French général de division and artillery specialist during the Napoleonic Wars...
(56 guns).- 10th company of the 7th Foot Artillery Regiment (six 12-pound cannons)
- 2nd company of the 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment (six 12-pound cannons and two 5-inch howitzers)
- 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th, and 15th companies of the 1st Italian Artillery Regiment (six 6-pound cannons each)
- 14th and 15th companies of the 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment (six 6-pound cannons each)
Average battalion strength was approximately 700.
XI Corps in November 1812
Marshal Pierre Augereau- 30th Infantry Division: General of Division Étienne Heudelet de Bierre
- 31st Infantry Division: General of Division Joseph Lagrange
- 32nd Infantry Division: General of Division Pierre François Joseph DuruttePierre François Joseph DuruttePierre François Joseph Durutte joined the French army at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars. Rapidly promoted for feats of bravery under fire at Jemappes in 1792 and Hondschoote in 1793, he found himself appointed to serve as a staff officer...
- 33rd Infantry Division: General of Division D'Estrées
- 34th Infantry Division: General of Division Charles Antoine MorandCharles Antoine MorandCharles Antoine Louis Alexis Morand Comte de l'Empire, was a general of the French army army during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars...
XI Corps in October 1813
Marshal Jacques MacDonald- 31st Infantry Division: General of Division François Roch Ledru des Essarts
- 35th Infantry Division: General of Division Étienne Maurice GérardÉtienne Maurice GérardÉtienne Maurice Gérard, comte Gérard was a French general and statesman. He served under a succession of French governments including the ancien regime monarchy, the Revolutionary governments, the Restorations, the July Monarchy, the First and Second Republics, and the First Empire , becoming...
- 36th Infantry Division: General of Division Henri François Marie Charpentier
- 39th Infantry Division: General of Division Jean Gabriel MarchandJean Gabriel MarchandJean 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...