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French Forces at Bautzen 20/21 May 1813 Grande Armée Battle of Bautzen 20/21 May 1813 Commander-in-Chief: Emperor Napoleon I Imperial Guard: 1st Division: Général de division Roguet Brigade: Général de brigade Decouz 1/,2/1st Grenadiers à Pied Regiment 1/,2/2nd Grenadiers à Pied Regiment 1/,2/1st Chasseurs à Pied Regiment 1/,2/2nd Chasseurs à Pied Regiment Vélites of Turin Vélites of Florence 1st Young Guard Division: Général de division Dumoustier Brigade: General de brigade Mouton-Duvernet 1/Fusilier-Grenadier Regiment (14/499)1 2/Fusiliers-Grenadier Regiment 1/Fusilier-Chasseur Regiment (12/598) 2/Fusilier-Chasseur Regiment Brigade: Général de brigade Tindel 1/,2/1st Voltigeur Regiment (25/990) 1/,2/2nd Voltigeur Regiment (24/705) Brigade: Général de brigade Lanusse 1/,2/3rd Voltigeur Regiment 1/,2/6th Voltigeur Regiment (28/1,053) 1/,2/7th Voltigeur Regiment 2nd Young Guard Division: Général de division Barrois Brigade: Général de brigade Rottembourg 1/,2/1st Tirailleur Regiment (27/1,031) 1/,2/2nd Tirailleur Regiment Brigade: Général de brigade Berthezène 1/,2/3rd Tirailleur Regiment 1/,2/6th Tirailleur Regiment (24/922) 1/,2/7th Tirailleur Regiment (26/1,048) Artillery: Général Devaux 1st Old Guard Artillery Battery (6-6pdrs & 2-5.7" howitzers) 2nd Old Guard Artillery Battery (6-12pdrs & 2-6" howitzers) 3rd Old Guard Artillery Battery (6-12pdrs & 2-6" howitzers) 4th Old Guard Artillery Battery (6-6pdrs & 2-6" howitzers) 1st Young Guard Artillery Battery (6-6pdrs & 2-5.7" howitzers) 2nd Young Guard Artillery Battery (6-6pdrs & 2-5.7"howitzers) 1st Old Guard Horse Artillery Battery (4-6pdrs & 2-5.7"howitzers) 1 Strength figures as of 5 May 1813. 1 2nd Old Guard Horse Artillery Battery (4-6pdrs & 2-5.7"howitzers) Engineers: Sappers/Marines (3 coys) Equippage: Compagnies de Train d'equippage 1st Cavalry Division: Général de division Lefebvre-Desnoettes Berg Chevauxléger-lanciers (500) 1st Chevauléger-lanciers de la Garde 2nd Chevauléger-lanciers de la Garde (1,500 men in 1st & 2nd Lancers) 2nd Cavalry Division: Général de division d'Ornano Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde (1,500) Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde (1,200) Empress Dragoons (1,200) Gendarmes d'Elite (500) II Corps: Maréchal Victor (Strengths as of 15 May 1813) 4th Division: Général de division Dubreton Brigade: Général de brigade Ferrière 37th Provisional Line Regiment 2/24th Légère Regiment (15/616) 2/26th Légère Regiment (16/660) 38th Provisional Line Regiment 2/11th Légère Regiment (18/720) 2/2nd Line Regiment (23/647) 39th Provisional Line Regiment 2/19th Line Regiment (19/730) 2/37th Line Regiment (20/661) Brigade: Général de brigade Brun 40th Provisional Line Regiment 2/4th Line Regiment (18/647) 2/56th Line Regiment (18/710) 41st Provisional Line Regiment 2/18th Line Regiment (14/696) 2/46th Line Regiment (15/736) 42nd Provisional Line Regiment 2/72nd Line Regiment (18/653) 2/93rd Line Regiment (16/680) Artillery: 11/4th Foot Artillery (2/90)(6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 14/8th Foot Artillery (4/68)(6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) III Corps: Maréchal Ney 8th Division: Général de division Souham Brigade: Général de brigade Chasseraux 6th Provisional Légère Regiment 2/6th Légère Regiment 3/25th Légère Regiment 10th Provisional Légère Regiment 3/16th Légère Regiment 1/28th Légère Regiment 14th Provisional Line Regiment 4/34th Line Regiment 3/40th Line Regiment 19th Provisional Line Regiment 6/32nd Line Regiment 3/58th Line Regiment Brigade: Général de brigade Chemineau 21st Provisional Line Regiment 3/59th Line Regiment 4/69th Line Regiment 24th Provisional Line Regiment 3/88th Line Regiment 3/103rd Line Regiment 1/,3/,4/,6/22nd Line Regiment Artillery: 9/2nd Foot Artillery (6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 10/2nd Foot Artillery (6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 3rd (bis) Train Battalion (2 cos) 8th Principal Train Battalion (2 cos) Engineers: Spanish Sappers (1 coy) 9th Division: Général de division Delmas Brigade: Général de brigade Anthing 2nd Provisional Légère Regiment 3/2nd Légère Regiment 3/4th Légère Regiment 1/29th Légère Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/136th Line Regiment Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/138th Line Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/145th Line Regiment Artillery: 1/9th Foot Artillery (6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 11/9th Foot Artillery (6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 4/3rd (bis) Train Battalion 4/6th Principal Train Battalion 4/12th Principal Train Battalion Engineers: Spanish Sappers (1 coy) 10th Division: Général de division Albert Brigade: Général de brigade Goris 4th Provisional Légère Regiment 4/5th Légère Regiment 4/12th Légère Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/139th Line Regiment Brigade: Général de brigade van Dedem 1/,2/,3/,4/140th Line Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/141th Line Regiment Artillery: 3/7th Foot Artillery (6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 4/7th Foot Artillery (6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 4/, & Det.7/1st Principal Train Battalion 11th Principal Train Battalion Engineers: Spanish Sappers (1 coy) 11th Division: Général de division Ricard Brigade: Général de brigade Tarayre 3/,4/9th Légère Regiment 17th Provisional Line Regiment 4/43rd Line Regiment 3 3/75th Line Regiment 18th Provisional Line Regiment 3/50th Line Regiment 4/65th Line Regiment Brigade: Général de brigade Dumoulin 1/,2/,3/,4/142nd Line Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/144th Line Regiment Artillery: 18/1st Foot Artillery (6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 19/7th Foot Artillery (6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) Det. 7/11th Principal Train Battalion Det. 7/12th Principal Train Battalion 4/13th (bis) Train Battalion Engineers: Spanish Sappers (1 coy) 39th Division: Général de division Marchand Brigade: Generalmajor Stockhorn 1/,2/3rd Baden Line Regiment 1/1st Baden Line Regiment Brigade: Generalmajor Prince Emile de Hesse 1/,2/1st Hessian Fusilier Regiment 1/,2/2nd Hessian (Leib) du Corps Regiment 1/,2/Hessian Leib-Garde Regiment Artillery: 1st Baden Foot Battery (3-6pdrs & 1-24pdr howitzer) 1st Baden Train Company 1/2 Hessian Foot Battery (2-6pdrs & 1-24pdr howitzer) Brigade: 1/,2/,3/10th Hussar Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/Baden Dragoon Regiment IV Corps: Général de division Comte Bertrand (Strengths as of 10 May 1813)_ 12th Division: Général de division Morand Brigade: Général de brigade Belair 1/13th Line Regiment (27/791) 2/13th Line Regiment (15/758) 3/13th Line Regiment (16/753) 4/13th Line Regiment (15/747) 6/13th Line Regiment (18/758) Artillery Det./13th Line Regiment (2/44)(2-3pdrs) 3rd Provisional Line Regiment 3/3rd Légère Regiment (20/597) 4/8th Légère Regiment (21/666) Brigade: Général de brigade Sicard 2nd Provisional Croatian Regiment 2/3rd Croatian Regiment (21/510) 1/4th Croatian Regiment (17/402) 1/23rd Line Regiment (29/738) 2/23rd Line Regiment (13/764) 4/23rd Line Regiment (14/730) 6/23rd Line Regiment (13/745) Artillery Det./23rd Line Regiment (2/64)(2-3pdrs) Artillery: Major Pingenot 1/2nd Foot Artillery (2/82)(6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 3/2nd Foot Artillery (3/80)(6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) Det. 1/7th (bis) Train Battalion (1/99) Det. 2/7th (bis) Train Battalion (0/27) Det. 1/9th Military Equipage Battalion (1/119) 15th Division: Général de division Peyri Brigade: Général de brigade Martel 3/1st Italian Line Regiment (27/718) 4/1st Italian Line Regiment (17/772) Artillery Det./1st Italian Line Regiment (1/13) (2-3pdrs) 1/4th Italian Line Regiment (25/584) 2/4th Italian Line Regiment (15/512) 3/4th Italian Line Regiment (16/588) 4/4th Italian Line Regiment (16/598) Artillery Det./4th Italian Line Regiment (3/63) (2-3pdrs) 2nd Brigade: Général de brigade St. Andrea 3/6th Italian Line Regiment (25/700) 4/6th Italian Line Regiment (20/688) Artillery Det./6th Italian Line Regiment (3/67) (2-3pdrs) 3rd Brigade: Général de brigade Moroni 1/Milan Guard Battalion (20/754) 1/7th Italian Line Regiment (30/670) 2/7th Italian Line Regiment (16/589) 3/7th Italian Line Regiment (13/634) 4/7th Italian Line Regiment (17/629) Artillery Det./7th Italian Line Regiment (1/30) (2-3pdrs) Artillery: Chef de bataillon Gorio 1st Italian Foot Artillery Company (3/106) (6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 13th Italian Foot Artillery Company (4/107) (6-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) 5th Italian Train Company (3/142) 6th Italian Train Company (3/136) 3rd Italian Sapper Company (3/90) 3rd Italian Naval Artisan Company (1/27) 2nd Italian Sailor Company (3/107) Italian Military Equipage Company (2/137) Cavalry Brigade: Général de brigade Briche 1/2nd Neapolitan Chasseur à Cheval Regiment (12/182/205) 2/2nd Neapolitan 7/248)Chasseur à Cheval Regiment (6/185/188) 38th Division: Generallieutenant Franquemont2 Brigade: Generalmajor Stockmayer 1/9th Württemberg Light Regiment (13/675) 1/10th Württemberg Light Regiment (13/654) 1/7th Württemberg Line Regiment (9/275) 2 The strength figures of this state are suspect, as they are the same strengths reported by the National Archives for 25 April. 5 2/7th Württemberg Line Regiment (11/409) Brigade: Generalmajor Neuffer 1/1st Württemberg Line Regiment (14/546) 2/1st Württemberg Line Regiment (14/562) 1/2nd Württemberg Line Regiment (14/621) 2/2nd Württemberg Line Regiment (14/583) Artillery: 1st Württemberg Foot Battery "Toikede" (3/113) 1st Württemberg Horse Battery (6 guns) (4-6pdrs & 2-7pdr howitzers) 24th Light Cavarly Brigade: Generalmajor Jett 1/,2/,3/4/1st Württemberg Chevaulegers "Prince Adam" (18/507/500) 1/,2/,3/4/3rd Württemberg Chevaulegers "Duke Louis" (19/482/496) 1st Württemberg Horse Battery "Burgi" (3/138) (4-6pdrs & 2 7pdr howitzers) Corps Artillery: Colonel Ménoire 24/2nd Foot Artillery (2/86) (4-6pdrs & 2-24pdr howitzers) Det. 2/7th (bis) Train Battalion (0/6) 6/7th (bis) Train Battalion (2/128) 7/7th (bis) Train Battalion (2/129) Det.
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