Order of battle
Of the Swedish army on Rügen,
7 – 27 September 1807
Composed by Geert van Uythoven, main
source given below
CIC: General Toll
Infantry battalions (average strength of a battalion 500 men
if not stated otherwise):
Lifgrenadierer
regementet [Lifegrenadier
Regiment, 1 weak battalion, 250]
Jönköpings
bataljon
Skaraborgs
bataljon
Elfborgs
bataljon
Södermanlands
bataljon
Upplands
bataljon
Westgöta
bataljon
Bohusläns
bataljon
Westmanlands
bataljon
Nerike-Wermlands
1st bataljon
Nerike-Wermlands
2nd bataljon
Nerike-Wermlands
fältjägare bataljon [jägers]
Dahl
bataljon
German grenadiers [German in Swedish service]
Drottningens
Lifregementet [German in Swedish service; ‘Leibregiment der Königin’,
2 battalions]
Engelbrechtens
Regementet [German in Swedish service, 2 battalions]
Uborån
bataljon [Finnish]
Björneborg
bataljon [Finnish]
Nyland
bataljon [Finnish]
Landtver
[landwehr, 4 battalions]
Cavalry regiments (average strength of a squadron 75 men):
Mörnerska
husar-regementet [8 squadrons hussars]
Lifregementet-brigaden
Husarer [4 squadrons, Liferegiment Hussar Brigade]
Skånska
karabinierer regementet [8 squadrons carabineers]
Skånska
dragoner regementet [4 squadrons dragoons]
Westgöta
dragoner regementet [4 squadrons dragoons]
Smålands
lätta dragoner regementet [4 squadrons light dragoons]
Artillery batteries (average strength of a battery 75 men,
including the horse artillery)
Wendes
art. bat. [10 artillery batteries]
Svea
art. bat. [4 artillery
batteries]
Göta
art. bat. [4 artillery
batteries]
‘Finnish’
art. bat. [4 artillery
batteries]
Horse
artillery [2 artillery batteries]
Main source (augmented with data from various other sources): “Tagebuch der
Blokirung von Stralsund und deren Folgen geführt von einem unterrichteten
Augenzeugen bis zum 19ten April 1807” (Leipzig 1808) p. 78-79.
© Geert van
Uythoven