French (Westphalian) 10e Corps d’Armée

Le Roi, Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte

1 June 1809

Composed by Geert van Uythoven, sources given below

Note: Composition of this corps varied greatly, even daily! The best description of all these changes and the events taking place in English is, as far as I know, given in John H. Gill’s “With Eagles to Glory”. Given below is the order of battle from 1 June, based on various and the most reliable sources available to me.

Westphalian

Dutch

French

Berg

Polish

Saxon

Mecklenburg

ORDER OF BATTLE

Commandant en chef: Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte, Roi de Westphalie

Chef de l’état-major: GD Jean-Jacques Reubell

Commandant l’Artillerie : GB Jacques-Alexandre-François Allix de Vaux

1ST WESTPHALIAN DIVISION (GD Graf Bernterode; in fact this was the French GD F. Ducoudras, made a count by Jerome )[116 off./2,508 others/750 horses]

Infantry Brigade

Garde-Grenadiere (1 battalion, Colonel G.-J. de Langenschwarz)[946]

Garde-Jäger (1 battalion, Major F.-G. von Füllgraf)[602]

Elite-Karabinier-Jäger (1 battalion, Prinz E.-C. von Hessen-Philippsthal)[364]

Cavalry Brigade

Garde du Corps (1 company, GB Jean-François-Marie, marquis de Bongars)[141]

Chevaulégers der Garde (3 squadrons, Colonel Marc-François-Jérôme Wolff)[571]

2ND WESTPHALIAN DIVISION (GB Philippe-François-Maurice de Rivet, comte d’Albignac)[166 off./5,306 others/263 horses]

Infantry Brigade

1. Linien-Infanterie Regiment (3 battalions, Colonel Vauthier)[531 / 658 / 487]

5. Linien-Infanterie Regiment (3 battalions, Colonel Graf Wellingerode)[685 / 681 / 486]

6. Linien-Infanterie Regiment (3 battalions, Major von Bosse)[653 / 620 / 408]

Cavalry Brigade

1. Regiment Kürassiere (4 squadrons, Lt-Col P.-H.-F. von Würthen)[141]

Artillery and engineers (Colonel Keuting)[20 off. / 542 others]

3rd Foot Artillery coy (4x cannon & 2x howitzers*)[101]

4th Foot Artillery coy (4x cannon & 2x howitzers*)[101]

5th Foot Artillery coy (4x cannon & 2x howitzers*)[102]

6th Foot Artillery coy (4x cannon & 2x howitzers*)[102]

1st Horse Artillery coy (4x 6-pdr guns & 2x howitzers)[66]

Sapper company [90]

* Sources vary on the calibre of the guns: either 6-pdr or 8-pdr cannon, and 6-pdr or 7-pdr howitzers.

3RD DUTCH DIVISION** (Lt-Gen Pierre-Guillaume Gratien)[267 off./5,591 others/1,103 horses]

Chief of Staff & 2nd in command: Lt-Gen Antoine Bénédict Carteret

ADC: Colonel Jan Andries Stedman

Colonel Jan B.G. Vallat

Lt-Col H.W.C. Rancke

Commander of engineers: 2nd Captain Johannes Coenraad Ninaber

1st Infantry Brigade (Major-General Charles-Henry-Guillaume Anthing)

6e Regiment Infanterie (2 battalions, Colonel Jan Maarten Behr)[607 / 495]

1e battalion (Lt-Col Frederik Willem van Ommeren)[present 26/551, sick 1/84]

2e battalion (Lt-Col Justinus Verhorst)[present 23/444, sick 3/34]

7e Regiment Infanterie (2 battalions, Colonel Gideon Leonard van den Bergh)[589 / 552]

1e battalion (Lt-Col Frans Ignace von Troxel)[present 27/558, sick -/34]

2e battalion (Lt-Col Clement Alexander de Favauge)[present 28/509, sick -/28]

2nd Infantry Brigade (Major-General Johan Coenraad van Hasselt)

8e Regiment Infanterie (2 battalions, Colonel Anne Morio Delisle)[429 / 493]

1e battalion (Lt-Col Alexander Jacques Livingston)[present 33/602, sick 1/61]

2e battalion (Lt-Col Louis Joseph George von Troxel von Sauersberg)[present 25/471, sick -/47]

9e Regiment Infanterie (2 battalions, Colonel Louis Joseph Xavier Vezier)[747 / 715]

1e battalion (Lt-Col Bernardus Antonius Batenberg)[present 29/619, sick 1/196]

2e battalion (Lt-Col Bartholomeus Dolleman)[present 28/589, sick 2/173]

Cavalry Brigade (Colonel Albert Dominique Trip)

2e Regiment Kurassiers (3 squadrons, Colonel Albert Dominique Trip)[present 30/512, sick -/20, 469 horses]

Artillery (Colonel David Esaias Bode)

1st coy/2nd bat Artillerie te voet (1 foot company, 6x 6-pdr cannon & 2x 24-pdr howitzers, Captain George Frederik Arentz)[present 4/ca. 85, no sick, 4 horses]

Compagnie Rijdende Artillerie No. 1 (1 horse company, 4x 6-pdr cannon & 2x 24-pdr howitzers,Captain Christiaan Everhard Johan Hogerwaard)[present 5/75, sick -/4, 68 horses]

Compagnie Rijdende Artillerie No. 2 (1 horse company, 4x 6-pdr cannon & 2x 24-pdr howitzers,Captain François Willem van Brienen van Oosterom)[present 5/73, sick -/2, 67 horses]

Train: detachments of six companies, strength unknown

** Unit strength of 1 July 1809.

FRENCH TROOPS [13 off./735 others]:

Detachments of 28e Régiment Infanterie Légère, 27e / 30e / 33e / 65e Régiment Infanterie de Ligne, 5e Bataillon de Sapeurs under Colonel Pierre Chabert (marching, not present at this date)

GRAND DUCHY OF BERG

Part of the 3. Berg Infanterie-Regiment (marching, not present at this date)

GARRISON OF MAGDEBURG (GD Claude Michaud)[26 off./1,078 others]

4th bat / 22e Régiment Infanterie de Ligne (1 battalion)

14th coy / 7th Régiment d’Artillerie à Pied (1 company)

Bataillons de marche (3 battalions ?)

GARRISON OF STETTIN (GD Jean-Jacques Liebert)[54 off./1,346 others/132 horses]

2nd bat / 22e Régiment Infanterie de Ligne (1 battalion)

Bataillons de marche (2 battalions ?)

1st bat / 10th (Polish) Infantry Regiment (1 battalions)

4th (Polish) Chasseurs à Cheval (1 squadron)

2nd bat / Saxon Infanterie-Regiment ‘Von Dyhernn’ (1 battalion)

GARRISON OF STRALSUND*** (General Solveiller de Candras, baron de la Tour de Pré)[46 off./792 others/167 horses]

Mecklenburger (1 battalion, Major von Pressentin)[634]

(Polish) Chasseurs à Cheval (1 squadron)

7th Régiment d’Artillerie à Pied (detachment, Capitaine Roël)

*** Until 25 May (before the arrival of Von Schill’s troops)

GARRISON OF CUSTRIN (Arnand)[65 off./1,827 others/94 horses]

1st bat / 22e Régiment Infanterie de Ligne (1 battalion)

5th (Polish) Infantry Regiment (? battalions)

4th (Polish) Chasseurs à Cheval (detachment)

Main sources used:

- Francke, Otto, “Aus Stralsunds Franzosenzeit” (Stralsund ?)

- Gill, John, H., “With Eagles to Glory – Napoleon and his German Allies in the 1809 Campaign” (London 1992, reprinted 1993).

- Löben Sels, E. van, “Bijdragen tot de krijgsgeschiedenis van Napoleon Bonaparte” Vol.2 ‘Veldtogten van 1806-1807 in Duitschland en Polen, en van 1809 in Duitschland’ (’s Gravenhage 1839).

- Nafziger, George & Gilbert, Mike, “The Bavarian and Westphalian Armies 1799 - 1815” (Paris, Ontario 1981).

- Pelet, Général, “Mémoires sur la Guerre de 1809, en Allemagne” (Paris 1826).

- Six, Georges, “Dictionnaire Biographique des Généraux & Amiraux Français de la Révolution et de l’Empire (1792-1814), 2 parts (Paris 1934, reprinted 1974).

© Geert van Uythoven