ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE

 

ARMY OF SILESIA

 

after the Armistice, returns of 10 August 1813

Composed by Geert van Uythoven, main source given below

 

Note: Although a detailed order of battle of the same date is given in George Nafziger’s “Napoleon at Dresden – The Battles of August 1813” (Chicago 1994) pp. 315-317, this one is however differing in many aspects, notably in the number of battalions and squadrons, as well as in strength’s of Prussian units; the organisation of the Left Wing is completely different!

 

 

Russian

Prussian

 

 

General en Chef: General of cavalry von Blücher

Chief of Staff: MG von Gneisenau

Senior Quartermaster: Colonel von Müffling

General war commissary: Staatsrath Ribbentrop

 

 

RIGHT WING (Russian MG Baron von Sacken)

Chief of staff: Colonel Benançon

Commander of cavalry: LG Wassiltschikov

Commander of artillery: MG Nikitin

         CAVALRY

                   of the 3rd Dragoon Division (MG Pantschulitschev 2)

                            ‘Kurland’ Dragoon Regiment (5 squadrons)

                            ‘Smolensk’ Dragoon Regiment (2 squadrons)

                   of the 2nd Hussar Division (Colonel Wassiltschikov)

                            ‘Mariopol’ Hussar Regiment (6 squadrons)

                            ‘Alexandrow’ Hussar Regiment (5 squadrons)

                   Horse Artillery Battery No. 18

                   Cossacks (MG Karpov 2)

                            ‘Karpov 2’ Cossack Regiment

                            ‘Lukowkin’ Cossack Regiment

                            ‘Tschernosubov 5’ Cossack Regiment

                            ‘Kuteinikov 4’ Cossack Regiment

                            ‘Grekov 8’ Cossack Regiment

                            2nd Baschkir Regiment

                            2nd Kallmück Regiment

                   (total 5,125 cavalry, 242 artillery)

 

         DETACHED CAVALRY (MG Lanskoi):

                   Cossacks

                            ‘4th Ukrain’ Cossack Regiment

                            ‘Sementschikow’ Cossack Regiment

                            ‘Ilowaiski 9’ Cossack Regiment

                            ‘Grekov 1’ Cossack Regiment

                   of the 2nd Hussar Division

                            MG Koslowski

                            ‘Belorussia’ Hussar Regiment (5 squadrons)

                            ‘Achtyr’ Hussar Regiment (7 squadrons)

                   (total 3,272 cavalry)

 

         INFANTRY: 11th INFANTRY CORPS

                   10th Division (MG von Liewen 3)

                            ‘Jaroslaw’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                            ‘Krim’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                            ‘Bialystok’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                            Jäger Regiment No. 8 (2 battalions)

                            Jäger Regiment No. 39 (2 battalions)

                            (total 3,089 infantry)

                   of the 16th Division

                            ‘Ochotzk’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                            ‘Kamschatka’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                            (total 1,199 infantry)

                   27th Division (LG Neworowski)

                            ‘Odessa’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                            ‘Wilna’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                            ‘Simbirsk’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                            Jäger Regiment No. 49 (2 battalions)

                            Jäger Regiment No. 50 (1 battalion)

                            ‘Tarnopol’ Reserve Regiment (1 battalion)

                            (total 3,475 infantry)

                   artillery

                            Heavy Battery No. 13

                            Heavy Battery No. 10

                            Light Battery No. 24

                            Light Battery No. 35

                            (total 753 artillery)

         (total Corps von Sacken: 8,762 infantry, 8,155 cavalry, 995 artillery; total 17,912 men)

 

 

CENTRE: PRUSSIAN 1ST ARMY CORPS (LG von York)

Chief of staff: Colonel von Zielinsky

Commander of artillery: Lt-Col Schmidt

         1st BRIGADE (Colonel von Steinmetz)

                   infantry (Major von Hiller)

                            1st East-Prussian Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion)[722]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[35]

                            Leib Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion)[798]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[147]

                            West-Prussian Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion)[756]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[67]

                            Silesian Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion)[800]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[81]

                            East-Prussian Jager Battalion (3rd & 4th company)[349]

                   landwehr (Colonel von Losthin)

                            5th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Major von Maltzahn)[2,485]

                            13th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Major von Gädicke)[2,198]

                            (total 12 ½ battalions; 8,438 infantry)

                   cavalry

                            2nd Leib Hussar Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major von Stöffel)[555]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[143]

                   artillery

                            6-pdr Foot Battery No. 2 (Lieutenant Lange)[134]

                   (total 9,270 men, including 473 Freiwillige Jäger)

 

         2nd BRIGADE (MG Prince Carl von Mecklenburg)

                   infantry (Lt-Col von Lobenthal)

                            1st East-Prussian Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)(Lt-Col von Lobenthal)[2,471]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[151]

                            2nd East-Prussian Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)(Lt-Col von Sidholm 2)[2,319]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[43]

                            6th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Lt-Col von Grumbkow)[2,206]

                            (total 10 battalions; 7,091 infantry)

                   cavalry

                            Mecklenburg Hussar Regiment (4 squadrons)(Lt-Col von Warburg)[404]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[46]

                   artillery

                            6-pdr Foot Battery No. 1 (Captain Huet)[133]

                   (total 7,674 men, including 240 Freiwillige Jäger)

 

         7th BRIGADE (MG von Horn)

                   infantry (Lt-Col von Zepelin)

                            Leib Infanterie Regiment (3 battalions)(Lt-Col von Zepelin)[2,236]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[273]

                            Thuringian Infantry Battalion (1 battalion)[483]

                            Guard Jager Battalion (3rd & 4th company)(Captain von Bock)[399]

                            4th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Major Graf Herzberg)[2,067]

                            15th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Major von Wollzogen)[2,382]

                            (total 12 ½ battalions; 7,840 infantry)

                   cavalry

                            Brandenburg Hussar Regiment (2 squadrons)(Major von Sohr)[279]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[195]

                            3rd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (3rd & 4th squadron)(Major von Falkenhausen)[252]

                            (total 726 cavalry)

                   artillery

                            6-pdr Foot Battery No. 3 (Captain Ziegler)[120]

                   (total 8,686 men, including 468 Freiwillige Jäger)

 

         8th BRIGADE (MG von Hünerbein)

                   infantry (Lt-Col von Borcke)

                            Brandenburg Infanterie Regiment (3 battalions)(Lt-Col von Borcke)[2,306]

                            12th Reserve Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)(Major von der Goltz)[2,327]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[84]

                            14th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Colonel von Gaza)[2,031]

                            (total 10 battalions; 6,758 infantry)

                   cavalry

                            Brandenburg Hussar Regiment (2 squadrons)(Major von Knobloch)[287]

                            3rd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (1st & 2nd squadron)(Major von Kalinowski)[278]

                            (total 565 cavalry)

                   artillery

                            6-pdr Foot Battery No. 15 (Lieutenant Anders)[134]

                   (total 7,447 men, including 84 Freiwillige Jäger)

 

         CAVALRY RESERVE (colonel von Jürgaβ)

                   Brigade Colonel Graf Henckel

                            Lithuanian Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)(Lt-Col von Below)[445]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[158]

                            1st West-Prussian Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)(Lt-Col von Wuthenow)[472]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[8]

                   Brigade Colonel von Katzeler

                            Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major von Stutterheim)[561]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[25]

                            East-Prussian National Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major Graf Lehndorf)[473]

                                      Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[120]

                   Brigade Major von Bieberstein

                            5th Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major von Ozorowski)[524]

                            10th Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major von Reibnitz)[456]

                            1st Neumark Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major von Sydow)[357]

                            (total 28 squadrons; 3,599 cavalry)

                   artillery

                            6-pdr Horse Artillery Battery No. 1 (Captain Zinken)[146]

                            6-pdr Horse Artillery Battery No. 2 (Lieutenant Borowski)[151]

                            (total 297 artillery)

                   (total 3,996 men, including 311 Freiwillige Jäger)

 

         ARTILLERY RESERVE

                   12-pdr Batteries No. 1 & No. 2 (Witte &  Simon)[408]

                   6-pdr Foot Batteries No.12 & No. 24 (Bulle & Barenkampf)[237]

                   3-pdr Battery No. 1 (Lieutenant von Hertig)[79]

                   Horse Artillery Batteries No. 3 & No. 12 (Fischer & Pfeil)[249]

                   Park Columns No. 1, No. 3, No. 5 & No. 13 [110]

                   Artisan Column No. 2 [16]

                   (total 1,099 men)

 

         Pioneers (2 companies)[149]

         (total 1st Army Corps: 30,117 infantry, 6,038 cavalry, 1,917 artillery, 149 pioneers; total 38,221 men and 8,367 horses)

 

 

LEFT WING (Russian General of infantry Graf Langeron)

Chief of staff: Colonel von Neidhardt

Commander of cavalry: LG Baron von Korff

Commander of artillery: MG Wesselitzki

         ADVANCE GUARD (MG Rudzewitsch, former chief of staff)

                   cavalry (MG Emmanuel)

                            ‘Kiew’ Dragoon Regiment (5 squadrons)

                            ‘Lifland’ Mounted Jager Regiment (2 squadrons)

                            (MG Grekov 8)

                                     ‘1st Teptiarsk’ Cossack Regiment

                                     ‘Grekov 8’ Cossack Regiment

                                     ‘Issaev 2’ Cossack Regiment

                                     ‘Seliwanov 2’ Cossack Regiment

                                     ‘Kuteinikov 8’ Cossack Regiment

                                     ‘Tschernomorsk’ Cossack Regiment

                            Don Cossack Battery No. 2

                            (total 3,527 men)

                   15th Infantry Division (MG Kornilov)

                            ‘Witebsk’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                            ‘Koslowsk’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                            ‘Koliwansk’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                            ‘Kurinsk’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                            Jäger Regiment No. 12 (2 battalions)

                            Jäger Regiment No. 22 (1 battalion)

                            Heavy Battery No. 15 (half battery)

                            Light Battery No. 29

                            (total 4,266 men)

 

         MAIN FORCE

                   cavalry

                            (MG Graf Witt)

                                     ‘1st Ukrainian’ Cossack Regiment

                                     ‘2nd Ukrainian’ Cossack Regiment

                                     ‘3rd Ukrainian’ Cossack Regiment

                            (MG Pantschulitschev 1)

                                     ‘Twer’ Dragoon Regiment (2 squadrons)

                                     ‘Charkov’ Dragoon Regiment (5 squadrons)

                                     ‘Kinburn’ Dragoon Regiment (2 squadrons)

                            (MG Graf Lambert)

                                     ‘Sewersk’ Mounted Jager Regiment (2 squadrons)

                                     ‘Tschernigow’ Mounted Jager Regiment (3 squadrons)

                                     ‘Dorpat’ Mounted Jager Regiment (2 squadrons)

                                     ‘Arzamask’ Mounted Jager Regiment (1 squadron)

                            Horse Artillery Battery No. 18

                            (total 4,802 men)

                   6th Infantry Corps (LG Fuerst Tscherbatov)

                            18th Infantry Division (MG Benardos)

                                     ‘Wladimir’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                                     ‘Tambow’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     ‘Dnepr’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     ‘Kostroma’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 28 (1 battalion)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 32 (1 battalion)

                            7th Infantry Division (MG Talizin I)

                                     ‘Pskow’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                                     ‘Moscow’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                                     ‘Lithuanian’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                                     ‘Sophie’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 11 (2 battalions)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 36 (1 battalion)

                            Heavy Battery No. 18

                            Light Battery No. 28

                            (total 9,349 men)

                   9th Infantry Corps (LG Alsusiev)

                            15th Infantry Division: with the Advance Guard

                            9th Infantry Division (MG Udom)

                                     ‘Nascheburg’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     ‘Riask’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                                     ‘Jakutsk’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 10 (1 battalion)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 38 (1 battalion)

                            Heavy Battery No. 15 (half battery)

                            Light Battery No. 34

                            (total 3,372 men)

                   10th Infantry Corps (LG Kapzewitsch)

                            22nd Infantry Division (MG Turtschaninov)

                                     ‘Wiatka’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                                     ‘Starokolsk’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                                     ‘Olonetz’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 29 (2 battalions)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 44 (2 battalions)

                            8th Infantry Division (MG Fuerst Urussov)

                                     ‘Archangelgrod’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                                     ‘Schlüsselburg’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     ‘Alt-Ingermanland’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 7 (2 battalions)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 37 (1 battalion)

                            Heavy Battery No. 34

                            Light Battery No. 3

                            Light Battery No. 19

                            (total 9,039 men)

                   artillery reserve

                            Heavy Battery No. 2

                            Heavy Battery No. 39

                            Pioneers (1 company)

                            75th Ships Equipage

                            4th Pontoneer Company

                            5th Pontoneer Company

                            (total 1,049 men)

         (total Corps Langeron: 24,440 infantry, 7,776 cavalry, 3,088 artillery; total 35,304 men and 120 guns)

 

 

DETACHED OF LANGERON’S CORPS (LG Graf Pahlen 3, later LG Graf St. Priest)

         CAVALRY (MG Borosdin)

                   Cossacks (MG Kaissarov)

                            ‘Grekov 21’ Cossack Regiment

                            ‘Eschov 2’ Cossack Regiment

                            Stawropol Kallmück Regiment

                   (MG Aleriev)

                            ‘Moscow’ Dragoon Regiment (2 squadrons)

                            ‘Kargopol’ Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)

                            ‘New-Russia’ Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)

                            ‘Mitau’ Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)

                   Horse Artillery Battery No. 7

                   (total 2,942 men)

                   8th Infantry Corps

                            17th Infantry Division (MG Pillar)

                                     ‘Riazan’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     ‘Belozersk’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     ‘Brzeszk’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     ‘Willmannstrand’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 48 (2 battalions)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 30 (1 battalion)

                            11th Infantry Division (MG Fuerst Gurialov)

                                     ‘Eletz’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     ‘Polotzk’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     ‘Rilsk’ Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)

                                     ‘Jekaterinenburg’ Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 1 (1 battalion)

                                     Jäger Regiment No. 33 (1 battalion)

                            Heavy Battery No. 32

                            Light Battery No. 32

                            Light Battery No. 33

                            (total 9,712 men)

         (total detached Corps Pahlen: 9,177 infantry, 2,751 cavalry, 726 artillery; total 12,654 men and 48 guns)

 

 

Main source: ‘Militair-Wochenblatt’, 28. Jahrgang (Berlin 1844), pp. 6 – 12.

 

© Geert van Uythoven