Eylau order of battle explained
The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Eylau of the Napoleonic Wars.
French Army
Emperor Napoleon I of France
III Corps
Marshal Davout
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
|---|
First Division
General of Division Morand | - 13th Light Infantry
- 17th Line Infantry
- 30th Line Infantry
- 51st Line Infantry
- 61st Line Infantry
- two foot batteries (13 guns)
|
Second Division
General of Division Friant | - 33rd Line Infantry
- 48th Line Infantry
- 108th Line Infantry
- 111th Line Infantry
- one foot battery (8 guns)
|
Third Division
General of Division Gudin | - 12th Line Infantry
- 21st Line Infantry
- 25th Line Infantry
- 85th Line Infantry
- one foot battery (8 guns)
|
Light Cavalry
General of Brigade Vialannes | - 1st Chasseurs
- 12th Chasseurs
|
| Corps Artillery Reserve | - three foot batteries, one horse battery (17 guns)
| |
IV Corps
Marshal Soult
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
|---|
First Division
General of Division Saint-Hilaire | - 10th Light Infantry
- 35th Line Infantry
- 43rd Line Infantry
- 55th Line Infantry
- two foot batteries (12 guns)
|
Second Division
General of Division Leval | - 24th Light Infantry
- 4th Line Infantry
- 28th Line Infantry
- 46th Line Infantry
- 57th Line Infantry
- two foot artillery batteries (12 guns)
|
Third Division
General of Division Legrand | - 26th Light Infantry
- 18th Line Infantry
- 75th Line Infantry
- Tirailleurs Corses
- Tirailleurs du Pô
- two foot batteries (12 guns)
|
| Corps Artillery Reserve | one foot battery (6 guns) | |
VI Corps
Marshal Ney
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
|---|
First Division
General of Division Marchand |
|
Second Division
General of Division Gardanne | - 25th Light Infantry
- 27th Line Infantry
- 50th Line Infantry
- 59th Line Infantry
|
Light Cavalry
General of Brigade Colbert | - 10th Chasseurs
- 9th Hussars
|
| Corps Artillery Reserve | - four foot batteries, two horse batteries (24 guns)
| |
VII Corps
Marshal Augereau
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
|---|
First Division
General of Division Jacques Desjardin | - 16th Light Infantry
- 14th Line Infantry
- 44th Line Infantry
- 105th Line Infantry
- one foot and one horse battery (8 guns)
|
Second Division
General of Division Heudelet | - 7th Light Infantry
- 24th Line Infantry
- 63rd Line Infantry
- one foot and one horse battery (8 guns)
|
Light Cavalry
General of Brigade Antoine Durosnel | - 20th Chasseurs
- one horse battery (4 guns)
|
| Corps Artillery Reserve | - two foot batteries (16 guns)
| |
Imperial Guard
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
|---|
Infantry
Marshal Lefebvre | - 1st Grenadiers à pied
- 1st Chasseurs à pied
- 2nd Chasseurs à pied
|
Imperial Guard Cavalry
Marshal Bessières |
|
| Artillery | - two horse batteries (12 guns)
| |
Reserve Cavalry
Marshal Murat
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
|---|
First Cuirassier Division
General of Division Nansouty (absent) | - 9th Cuirassiers
- 11th Cuirassiers
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
|
Second Cuirassier Division
General of Division d'Hautpoul | - 1st Cuirassiers
- 5th Cuirassiers
- 10th Cuirassiers
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
|
First Dragoon Division
General of Division Klein | - 1st Dragoons
- 2nd Dragoons
- 4th Dragoons
- 14th Dragoons
- 20th Dragoons
- 26th Dragoons
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
|
Second Dragoon Division
General of Division Grouchy | - 3rd Dragoons
- 4th Dragoons
- 6th Dragoons
- 10th Dragoons
- 11th Dragoons
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
|
Third Dragoon Division
General of Division Beaumont | - 5th Dragoons
- 8th Dragoons
- 12th Dragoons
- 16th Dragoons
- 19th Dragoons
- 21st Dragoons
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
|
Fourth Dragoon Division
General of Division Sahuc | - 17th Dragoons
- 18th Dragoons
- 19th Dragoons
- 21st Dragoons
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
|
Light Cavalry Division
General of Division Lasalle | - 1st Hussars
- 3rd Hussars
- 5th Hussars
- 13th Chasseurs
|
Light Cavalry Brigade
General of Brigade Wathier |
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| Corps Artillery Reserve | - one horse battery (8 guns)
| |
Russian Army
General of Cavalry Count Bennigsen
Chief of Staff: Quartermaster-General, Major General F.F. Steinheil
2nd Division - Lieutenant-General Count A.I. Ostermann-Tolstoy!Brigade!Brigade Commanders!Units!Strength| Cavalry Bde | Major General | | 5 sqds |
| 5 sqds |
| 10 sqds |
| Ilowaiski №9 Cossacks | 5 sotnias |
| Efremov №3 Cossacks | 5 sotnias |
| 1st Infantry Bde | Major General A.Y. Masowski | Pavlovski Grenadiers | 3 bns |
| 3 bns |
| 2nd Infantry Bde | N. Sukin | Petsburg Grenadiers | 3 bns |
| 3 bns |
| 3rd Infantry Bde | MG I.A. Diven | | 3 bns |
| 3 bns |
| 1st Artillery Bde | Col Stavitsky | Battery Company Maj Osipov | 12 guns |
| Battery Company Maj Talyzin | 12 guns |
| Light Company May Efremov | 12 guns |
| Light Company Maj Voyeikov | 12 guns |
| 1st Horse Battery Col Stavitsky | 12 guns |
| Engineers | | 1st Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company of Major Dreyer
| | |
3rd Division - Lieutenant-General Baron von der Osten-Sacken!Brigade!Brigade Commanders!Units!Strength| 3rd Cavalry Bde | Major General Count P.P. von der Pahlen | | 5 sqds |
| 5 sqds |
| Ilowaiski №10 Cossacks | 5 sotnias |
| Papuzin Cossacks | 5 sotnias |
| 1st Infantry Bde | Major General F.A. Ushakov | | 3 bns |
| 3 bns |
| 2nd Infantry Bde | Major General V.P. Titov | | 3 bns |
| 3 bns |
| 5th Infantry Bde | Major General Prince Dolgorukov | Chernigov Musketeers | 3 bns |
| 3 bns |
| 3 bns |
| Artillery Bde | Col von Bril | Battery Company Col von Bril | 12 guns |
| Battery Company Maj Kotlyarov | 12 guns |
| Light Company May Mitrofanov | 12 guns |
| Light Company Maj Strazhev | 12 guns |
| Horse Battery Col Pirogov | 12 guns |
| Pontoon Company of Captain Khoven | |
| Engineers | | 1st Pioneer Regiment, 1st Pioneer Company of Major Afanas'ev | | |
Fourth Division
Major General A.A. Somov
Cavalry
Brigade MG Baron Friedrich von Korff
- St. George (Order) Cuirassiers (5 sqs)
- Pskov Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Polish Horse (10 sqs)
- Grekov 9 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Grekov 18 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
Infantry
Brigade MG Somov
- Tula Musketeers (3 bns)
- Tengisk Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Arseniev 2
- Tobolsk Musketeers (3 bns)
- Polotzk Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Barclay de Tolly
- Kostroma Musketeers (3 bns)
- 3rd Jaegers (3 bns)
Artillery
Brigade Col Prince Yashvil 2
- Battery Company Maj Savitsky (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Kudryavtsev (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Yushkov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Brimmer (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Mikulin (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Prince Yashvil 2 (12 guns)
Engineers
- Pontoon Company of Major Artsibashev
- 1st Pioneer Regiment, Miner Company of Captain Gebner 1
Fifth Division
Lieutenant General N.A. Tuchkov I
Cavalry
Brigade MG Prince Golitsyn
- Riga Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Kasan Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Elisabethgrad Hussars (10 sqs)
- Lithuanian Horse (10 sqs)
- Gordeev 1 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
Infantry
Brigade ?
- Sievsk Musketeers (3 bns)
- [Kaluga Musketeers (3 bns) Detached to Prussians; not present]
Brigade MG Ivan Leontiev
- Perm Musketeers (3 bns)
- Mohilev Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade Col Priouda
- 24th Jaegers (3 bns)
- 25th Jaegers (3 bns)
Artillery
Brigade Col Count Sievers
- Battery Company Col Count Sievers (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Sigismund (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Klingenberg (12 guns)
- Horse Company Maj Obleuhov 1st (12 guns)
Troops from the Sixth Division
From the Cavalry Brigade
- Alexandria Hussars (10 sqs)
- Popov 5 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
From the Infantry
Brigade MG K.F. Baggovut
- Starooskol Musketeers (3 bns)
- 4th Jaegers (3 bns)
From the Artillery Brigade
- Battery Company Lt-Col Vasil’ev (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Merlin (12 guns)
- Light Company in two Light platoons (12 guns)
Seventh Division
Lieutenant General D.S. Dokhturov
Cavalry
Brigade MG Chaplits
- Moscow Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Ingermannland Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Pavlograd Hussars (10 sqs)
- Malachov Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Andronov 1 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
Infantry
Brigade MG A.V. Zapol'skii
- Ekaterinoslav Grenadiers (3 bns)
- Moscow Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Straton-Potapov
- Vladimir Musketeers (3 bns)
- Voronezh Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Markov 1
- Pskov Musketeers (3 bns)
- Azov Musketeers (3 bns)
- 5th Jaegers (3 bns)
Artillery
Brigade Col Ermolov
- Battery Company Maj Ansio (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Shulman 2nd (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Kondratiev (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Panfilov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Krivtsov (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Ermolov (12 guns)
Engineers
2nd Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company Maj Berg
Eighth Division
Lieutenant General P.K. Essen 3
Cavalry
Brigade MG P.F. Glebov-Streshnev
- Petersburg Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Livland Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Olviopol Hussars (10 sqs)
- Kieselev Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Sysojev Cossacks (5 sotnias)
Infantry
Brigade MG Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev
- Moscow Grenadiers (3 bns)
[* Viburg Musketeers Detached; fought with Prussian Corps]
Brigade MG Engelhardt 1
- Schlusselburg Musketeers (3 bns)
- Staroingermannland Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Levitsky
- Podolsk Musketeers (1 Musketeer bn)
- Archangelgorod Musketeers (3 bns)
- 7th Jaegers (3 bns)
Artillery
Brigade Col Nowak 1
- Battery Company Maj Nepeytsyn (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Kolotinski (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Tatpykov (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Bastian 2d (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Nowak 1st (12 guns)
Engineers
2nd Pioneer Regiment, Miner Company of Maj Zapreev
Fourteenth Division
Major General Count N.M. Kamensky 2d
Cavalry
Brigade Col D.D. Sheplev [Brigade may not have been present]
- Finland Dragoons (5 squadrons)
- Mitau Dragoons (5 squadrons)
- Grodno Hussars (10 squadrons) [Not present. Arrived at the army the day after the battle]
Infantry
Brigade MG Alekseev
- Belozersk Musketeers (3 bns)
- Ryazan Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Gersdorf
- Uglits Musketeers (3 bns)
- Sofia Musketeers (3 bns)
Artillery
Brigade Col Pyotr Papkov
- Battery Company Col Papkov 2d (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Vitovtov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Green (12 guns)
Engineers
Pontoon Company of Major Rutkovski
Prussian artillery temporarily attached to the Russian Army's Right Flank at Eylau
Maj von Brockhausen
- 12–pound Battery Brockhausen Nr 34 (8 guns)
- 12-pound Battery Kulikke Nr 37 (8 guns)
- 6-pound Battery Wedekind Nr 8 (10 guns)
Prussian Corps
General Staff
Organization
Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq's army at the Battle of Eylau!Division!Division Commanders!Units!Strength| Avantgarde | | 50 cavalry from the Towarczys Regiment | 50 Towarczys |
| 40 cavalry from the Dragoon Regiment №6 "Auer" | 40 dragoons |
| (9 sqs) | 9 sqds |
| Horse Battery №8 "Bredow" (8 guns) | 8 guns |
| 1st Division | Major General | Grenadier Battalion "Fabecky" | |
| 2 bns |
| 10 sqds |
| 4 sqds |
| ½ Horse Battery №13 "Rentzel" | 4 guns |
| 2nd Division | Major General | Grenadier Battalion "Schlieffen" | |
| 2 bns |
| 3rd Division | Major General | | 3 bns |
| 10 sqds |
| ½ Horse Battery №10 "Decker" | 4 guns |
| Rearguard | Major General | ½ Fusilier Battalion №21 "Stutterheim" | 2 coys |
| 1st Battalion, | 5 sqds |
| ½ Horse Battery №6 "Sowinski" | 4 guns | |
Sources
- Cowan, Coley E. "Winter Battle: Eylau 1807". Strategy & Tactics Magazine, number 228 (May/June 2005). ISSN 1040-886X
- Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998.
- Vasil'ev, AA, "COMPOSITION of ALLIED TROOPS at EYLAU: List of the Allied Russian and Prussian troops participating in the Battle of Preussisch-Eylau January 26 and 27 (February 7 and 8) 1807", Imperator No. 11 pp. 11–14 (2007)
