X Corps (Grande Armée) Explained
The X Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps was first formed in 1807 and placed under the command of Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre. During the French invasion of Russia in 1812, the corps was reconstituted and Marshal Jacques MacDonald[1] [2] was appointed to lead it. Following the retreat from Russia, the X Corps was given the assignment of holding Danzig under the leadership of General Jean Rapp. The Siege of Danzig lasted from January 1813 until January 1814, when the garrison surrendered. It contained a Prussian contingent that went on to form the core of the reformed Prussian Army in 1813.[3]
Order of battle
7th Division
| 1st Brigade | |
| |
| 1st Battalion | 2nd Battalion | 3rd Battalion | 4th Battalion | Artillery Regt |
| CdB Ludwik Kaminski | CdB Jan Godlewski | CdB Feliks Stokowski | Not present | Kapt. Ignacy Kulesza |
| 13th Bavarian Line Regt | |
| 1st Battalion | 2nd Battalion | 1st Section, 2nd Bavarian |
| Maj. Caspar Poyk (Poeck) | | Untlt. Alois Escher(t) II |
| 2nd Brigade | |
| |
| 1st Battalion | 2nd Battalion | 3rd Battalion | 4th Battalion | Artillery Regt |
| CdB Jan Krassin (Crassin, Krassyn) | CdB Franciszek Czyzewski | | Not present | Kapt. Leneke |
| 3rd Brigade | |
| |
| 1st Battalion | 2nd Battalion | 3rd Battalion | 4th Battalion | Artillery Regt |
| | CdB Karol Jon(n)emann | Not present | Kapt. Ostrowski |
| 1st Westphalian Line Regt | |
| 1st Battalion | 2nd Battalion | Artillery Regt |
| Capt. David von Kruse (later CdB) | Kapt. von Haustein |
| Division (Prussian) Cavalry (detached from 27th Division) | |
| 1st Prussian Combined Hussar Regt | |
| |
| 3rd Squadron | 4th Squadron | 2nd Squadron | 3rd Squadron |
| Rittm. Karl Leopold F. Dallmer | Rittm. Meyer | Maj. von Kurnatowsky | Rittm. Karl L. Zastrow |
| Division Artillery and Engineers | |
| 6th Polish Foot Company | 1st Polish Horse Company | Polish Garde d'Artie | 4th Polish Sapper Company |
| Kapt. Turdeski | | Detachment | Kapt. Jozef Dobrzyński |
| Division Train | |
| 12th Battalion (in German) | 6th Train Company |
| ? | S.-lieutenant Benoist (?) | |
27th (Prussian) Infantry Division
| Corps | Commander | 2nd in Command | Chief of Staff | Quartermaster | Chief Engineer | Adjutants |
|---|
| Prussian Mobile Corps | | | Obst. Friedrich E. von Roeder | Obstlt. (Genstab.) | Maj. Markoff | |
| Prussian Infantry | | | Maj. (Genstab.) | | | |
| Prussian Cavalry | | | | | | | |
| Brigades |
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| 1st Brigade |
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| |
| 1st East Prussian Infantry Regt | 2nd East Prussian Infantry Regt |
| Fusilier Battalion | II Battalion | I Battalion |
| Maj. Christoph J. H. von Erammon | | Maj. Ludwig von Krauthof |
| |
| 3rd East Prussian Infantry Regt | 4th East Prussian Infantry Regt |
| I Battalion | Fusilier Battalion | I Battalion |
| Maj. Johann F. von Pfeiffer | |
| |
| Fusilier Battalion |
|
| 2nd East Prussian Regt |
| Fusilier Battalion |
| Maj. Friedrich W. von Funck |
| 2nd Brigade |
|
| Infantry Regt Nr. 3 | |
| Colb. Infantry Regt | 1st Pomeranian Infantry Regt |
| I Battalion | Fusilier Battalion | II Battalion |
| Maj. Friedrich W. von Quednow | | Maj. Carl Ludwig Frhr. von Linsingen |
| Infantry Regt Nr. 4 | |
|
| Fusilier Battalion | I Battalion | II Battalion |
| Maj. August Heinrich von Reuss | | |
| 3rd Brigade |
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| Infantry Regt Nr. 5 | |
| 1st West Prussian Infantry Regt | 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regt |
| I Battalion | Fusilier Battalion | I Battalion |
| Maj. von Imbrecht | | Maj. Friedrich E. von Loebell |
| |
| 1st Sch. Inft. Regt | 2nd Sch. Inft. Regt |
| Maj. von Happe | Maj. Karl G. S. von Lessel | Maj. Karl Heinriich von Ziemietzi |
| East Prussian Jäger Battalion | 1st Battery, Prussian Army |
| Uffz. Staffehl (one 3-lbr) |
| 1st Cavalry Brigade | |
| 1st Combined Dragoon Regt | |
| 2nd West Prussian Dragoon Regt |
| 2nd Squadron | 4th Squadron | 1st Squadron | 2nd Squadron |
| Maj. von Kameke | St. Rittm. Dresler | Maj. von Manstein | |
| 2nd West Prussian Dragoon Regt | |
| 2nd West Prussian Combined Dragoon Regt | |
| 1st West Prussian Dragoon Regt |
| 1st Squadron | 3rd Squadron |
| Rittm. Karl Weiss | Rittm. Ernst L. B. von Printz |
| 3rd Combined Hussar Regt | |
| 1st Schles. Hussar Regt | 2nd Schles. Hussar Regt |
| 1st Squadron | 3rd Squadron | 1st Squadron | 2nd Squadron |
| St. Rittm. Friedrich A. Kehler | St. Rittm. Muller | Maj. Johann H. von Schill | | |
(Prussian) Corps Artillery
| Brigades |
|---|
|
| Foot Artillery | |
| Foot Battery No. 1 (6-pdr) | Foot Battery No. 2 (6-pdr) | Foot Battery No. 3 (6-pdr) | Foot Battery No. 4 (6-pdr) | Half Battery (12-pdr) |
| Pr.-Kapit. Huet | Stabs-Kapit. Wegner | Stabs-Kapit. Ziegler | Pr.-Kapit. Ludwig | Pr.-Kapit. von Roszynski |
| Horse Artillery | |
| 1st Horse Battery | 2nd Horse Battery | 3rd Horse Battery |
| Stabs-Kapit. Johann K. L. von Zincken | Pr.-Kapit. Georg W. von Rentzell | Pr.-Kapit. von Graumann |
| Artillery Park | |
| Park (Munitions) columns |
| No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 |
| Sec.-Lt. Schliew | Sec.-Lt. Herrmann | Prem.-Lt. Barenkampff | Pr.-Kapit. Meyer (4th Foot Co., Prussian Brigade) | Sec.-Lt. von Hertig I (8th Foot Co., Brand. Brig.) |
| Bridging Column |
| Handwerk Columns | |
| No. 1 | No. 2 |
| ? | ? | |
Corps Train
| Miners |
|
| 1st Battalion | 2nd Battalion |
| 3rd Company | 5th Company | 1st Company |
| ?< | --Commander:---> | ? | ?< | --Commander:---> |
|---|
| Sappers |
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| 1st Battalion | Sapeurs de I'ile d'Elbe | Prussian Sappers |
| 1st Company | 2nd Company | Marine Bataillion d'ouviers de l'Escaut | 17th equipage de flottille |
| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Napoleon Affirms Jacques MacDonald as One of His Framed... .
- Web site: Nathan D. . Jensen . Marshal Etienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald .
- http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_xcorps.html Steven Smith, The Napoleon Series, 2004
