Order of Battle of the Saxonian Corps for Russia, February 1812

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• Order of Battle of the VII. (Saxonian) Corps of the Grande Armee, March 1812

• Order of Battle of the VII. (Saxonian) Corps of the Grande Armee, 14th June 1812

(cited after Lieutenant General Ferdinand von Funck : "Erinnerungen aus dem Feldzuge des sächsischen Corps unter dem Grafen Reynier im Jahre 1812", Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Dresden and Leipzig, 1829, pp. 1-4)

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Legend:

Batl. Battalion Col. Colonel

Gren. Grenadier Inf. Infantry

Maj. Major Regt. Regiment

Squad. Squadroon

NB. The corps was in cantonnement near Guben, Saxony. It was designated to form the 7^th corps of the Grande Armee (21^st and 22^nd divisions).

1^st Division, Lieutenant General von Le Coq (Commanding General)

General Staff:

Chief of Staff: Col. von Langenau (later General)

Sous-chef: Maj. Aster

Chief of Artillery: Col. von Hoyer

Intendant (Commisar): ?

Oberfeldarzt (Chief Physician): ?

Engineer Officers: ?

Adjoints: ?

Adjutants: ?

Ordnance Officers: ?

a) Infantry

1^st Brigade, Major General von Steindel

Grenadiers von Liebenau, 1 Batl

Inf. Regt. Prinz Friedrich, 2 Batl.

Inf. Regt. Prinz Clemens, 2 Batl.

2^nd Brigade, Major General von Nostitz

Inf. Regt. Prinz Clemens, 2 Batl.

1^st Light Inf. Regt. (Schützen) von le Coq, 2 Batl.

b) Cavalry

1^st Cavalry Division, Lieutenant General von Funck

Prinz Clemens Uhlans, 4 Squad.

Dragoons von Polenz, 4 Squad.

Hussars, 8 Squad.

c) Artillery

1 Foot Battery (belongs to the Division)

2 Foot Batteries (belong to the Artillery Reserve)

1 Horse Battery (belongs to the Cavalry Division),

[each Battery of 4 pieces of 6 Pd. and 2 howitzers]

12 Regimental 4 Pd.pieces

d) Separate Units

1 Pontoonniers Company

1 Sappers Company

Intendanz (Commisariat), Parks, Fuhrwesen (Train), etc.

2^nd Division, Lieutenant General Freiherr von Gutschmidt

a) Infantry

1^st Brigade, Major General von Klengel

Grenadiers von Brause (later von Eichelberg), 1 Batl

Inf. Regt. König, 2 Batl.

Inf. Regt. von Niesemeuschel, 2 Batl.

2^nd Brigade, Major General von Sahr

Anger Grenadiers, 1 Batl

Grenadiers von Spiegel, 1 Batl

2^nd Light Inf. Regt. (Schützen), 2 Batl.

b) Cavalry

2^nd Cavalry Division, Lieutenant General Thielmann

Garde du Corps, 4 Squad.

Cuirassiers von Zastrow, 4 Squad.

Dragoons Prinz Albert, 4 Squad.

c) Artillery

1 Foot Battery (belongs to the Division)

1 Horse Battery (belongs to the Cavalry Division),

8 Regimental 4 Pd. pieces

Total: 18 Batl. (13.500 men), 28 Squad. (3.800 men), 56 pieces (2.000 men)