Order of Battle of the VII. (Saxonian)
Corps of the Grande Armee, March 1812
Additional info:
(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, 16, 18, 20, 47, 197)
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Legend:
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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 7th corps of the Grande Armee (21st and 22nd divisions). The march onto the front started 26th March. The corps reached Radom on 24th April. The Saxonian cavalry division Thielmann (probably including its Horse Battery) was divided by an order of Emperor Napoleon from the corps and formed part of the III. and IV. Cavalry Corps of the Grande Armee.
Commanding General: Lieutenant General Count Reynier (French)
French Staff:
Chief of staff: Col. Gressot (later General)
NB: formally Chief of staff, but in practice Chief of the Intendanz (Commisariat) only
Adjutant: Col. Benneville
Adjutant: Chef de Batl. Charlet
Ordnance Officers: ?
Saxonian 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: ?
Stabswache (Guard of staff): (Saxonian) Hussars, 1 Squad.
21st Division, Lieutenant General von Le Coq
1st Brigade, Major General von Steindel
Grenadiers von Liebenau, 1 Batl
Inf. Regt. Prinz Friedrich, 2 Batl.
Inf. Regt. Prinz Clemens, 2 Batl.
2nd Brigade, Major General von Nostitz
Inf. Regt. Prinz Clemens, 2 Batl.
1st Light Inf. Regt. (Schützen) von le Coq, 2 Batl.
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
22nd Division, Lieutenant General Freiherr von Gutschmidt
1st Brigade, Major General von Klengel
Grenadiers von Brause (later von Eichelberg), 1 Batl
NB. The Batl. Eichelberg remained in Warsaw resp. Bialystok and took no part in the Russian Campaign. It reunified with the corps ca. 28th December, in Siedlce (near Warsaw).
Inf. Regt. König, 2 Batl.
Inf. Regt. von Niesemeuschel, 2 Batl.
2nd Brigade, Major General von Sahr
Anger Grenadiers, 1 Batl
Grenadiers von Spiegel, 1 Batl
2nd Light Inf. Regt. (Schützen), 2 Batl.
Artillery
1 Foot Battery (belongs to the Division)
8 Regimental 4 Pd. piece
Corps Cavalry, Lieutenant General von Funck
Prinz Clemens Uhlans, 4 Squad.
Dragoons von Polenz, 4 Squad.
Hussars, 7 Squad.
Separate Units
1 Pontoonniers Company
1 Sappers Company
Intendanz (Commisariat), Parks, Fuhrwesen (Train), etc.