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

Additional info:

• Order of Battle of the Saxonian Corps for Russia, February 1812
• Order of Battle of the VII. (Saxonian) Corps of the Grande Armee, March 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, 16, 20, 35, 47, 95)

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Legend:

Batl. Battalion Col. Colonel

Gren. Grenadier Inf. Infantry

Maj. Major Regt. Regiment

Squad. Squadroon

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.

21^st Division, Lieutenant General von Le Coq

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.

Artillery

1 Foot Battery (belongs to the Division)

2 Foot Batteries (belong to the Artillery Reserve)

1 Mounted Battery (belongs to the Cavalry Division),

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

12 Regimental 4 Pd.pieces

22^nd Division, Lieutenant General von Funck (Freiherr von Gutschmidt died on 7^th June 1812)

1^st Brigade, Major General von Klengel

Inf. Regt. König, 2 Batl.

Inf. Regt. von Niesemeuschel, 2 Batl.

NB: This brigade was anniliated at Kobrin, 27^th July 1812. Only two detached companies of Regt. Niesemeuschel survived. They formed ca. 20^th August together with some other Saxonian stragglers ("Versprengte") the Batl. Bose.

2^nd Brigade, Major General von Sahr

Anger Grenadiers, 1 Batl

Grenadiers von Spiegel, 1 Batl

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

Artillery

1 Foot Battery (belongs to the Division)

8 Regimental 4 Pd. piece

Corps Cavalry, Brigade Major General von Gablenz

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.