French Battle Order of Leipzig (Battle of the Nations)

October 15-19^th, 1813

v.1.1

(Cited after R. v. Stoen: "1813" and J. E. Wolfbauer: Vollständige Ordre de bataille von Leipzig, Die Zinnfigur, 1924/25. Additional, valuable information provided J. Scheibe and S. H. Smith. Detailed French strength figures plus a complete OoB for the coalition forces etc. can be found in G. F. Nafziger: Napoleon at Leipzig, Emperor`s Press, Chicago, 1996.)

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Legend:

BG Brigade General Col. Colonel DG Division General

GM Major General Inf. Line Infantry Regt. L. Inf. Light Infantry Regt.

Maj. Major Prov. Provisional Regiment Regt. Regiment

NB All French units are given without special note, foreign units are marked. If a regiment No. is followed by a Latin figure, for example "39^th Inf. / II", this refers to a particular batallion of this regiment (in the example: 2^nd Batl. of the 39^th Line Infantry Regiment).

Commander-in-Chief: Napoleon I.

Commanders of Army Groups:
Marshal Ney, Duke of Moskwa
Marshal Murat, King of Naples

Imperial Staff: DG Lebrun, General Adjutant; DG Drout, General Adjutant; DG Sorbier, Chief of the Army´s Artillery; DG Durrieu, Commander of the Head Quarter

L'état Major du Génie consisted of General Rogniat, commander-in-chief the Genie, the colonel Montfort was the chef d'Etat Major and the major Finot was the General Directeur général des parcs

2^nd Corps

Commander: Marshal Victor, Duke of Belluno

Commander of the Artillery: BG Montgenet

Commander of the Genie Troops: Maj. Bron

4^th Division: DG Dubreton

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Ferriere
24^th L. Inf.	3
19^th, 88^th Inf.	3
Brigade BG Brun
37^th Inf.
56^th Inf.
Batteries				2
Total					5.618

5^th Division: DG Dufour

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Etsko
26^th L. Inf.	3
93^rd Inf.	3
Brigade BG ? (Prince Reuß acc. to /6/)
46^th Inf.	1
72^nd Inf.	1
Batteries				1
Total					4.235

6^th Division: DG Vial

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Valory
11^th L. Inf.	3
2^nd Inf.	3
Brigade BG Bronikowski
4^th Inf.	1
18^th Inf.	1				6.235
Batteries				2
Sappers		3			420
Batteries, cf. Train					784
Total					4.235

Total of the Corps

32

3

8

17.292

3^rd Corps

Commander: DG Souham

Commander of the Artillery: DG Charbonnet

Commander of the Genie Troops: BG Valazè

8^th Division: DG Brayer

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Bony	2
6^th Prov. (6^th, 25^th L. Inf.)	2
10^th Prov. (16^th, 28^th L. Inf.)	2
14^th Prov. (34^th, 40^th Inf.)	2
19^th Prov. (32^nd, 58^th Inf.)	2
Brigade BG Charriere
21^st Prov. (59^th, 69^th Inf.)	2
10^th Prov. (88^th, 3^rd? Inf.)	2
Batteries				2
Total					4.442

9^th Division: DG Delmas

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Anthing
2^nd Prov. (2^nd, 4^th L. Inf.)	2
29^th L. Inf.	2
136^th Inf.	3
Brigade BG Vergez
138^th Inf.	3
Batteries				2
Total					4.235

11^th Division: DG Ricard

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Vandeden
9^th L. Inf.	2
17^th Prov. (43^rd, 75^th L. Inf.)	2
50^th Inf.	2
65^th Inf.	1
Brigade BG Dumoulin
142^nd Inf.	3
144^th Inf.	3
Batteries				2
Total					4.357

Cavalry Brigade: ? Beurmann

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
10^th Hussars			6
Baden Dragoons			5
Foot / Horse Batteries				2/1 + Train
Sappers, Gendarms, Train		4		3
Total					3.069

Total of the Corps

38

4

11

9

17.168

4^th Corps

Commander: DG Bertrand

Commander of the Artillery: DG Traviel

Commander of the Genie Troops: Col. Isoard

12^th Division: DG Morand

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Belair
8^th L. Inf.	4
Brigade BG Toussaint
13^th Inf.	4
Brigade BG Hulet
23^rd Inf.	3
137^th Inf.	3
Batteries				2
Total					5.705

15^th Division: DG Fontanelli

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Sant Andrea
Italian 1^st L. Inf.	2
Guards of Milano	1
Brigade BG Moroni
Italian 1^st Inf.	1
Italian 4^th Inf.	1
Italian 6^th Inf.	1
Italian 7^th Inf.	1
Batteries				1
Total					1.895

Division: DG de Franquemont

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade GM Stockmayer
Wurttemberg. 1^st Inf. Batl.	1
Wurttemberg. 2^nd Inf. Batl.	1
Wurttemberg. 3^rd Inf. Batl.	1
Cav. Brigade GM v. Jett
1^st Chevaulegers Prinz Adam			1
3^rd Jäger zu Pferd Herzog Ludwig			1
Horse Batteries				1
Total					1.168
Cav. Brigade BG Wolff
Westph. Chevaulegers			1
Hessian Chevaulegers			1		221
Foot Batteries				1
Sappers, Gendarms, Train	3				871
Total					9.824

Total of the Corps

24

3

4

5

9.824

5^th Corps

Commander: DG Count Lauriston

Commander of the Artillery: BG Cemas ?

Commander of the Genie Troops: Col. Lamarre ?

10^th Division: DG Albert

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Bachelet
4^th Prov. (5^th, 12^th L. Inf.)	2
139^th Inf.	3
Brigade BG Bertrand
140^th Inf.	3
141^th Inf.	3
Foot Batteries				2
Total					3.250

16^th Division: DG Maison

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Montesquieu (acc. to Nafziger: Mandeville)
152^th Inf.	3
153^th Inf.	3
Brigade BG ?
154^th Inf.	3
Foot Batteries				2
Total					3.627

19^th Division: DG Count Rochambeau

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Lafitte
135^th L. Inf.	3
149^th Inf.	3
Brigade BG Harlet
150^th Inf.	3
155^th Inf.	3
Foot Batteries				2
Total					3.656

Cavalry Brigade: BG Dermoncourt

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
2^nd Chasseurs à Cheval			3
3^rd Chasseurs à Cheval			2
6^th Chasseurs à Cheval			3
Foot / Horse Batteries				2 / 1	1.778
Sappers, Gendarms		3			260
Total

Total of the Corps

29

3

7

9

13.332

6^th Corps

Commander: Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa

Commander of the Artillery: DG Foucher

Commander of the Genie Troops: Maj. Constantin

20^th Division: DG Compans

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Belleport
32^nd L. Inf.	2
1^st Marine Inf.	5
Brigade BG Joubert
3^rd Marine Inf.	3
20^th Prov. (66^th, 122^nd Inf.)	2
25^th Prov. (47^th, 86^th Inf.)	2
Foot Batteries (possibly incl. Marine Artillery?, acc. to /3/)				2
Total					5.079

21^th Division: DG Lagrange

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Jamin
37^th L. Inf.	4
4^th Marine Inf.	3
Regt. Joseph Napoleon	1
Brigade BG Buquet
2^nd Marine Inf.	6
Foot Batteries				2
Total					4.543

22^nd Division: DG Friederichs

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Coehorn
23^rd L. Inf.	2
11^th Prov. (1^st, 62^nd Inf.)	2
13^th Prov. (14^th, 16^th Inf.)	2
15^th Inf.	2
Brigade BG Choisy
16^th Prov. Inf. (26^th, 82^nd Inf.)	2
70^th Inf.	2
121^st Inf.	2
Foot Batteries				2
Total					4.720?

Cavalry Brigade: BG Normann

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Württemberg 2^nd Leib-Chevaulegers			4
Württemberg 4^th Chasseurs à Cheval "König"			4
Horse Batteries				1	935?
Foot / Horse Batteries				2 / 2
Sappers, Gendarms, Train		4			4.74

Attached: Guard Marines, 2 Equipages /1/ /4/, Guard Tirailleurs /2/, 14. Inf. ?

Total of the Corps

42

4

8

11?

19.404?

7^th Corps

Commander: DG Count Reynier

Commander of the Artillery: Col. Verpeau ?

Commander of the Genie Troops: ?

13^th Division: DG Guilleminot

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Gruyer
1^st L. Inf.	1
18^th L. Inf.	2
7^th Inf.	1
156^th Inf.	1
Brigade BG Lejeune
Illyrian Inf.	1
52^nd Inf.	1
67^th Inf.	1
101^st Inf.	2
Foot Batteries				1
Total	9			1	?

32^nd Division: DG Durutte

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Devaux
35^th L. Inf.	1
131^st Inf.	1
132^st Inf.	1
Brigade BG Jarry
36^st L. Inf.	1
133^nd Inf.	1
Würzburg Inf.	1
Foot Batteries				1
Total	6			1	?

24^th Saxon Division (former 24^th Div. v. Lecoq and 25^th Div. v. Sahr): GM v. Zeschau

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade Gen. v. Brause
Light Batl. v. Lecoq	1
Grenadier Batl. v. Spiegel	1
Line Batl. v. Steindel	1
Line Batl. Prince Friedrich	1
Line Batl. v. Rechten	1
Brigade GM v. Ryssel
Light Batl. v. Sahr	1
Grenadier Batl. v. Anger	1
Line Batl. Prince Anton	1
Line Batl. Niesemeuschel	1
Jägerkompanie		1
Sappers		1
Foot Batteries				2
Total	9	2		2	3.679

Saxon Cavalry Brigade: Col. v. Lindenau

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Saxon Hussars			8
Saxon Prince Clemens Uhlans			5
Foot / Horse Batteries				3 / 1	568?
Total			13		4.74

Total of the Corps

9

2

13

6

12.637

8^th Corps

Commander: Marshal Prince Poniatowski

Souschef: BG Rautenstrauch

Commander of the Artillery: Col. Redel

Commander of the Genie Troops: Col. Mallet

26^th Division: DG Kameniecki

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Sierawsky
Vistula Inf.	2
Polish1^stInf.	2
Polish16^thInf.	2
Brigade BG Malachowsky
Polish8^th Inf.	2
Polish15^th Inf.	2
Batteries				3
Brigade BG Grabowski
Polish12^th Inf.	2
Polish14^th Inf.	2
Batteries				1 1/2
Cav. Brigade BG Uminski
Polish14^th Cuirassiers			2
PolishKrakusen			4
Batteries				2
Sappers		1

Total of the Corps

14

1

6

6 1/2

ca. 5.000

11^th Corps

Commander: Marshal Macdonald, Duke of Tarent (ADC Beurnonville, acc. to Macdonald´s memoirs)

Commander of the Artillery: Col. Sauterau

Commander of the Genie Troops: Chef de Batallion (Col. ?) Marion

31^st Division: DG Ledru

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Fressinet
11^th Prov. Half Brigade (from 27^th L. Inf. and 20^th, 102^nd Inf.)	3
13^th Prov. Half Brigade (from 5^th, 11^th, 79^th Inf.)	3
Brigade BG D`Henin
Westph. 8^th Inf.	2
Westph. 4^th L. Inf.	1
Brigade BG Macdonald
Neapolit. Elite Inf.	1
Neapolit. (4^th ?) L. Inf.	2
Batteries				3
Total					5.023

35^th Division: DG Gerard

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Lesenecal
6^th Inf.	3
112^th Inf.	4
Brigade BG Zucchi
Italian 2^nd L. Inf.	2
Italian 5^th Inf.	4
Foot / (Italian) Horse Batteries				1 / 1
Total				8 ?	3.551

36^th Division: DG Charpentier

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Simmer
22^nd L. Inf.	4
10^th Inf.	2
Brigade BG Meunier
3^rd L. Inf.	2
14^th L. Inf.	3
Batteries				2
Total					4.299

39^th Division: DG Marchand

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade GM Stockhorn
Baden 1^st Inf.	2
Baden 3^rd Inf.	2
Brigade BG Prince Emil of Hesse
Hessian Guard Inf.	4
Hessian 2^nd Inf.	2
Batteries				2
Total					4.062

Cavalry Brigade: BG Montbrun

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Italian 4^th Chasseurs à Cheval
Würzburg Chevaulegers
Neapolitan. 2^nd Chasseurs à Cheval					466
Foot Batteries, Train				3
Sappers, Gendarms, Train		3
Total					2.613

Total of the Corps

46

3

7

12

20.534

15^th Corps

Commander: Marshal Augerau, Duke of Castiglione

Commander of the Artillery: BG Pellegrin

Commander of the Genie Troops: BG Dode

? Division: DG ?

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Lagarde
32^nd Prov. Half Brigade (from 25^th, 32^nd L. Inf.)	2
63^rd Inf.	1
Brigade BG Aymard
34^th Prov. Half Brigade (from 10^th, 21^st L. Inf.)	2
35^th Prov. Half Brigade (from 32^nd, 58^st L. Inf.)	2
Batteries				?
Total					4.350

52^nd Division: DG Semele

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Bagneris
37^th Prov. Half Brigade (from 17^th, 29^th L. Inf.)	2
39^th Inf. / II	1
Brigade BG Godard
121^st Inf. / VI	1
86^th Inf. / II	1
Batteries				2
Sappers, Train		1			539
Total					4.297 ?

Total of the Corps

13

1

2

9.186

Divisions without Corps

? Division: DG Lefol

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade ?
1^st Erfurt Batl.	1
2^nd Erfurt Batl.	1
54^th Inf. / II	1
1 1/2 Marching Batl. (29^th L. Inf. and 25^th, 33^rd Inf.)	1 1/2
Total	4 1/2				2.229

? Division: DG Dombrowski

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Zoltowski
Polish 2^nd Inf.	2
Polish 4^th Inf.	2
Total	4				?
Brigade BG Krukowiecki
Polish 2^nd Uhlans			4
Polish 4^th Uhlans			4
Brigadier (?) Col. Ltn. Schwerin
Foot / Horse Batteries				1/1
Sappers		1
Total	4	1	8	2	2.850

? Division: DG Margaron

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade ?
Baden Inf.	2
35^th L. Inf.	1
36^th L. Inf	1
96^th Inf.	1
103^rd Inf.	1
132^ndInf.	1
Horse Batteries				2 1/2
Total	7			2 1/2	4.320

1^st Cavalry Corps

Commander: DG Count Latour-Maubourg

Chief of Staff: Col. Mathieu

1^st Light Division (1/2): DG Berckheim

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Montmarie
16^th Chasseurs à Cheval			2
1^st Chevaulegers			2
3^rd Chevaulegers			2
Brigade BG Piquet
5^th Chevaulegers			2
8^th Chevaulegers			2
1^st Italian Chasseurs à Cheval			4

1^st Light Division (1/2): DG Corbineau

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Pire
6^th Hussars			2
7^th Hussars			3
8^th Hussars			3

3^rd Light Division: DG Chastel

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Vallin
8^th Chasseurs à Cheval			2
9^th Chasseurs à Cheval			2
Brigade BG Vial (van Merlen? /5/)
25^th Chasseurs à Cheval			2
1^st Chasseurs à Cheval			3
19^th Chasseurs à Cheval			4

1^st Cuirassiers Division: DG Bourdesoulle

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Sopranski
2^nd Cuirassiers			2
3^rd Cuirassiers			3
6^th Cuirassiers			3
Brigade BG Bessieres
9^th Cuirassiers			3
11^th Cuirassiers			3
12^th Cuirassiers			2
Brigade GM Lessing
Saxon Life Cuirassiers Guard			4
Zastrow Cuirassiers			4

3^rd Cuirassiers Division: DG Doumere

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Audenarde
4^th Cuirassiers			3
7^th Cuirassiers			3
14^th Cuirassiers			2
Napoleon Dragoons (Italian?)			4
Brigade BG Reiset
7^th Dragoons			2
23^rd Dragoons			3
28^th Dragoons			2
30^th Dragoons			2
Horse Batteries				4 1/2

Total of the Corps

75

4 1/2

6.480

2^nd Cavalry Corps

Commander: DG Count Sebastiani

Chief of Staff: Col. Lascours

2^nd Light Division: DG Roussel d´Hurbel

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Gerard
2^nd Chevaulegers			3
11^th Chasseurs à Cheval			3
12^th Chasseurs à Cheval			3
Brigade BG Dommanget
4^th Chevaulegers			3
5^th Hussars			3
9^th Hussars			4
Horse Batteries				1/2

4^th Light Division: DG Exelmans

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Maurin
6^th Chevaulegers			2
4^th Chasseurs à Cheval			2
7^th Chasseurs à Cheval			3
20^th Chasseurs à Cheval			4
Brigade BG Wathier (Wathiez?)
23^rd Chasseurs à Cheval (Col. Marbot)			4
24^th Chasseurs à Cheval			3
11^th Hussars (Dutch)			2
Horse Batteries				1/2

2^nd Cuirassiers Division: DG Saint Germain

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Daugeranville
1^st Carabiniers			2
3^rd Carabiniers			2
Brigade BG Thiry
1^st Cuirassiers			2
5^th Cuirassiers			3
8^th Cuirassiers			2
10^th Cuirassiers			2
Horse Batteries				1

Total of the Corps

52

2

5.679

3^rd Cavalry Corps

Commander: DG Arrighi, Duke of Padua

Chief of Staff: ?

5^th Light Division: DG Lorge (this division belongs acc. to Nafziger to the VI. Corps)

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Jacquinet
5^th Chasseurs à Cheval			2
10^th Chasseurs à Cheval			2
13^th Chasseurs à Cheval			2
Brigade BG Merlin
15^th Chasseurs à Cheval			1
21^st Chasseurs à Cheval			1
22^nd Chasseurs à Cheval			2
Horse Batteries				1/2

6^th Light Division: DG Fournier

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Mouriez
29^th Chasseurs à Cheval			1
31^st Chasseurs à Cheval			1
1^st Hussars			2
Brigade BG Ameil
2^nd Hussars			1
12^th Hussars			1
Horse Batteries				1/2

4^th Heavy Division: DG Deirance

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Avice
4^th Dragoons			1
5^th Dragoons			1
14^th Dragoons			1
12^th Dragoons			1
24^th Dragoons
Brigade BG Quinette
16^th Dragoons			1
17^th Dragoons			1
21^th Dragoons			1
26^th Dragoons			1
27^th Cuirassiers			1
13^th Cuirassiers			1
Horse Batteries				1/2

Total of the Corps

27

1 1/2

ca. 4.000

4^th (Polish) Cavalry Corps

Commander: DG Sokolnicki

Chief of Staff: ?

7^th Light Division: ?

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Tolinski
1^th Chasseurs à Cheval			4
3^rd Uhlans			4
Horse Batteries				1

8^th Light Division: DG Sulkowski

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Krsutowski
6^th Uhlans			4
8^th Uhlans			4
Horse Batteries				1

Total of the Corps

16

2

ca. 3.000

5^th Cavalry Corps

Commander: DG Pajel (Pajol?)

Chief of Staff: ?

6^th Heavy Division: DG Milhaud

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Lamotte
18^th Dragoons			2
19^th Dragoons			2
20^th Dragoons			3
Brigade BG Montelegier
22^nd Dragoons			3
Horse Batteries				1/2

Total of the Corps

47

1/2

ca. 5.000

Imperial Guard

1^st Division (Old Guard): DG Friant

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Christiani
1^st Chasseurs	2
2^nd Chasseurs	2
Brigade BG Michel
1^st Grenadiers	2
2^nd Grenadiers	2
Batteries				1
Total					6.255

2^nd Division (Old Guard): DG Gurial

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Rosseau
Chasseurs Fusiliers	2
Grenadiers Fusiliers	2
Velites of Turin	1
Velites of Florence	1
Brigade BG Rothembourg
Saxon Guard (Grenadiers?)	1
Polish Guard	1
Westphalian Guard	1
Batteries				1
Total					4.664

Total of the Old Guard

17

2

10.919

1^st Corps of the Young Guard

Commander: Marshal Oudinot, Duke of Reggio

Commander of the Artillery: ?

Commander of the Genie Troops: ?

1^st Division (Young Guard): DG Pacthod

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Lacoste
1^st Voltigeurs	2
2^nd Voltigeurs	2
3^rd Voltigeurs	2
6^th Voltigeurs	2
Brigade BG Couleumy
7^th Voltigeurs	2
11^th Voltigeurs	2
Sappers		1
Batteries				3
Total					6.044

3^rd Division (Young Guard): DG Decouz

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Boyer-Rebeval
4^th Voltigeurs	2
5^th Voltigeurs	2
8^th Voltigeurs	2
Brigade BG Pelet
9^th Voltigeurs	2
10^th Voltigeurs	2
12^th Voltigeurs	2
Batteries				3
Total					4.731

Total of the Corps

24

1

6

10.775

2^nd Corps of the Young Guard

Commander: Marshal Mortier, Duke of Treviso

Commander of the Artillery: ?

Commander of the Genie Troops: ?

2^nd Division (Young Guard): DG Barrois

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Poret
1^st Tirailleurs	2
2^nd Tirailleurs	2
3^rd Tirailleurs	2
Brigade BG ?
6^th Tirailleurs	2
7^th Tirailleurs	2
Sappers		1
Batteries				3
Total					3.470

4^th Division (Young Guard): DG Roguet

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Flamand
Flanqeur-Chasseurs	2
Flanqeur-Grenadiers	2
4^th Tirailleurs	2
Brigade BG Marquet
8^th Tirailleurs	2
9^th Tirailleurs	2
10^th Tirailleurs	2	1
Batteries				3
Total					5.521

Total of the Corps

24

1

6

10.991

Guard Cavalry Corps

Commander: DG Nansouty

Chief of Staff: ?

Commander of Artillery: BG Devaux

1^st Division: DG Ornane

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Colbert
Lanciers of Berg			6
2^nd Lanciers of the Old Guard			10
Brigade Col. Pinteville
Dragoons of the Young Guard			2
Horse Batteries				1
Total					1.861

2^nd Division: DG Lefebvre-Desnoettes

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Krasinski
1^st Lanciers of the Young Guard			4
Chasseurs à Cheval of the Young Guard			4
Brigade BG Castex
Mounted Grenadiers of the Young Guard			2
Horse Batteries				1
Total					1.585

3rd Division: DG Walther

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade BG Lyon
1^st Lanciers of the Old Guard			3
4^th Guard of Honour			4
Chasseurs à Cheval of the Old Guard			6
3^rd Guard of Honour			4
Brigade BG Letort
Dragoons of the Old Guard			4
Brigade BG Laferiere
2^nd Guard of Honour			4
Mounted Grenadiers of the Old Guard			4
3^rd Guard of Honour			4
Horse Batteries				1
Total					4.457

Total of the Corps

61

3

7.903

Other Guard Units

Unit	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
Brigade DG Dulauloy
Foot Batteries of the Old Guard				5
Foot Batteries of the Young Guard				4
Horse Batteries (Non-Guard?)				2
Horse Battery of Berg				1
Battery / Train				1
Westphalian Escorts	1
Brigade Col. Boisonnet
Sappers		2
Train, Gendarms		12
Total	1	14		12	3.911

Total of the Guard

66

16

61

29

44.499

Total of all Corps	Batallions	Companies	Squadrons	Batteries	Total
2^nd Corps	32	3	-	8	17.292
3^rd Corps	38	4	11	9	17.168
4^th Corps	24	3	4	5	9.824
5^th Corps	29	3	7	9	13.332
6^th Corps	42	4	8	11	19.304
7^th Corps	24	2	13	8	12.637
8^th Corps	14	1	6	6 1/2	5.000
11^th Corps	46	3	7	12	20.534
15^th Corps	13	1	-	2	9.186
Division Lefol	4 1/2	-	-	-	2.229
Division Dombrowski	4	1	8	2	2.850
Division Margaron	7	-	-	2 1/2	4.320
1^st Cavalry Corps	-	-	75	4 1/2	6.480
2^nd Cavalry Corps	-	-	52	2	5.679
3^rd Cavalry Corps	-	-	27	1 1/2	4.000
4^th Cavalry Corps	-	-	16	2	3.000
5^th Cavalry Corps	-	-	-	47	1/2
Imperial Guard	66	16	61	29	44.499
Total of the French Army (including her Allies)	343 1/2	41	342	114 1/2	202.334

List of Casualties (Officers only)

	Dead	Wounded	Total
Generals	6	59	65
Staff and Ordnance Officers	10	109	119
Overcompletes	1	9	10
Gendarms	-	2	2
Physicians	-	3	3
Administration Officers	-	1	1
Infantry, Cavalry	365	2248	2613
Artillery	12	72	84
Genie, Sappers	1	17	18
Artillery Train	2	18	20
Train	-	8	8
Total of Officers	397	2.546	2.943

NB: One can calculate a casualty relation of ca. 20 men (privates, NCO´s) per officer.

Additional sources, provided by J. Scheibe

/1/ Dietz, M.: Die französische Garde-Marine-Infanterie bei Möckern am 16.Okt.1813, published "Arbeitsmaterial" of the Leipzig flats collectors group, ca. 1995 (Dietz cites Wilhelmi: Die französ.Armee 1813, o.O. 1898, Seyfferth: Die Völkerschlacht, o.J., o.O.)

/2/ Förster, F.: Geschichte der Befreiungskriege 1813-1815, 2^nd vol., Berlin, 1858

/3/ Geschichte des Leib-Grenadier-Regimentes König Friedrich Wilhelm III 1808-1908, vol. 1, Berlin, 1908

/4/ Bauer / Pfeiffer: Erinnern - Bewahren - Nacherleben, Starnberg (?) 1999 (contains an article on the Imperial Guard Marines)

/5/ Titze, J.: Berufung auf OdB vom 15.08.1813 (letter to J. Scheibe)

/6/ Donath,R.: Die Schlacht bei Kulm, 29./30.August 1813, in "Die Zinnfigur", ca. 1955, pp.102 ff.