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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

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by George F Nafziger


  Art 3. In case of His Majesty, the King of Prussia, or His Majesty, the Emperor of Russia, refusing to ratify this convention, the Prussian corps shall be free to carry itself where the orders of their king call them.

  Art 4. The Russians will surrender to the Prussians all stragglers which they find along the main route to Mittau and equally all military equipment found there. With regard to the branch of supply and train of the aforementioned corps, all which composes it, shall cross without obstacles through the Russian lines to rejoin the Prussian Corps.

  Art 5. In the event of orders from Lieutenant General Yorck reaching Lieutenant General Massenbach, the troops under his command shall be included in this convention.

  Art 6. All the prisoners captured by the Russians commanded by Major General Diebitsch from those commanded by General Massenbach, shall be equally included in this convention.

  Art 7. The Prussian corps shall conserve the right to concert all that is relative to its provisionment with the provincial regencies of Prussia. This case is not excepted when those provinces are occupied by Russian forces.

  The aforementioned convention has been dispatched in duplicate and carries the signature and seal of the undersigned.

  Made in the Poschernu Mill on 18-30 December 1812.

  Signed: Von Yorck

  Lieutenant General in service of Prussia

  Von Diebitsch Major General in service of Russia

  French Garrisons in Germany 1 January 1811

  Development of the French Army 1811-1812

  Corps d'Observation du Rhin, 1 July 1811 1st Division Brigade

  24th Legere Regiment (4)

  4th Regiment (4) Brigade

  19th Regiment (4)

  123rd Regiment (4) Brigade

  1st Portuguese Regiment (2)

  4th Swiss Regiment (2) 2nd Division Brigade

  26th Legere Regiment (4)

  72nd Line Regiment (4)

  Brigade

  46th Line Regiment (4)

  126th Regiment (4) Brigade

  2nd Portuguese Regiment (2)

  Illyrian Regiment (20 3rd Division Brigade

  18th Line Regiment (4)

  93rd Line Regiment (4) Brigade

  56th Line Regiment (4)

  124th Line Regiment (4) Brigade

  Joseph Napoleon Regiment (2)

  3rd Swiss Regiment (2) 4th Division Brigade

  Tirailleurs du Po and Corsica (2)

  2nd Line Regiment (4) Brigade

  37th Line Regiment (4)

  125th Regiment (4) Brigade

  2nd Swiss Regiment (4)

  3rd Portuguese Regiment (2)

  Corps d'Observation des Cotes de l'Ocean, 2 January 1812 (Formerly the Corps d'Observation du Rhin) 1st Division

  24th Legere Regiment (4)

  46th Regiment (4)

  72nd Regiment (4)

  126th Regiment (3)

  1st Portuguese Regiment (2) 2nd Division

  4th Line Regiment (4)

  18th Line Regiment (4)

  93rd Line Regiment

  2nd Portuguese Regiment (2)

  Illyrian Regiment (4) 3rd Division

  29th Legere Regiment (4)

  44th Line Regiment (4) Provisional Regiment of Bolougne (2) 125th Line Regiment (3) 129th Line Regiment (2)

  Corps d'Observation d'ltalie, 20 April 1811 1st Division: General Delzons

  8th Legere Regiment (2)

  1st Provisional Croatian Regiment (2)

  84th Line Regiment (3)

  92nd Line Regiment (3) 2nd Division: General Broussier

  9th Line Regiment (4)

  13th Line Regiment (4)

  29th Line Regiment (4)

  112th Line Regiment (4)

  52nd Line Regiment (4)

  53rd Line Regiment (4)

  35th Line Regiment (4)

  106th Line Regiment (4) 3rd Division: General Partoneaux

  1st Line Regiment (3)

  62nd Line Regiment (3)

  101st Line Regiment (3)

  Joseph Napoleon Regiment (2) 4th Division: General Fontanelli

  Italian Regiments (15 battalions) Guard: General Pino

  6 Battalions

  2 Squadrons

  Light Cavalry Division: General Grouchy

  1st Brigade 6th Hussar Regiment 8th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment

  2nd Brigade 6th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment 25th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment

  3rd Brigade 4th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment 9th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment

  Reserve:

  3 French Dragoon Regiments

  1 Italian Dragoon Regiment

  Artillery:

  Regimental guns—40 guns

  Foot Artillery—60 guns

  Horse Artillery—40 guns Military Equipage:

  9th Battalion

  Corps f Observation d'ltalie, 1 July 1811 1st Division: General Delzons

  8th Legere Regiment (2)

  1st Provisional Croatian Regiment (2)

  84th Line Regiment (4)

  92nd Line Regiment (4) 2nd Division: General Broussier

  9th Line Regiment (3)

  13th Line Regiment (3)

  53rd Line Regiment (3)

  106th Line Regiment (4) 3rd Division:

  35th Line Regiment (3)

  Joseph Napoleon Regiment (2)

  29th Line Regiment (2)

  112th Line Regiment (2)

  Illyrian Regiment (2)

  Corps d'Observation d'ltalie, 2 January 1812 1st Division: General Delzons

  8th Legere Regiment (2)

  1st Provisional Croatian Regiment (2)

  84th Line Regiment (4)

  92nd Line Regiment (4) 2nd Division: General Broussier

  18th Legere Regiment (2)

  9th Line Regiment (4)

  35th Line Regiment (4)

  53rd Line Regiment (4)

  Joseph Napoleon Regiment (2) 3rd Division

  3rd Italian Legere Regiment (4)

  Dalmatian Regiment (3)

  2nd Italian Line Regiment (3)

  3rd Italian Line Regiment (4)

  5th Italian Line Regiment (2)

  Light Cavalry Division: General Grouchy 1st Brigade

  6th Hussar Regiment

  8th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment 2nd Brigade

  6th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment

  25th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment 3rd Brigade

  4th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment

  9th Chasseur a Cheval Regiment Reserve:

  7th Dragoon Regiment

  23rd Dragoon Regiment

  28th Dragoon Regiment

  30th Dragoon Regiment Italian Guard

  Artillery, Engineers, and Military Equipage

  Organization of the French Heavy Cavalry 1811

  Organization of the French Light Cavalry 25 December 1811

  French Divisional Artillery Equipment November 1811

  French regimental Artillery Material November 1811

  Siege Provisions at Danzig

  Contingents to be Provided by the Confederation of the Rhine

  Russian Provision Depots and Commissaries

  Russian Hospitals 1811

  Assignments of Cossacks 1811

  Resulting from the Extraordinary Levys of 1811

  The Source of Russian Levies in 1811 by Province

  Statistics of Illness and Casualties during the Reconstruction of the Fortress of Riga

  Distribution of the Russian Engineering Staff on Special Assignment

  1811

  Army of Moldavia 1 Generalmajor

  3 Lieutenants

  6 Captains

  6 Lieutenants

  4 Under Lieutenants

  1 Ensign

  Army Corps of Georgia

  1 Lieutenant Colonel

  3 Captains

  3 Lieutenants Assigned to the Caucasus

  1 Captain

  3 Lieutenants

  2 Second Lieutenants

  Assigned to Barclay de Tolly, Aide-de-camp to the Czar

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bsp; 2 Captains

  2 Lieutenants

  2 Second Lieutenants To the Ministry of the Navy

  1 Lieutenant To General-Major Lavrov

  1 Captain In Krioukov to erect the Commissariate Facilities

  1 Lieutenant Colonel

  1 Lieutenant To General of Cavalry Prince Volkonsky

  1 Captain To Kazan to Erect the Commissariate Facilities

  1 Lieutenant Detached to General-Lieutenant Steingel

  1 Captain

  Organization of the Russian Army as Reported by General Rapp to Marshal Davout On. 17 July 1811

  1st Army Corps: General Wittgenstein (in Riga) 5th Division: General Koslakovski (in Riga) 4 Infantry Regiments 2 Jager Regiments 2 Position Batteries 1 Battery with 6 guns

  1 Horse Battery

  14th Division: General Sazonov (between Riga & Revel) 4 Infantry Regiments

  2 Jager Regiments

  2 Position Batteries

  1 Battery with 6 guns

  1 Horse Battery

  1st Cavalry Division: General Kokhovski (in Lithuania and on the frontier of Samogitie)

  2 Hussar Regiments

  2 Cossack Pulks

  1st Cuirassier Division: General Depreradovitch (in St. Petersburg) Emperor Cuirassier Regiment Empress Cuirassier Regiment

  4 Dragoon Regiments

  2nd Army Corps: General Baggovout

  Infantry Division: General Count Strogovitz (in Vilna)

  5 Grenadier Regiments

  1 Horse Artillery Battery

  1 Park of 48 field pieces

  4th Division: general unknown (outside Vilna) 4 Infantry Regiments

  2 Jager Regiments

  1 Position Battery with 12 guns 1 Light Battery with 12 guns

  1 Horse Battery

  17th Division: General Alexeiev (Dunabourg) 4 Infantry Regiments

  2 Jager Regiments

  1 Position Battery with 12 guns

  1 Light Battery with 12 guns

  1 Horse Battery

  3rd Army Corps: General Essen (in Slonim)

  11th Division: General Lvrov (between Slonim & Jourovitsa) 4 Infantry Regiments

  2 Jager Regiments

  1 Position Battery with 24 guns

  1 Horse Battery

  Park & Train

  3rd Division: General Konovnitzin

  2 Infantry Regiments

  2 Jager Regiments

  12 12pdr guns

  12 6pdr guns

  1 Light Battery

  3rd Light Cavalry Division: General Pahlen (in Novgorodek)

  2 Hussar Regiments

  4 Cossack Pulks

  4th Army Corps: General Docturov (in Doubno) 7th Division: (in Volhynie) 4 Infantry Regiments

  3 Jager Regiments

  1 Position Battery with 12 guns 1 Light Battery with 12 guns 1 Light Battery 24th Division:

  4 Infantry Regiments

  3 Jager Regiments

  1 Position Battery with 12 guns 1 Light Battery with 12 guns

  1 Light Battery

  Cuirassier Division: General Koutouzov (In Volhynie)

  4 Cuirassier Regiments

  4 Dragoon Regiments

  4th Light Cavalry Division: General Tchlaitz (in Volhynie)

  2 Hussar Regiments

  4 Cossack Regiments

  25th Division: Not yet attached, but destined to join later

  Organization of the Russian Army as Reported by General Rozniecki on 1 August 1811

  Right Wing: General Baggovout 4th Division—in Vilna 17th Division—Dunabourg Cavalry Division of General Korff

  16 Squadrons of Dragoons

  16 Squadrons of Hussars

  2,000 Cossacks

  Center: General Essen in Slonim

  3rd Division: General Konovnitzin (between Slonim & Novgorodek) 11th Division: General Lavrov Cavalry Division: General Pahlen

  Left Wing: General Docturov (in Loutsk) 7th Division: General Kapsevitch (in Loutsk) 25th Division: General Likhatchev (Old Siberian Division) (in Medjiboj &

  Letitschev) Cavalry Division of General Tchlapitz (in the provinces of Bratslav & Podsolie)

  Reserves:

  Right Wing Reserves:

  Grenadier Division on the Dvina between Vitebsk & Polotsk

  Center Reserves:

  3rd Battalions of various regiments working on the fortifications of Bobrouisk

  Left Wing Reserves:

  24th Division in Kiev in July. In August part of this division joined the 7th Division.

  The right is flanked by the corps of General Wittgenstein, comprised of the 5th and 14th Divisions, stationed between Mitau and St. Petersburg, and a division of cavalry under the temporary command of General Kokhovski composed of 16 squadrons of hussars, 16 squadrons of dragoons and 8 squadrons of uhlans.

  Stationed on the Dniester were the three infantry divisions of Souvarov, Lewis and the former division of Docturov, with the cavalry division of Knorring composed of 16 cuirassier squadrons and 8 uhlan squadrons. This totals 21,600 men and 2,500 cavalry.

  On the Polish frontier were the 16 regiments of cossacks, each with no more than 500 horses. These cossacks belong to the divisions of Kokhovski, Korff, Pahlen and Tchlapitz. They were reinforced in August with two new regiments from the interior, becoming a total of 18 regiments.

  Organization of the Russian Army as Reported by General Rozniecki on 14 September 1811

  1st Corps: General Wittgenstein (in Riga) 5th Division (in Samogitie & Courland) 14th Division (in Samogitie & Courland) Cavalry Division of General Kokhovski (in Samogitie & Courland)

  2nd Corps: General Baggovout (in Vilna) 4th Division (In Vilna, Mohilev & Polotsk) 17th Division (In Vilna, Mohilev & Polotsk) Cavalry Division of General Korff (In Vilna, Mohilev & Polotsk)

  3rd Corps: General Essen in Slonim 3rd Division (In Grodno & Minsk) 11th Division (In Grodno & Minsk) Cavalry Division: General Pahlen (In Grodno & Minsk)

  4th Corps: General Docturov (Replaced by Bagration in October) 7th Division: General Kapsevitch

  25th Division: General Likhatchev (4 musketeer regiments only) Cavalry Division of General Tchlapitz

  (in Vinnitza and Kiev, but in December it moved between Brest and the Dniester)

  Cossacks: 24 Regiments en echelon on the frontier.

  Reserves:

  Grenadier Division (4 regiments) (between Vilna & Dvina)

  24th Infantry Division (near Kiev)

  Cuirassier Division: General Knorring (4 cuirassier & 1 Uhlan regiments)

  (Near Ouman and in the Ukraine) Cuirassier Division: General Depreradovitch (8 cuirassier & 9 chasseur squadrons) (Near Revel & Riga)

  Russian Magazines

  Levels of Provisions at the Beginning of the Campaign

  Russian Army Organization 1 January 1812

  Corps: Count Steingell (in Finland) (30,652)

  2 Dragoon Regiments

  6th Division

  21st Division

  25th Division Guard Corps: Grand Duke Constantine (in Petersburg) (28,526)

  Guard Cavalry Division

  Guard Infantry Division

  2 Cuirassier Regiments

  2 Grenadier Regiments

  1 Infantry Regiment Corps: Count Wittgenstein (in Lithuania & Kourland) (34,290)

  1st Cavalry Division

  5th Division

  14th Division Corps: General Baggovout (in Vilna & Vitebsk) (47,520)

  1st Cuirassier Division

  2nd Cavalry Division

  1st Division (less two grenadier regiments)

  4th Division

  17th Division Corps: General Essen (in Grodno, Minsk, & Mohilev) (41,045)

  3rd Cavalry Division

  23rd Division

  3rd Division

  11th Division (less 1 infantry regiment) Army: Prince Bagration (in Volhynie & Podolie) (104,322)

  2nd Cuirassier Division

  4th Cavalry Division

  5th Cavalry Division

  2nd Division

  7th Division


  12th Division

  18th Division

  24th Division

  Army: General Kutusov (on the Danube) (87,026)

  6th Cavalry Division

  7th Cavalry Division

  9th Division

  9th Division (less 8 battalions)

  10th Division

  15th Division

  16th Division

  22nd Division Corps: Duke Richelieu (in Crimea) (19,501)

  8th Cavalry Division

  13th Division

  8 Battalions from the 9th Division Corps: General Rtitchev (in Caucasus) (9,928)

  19th Division

  1 Dragoon Regiment

  Corps: General Paulucci (in Georgia) (23,745)

  2 Dragoon Regiments

  20th Division

  Garrison: in Moscow (10,641)

  27th Division Other:

  In addition to the forces listed above, there were 2,417 instructional troops, 4,051 pioneers, 4,851 reserve artillerists, and 69,166 garrison and invalid (retired) troops on active duty. This gave a total of 517,682 active duty personnel

  French Artillery and General Engineering Park Posted in Depots and Lines of Communication Early 1812

  Danzig:

  Commanding Officer—General de brigade Lepin 6/5th Foot Artillery (2/108) 9/5th Foot Artillery (2/106) 19/5th Foot Artillery (2/119) 10th Saxon Foot Artillery Company (3/88) 16th Polish Foot Artillery Company (4/123) 3rd Bavarian Foot Artillery Company (1/26) 6th Artillery Artisan Company (3/101) 1st Armorer Company (1/50)

  Magdeburg:

  Commanding Officer—Colonel Bardenet

  1/, 5/9th Foot Artillery Company (2/203)

  11th Artillery Artisan Company (2/36)

  3rd & 5th Armorer Companies (3/100) Stettin: Commanding Officer—Colonel Pont-Bodin

  12/7th Foot Artillery Company (3/105) Custin: Commanding Officer—Chef de bataillon Poulet

  14/7th Foot Artillery Company (2/105) Glogau: Commanding Officer-—Chef de bataillon Perrault

  18/7th Foot Artillery (1/110)

  9th Saxon Foot Artillery Company (4/117) Erfurth:

  2/1st Foot Artillery Company (2/118) Straslund:

  17/8th Foot Artillery Company (2/112) Spandau:

  8/lst Foot Artillery (3/109)

 

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