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  3rd 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery

  Total – six battalions, two squadrons, one battery

  4,800 – six guns

  Brigade, Major-General von Maurer

  I & II/IR Kaiser (Nr.1)

  II/IR Prohaska (Nr.7) – four companies

  III/IR Haugwitz (Nr. 38)

  III/IR Archduke Albrecht (Nr.44)

  I/IR Archduke Sigismund (Nr.45)

  Dragoon Regiment Bavaria (Nr.2) – two sqdns.

  9th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery

  Total – five battalions, four companies, two squadrons, one battery

  4,600 – six guns

  Division, Major-General, Archduke Ernst

  Brigade, Major-General, Count Rudolf Schaaffgotsche

  Uhlan Regiment Kaiser (Nr.4) – five sqdns.

  Liechtenstein Chevauxleger Regiment (Nr. 5) – three sqdns.

  Dragoon Regiment Bavaria (Nr.2) – two sqdns

  Pioneers – one and ½ companies

  Total – one and ½ companies, 10 squadrons 1,500

  Verona Garrison Totals – 11 battalions, five and ½ companies, 14 squadrons, 12 guns – 10,900

  Mantua

  Brigade, Major-General, Count Nugent

  I & II/IR Archduke Franz d’Este (Nr.32) – eight companies

  I & II/IR Rukawina (Nr.51)

  6th Garrison Battalion

  8th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery

  Pioneers – ½ company

  Total – four battalions, two and ½ companies, one battery

  4,000 – six guns

  Brigade, Colonel Benedek

  I/Szluiner Grenz IR (Nr.4) – four companies

  I & II/IR Paumgarten (Nr.21)

  I & II/IR Gyulai (Nr.33)

  Uhlan Regiment Kaiser (Nr.4) – one sqdn.

  Dragoon Regiment Bavaria (Nr.2) – two sqdns

  1st 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery

  Horse Artillery Battery Nr. 1

  Total – four battalions, four companies, two squadrons, two batteries

  5,400 – 12 guns

  Mantua Garrison Totals – eight battalions, six and ½ companies, two squadrons, 18 guns – 9,400

  Peschiera (under siege)

  I/Ottochaner Grenz IR (Nr.2)

  I/Szluiner Grenz IR (Nr.4) – two companies

  Total – eight companies

  1,500 (only covers the infantry present)

  Legnago

  I/Brooder Grenz IR (Nr.7)

  1,100

  Citadel of Ferrara (blockaded)

  I/Warasdiner St. George Grenz IR (Nr.6)

  1,000

  Troops in the South Tirol and the Rivoli Plateau

  Brigade Colonel Baron Zobel

  III/ Kaiser Jäger – four companies

  I & II/IR Schwarzenberg (Nr. 19)

  II/IR Baden (Nr.50) – four companies Rivoli,

  Liechtenstein Chevauxleger Regiment (Nr. 5) – one sqdn.

  } Volargne.

  ½ Rocket Battery Nr. 1

  Peri

  ½ 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery

  Total- -two battalions, eight companies, one squadron two half-batteries

  2,500 – three guns, three rocket tubes

  Brigade, Colonel Melczer

  3rd Feld-Jager Battalion

  III/ Kaiser Jager – two companies Guidicara

  II/IR Archduke Ludwig (Nr.8)

  } Riva

  III/IR Baden (Nr.50) – four companies Roveredo

  Liechtenstein Chevauxleger Regiment (Nr. 5) – one sqdn

  ½ 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery

  Total – two battalions, six companies, one squadron, one half-battery

  2,500 – three guns

  Tirol Total – six battalions, eight companies, two squadrons, six guns, three rocket tubes – 5,000

  ____________________

  1.

  Hilleprandt, ‘1848‘, Vol. II, pp. 13-16.

  Appendix X

  Dislocation of Papal Regular Army

  May 16th 18481

  Organisation/Unit

  Strength (Effectives)

  Location

  Army Council & Ministry

  93

  A. Indigenous Troops:

  General Staff

  30

  Staff

  53

  Sanitary Corps, Colonel Baroni

  14

  Rome

  Corps of Engineers, Major Provinciali

  28

  Rome

  Regiment of Artillery, Colonel Stewart

  1,008

  Rome

  Naval, Lieutenant-Colonel Falzacappa

  48

  Civitavecchia

  Veteran Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Pitoni

  719

  Rome

  1st Grenadier Battalion, Major Graziosi

  670

  On the march

  2nd Grenadier Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Marescotti

  619

  On the march

  1st Fusilier Battalion, Major Garofilo

  696

  Rome

  2nd Fusilier Battalion, Major Saracinelli

  647

  Civitavecchia

  3rd Fusilier Battalion, Major Podiani

  572

  Ferrara

  4th Fusilier Battalion, Major Fiocchi

  695

  Spoleto

  5th Fusilier Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Sparazano

  495

  Rome

  6th Fusilier Battalion

  626

  On the march

  1st Cacciatori Battalion, Major Federici

  895

  On the march

  2nd Cacciatori Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Bini

  745

  On the march

  Dragoons, Colonel Boccanera

  747

  Rome

  Mounted Cacciatori, Lieutenant-Colonel Allegrini

  276

  Rome

  B. Foreign Troops:

  Artillery, Captain Lentulus

  170

  On the march

  1st Regiment, Colonel de Latour

  2,074

  On the march

  2nd Regiment, Colonel de Ramy

  2,013

  Ferrara

  C. Other:

  Carabinieri, Colonel Naselli

  2,494

  Rome

  Bersaglieri, Lieutenant-Colonel Luparini

  888

  Rome

  ___________________

  1.

  Ovidi, Document 8, pp. 302-303.

  Appendix XI

  Tuscan Division

  Positions

  Morning, May 29th 1848

  A. Troops in the Curtatone-Montanara area1

  *See note at the end of this table

  Monastery dell Grazie (Headquarters)

  Officers

  Men

  Total

  General Staff

  10

  10 (6)

  Miscellaneous Civic Guard

  5

  5

  10 (6)

  Engineers

  5

  0

  5 (3)

  Grenadier division and band

  5

  237

  242 (60)

  University Battalion

  19

  285

  304 (10)

  Line cavalry

  6

  52

  58 (58)

  Coast & Chosen artillery

  5

  144

  149 (11)

  Train, etc.

  2

  15

  17 (17)

  Total:

  737 men

  Curtatone

  Staff & Line Bersaglieri

  14

  324

  338 (18)

  Fusiliers, 2nd Line Regiment

  22

  730

  752 (30)

  Lucca Civic Guard Company


  7

  220

  227 (17)

  Malenchini Volunteer Bersaglieri

  2

  55

  57 (0)

  1 Company, Florentine Civic Guard

  4

  135

  139 (4)

  Neapolitan Civic Guard Battalion

  27

  404

  431 (27)

  Cavalry

  1

  21

  22 (22)

  Chosen Artillery

  1

  34

  35 (1)

  three six pounder cannon2

  one howitzer

  four caissons

  Train, etc.

  0

  13

  13

  Total:

  2,014 men, 4 guns

  Montanara

  Staff

  3

  1

  4 (0)

  Fusiliers, 1st Line Regiment

  39

  935

  974 (60)

  2nd Battalion, 10th Neapolitan Regiment

  10

  420

  430 (10)

  2nd Battalion, Florentine Civic Guard

  22

  414

  436 (22)

  1st Battalion, Leghorn Civic Guard

  23

  425

  448 (23)

  Pisa-Siena Civic Guard Battalion

  23

  269

  292 (22)

  Cavalry

  1

  23

  24 (24)

  Chosen artillery

  3

  60

  63 (3)

  three six pounder cannon

  one howitzer

  four caissons

  Train, etc.

  0

  17

  17 (17)

  Total:

  2,688 men, 4 guns

  B. Troops not in the Curtatone-Montanara area3:

  Goito

  1st Battalion, 10th Neapolitan Regiment

  547

  Two companies, Lucca Civic Guard

  253

  Tuscan Artillery

  25

  two guns

  three caissons

  Train

  14

  Cavalry

  14

  Total:

  853 men, 2 guns

  Bivio di Gazzoldo & Goito

  One company, Coast-Guards

  80

  Chosen Artillery

  8

  one gun

  one caisson

  Total:

  88 men, one gun

  Sacca

  Two companies, 1st Battalion, Florentine Civic Guard

  163

  Total:

  163 men

  Rivalta

  Two companies, 1st Battalion, Florentine Civic Guard

  183

  Mounted Cacciatori

  4

  Total:

  187 men

  Castellucchio

  Two companies, 1st Battalion, Florentine Civic Guard

  165

  Mounted Cacciatori

  7

  Total:

  172 men

  San Martino sull’Oglio

  Guard to Veterinary Hospital

  12

  Total:

  12 men

  Non-combatants:

  956

  Total:

  956

  Cavalry, who took no part in the actions

  104

  Total: 104

  Sick, Medical, Commissariat etc

  326

  Total:

  326

  Total:

  2,105 men

  *Note: In de Laugier, a total of 181 men from the units shown above at Grazie Monastery, Curtatone, and Montanara are stated as being non-combatants. Whilst this may be the case for some, it is doubtful for all, since, for example, all cavalry are so designated. These are noted above in brackets for each unit.

  ___________________

  1.

  De Laugier, Cesare, Racconto storico della giornata campale pugnata il 29 maggio 1848 a Montanara e Curtatone in Lombardia dettato da un testimone oculare, Florence 1854, p. 98. Where totals are incorrect, or perhaps misprinted, they are corrected here.

  2.

  Montù, p. 333, identifies the cannon as such, as does Zobi, Vol. 5, p. 581.

  3.

  De Laugier, p. 9. Note, however, that on that page he gives the total number of combatants at Curtatone as 2,422, and at Montanara as 2,445.

  Appendix XII

  Order of Battle

  Imperial-Royal Austrian Reserve Corps

  May 14th 18481

  Commander

  FZM Count Nugent

  Chief of Staff

  Lieutenant-Colonel, Baron von Smola

  Corps Adjutant

  Lieutenant-Colonel Hartmann

  Division, FML Count Schaaffgotsche

  Brigade, Major-General Schulzig

  9th Feld-Jäger Battalion – two companies

  360

  II/ 2nd Banal Grenz IR (Nr.11)

  777

  I/Peterwardeiner Grenz IR (Nr.9)

  1,141

  I & II/IR Kinsky (Nr.47)

  2,311

  ½ 1st 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery three guns

  ½ Rocket Battery Nr. 3 three rocket tubes

  Total – four battalions, two companies, two squadrons, two half-batteries

  4,589 – three guns, three rocket tubes

  Brigade, Major-General Prince Felix Schwarzenberg

  I/Deutsch-Banat Grenz IR (Nr.12)

  1,217

  I/Illyrian Banat Grenz IR (Nr.18)

  721

  I & II/IR Wocher (Nr.25)

  1,598

  Total – four battalions

  3,586

  Division total – eight battalions, two companies, two squadrons, two half-batteries 8,175 – three guns, three rocket tubes

  Division, FML Count Turn

  Brigade, Major-General von Culoz

  I/1st Banal Grenz IR (Nr.10)

  I//2nd Banal Grenz IR (Nr.11), two compan ies

  }1, 147

  I/Warasdiner-St. George Grenz IR (Nr.6)

  1,196

  I & II/IR Archduke Carl (Nr. 3)

  1,779

  ½ 2nd 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery three guns

  Total – four battalions, two companies, one half-battery

  4,122 – three guns,

  Brigade, Colonel Supplikatz

  I/ Oguliner Grenz IR (Nr.3)

  1,219

  I & II/IR Fürstenwärther (Nr.56)

  2,216

  Grenadier Battalion Biergotsch

  565

  I &II/IR Franz Carl D’Este (Nr.32) four companies

  6182

  Pioneers, one company -

  Total – four battalions, five companies 4,618

  Division total – eight battalions, seven companies, one half battery 8,740 – three guns

  Division, FML, the Prince of Württemberg

  Cavalry Brigade, Major-General Prince Edmund Schwarzenberg

  Prince Windischgrätz Chevauxleger

  Regiment (Nr.4), one squadron

  138

  Kaiser Uhlan Regiment (Nr.4), two squadrons

  257

  Archduke Carl Uhlan Regiment (Nr. 3), seven squadrons

  970

  Boineburg Dragoon Regiment (Nr.4), two squadrons

  276

  Horse Artillery Battery Nr. 1

  – six guns

  Total – 12 squadrons, one battery 1,641 – six guns

  Reserve Artillery, Colonel Baron Srwrtnik

  ½ 2nd 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery three guns

  Horse Artillery Battery Nr. 2

  six guns

  ½ Rocket Battery Nr. 3

  three rocket tubes

  Rocket Batteries Nrs. 4, 5, & 6

  18 rocket tubes

  Total –
four batteries, and two half batteries, nine guns, 21 rocket tubes

  Corps Total: 16 battalions, nine companies, 12 squadrons, 7½ batteries 16,915 – 21 guns, 24 rocket tubes

  Detached Troops, Colonel Baron Stillfried

  Two companies, 1st Banal Grenz IR (Nr.10), and one company, IR Hohenlohe (Nr.17)

  Longarone

  One company, IR Hohenlohe (Nr.17)

  Pribano

  Two companies, Warasdiner Kreuzr Grenz

  IR (Nr.5)

  Santa Croce

  ½ 1st 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery

  One Rocket Battery

  Total: six companies, one and a half batteries

  Division, FML Baron Stürmer

  Brigade, Major-General Mitis

  I/Liccaner Grenz IR (Nr.1)

  Palma

  Szluiner Grenz IR (Nr.4), five companies

  Palma

  1st Banal Grenz IR (Nr.10), five companies

  Palma

  Archduke Carl Uhlan Regiment (Nr.3), one troop

 

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