⅓ 12th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Lieutenant-Colonel Count Bernay-
Favancourt – Riva, Val di Ledro, & Torbole
III/Kaiser Jäger Battalion – one company
III/IR Grand Duke of Baden (Nr.59) – four companies
Lieutenant-Colonel Baron von Hohenbruck – Brentonico & S. Giacomo
III/Vienna Volunteer Battalion – two companies
III/Kaiser Jäger Battalion – one company
I/IR Archduke Ludwig (Nr.8)
½ Rocket Battery Nr. 6
Total – two battalions, eight companies, ½ & ⅓ batteries
3,000 – two guns,
three rocket tubes
Reserve – Roveredo
III/IR Grand Duke of Baden (Nr.59) – two companies
Chevauxleger Regiment Liechtenstein (Nr.5) – 2½ squadrons
⅓ 12th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Munitions Reserve
Total – two companies, two and a half squadrons, ⅓ battery
900 – two guns
Corps Totals – Five battalions, eight companies, three squadrons, 12 guns, six rocket tubes 7,000
IV CORPS – LEGNANO
Commander Major-General Culoz (Temporary)
Chief of Staff
Not yet appointed
Corps Adjutant
Not yet appointed
Brigade, Major-General Prince Franz Liechtenstein
II/Deutsch-Banat Grenz IR (Nr.12)
I & II/IR Haynau (Nr. 57)
Uhlan Regiment Archduke Carl (Nr.3) – two sqdns.
6th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
½ Horse Artillery Battery Nr. 9
Total – three battalions, two squadrons, one and a half batteries
3,400 – nine guns
Brigade, Major-General Count Degenfeld
I & II/IR Nugent (Nr.30)
I & II/IR Prince Emil (Nr.54)
Uhlan Regiment Kaiser (Nr.3) – two sqdns.
13th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total – four battalions, two squadrons, one battery
3,600 – six guns
Brigade, Colonel Count Draskovich ( Temporary)
I/2nd Banal Grenz IR (Nr.11)
I & II/IR Piret (Nr.27)
17th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total – three battalions, one battery 2,400 – six guns
Artillery & Munitions Reserve
½ Horse Artillery Battery Nr. 9, ⅓ 6th 12
Pounder Battery – five guns
Rocket Battery Nr. 7 – six rocket tubes
Munitions Reserve
Dragoon Regiment Boyneburg (Nr.4) – two squadrons
Total – one and 5/6 batteries, two squadrons 600 – five guns,
six rocket tubes
Corps Totals – 10 battalions, six squadrons, 26 guns, six rocket tubes 10,000
I RESERVE CORPS – VERONA
Commander
FMLWocher
Chief of Staff
Captain Hahn
Corps Adjutant
Major von Stäger
Division, FML Count Haller
Brigade, Major-general von Maurer
I & II/IR Archduke Carl (Nr.3)
I & II/IR Geppert (Nr.43))
9th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total – four battalions, one battery 2,900 – six guns
Brigade, Colonel von Haradauer ( Temporary)
I/Deutsch-Banat Grenz IR (Nr.12)
I & II/IR Wocher (Nr.25)
Rocket Battery Nr. 3
Total – three battalions, one battery
3.300 – six rocket tubes
Brigade, Major-General Archduke Sigismund
Grenadier Battalion Pöltinger
Grenadier Battalion Laiml
Grenadier Battalion Eytlberger
Grenadier Battalion Biergotsch
8th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total – four battalions, one battery 2,800 – six guns
Division, FML Prince H. Taxis
Brigade, Major-general Archduke Ernst
Uhlan Regiment Archduke Carl (Nr.3) – four squadrons
Chevauxleger Regiment Windischgrätz
(Nr.4) – six squadrons
Horse Artillery Battery Nr.6
Total – 10 squadrons, one battery 1,100 – six guns
Brigade, Major-General R. Schaaffgotsche
Uhlan Regiment Kaiser (Nr.4) – four squadrons
Dragoon Regiment Bavaria (Nr.2) – six squadrons
Horse Artillery Batteries Nrs. 4 & 5
Total – 10 squadrons, two batteries 1,100 – twelve guns
Artillery & Munitions Reserve
3rd, 4th, & 5th 12 Pounder Batteries, 7 & 10
Pound Howitzer Batteries, Field Mortar
Battery Nr. 2 (4 pieces), Rocket Battery Nr.
5 – six rocket tubes
Munitions Reserve
Total – seven batteries 800 – 34 guns, six rocket tubes
Corps Totals – 11 battalions, 20 squadrons, 64 guns, 12 rocket tubes 12,000
II RESERVE CORPS – PADUA
Commander FML Baron von Welden
Chief of Staff Major Baron von Handel
Corps AdjutantL ieutenant-Colonel von der Nüll
Division, FML Baron von Stürmer – Treviso
Brigade, Major-General Mitis – Mestre; forms left flank of encirclement of Venice
I & II/IR Wallachian-Banat Grenz IR
( Nr.13)
III/IR Hohenlohe (Nr.17))
III/IR Kinsky (Nr.47)
14th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
18th Provisional Battery
1 Pioneer company, 1 mixed Sapper/
Czaikisten company
Total – four battalions, two companies, two batteries
4,500 – 10 guns
Brigade, Colonel von Macchio (Temporary) – Piove, and forms right flank of Venice blockade.
I/Vienna Volunteer Battalion
II/Illyrian-Banat Grenz IR (Nr.18)
I/IR Hrabowsky (Nr.14)
Dragoon Regiment Boyneburg (Nr. 4) – two sqdns.
15th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
½ Rocket Battery Nr. 7
Total – three battalions, two squadrons, one and a half batteries 3.100 – six guns, three rocket tubes
Brigade, Colonel Baron von Stillfried (Temporary) – Belluno, Pieve di Cadore, & Bassano
II/Warasdiner-Kreuzer Grenz IR (Nr.5) – two companies
III/IR Prohaska (Nr.7) – four companies
Total – six companies
1,000
Division, FML Baron von Perglas – Padua
Brigade, Colonel Gerstner (Temporary) – Padua
Landwehr/IR Archduke Carl (Nr.3)
I & II/IR Koudelka (Nr.40)
Landwehr/IR Prince Emil (Nr.54)
Dragoon Regiment (Boyneburg (Nr.4) – two sqdns.
19th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total – four battalions, two squadrons, one battery
5,000 – six guns
Brigade, Colonel von Melczer (Temporary) – Vicenza
I & II/IR Schwarzenberg (Nr.19)
Dragoon Regiment (Boyneburg (Nr.4) – two sqdns.
½ Horse Artillery Battery Nr. 8
½ Provisional Artillery Battery
Total – two battalions, two squadrons, one battery
2,000 – six guns
Division, FML Baron von Weigelsperg – Udine
Brigade, Colonel Chavanne (Temporary)
II/Vienna Volunteer Battalion – two companies
Landwehr/IR Prohaska (Nr.7) – four companies
II/IR Hrabowsky (Nr.14)
Landwehr/IR Hohenlohe (Nr.17) – two companies
IV/IR Sicily (Nr.22)
Provisional Artillery Battery
Total – two battalions, eight companies, one battery
2,700 – six guns
Artillery & Munitions Reserve
Munitions Reserve
Total – one battery
300 – six guns
Corps Totals – 15 battalions, 16 companies, six squadrons, 37 guns, three rocket tubes 18,600
GARRISON OF VERONA
Commander FML Baron Von Haynau
Division, Major-General Count Nugent ( Temporary)
Brigade, Colonel Perin (Temporary)
I/Illyrian-Banat Grenz IR (Nr.18)
I & II/IR Reisinger (Nr.18)
I & III/IR Archduke Sigismund (Nr.45)
10th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total – five battalions, one battery
4,200 – six guns
Brigade, Colonel Kleinberger (Temporary)
I & II/1st Banal Grenz IR (Nr.10)
I & II/IR Fürstenwärther (Nr.56)
Chevauxleger Regiment Windischgrätz
(Nr.4) – two sqdns.
Rocket Battery Nr.4
Total – four battalions, two squadrons, one battery
4,300 – six rocket tubes
Verona Garrison Totals – nine battalions, two squadrons, six guns, six rocket tubes 8,500
GARRISON OF LEGNANO
Commander Major-General Baron von Wuesthof
I/Brooder Grenz IR (Nr.7)
1,000
GARRISON OF FERRARA
Commander Lieutenant-Colonel Count Khuen
I/Warasdiner-St. George Grenz IR (Nr.6)
1,000
GARRISON OF MANTUA
Commander General of Cavalry von Gorzkowski
Brigade, Major-General Castellitz
I/Peterwardeiner Grenz IR (Nr.9)
I & II/IR Archduke Franz d’Este (Nr.32)
I & II/IR Rukawina (Nr.61)
6th Garrison Battalion
Uhlan Regiment Archduke Carl (Nr.3) – two sqdns.
Total – six battalions, two squadrons 4,700
Brigade, Colonel Benedek
I & II/IR Paumgarten (Nr.21)
I & II/IR Gyulai (Nr.33)
Hussar Regiment Reuss (Nr.7) – one sqdn.
1st 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total – four battalions, three squadrons, one battery
3,600 – six guns
Mantua Garrison Totals – 10 battalions, three squadrons, six guns 8,300
Army Total: 95,000 men, 220 guns, 45 rocket tubes
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1 Commanded from July 21st to 27th, by Colonel Kerpan.
Appendix XVII
Correspondence between general Prince Friedrich Liechtenstein and Major-general Count Charles de Menthon d’Aviernoz concerning the Action at Sona, July 23rd 18481
A. The letter of Prince Liechtenstein Mon General
A certain M. Ferrero has prepared a pamphlet under the title “Journal of an Officer of the Savoy Brigade” in the Lombardy campaign. I was not given another name for this brochure. Although this gentleman has gracious things to say in the preface of this serious military account, and later tempers his hostile thoughts at the moment the fighting is over, this pamphlet publishes a collection of short accounts which would attempt to portray dishonourable actions, which I find inexplicable, without taking the trouble to explain that these accounts have no foundation of truth.
I have found that these accounts affect me personally, as they refer to troops serving in my brigade. On page 129 and 130, he recounts the action in which you, Sir, had the misfortune to be wounded, and as a result became a prisoner-of-war.
In this passage, the outrageous account refers to the 9th Jaeger Battalion, which had by this time had become one of the most distinguished units I had the honour to command during the 1848 campaign.
You, Mon General, have, at one time, served in our army. You know yourself that in all our battalions there is nary an officer who would suffer an individual who would besmirch or dishonour the uniform among their ranks, or who would not make every effort to remove such a stain upon their honour.
I had the honour of finding myself opposite you on 23 July. I am sure that you share the mutual respect that that there is between two commanders who meet on the field of battle. You will therefore pardon me, I hope, that in consequence of this respect, you will do all that you can to repair the honour of this battalion, so affronted by a slanderer.
You, Mon General, must be the judge of the truth of this matter of arms, the outrageous details of which are contained in the account by M. Ferrero. Will you believe me when I say that the conduct of the commander of this unit was completely in keeping with the elements of loyalty guiding an officer? Believe me, too, when I say that this monstrous libel is mortifying to an officer who has carried the sword for so long. On the contrary, when you tell me that this unit has been slandered, you will permit me, in an order of the day, to give the battalion an account of your response. I would also be obliged if you would permit me to reproduce your response in the Military Journal, which is published in Vienna, to erase every stain which purports to dishonour this valiant corps in the eyes of our army.
Please be assured, Mon General, of the highest consideration, and profound respect of your very devoted servant
Friedrich Liechtenstein etc etc
B. The Reply of Count D’Aviernoz Mon General
I am pleased to respond to the letter which you paid me the honour of writing.
I did not learn, until much later, of the work of Captain Ferrero and his different articles that appeared in our journal, during my stay in the hospital in Verona. Unfortunately, with the passage of time, my certainty of the events are limited to what the soldiers returning from the affair unanimously gave as the following account: Just as our sharpshooters gained the heights (known as Les Pins), one of their officers was detached in front of our troops carrying a white handkerchief on the point of his sabre. It was taken by our troops as a signal for parley; many at the scene heard at the same time … Viva L’Italia Siamo tutti fratelli. At that point they ceased fire and your troops scaled the heights unopposed. This is what I have had recounted to me in retrospect!
It is certain that at the moment I arrived at the point of action, it was several minutes later. Your troops and ours were engaged at close quarters, each shouting to the other to yield. I judged, at this time, to restore our situation by ordering a bayonet charge, and in the process was wounded and taken prisoner.
You may decide for yourself, Mon General, whether a peace signal, produced in the middle of a combat, would make an unfortunate impression on our soldiers.
As for myself, I have always spoken highly, because it is my duty as an honourable soldier, of the manner in which I was treated, particularly by Captain Schuler and the 2nd Company, Ruprecht Jaegers, and the 6th Company of your 9th Battalion, who carried me, with the utmost consideration, which was no surprise to me on the part of the noble Austrian Army. I am aware that, for a long time, I gloried in my service in the ranks of those whom I later fought.
I am much flattered that you speak of the mutual respect that we engender in one another. Certainly, I consider it an honour to have found myself face to face, on the battlefield, with a Liechtenstein.
You may indeed make any use of my letter as you may please, and you may be sure of the highest respect and consideration from me, and I have the honour of remaining
Mon General
Your devoted and obedient servant
Count Charles de Menthon D’Aviernoz
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1 La Brigade de Savoie (1660-1860), Bourget, pp. 176-177.
Appendix XVIII
Order of Battle
Royal Piedmontese Army
March 19th 1849
Commander
His Majesty, King Carlo Alberto
Commanding (‘Major’) General
Lieutenant-General W. Chrzanowski
Chief of Staff
Major-General Alessandro La Marmora
Royal Headquarters
Staff 25<
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Carabinieri, Colonel Avogadro 60
1st& 8th Engineer Companies 600
3rd & 4th Bersaglieri Battalions, Colonel Savant 1,316
Guides, Major Solaro
Three squadrons 295
Train, Major Valier 397
Headquarters Total:
Two battalions, two companies, three and a half squadrons 2,6931
Advance Guard Brigade
Colonel Belvedere
18th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Belvedere
Four battalions 3,451
1st Bersaglieri Battalion 468
5th Bersaglieri Battalion 467
3rd Horse Artillery Battery 230 – Eight guns
Train column 26
Brigade Total – Six battalions, one battery 4,642 – Eight guns
1st Division
Commander Lieutenant-General G. Durando
Chief of Staff Major Giustiniani
Brigade Aosta
Major-General Lovera
5th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Raiberti
Four battalions 2,922
6th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Ruffieri
Four battalions 2,430
Brigade Regina
Major-General Trotti
9th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Delfino
Four battalions 3,105
10th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Abbrate
Four battalions 3,098
Divisional troops
5th Bersaglieri Company, Captain Festa 204
Nizza Cavalry Regiment, Colonel de Beust
Six squadrons 819
6th & 8th Field Artillery Batteries, Major Tenengo 452 – 16 guns
2nd Engineer Company, Captain Della Mantica 289
Staff & Train 318
Division Total – 16 battalions, two companies, six squadrons, two batteries
13,637 – 16 guns2
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