Under immediate control of the Emperor Napoleon
Bns/Sqdrs
1st (Young Guard) Division: General of Division Curial
Brig. Gen. Rouget
Tirailleurs chasseurs
2
Tirailleurs grenadiers
2
Brig. Gros
Fusiliers chasseurs
2
2nd (Old Guard) Division: General of Division Dorsenne
Chasseurs à pied
2
Grenadiers à pied
2
3rd Cavalry Division: Brigadier General Arrighi
Combined service squadrons of the Guard
Brig. Gen. Guyot
Chasseurs à cheval
2
Grenadiers à cheval
1
Dragons de l’Impératrice
1
Brig. Gen. Krazinski
Chevaulegers polonais
3
Gendarmerie d’élite
½
Guard Artillery: detachment of four 12-pdr. guns on Lobau and one 6-pdr. battery firing to support French right flank.
Summary: approximately 7,900 infantry, 1,300 cavalry and 8 guns
2 Corps: Marshal Lannes
1st Division: General of Division Tharreau
Brig. Gen. Conroux
6th, 24th, 25th, 9th, 16th Line, 27th Light, 4th Bn only (the 4th bn of cav. regt).
Brig. Albert
8th, 24th, 45th, 94th, 95th and 96th Line 4th Bn only
Brig. Gen. Jarry
4th, 18th, 54th, 63rd Line
4th Bn only
2nd Division: General of Division Claparède
Brig. Gen. Coehorn
17th, 21st, 26th, 28th Light from 4th Bn only
Tirailleurs du Po
1
Tirailleurs corses
1
Brig. Gen. Lesuire
27th, 39th, 59th, 69th, 76th Line
4th Bn only
Brig. Gen. Ficatier
40th, 88th, 64th, 100th, 103rd Line
4th Bn only
3rd Division: General of Division Saint-Hilaire
Brig. Gen. Marion
10th Light
3
Brig. Gen. Lorencez
3rd Line
3
Brig. Destabenrath
72nd Line
3
105th Line
3
Reserve Division: General of Division Demont
7th Light, 12th, 17th, 21st, 30th, 33rd, 61st, 111th Line. All units 4th bns.
This formation remained near the Mühlau bridge and did not participate in fighting and is not counted in corps totals.
Summary: approximately 25,650 infantry, 56 guns
4 Corps: Marshal Masséna
1st Division: General of Division Legrand
Brig. Gen. Ledru
26th Light
3
18th Line
3
2nd Division: General of Division Carra Saint-Cyr
Brig. Gen. Cosson
24th Light
3
Brig. Gen. Dalesme
4th Line
3
46th Line
3
Hesse Darmstadt
Leibgarde 1st and 2nd Bns
2
Leibgarde Fusiliers, 1st and 2nd Bns
2
3rd Division: General of Division Molitor
Brig. Gen. Leguay
2nd Line
2
16th Line
3
Brig. Gen. Viviez
37th Line
3
67th Line
3
4th Division: General of Division Boudet
Brig. Gen. Fririon
3rd Light
2
Brig. Gen. Valory
93rd Line
3
56th Line
3
4th Corps Cavalry: Brigadier General Marulaz
Brig. Gen. Marulaz
23rd, 3rd, 14th, 19th Chasseurs à cheval
11
Baden Light Dragoons
4
Hesse-Darmstadt Chevaulegers
3
Württemberg Chevaulegers
2
Artillery 64 guns. Summary: approximately 27,300 infantry, 4,500 cavalry
Light Cavalry Division: General of Division Lasalle (Attached to 4th Corps)
Brig. Gen. Piré
8th Hussars
4
16th Chasseurs à cheval
4
Brig. Gen. Bruyère
13th Chasseurs à cheval
4
24th Chasseurs à cheval
3
Württemberg Chevaulegers
3
Reserve Cavalry: Marshal Bessières
1st Heavy Cavalry Division: General of Division Nansouty
Brig. Gen Defrance
1st Carabiniers
4
2nd Carabiniers
4
Brig. Gen. Doumerc
2nd Cuirassiers
4
9th Cuirassiers
4
Brig. Gen. Saint-Germain
3rd Cuirassiers
12th Cuirassiers
4
4
2nd Heavy Cavalry Division: General of Division Saint-Sulpice
Brig. Gen. Lagrange
1st Cuirassiers
4
5th Cuirassiers
4
Brig. Gen. Guiton
10th Cuirassiers
4
11th Cuirassiers
4
3rd Heavy Cavalry Division: General of Division d’Espagne
Brig. Gen. Raynaud
4th Cuirassiers
4
6th Cuirassiers
4
Brig. Gen. Fouler
7th Cuirassiers
4
8th Cuirassiers
4
Artillery: 18 guns
(Numbers and units for the heavy cavalry and their support artillery engaged are not precise. These were approximately 8,400 troopers, of whom 5,450 crossed the Mühlau. Nansouty’s division has been listed though Brig. Doumerc’s brigade may not have crossed to the north bank. Not listed are batteries, types of guns, sappers and engineers. A likely estimate for Armée d’Allemagne troops engaged at Aspern–Essling is approximately 77,000: 67,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry and 152 guns, excluding artillery and engineers.)
Order of battle K.K. Hauptarmee at Aspern–Essling 21–22 May 1809
Commander-in-Chief: Generalissimus Archduke Charles
1st Column (VI Corps) Feldmarschalleutnant Hiller
Advance Guard Major General Nordmann
IR 60 Gyulay
2
6th St Georg Grenzer
1
7th Brod Grenzer
1
1st and 2nd Vienna Vols.
2
Liechtenstein Hussars
8
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Kottulinsky
1st Erzherzog Johann Dragoons
8
Maj. Gen. Hohenfeld
IR 14 Klebek
2
IR 59 Jordis
2
4th Vienna Vols.
1
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Vincent
Maj. Gen. Mesko
8th Kienmayer Hussars
7
Col. Splényi
IR 31 Benjowsky
3
IR 51 Splényi
3rd Moravian Vols.
1
Maj. Gen. Bianchi
IR 39 Duka
2
3rd Vienna Vols.
1
Artillery 54 guns. Summary: approximately 10,500 infantry, 1,800 cavalry
2nd Column (I Corps): General der Cavallerie Bellegarde Division Feldmarschalleutnant Fresnel
Maj. Gen. Vécsey
Vincent Chevauleger
8
Klenau Chevauleger
8
Maj. Gen. Wintzingerode
2nd Jäger Bn
IR 10 Anton Mittrowsky
1
2
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Vogelsang
Maj. Gen. Henneberg
IR 17 Reusz-Plauen
3
IR 36 Kolowrat
3
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Ulm
Maj. Gen. Wacquant
IR 11 Erzherzog Rainer
3
IR 47 Vogelsang
3
Division Nostitz
Col. Schaeffer
IR 35 Argenteau
3
IR 42 Erbach
3
Artillery: guns 68. Summary: approximately 20,000 infantry, 1,500 cavalry
3rd Column (II Corps) Feldmarschalleutnant Hohenzollern
Advance Guard
Maj. Gen. Provenchères
3rd O’Reilly Chevaulegers
8
Maj. Gen. Mayer
7th and 8th Jäger Bns
2
Legion Erzherzog Karl
2
IR 50 Stain
2
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Brady
Maj. Gen. Buresch
IR 15 Zach
2
IR 57 Josef Colloredo
2
Maj. Gen. Koller
IR 25 Zedwitz
2
IR 54 Froon
2
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Weber
Maj. Gen. Wied-Runkel
IR 18 Stuart
IR 21 Rohan
IR 28 Frelich
3
3
3
Artillery: 62 guns. Summary: approximately 19,400 infantry, 670 cavalry
4th Column (Part IV Corps) Feldmarschalleutnant Rosenberg/Dedovich
Advance Guard Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Klenau
1st Jäger Bn
1
IR 3 Erzherzog Karl
3
Col. I. Hardegg
10th Stipsicz Hussars
8
6th Rosenberg Chevaulegers
2
10th Stipsicz Hussars
8
Schwarzenberg-Uhlans
7
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Dedovich
Col. Gratze
Wallach-Illyrian Grenzer
1
2nd Moravian Frei Bn
1
Maj. Gen. Grill
IR 8 Erzherzog Ludwig
3
IR 22 Koburg
3
Maj. Gen. Neustädter
IR 9 Czatoryski
3
IR 55 Reuss-Greitz
2
6th Rosenberg Chevaulegers
4
Artillery 34 guns. Summary: approximately 11,000 infantry, 1,950 cavalry
5th Column (Part IV Corps) Feldmarschalleutnant Hohenlohe/Rosenberg
Advance Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Rohan
Maj. Gen. Carneville
Carneville Freikorps
1 mixed bn
Wallach-Illyrian Grenzer
1
Maj. Gen. Stutterheim
3rd Erzherzog Ferdinand Hussars
6th Rosenberg-Chevaulegers
8
4
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Hohenlohe
Maj. Gen. Riese
IR 46 Chasteler
3
IR 44 Bellegarde
3
Maj. Gen. Reinhard
IR 2 Hiller
3
IR 33 Sztárary
3
Summary: approximately 10,700 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, 34 guns
Reserve Corps: General der Cavallerie Liechtenstein
Reserve Cavalry
Maj. Gen. Wartensleben
6th Blankenstein Hussars
8
Maj. Gen. Kerekes
Primatial Hussars
6
Neutra Hussars
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Hessen-Homburg
Maj. Gen. Siegenthal
3rd Herzog Albert Cuirassiers
6
2nd Erzherzog Franz Cuirassiers
6
Maj. Gen. Lederer
4th Kronprinz Ferdinand Cuirassiers
6
8th Hohenzollern Cuirassiers
6
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Kienmayer
Maj. Gen. Kroyher
1st Kaiser Cuirassiers
6
6th Liechtenstein Cuirassiers
6
Maj. Gen. Rottermund
6th Riesch Dragoons
6
Maj. Gen. Clary
3rd Knesevich Dragoons
6
Kronprinz Ferdinand Cuirassiers
6
Summary: approximately 6,700 cavalry, 18 guns
Grenadier Reserve
Grenadier Division Feldmarschalleutnant Lindenau
Maj. Gen. Murray
Grenadier Battalions: Leiningen, Portner, Georgy, Wienawsky, Demontant, Legraud, Hohnelohe, Hahn
Grenadier Division Feldmarschalleutnant D’Aspré
Lt. Col. Scovaud
Grenadier Battalions: Brzezinski, Puteany, Scovaud, Scharlach, Mayblümel, Oklopsia, Bissingen, Kirchenbetter
Summary: 11,240 infantry, 24 guns
Summary of K.K. Hauptarmee engaged at Aspern–Essling
Total: approximately 99,000, including 84,000 infantry, 14,250 cavalry, 288 guns. Numbers exclude gun crews, engineers and teamsters.
APPENDIX TWO
Orders of battle: Wagram
Napoleon’s Order of Battle at Wagram 5–6 July 1809
Supreme Commander: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
Imperial Guard
Under immediate control of the Emperor Napoleon
Bns/Sqdrs
1st (Young Guard) Division: General of Division Curial
Brig. Gen. Roguet
Tirailleurs chasseurs
2
Tirailleurs grenadiers
2
Brig. Gen. Frederich
Fusilier chausseurs
2
Fusilier grenadiers
2
2nd (Old Guard) Division: General of Division Dorsenne
Brig. Gen. Gros
Chasseurs à pied
2
Brig. Gen. Michel
Grenadiers à pied
2
3rd (Cavalry) Division: General of Division Walther
Brig. Gen. Guyot
Grenadiers à cheval
4
Brig. Gen. Thiry
Grenadiers à cheval
4
Brig. Gen. Krazinski
Chevaulegers polonais
4
Brig. Gen. Letort
Dragoons de l’Impératrice
4
Brig. Gen. Savary
Gendarmerie élite
2
Guard Artillery: 60
Summary: 12 battalions, 18 squadrons. Approximately 7,350 infantry, 3,350 cavalry
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