4
9th Cuirassiers
4
Brig. Gen. Berckheim
3rd Cuirassiers
4
Heavy Cavalry Division: General of Division Saint-Germain
Brig. Gen. Fiteau
1st Cuirassiers
4
5th Cuirassiers
4
Brig. Gen. Guiton
10th Cuirassiers
4
11th Cuirassiers
4
Heavy Cavalry Division: General of Division Arrighi
Brig. Gen. Raynaud
4th Cuirassiers
4
6th Cuirassiers
4
Brig. Gen. Bordesoult
7th Cuirassiers
4
8th Cuirassiers
4
Note: Arrighi was detached on the morning of 6 July to Davout.
Summary of French and Allied troops engaged at Wagram
Bns
Sqdrs
Guns
Imperial Guard
12
18
60
2 Corps
46
11
82
3 Corps
52
43
98
4 Corps
49
31
90
9 Corps
21
20
42
Army of Italy
58
15
100
Army of Dalmatia
15
12
Bavarian Division
9
8
36
Reserve Cavalry
56
24
Grand total
not counting Lobau garrison:
262
202
544
Lobau garrison was approximately 8,500 infantry, 129 guns
In the vicinity of battlefield but not engaged
VIII (Württemberg) Corps: General of Division Vandamme
12 battalions, 12 squadrons, 22 guns along the Danube to Melk; Nassau Regt. of Division Rouyer, 2 battalions in Vienna.
Brig.Thiery: 1 Provisional Regt Chasseurs à cheval and the Württemberg Heinrich Chevaulegers at Bruck on the Leitha.
Division Severoli and the attached 25th Chasseurs à cheval before Pressburg and in Raab.
6th Hussars from the Divison Sahuc in Wiener-Neustadt.
Order of battle K.K. Hauptarmee at Wagram 5–6 July 1809 Commander-in-Chief: Generalissimus Archduke Charles
Advance Guard: Feldmarschalleutnant Nordman
Maj. Gen. Vecsey
Primatial Hussars
6
IR 58 Beaulieu
2
3rd Landwehr Manharts Berg.
1
1st Jäger Bn
1
Maj. Gen. Fröhlich
Stipszicz Hussars
8
Wallach-Illyr. Grenzer
2
7th Jäger Bn
1
Maj. Gen. Riese
IR 44 Bellegarde
3
2nd Lower Vienna Woods Landwehr
1
IR 46 Chasteler
3
1st Lower Vienna Woods Landwehr
1
Maj. Gen. Mayer
IR 4 Hoch und Deutschmeister
3
IR 49 Kerpen
3
5th Lower Vienna Woods Landwehr
1
Maj. Gen. Schneller
4th Hessen-Homburg Hussars
8
(24 battalions, 22 squadrons, 48 guns). Approximately 11,500 infantry, 2,500 cavalry, 48 guns
I Corps: General der Cavallerie Bellegarde
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Dedovich
Maj. Gen. Henneberg
IR 17 Reuss-Plauen
3
IR Kolowrat
3
Maj. Gen. Wacquant
IR 11 Erzherzog Rainer
3
IR 47 Vogelsang
3
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Fresnel
Maj. Gen. Clary
IR 10 Anton Mittrowsky
2
IR 42 Erbach
2
1st Hradisch Landwehr
1
Maj. Gen. Motzen
IR 35 Argenteau
1
4th Bn Erzherzog Karl Legion
1
Maj. Gen. Stutterheim
5th Klenau Chevauleger
8
2nd Jäger Bn
1
Summary: 22 battalions, 8 squadrons, 68 guns. Approximately 21,000 infantry, 800 cavalry
II Corps: Feldmarschalleutnant Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Maj. Gen. Hardegg
Vincent Chevauxlegers
6
8 Jäger Bn
1
2nd Bn Legion Erzherzog Karl
1
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Brady
Maj. Gen. Paar
IR 54 Froon
3
3rd Bn Hradisch Landwehr
1
IR 25 Zedwitz
1
2nd Bn Znaim Landwehr
1
Maj. Gen. Buresch
IR 57 Joseph Colloredo
3
1st Bn Brünn Landwehr
1
3rd Bn Brünn Landwehr
1
IR 15 Zach
2
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Siegenthal
Maj. Gen. Altstern
IR 21 Rohan
3
Maj. Gen. Wied-Runkel
IR 18 d’Aspre
3
IR 28 Frelich
3
Summary: 26 battalions, 6 squadrons, 68 guns. Approximately 24,500 infantry, 520 cavalry
III Corps: Feldzeugmeister Kolowrat
Col. Schmuttermayer
Schwarzenberg Uhlans
6
Lobkowitz Jäger
1
Division Feldmarschalleutnant St. Julien
Maj. Gen. Lilienberg
IR 1 Kaiser
2
IR 23 Würzburg
2
IR 43 Manfredini
3
Maj. Gen. Bieber
IR 20 Kaunitz
3
IR 38 Württemberg
2
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Vukassovich
Maj. Gen. Grill
IR 56 Colloredo
3
IR 7 Carl Schröder
3
Col. Wratislaw
1st/2nd Comb. Prague Landwehr
1
1st/2nd Berauner Landwehr
2
Summary: 22 battalions, 6 squadrons, 58 guns. Approximately 15,900 infantry, 670 cavalry
IV Corps: Feldmarschalleutnant Rosenberg
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Radetzky
Maj. Gen. Provenchères
Erzherzog Ferdinand Hussars
8
Watrich Jäger
(1st Bn Legion Erzherzog Carl)
1
2nd Moravian Freibn
2
Carneville Freikorps ⅓
½
Maj. Gen. Weiss
IR 3 Erzherzog Carl
3
IR 50 Stain
3
4th Lower Vienna Woods Landwehr
1
4th Landwehr O. Manharts Bn
1
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
Maj. Gen. Hessen-Homburg
IR 3 Hiller
3
IR 33 Szátary
3
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Rohan
Maj. Gen. Swinburn
IR 8 Erzherzog Ludwig
3
IR 22 Koburg
3
Comb. Iglau and Znaim Landwehr
2
Summary: 24⅓ battalions, 8½ squadrons, 60 guns. Approximately 17,300 infantry, 670 cavalry
VI Corps: Feldmarschalleutnant Klenau
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Vincent
Maj. Gen. Wallmoden
Kienmayer Hussars
8
Liechtenstein Hussars
8
Maj. Gen. Mariássy
1st Vienna Volunteer Bn
1
2nd Vienna Volunteer Bn
1
4th Landwehr Lower Manharts Bn
1
Maj. Gen. August Vecsey
St Georg Grenzer
1
Brod Grenzer
½
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Hohenfeld
Maj. Gen. Adler
3rd Bn Legion Erzherzog Carl
1
1st Bn Upper Vienna Woods
1
IR 14 Klebek
2
IR 59 Jordis
2
Upper Austria Landwehr
1
Maj. Gen. Hoffmeister
IR 60 Gyulai
3
IR 39 Duka
3
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Kottulinsky
Maj. Gen. Splényi
3rd Vienna Volunteers
1
4th Vienna Volunteers
1
IR 51 Splényi
3
IR 31 Benjowsky
2
Comb. Moravian Landwehr
1
Summary: 25 ½ battalions, 16 squadrons, 64 guns. Approximately 17,300 infantry, 840 cavalry
Reserve Corps: General der Cavallerie Prince Liechtenstein
Grenadier Reserve Division Feldmarschalleutnant d’Aspre
Maj. Gen. Merville
Grenzer Bn Scharlach, Grenzer Bn Brzeczinski,
Grenzer Bn Scovaud, Grenzer Bn Jambline.
Maj. Gen. Hammer
Grenzer Bn Kirchenbetter, Grenzer Bn
Bissingen, Grenzer Bn Oklopsia, Grenzer Bn
Locher
1st Landwehr U. Manharts Bn
1
Division Feldmarschallleutnant Prochaska
GM Murray
Grenzer Bn Frisch, Grenzer Bn Georgy,
Grenzer Bn Portner, Grenzer Bn Leiningen
GM Steyrer
Grenzer Bn Hahn, Grenzer Bn Hromada
Grenzer Bn Legrand, Grenzer Bn Demontant
Grenzer Bn Berger
Cavalry Reserve
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Hessen-Homburg
GM Roussel
Herzog Albert Cuirassiers
6
Erzherzog Franz Cuirassiers
6
GM Lederer
Kronprinz Ferdinand Cuirassiers
6
Hohenzollern Cuirassiers
6
GM Kroyher
Kaiser Cuirassiers
4
Moritz Liechtenstein Cuirassiers
6
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Schwarzenberg
GM Teimern
Rosenberg Chevaulegers
8
Knesevich Dragoons
6
GM Kerékes
Neutra Hussars
6
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Nostitz
GM Rothkirch
Erzherzog Johann Dragoons
6
Riesch Dragoons
6
GM Wartensleben
Blankenstein Hussars
10
O’Reilly Chevaulegers
8
Summary: 18 battalions, 84 squadrons, 48 guns. Approximately 9,900 infantry, 8,000 cavalry
Summary of Austrian troops engaged at Wagram
Bns
Sqdrs
Guns
Advance Guard
23
22
48
I Corps
22
8
68
II Corps
26
6
68
III Corps
22
6
58
IV Corps
22 ⅓
8 ½
60
VI Corps
25 ⅓
16
64
Reserve Corps
18
84
48
Grand total:
163 ⅔
150 ½
414
Approximately 121,500 infantry, 14,700 cavalry
In the vicinity of the battlefield but not engaged
V Corps: Feldzeugmeister Reuss
Division Feldmarschallleutnant Weissenwolf
Maj. Gen. Neustädter
IR 55 Reuss Greitz
3
IR 9 Czatorisky
3
3rd Perauer Landwehr
1
4th Brünn Landwehr
1
Maj. Gen. Pfluger
IR 29 Lindenau
2
5th Vienna Volunteers
1
Maj. Gen. Klebelberg
3rd Jäger Bn
1
4th Jäger Bn
1
Erzherzog Karl Hussars
8
Summary: 15 battalions, 8 squadrons, 32 guns. Approximately 8,300 infantry, 700 cavalry
Army of Inner Austria: General der Cavallerie Archduke John
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Frimont
Col. Besan
Ott Hussars
8
Erzherzog Josef Hussars
8
Hohenlohe Dragoons
5
Maj. Gen. Lutz
Grenzer Bn Chimani
1
Grenzer Bn Welsperg
1
Grenzer Bn Gersanich
1
Grenzer Bn Zetlar
1
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Colloredo
Maj. Gen. Devaux
IR 19 Alvinczy
3
IR 61 St Julien
3
Division Feldmarschalleutnant Jellacic
Maj. Gen. Eckhardt
IR 32 Esterhàzy
3
Warasdin-Kreutz Grenzer
3
Maj. Gen. de Best
IR 62 Franz Jellacic
3
1st Banat Grenzer
1
Summary: 20 battalions, 21 squadrons, 50 guns. Approximately 10,800 infantry, 1,420 cavalry
Notes
CHAPTER 1
1 For an account of the Austrian Army during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars see Gunther E. Rothenberg, Napoleon’s Great Adversaries: The Archduke Charles and the Austrian Army 1792–1814 (London, 1982).
2 Peter Paret, Yorck and the Era of Prussian Reform, 1807–1815 (Princeton N.J., 1966), 73–4.
3 Carl to Francis, 24 March 1797, Rothenberg, 62.
4 General von Clausewitz, Hinterlassene Werke über Krieg und Kriegsführung, cited in Rothenberg, 74.
5 An excellent account of the tense relations between the Emperor Francis and the Archduke Charles, based on archival sources in the Vienna and Budapest archives, is provided in Manfried Rauchensteiner, Kaiser Franz und Erzherzog Carl (Munich–Vienna, 1972).
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