The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against Kutuzov
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3rd Dismounted Cossack Regiment (armed with pikes)
Militia
Troops of Vereya and Volokolamsk uezds
SMOLENSK OPOLCHENYE: Lieutenant General Nikolai Lebedev
Opolchenye of the Belsk, Vyazma, Gzhatsk, Dorogobuzh, Dukhovo, Yelna, Krasnyi, Roslavl, Smolensk, Sychev and Yukhnov uezds
THE ALLIED ARMY AT BORODINO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: Emperor Napoleon I
IMPERIAL GUARD
Young Guard Infantry: Marshal Eduard Adolph Mortier
A brigade of Delaborde’s Division: General of Brigade Pierre Berthezene
4th Voltigeurs
4th Tirailleurs
5th Voltigeurs
2ND GUARD DIVISION: General of Division François Roguet
1st Brigade: General of Brigade Jean Pierre Lanabere
1st Guard Tirailleur Regiment
1st Guard Voltigeur Regiment
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Boyeldieu
Fusilier Chasseur Regiment
Fusilier Grenadier Regiment
Artillery: Colonel Villeneuve
3rd Foot Artillery of the Young Guard (8 guns)
2nd Company of the Guard Artillery Train Battalion
VISTULA LEGION: General of Division Michel Claparède
1st Vistula Regiment
2nd Vistula Regiment
3rd Vistula Regiment
13th Company of the 8th Foot Artillery (6 guns)
Reserve Artillery: General of Brigade Henri Marie Noury
3rd Foot Artillery of the Old Guard (8 guns)
Detachment of the 1st Guard Artillery Train Battalion
5th and 7th Foot Batteries of the Prussian Artillery Brigade (without guns)
OLD GUARD INFANTRY: Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre
3RD GUARD DIVISION: General of Division Philibert Curial
1st Brigade: General of Brigade Boyer
1st Chasseur à Pied
2nd Chasseur à Pied
Artillery:
1st Foot Artillery the Old Guard (8 guns)
2nd Foot Artillery of the Young Guard (8 guns)
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Claude Michel
1st Grenadier à Pied
2nd Grenadier à Pied
3rd Grenadier à Pied
Artillery:
2nd Foot Artillery of the Old Guard (8 guns)
1st Foot Artillery of the Young Guard (8 guns)
4th Company of the 2nd Guard Artillery Train Battalion
Detachment of the 1st Guard Artillery Train Battalion
Detachments of the 4th and 7th Artillery Train Battalions
GUARD CAVALRY: Marshal Jean Baptiste Bessiéres
GUARD CAVALRY DIVISION: General of Division Frederick Walther
1st Brigade: General of Division Charles Lefevbre-Desnouette
Guard Chasseur à Cheval Regiment
Mamluk Company
2nd Brigade: General of Division Raymond Saint-Sulpice
Empress Guard Dragoon Regiment
3rd Brigade: General of Division FrederickWalther
Grenadier à Cheval Regiment
4th Brigade: General of Brigade Vincent Krasinski
1st Chevau-lger Lancier de la Garde Regiment (Polish)
5th Brigade: General of Brigade Edouard Colbert-Chabanais
2nd Chevau-leger Lancier de la Garde Regiment (Dutch)
6th Brigade: General of Division Antoine Durosnel
Gendarmerie d’Élite
Artillery
1st Horse Artillery of the Old Guard (6 guns)
2nd Horse Artillery of the Old Guard (6 guns)
Detachment of the 2nd Guard Artillery Train Battalion
Detachment of the 7th Artillery Train Battalion.
GUARD ARTILLERY RESERVE: General of Division Jean Sorbier
Foot Artillery: Colonel Antoine Drouo
4th Company of the Old Guard (8 guns)
5th Company of the Old Guard (8 guns)
6th Company of the Old Guard (9 guns)
Detachment of the 1st Guard Artillery Train Battalion
Detachment of the 2nd Guard Artillery Train Battalion
Horse Artillery: General of Brigade Desvaux de St Mauric
3rd Company of the Old Guard ( 6 guns)
4th Company of the Old Guard (6 guns)
Guard Engineer Park: General of Brigade François Kirgener
Sapper Company of the Old Guard
Detachment of Guard Marines
6th Company of the Guard Marines
7th Company of the Guard Marines
I CORPS: Marshal Louis Nicolas Davout
1ST DIVISION: General of Division Charles Morand
1st Brigade: General of Brigade d’Alton
13th Light
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Pierre Gratien
17th Line
3rd Brigade: General of Brigade Charles August Bonnamy
30th Line
Artillery: Captain Beroville
1st Company of the 7th Foot Artillery (8 guns)
7th Company of the 1st Horse Artillery (6 guns)
1st and 2nd companies of 1st Principal Train Battalion
Auxiliary
6th Company of the 3rd Sapper Battalion
1st Company of the 12th Battalion of Military Equipage.
2ND DIVISION: General of Division Louis Friant
1st Brigade: General of Brigade François Dufour
15th Light
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Antoine van Dedem de
33rd Line
3rd Brigade: Colonel Joseph Groisne 48th Line
2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Joseph Napoleon (Spanish) Regiment
Artillery: Chef de Bataillon Cabrie
2nd Company of the 7th Foot Artillery (8 guns)
5th Company of the 3rd Horse Artillery (6 guns)
4th and 6th companies of the 9th Train (bis) Battalion.
Auxiliary
5th Company of the 5th Sapper Battalion
4th Company of the 12th Battalion of Military Equipage.
3RD DIVISION: General of Division Etienne Maurice Gérard
1st Brigade: General of Brigade Leclerc des Essarts
7th Light
2nd Brigade: Colonel Henri-Aloyse-Ignace Baudinot
12th Line
3rd Brigade: General of Brigade Etienne Maurice Gérar
21st Line
127th Line (2 battalions and 2 light guns) and 1st Mecklenburg Battalion served as escort of parks of the I Corps and did not participate in battle.
Artillery: Colonel Christophe Pelgrin
3rd Company of the 7th Foot Artillery (8 guns)
4th Company of the 3rd Horse Artillery (6 guns)
7th and 4th companies of the 1st Principal Train Battalion
1st and 4th companies of the 1st Train Battalion
Auxiliary
9th Company of the 5th Sapper Battalion
1st and 3rd Companies of the 12th Battalion of Military Equipage.
4TH DIVISION: General of Division Joseph Marie Dessaix
1st Brigade: General of Brigade Jean Friederichs
85th Line
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade François-Joseph Leguay
108th Line
2nd Battalion of Hesse-Darmstadt ‘Leib’ Regiment 553
Artillery: Chef de Bataillon
9th Company of the 7th Foot Artillery (8 guns
2nd Company of the 5th Horse Artillery (6 guns)
3rd and 6th companies of the 1st Train Battalion
Auxiliary
3rd Company of the 2nd Sapper Battalion
4th Company of the 12th Battalion of Military Equipage
5TH DIVISION: General of Division Jean Dominique Compans
1st Brigade: General of Brigade Jean Duppelin
25th Line
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade François Antoine Test
57th Line
3rd Brigade: General of Brigade Pierre Jules Guyardet
61st Line
4th Brigad
e: General of Brigade Louis Lonchamp
111th Line
Artillery: Chef de Bataillon Klie
2nd Company of the 6th Horse Artillery (6 guns)
16th Company of the 7th Foot Artillery (8 guns)
2nd and 4th companies of the 9th Principal Train Battalion
Auxiliary
5th Company of the 3rd Sapper Battalion
3rd and 5th companies of the 12th Military Equipage Battalion
Artillery Reserve
3rd Company of the 1st Foot Artillery (8 guns)
17th Company of the 1st Foot Artillery (8 guns)
6th Company of the 7th Foot Artillery (8 guns)
Artillery Park
1st, 5th and 6th companies of the 1st Train Battalion
Engineer Park: Chef de Bataillon Proust
8th Company of the 5th Sapper Battalion
5 companies of the 9th Train
5 companies of the 12th Battalion of Military Equipage.
LIGHT CAVALRY: General of Brigade Alexandre Louis Girardi d’Ermenonville – attached to the I Cavalry Corps
1st Light Cavalry Brigade: General of Brigade Girardin d’Ermenonville (624 men)
2nd Chasseurs
9th Polish Lancer Regiment
2nd Light Cavalry Brigade: General of Brigade Etienne Bordessoull (454 men
1st Chasseurs
3rd Chasseurs
III CORPS: Marshal Michel Ney
10TH DIVISION: General of Division François Ledru des Essarts
1st Brigade: General of Brigade Louis Thomas Gengoult
24th Light
1st Portuguese Line
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Charles-Stanislas Mario
46th Line
3rd Brigade: General of Brigade Jean Baptiste Bruny
72nd Line
Artillery: Chef de Bataillon Ragmey
12th Company of the 5th Foot Artillery (8 guns)
5th Company of the 6th Horse Artillery (6 guns)
Auxiliary
1st and 2nd companies of the 6th Principal Train Battalion
7th Company of the 3rd Sapper Battalion
11TH DIVISION: General of Division Jean Razout
1st Brigade: General of Brigade Claude-Antoine Compère
2nd Portuguese Line
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Joseph Antoine Jouber
18th Line 4th Line
3rd Brigade: General of Brigade François d’Henin
93rd Line
Artillery: Chef de Bataillon Bernard
18th Company of the 5th Foot Artillery (8 guns)
6th Company of the 5th Horse Artillery (6 guns)
Auxiliary
1st and 3rd companies of the 6th Principal Train Battalion
9th Company of the 3rd Sapper Battalion
25TH (WÜRTTEMBERG) DIVISION: General of Division Jean Gabriel Marchand
Temporary Württemberg Infantry Regiment
1. Bataillon (Leichten Infanterie-Brigade)
1. Kompagnie (Fußjäger König)
2. Kompagnie (Fußjäger No. 2)
3. Kompagnie (1. Leichtes Infanterie-Bataillon)
4. Kompagnie (2. Leichtes Infanterie-Bataillon)
2. Bataillon (1. Infanterie-Brigade)
1. Kompagnie (1. Bataillon, Regiment No. 1)
2. Kompagnie (2. Bataillon, Regiment No. 1)
3. Kompagnie (1. Bataillon, Regiment No. 4)
4. Kompagnie (2. Bataillon, Regiment No. 4)
3. Bataillon (2. Infanterie-Brigade)
1. Kompagnie (1. Bataillon, Regiment No. 2)
2. Kompagnie (2. Bataillon, Regiment No. 2)
3. Kompagnie (1. Bataillon, Regiment No. 6)
4. Kompagnie (2. Bataillon, Regiment No. 6)
1st Württemberg Foot Artillery (6 guns)
2nd Württemberg Foot Artillery (6 guns)
1st Württemberg Horse Artillery (4 guns)
LIGHT CAVALRY
9th Light Cavalry Brigade: General of Brigade Pierre Mourier
11th (Dutch) Hussars
6th Chevau-léger Lanciers
4th Württemberg Chasseurs of the King
14th Light Cavalry Brigade: General of Brigade FrederickBeurmann
4th Chasseurs a Cheval
28th Chasseurs a Cheval
1st Württemberg Chevau-léger
2nd Württemberg Chevau-léger
2nd Württemberg Horse Artillery (6 guns)
RESERVE ARTILLERY AND PARKS: Colonel Marie Claude Bernard Verrier
Artillery
16th Company of the 1st Foot Artillery (8 guns)
Württemberg Reserve Battery (5 guns)
Württemberg Regimental Artillery (12 guns)
Artillery Park:
4th and 5th companies of the 6th Artillery Train Battalion
Engineer Park
3rd Company of the 1st Sapper Battalion
6th Company of Engineer Train
8th Company of the 1st Pontoon Battalion
5th Company of Artillery Artisans
IV CORPS: Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy
13TH DIVISION: General of Division Alexis Joseph Delzons
1st Brigade: General of Brigade Huard de St Aubin
8th Light
84th Line
1st Provisional Croat Regiment
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Louis Auguste Plauzonne
92nd Line
106th Line
Artillery: Chef de bataillion Dema
9th Company of the 2nd Foot Artillery (8 guns)
2nd Company of the 4th Horse Artillery (6 guns)
2nd and 3rd companies of the 7th Train Battalion
Auxiliary
7th Company of the 1st Sapper Battalion
14TH DIVISION: General of Division Jean Baptiste Broussier
1st Brigade: General ofBrigade Bertrand de Sivray
18th Light
53rd Line
1st and 4th Battalions of Joseph Napoleon (Spanish) Regiment
2nd Brigade: General ofBrigade Louis Almér
9th Line
35th Line
Artillery: Chef de Bataillon Herman
7th Company of the 2nd Foot Artillery (8 guns)
3rd Company of the 4th Horse Artillery (6 guns)
1st and 6th companies of the 7th Train Battalion
Auxiliary
2nd Company of the 1st Sapper Battalion
Italian Royal Guard: General of Brigade Lechi
Infantry Brigade: General of Brigade Lechi
Royal Vélites
Guard Infantry Regiment
Guard Conscript Regiment
Cavalry Brigade: General of Brigade Joseph Triaire
1st to 5th companies of the Gardes d’Honneur
Guard Dragoon Regiment
Queen’s Dragoon Regiment
Artillery: Chef de Bataillon Clément
1st Italian Foot Artillery (6 guns)
2nd Italian Foot Artillery (6 guns)
1st Italian Horse Artillery (6 guns)
1st and 2nd companies of Italian Guard Artillery Train
2nd Company of Italian Guard Artisans
Auxiliary
1st Company of the 1st Italian Sapper Battalion
Italian Guard Marines
CORPS CAVALRY: General of Division Philippe Antoine Ornano
12th Light Cavalry Brigade: General of Brigade Claude-Raymond Guyon
9th Chasseurs à Cheval
19th Chasseurs à Cheval
13 th Light Cavalry Brigade: General of Brigade Giovanni Villata von Villatburg
2nd Italian Chasseurs à Cheval
3rd Italian Chasseurs à Cheval
BAVARIAN CAVALRY DIVISION: Major General Maximillian Joseph von Preysing-Moos
21st Light Cavalry Brigade: Major General von Seydewitz
3rd Bavarian Chevau-léger Kron-prinz
6th Bavarian Chevau-léger Bubenhofen
22nd Light Cavalry Brigade: Major General Maximillian Joseph von Preysing-Moos
5th Bavarian Chevau-léger
Artillery Brigade
1st Bavarian Horse Artillery (6 guns)
RESERVE ARTILLERY
5th Company of the 2nd Foot Artillery
12th Company of the 2nd Foot Artillery
2nd Company of 1st Italian Foot
7th Company of 1st Italian Foot Artillery
Auxiliary
5th Company and Detachment of 7th Train (bis) Battalion
5th and 6th companies and Detachment of the 9th Italian Train Battalion
1st Company and detachment of the 2nd and 6th companies of the 9th Battalion of
Military Equipage.
1st Company of the 2nd Pontoon Battalion
1st and 3rd companies of the 1st Italian Battalion of Military Equipage.
V CORPS: General of Division Prince Jozef Poniatowski
16TH DIVISION: General of Division Isidor Krasinski
1st Brigade: General of Brigade Krasinski
3rd Polish Line
15th Polish Line
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Franciszek Paszkowski
16th Polish Line
Artillery: Chef de Bataillon Sowinski
3rd Polish Foot Artillery Company (6 guns)
12th Polish Foot Artillery Company (6 guns)
3rd Company of the Polish Artillery Train Battalion
Auxiliary
1st Company of the Polish Sapper Battalion
Detachment Polish Artillery Artisan Company
18TH DIVISION: General of Division Charles Kniaziewicz
1st Brigade: General of Brigade Beganski
2nd Polish Line
8th Polish Line
2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Pototzk
12th Polish Line
Artillery: Chef de Bataillon Ushinski
4th Polish Foot Artillery Company (6 guns)
5th Polish Foot Artillery Company (6 guns)