Allied and French Forces Battle of Montmirail 11 February 1814

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1 Allied and French Forces Battle of Montmirail 11 February 1814 Allied Forces at the Battle of Montmirial Russian Corps: Generallieutenant von Sacken XI Corps: Generalmajor von Lieven III l0th Division: Generalmajor Sass Brigade: Generalmajor Sokolovsky Jaroslav Infantry Regiment (1) Kursk Infantry Regiment (1) Bieloserk Infantry Regiment (2) Brigade: Colonel Achlestischev 8th Jager Regiment (1) 39th Jager Regiment (1) From 16th Division: Brigade: Lt. Colonel Selivanov Kamtchatka Infantry Regiment (1) Okhotsk Infantry Regiment (1) 27th Division: Generallieutenant Stawitzky Brigade: Colonel Lewandowsky Odessa Infantry Regiment (1) Vilna Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade: Colonel Alexejev Simbrisk Infantry Regiment (1) Tarnopol Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade: Colonel Kalogruivoff 49th Jager Regiment (1) 50th Jager Regiment (1) Position Battery #18 Light Batteries #34 & #35 VI Corps: Generallieutenant Por Tallisin II 7th Division: Generalmajor Prince Scherbatov Brigade: Colonel Kritschinikov Pskof Infantry Regiment (1) Moscow Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade: Colonel Augustov Sophia Infantry Regiment (1) Libau Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade: Colonel Dieterich 11th Jager Regiment (1) 36th Jager Regiment (1) 18th Division: Generalmajor Bernodessov Brigade: Lt. Colonel Blagovenzenko Vladimir Infantry Regiment (1) Dnieper Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade: Generalmajor Helidenreich Tambov Infantry Regiment (1) Kostroma Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade: Generalmajor Metcherinov 28th Jager Regiment (1) 32nd Jager Regiment (1) Position Battery #10 1

2 Light Batteries #19 & #24 Cavalry Corps: Generallieutenant Vassiltchkov 2nd Hussar Division: Generalmajor Lanskoi Brigade: Generalmajor Waddolski Akhtyrsk Hussar Regiment (6) Marioupol Hussar Regiment (5) Brigade: Colonel Vassilschikov White Russia Hussar Regiment (4) Alexandria Hussar Regiment (5) 3rd Dragoon Division: Generalmajor Pantschichscheff Brigade: Generalmajor Uschakov Smolensk Dragoon Regiment Kurland Dragoon Regiment Brigade: Generalmajor Umanez Tver Dragoon Regiment Kinburn Dragoon Regiment Horse Artillery Battery #18 Brigade: Generalmajor Karpov II Karpov II Don Cossack Regiment Semintschikov IV Don Cossack Regiment Lukowken II Don Cossack Regiment Kuteinikov IV Don Cossack Regiment Grekov I Don Cossack Regiment St. Petersburg Opolochenie Cossack Regiment 4th Ukranian Cossack Regiment 2nd Kalmuck Regiment Horse Batteries #6 & #7 Reserve Generalmajor Nikitin Position Batteries #10, #13, & #18 Light Batteries #24, #28, #34 & #35 1 Pioneer Company Prussian I Corps: General of Infantry von Yorck 1st Brigade: Generalmajor von Pirch II 1st East Prussian Grenadier Battalion (1) Silesian Grenadier Battalion (1) Leib Grenadier Battalion (1) West Prussian Grenadier Battalion (1) 13th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4) East Prussian National Cavalry Regiment (4) (with jägers) 6pdr Foot Battery #2 7th Brigade: Generalmajor von Horn Leib Infantry Regiment (3) 4th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (2) 15th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (2) Brandenburg Hussar Regiment (with jägers) 6pdr Foot Battery #3

3 French Forces at the Battle of Montmirial 1 Commanding Officer: Emperor Napoleon I Napoleon's Escort: Général de division Guyot 2 1st Chevauléger-lanicer Regiment (1 sqn) Chasseur à Cheval de la Garde (1 sqn) Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde (1 sqn) Empress Dragoon Regiment (1 sqn) Old Guard: Marshal Mortier 1st Old Guard Division: Général de division Friant (4,796) 1st Brigade: Général de division Michel Staff/,1/,2/1st Chasseur à Pied Regiment Staff/,1/,2/2nd Chasseur à Pied Regiment 2nd Brigade: Général de division Cambronne Staff/,1/,2/1st Grenadier à Pied Regiment Staff/,1/,2/2nd Grenadier à Pied Regiment Attached: 1/,2/,3/Guard Sapper Battalion 3/Guard Marine Battalion Guard Engineering Train 2nd Old Guard Division: Général de division Michel (3,878) 1/, 2/Flanquer-Chasseur Regiment 1/, 2/Flanquer-Grenadier Regiment Velites of Florence Velites of Turin 1/, 2/Fusilier-Chasseur Regiment 1/, 2/Fusilier-Grenadier Regiment Young Guard: Marshal Ney 1st Voltigeur Division: Général de division Meunier (4,133) 1st Voltigeur Regiment 2nd Voltigeur Regiment 3rd Voltigeur Regiment 4th Voltigeur Regiment 2nd Voltigeur Division: Général de division Curial (2,840) 5th Voltigeur Regiment 6th Voltigeur Regiment 7th Voltigeur Regiment 8th Voltigeur Regiment 1st Guard Cavalry Division: Général de division Colbert (2582) 2nd Eclaireur Regiment 1st Chevauléger-lanicer Regiment (Polish) Chasseur à Cheval de la Garde Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Empress Dragoon Regiment 1 Strength figures are based on Army Archives, Château Vincennes, C2-555, for 1 February These four squadrons were detached from the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Guard Cavalry Regiments, but it is not known from which they came. 3

4 Horse Artillery 2nd Guard Cavalry: Général de division Lefebvre Desnouettes 3 1st Lancer Regiment (7)(40/640) Old Guard Chasseur à Cheval Regiment (6)(40/627) Guard Dragoon Regiment (6)(50/750) Grenadier à Cheval Regiment (6)(55/899) Gendarmes d'élite (2)(23/411) 3rd Guard Cavalry Division: Général de division Laferrière 1st Brigade: Général de brigade Lyon Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (34/508) 4 Empress Dragoon Regiment (44/691) 2nd Brigade: Général de brigade Letort Grenadier a Cheval Regiment (45/842) Guard (1,464) 7 Foot Batteries 4 Horse Batteries Train Pontooneers VI Corps: 8th Division: Général de division Ricard (2,917) 2/2nd Légère Regiment 7/4th Légère Regiment 2/6th Légère Regiment 9th Légère Regiment 16th Légère Regiment 22nd Line Regiment 2/40th Line Regiment 2/50th Line Regiment 3/65th Line Regiment 1/136th Line Regiment 1/138th Line Regiment 1/142nd Line Regiment 1/144th Line Regiment 1/145th Line Regiment Cavalry Division: Général de division Defrance (896) 1st Gardes d'honneur 2nd Gardes d'honneur 3rd Gardes d'honneur 4th Gardes d'honneur 10th Hussar Regiment von Damitz, K., Geschichte des Feldzuges von 1814 in dem östlichen und nördlichen Frankreich bis zur Einnahme von Paris, 1842, Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler. Plotho, C., Der Kreig in Deutschland und Frankreich in den Jahren 1813 und 1814, 1817, Berlin, Carl Friederich Amelang. Sporschil, J, Die Grosse Chronik, Geschichte des Kreiges des Verbundeten Europa's gegen Napoleon Bonaparte, in den Jahren 1813, 1814, und 1815, 1841, Braunschweig, George Westerman. 3 Stengths are as of 28 January Numbers are officers and men.

5 French Army Archives, Château Vincennes, C2-555 Copyright GFN