Battle of Putulsk
Order of Battle

26th December 1806

by N.P. Marsh


French

French Fifth Corps

Commander Marshal Lannes

First Division - General of Division Suchet (7000-8000 men)

Generals of Brigade Claparede and Wedell

    17th Light
    34th Line
    40th Line
    64th Line
    88th Line

Second Division - General of Division Gazan (4000 - 5000 men)

    21st Light
    100th Line
    103rd Line

Corps Light Cavalry - General Treilhard (1000- 1200 men)

    21st Chasseurs a Cheval
    9th Hussars
    10th Hussars

Attached Dragoon Division - General Becker (1000 - 1200 men)

    13th Dragoons
    15th Dragoons
    20th Dragoons

French Third Corps

Third Division - General of Brigade d'Aultanne (6000 - 7000 men)

Generals of Brigade Petit and Gauthier

    12th Line
    21st Line
    25th Line
    85th Line
    Attached (200 men)
    1 squadron of Chasseurs a Cheval
    1 squadron of Dragoons

Totals : 19600 -23300 men

    Infantry 17000 - 20000 men
    Cavalry 2200 - 2600 men
    Artillery 400 - 700 men - 16 - 28 cannon at most

Russian

First Russian Army

Commander: General of Cavalry Bennigsen

2nd Division - Lieutenant General Ostermann-Tolstoi (7500 - 8250 men)

    Petersburg Grenadier Regiment
    Pavlov Grenadier Regiment
    Jeletz Musketeer Regiment
    Polotsk Musketeer Regiment
    Lithuania Musketeer Regiment

6th Division - Lieutenant General Sedmaratzki (9000 - 9900 men)

Major General Bagavout

    Azov Musketeer Regiment
    Nisov Musketeer Regiment
    Ouglitz Musketeer Regiment
    Revel Musketeer Regiment
    Sofia Musketeer Regiment
    3rd Jager Regiment

4th Division (-) attached to Bagavout (3000 - 3300 men)

    Minsk Musketeer Regiment
    4th Jager Regiment

3rd Division (-) Major General Barclay de Tolly (6000 - 6600 men)

    Tauride Grenadier Regiment
    Moun-nansk Musketeer Regiment
    20th Jager Regiment
    21st Jager Regiment

5th Division (-) (6000-6750 men)

    Perm Musketeer Regiment
    Mohilev Musketeer Regiment
    Sievsk Musketeer Regiment
    23rd Jager Regiment
    24th Jager Regiment
    2 Position Artillery Batteries - 28 cannon
    5 Light Foot Artillery Batteries - 70 cannon
    2-1/2 Horse Artillery Batteries - 30 cannon

Divisional Cavalry (4500-5000 men)

Major General Koschin

    Polish Uhlan Regiment - 10 squadrons
    Two Hussar Regiments - 20 squadrons
    Four Heavy Cavalry Regiments - 20 squadrons
    Cossacks (3000-4000 men) 6-8 Pulks

Totals: 39200-46300 men

    Infantry 31500-38100 men
    Cavalry 4500-5000 men
    Cossacks 3000-4000 men
    Artillery 3200 men - 128 cannon

Bibliography

F.Loraine Petre, Napoleon's Campaign in Poland 1806-1807, London 1989
Col. H.C.B. Rogers, Napoleon's Army, London 1974
David G. Chandler, The Campaigns of Napoleon, London 1981
George Nafziger, The Russian Army 1800-1815, Ontario 1983

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