Part 1 Cavalry The small Royal Horseguard - Livgarden til Hest - had two squadrons of 69 all ranks. Total 150 all ranks. The Husarregimentet had 7 squadrons of 174 all ranks, each. The 7th squadron was an uhlan squadron. The total strength was 1260 all ranks. In November 1813 Sjællandske Husarkorps was raised with one squadron of 226 all ranks. The eight remaining regiments of heavy cavalry and light dragoons had each 4 squadrons of 162 all ranks with a total strength of 664 all ranks. The regiments were as follows: Heavy cavalry: Livregiment Ryttere Sjællandske Rytterregiment Holstenske Rytterregiment Slesvigske Rytterregiment Light dragoons: Livregiment Lette Dragoner Prins Frederik Ferdinands Dragonregiment (*) Fynske Regiment Lette Dragoner Jyske Regiment Lette Dragoner *Named "Prins Frederik Ferdinands Lette Dragonregiment" in 1813. Heavy dragoons: The four Norwegian dragoon regiments each had 8 companies, which theoretically formed 4 squadrons. In reality the companies were used as the tactical unit. These were: Akkershusiske Dragonregiment Smålenske Dragonregiment Oplandske Dragonregiment Trondhjemske Dragonregiment The Akkershusiske Dragoon Regiment had 1 enlisted company of 64 all ranks and 7 national companies of 133 all ranks. Total strength was 1020 all ranks. The three other regiments had 8 national companies of 133 all ranks with a total strength of 1087 all ranks. In 1811 the cavalry in Norway was totally reorganised. All four regiments were disbanded and three new were formed - two dragoon units and a mounted Jaeger corps: Søndenfjældske Dragonregiment had 12 companies of 132 all ranks. Total strength was 1629 all ranks. Trondhjemske Dragonkorps had 4 line companies of 133 all ranks and a militia company of 131 all ranks. Total strength 672 all ranks. Akkershusiske Ridende Jægerkorps had an enlisted company of 64 all ranks and 3 national companies of 135 all ranks. Total strength 469. Artillery The Royal Artillery Corps consisted of the staff in Copenhagen and three administrative brigades: The Danish in Copenhagen, The Holstein in Rendsburg, Schleswig and the Norwegian in Christiania (present-day Oslo). The three artillery battalions were rein-forcement units and used to man the fortress artillery as well as some provisional field batteries. The train or stable companies were integrated into the horse companies. The artillery drivers were not organised in companies but were divided after needs. The composition of the corps is shown in the following: Headquarters: Corps staff with 62 all ranks Articifer Company with 122 all ranks. Pyrotechnic and Mining Company with 106 all ranks. Danske Artilleribrigade: Staff 1 horse artillery company with 175 all ranks. 9 foot companies of 239 all ranks. 1 train company with 160 all ranks. Danske Artilleribataillon with 10 companies with a company strength of 165 all ranks. Holstenske Artilleribriqade: Staff 1 horse artillery company with 175 all ranks. 3 foot companies of 279 all ranks. 1 train company with 58 all ranks. Holstenske Artilleribataillon with 6 companies of 165 all ranks, each. Norske Artilleribriqade: Staff 1 horse artillery company with 77 all ranks. 5 enlisted foot companies of 76 all ranks. 4 national foot companies of 105 other ranks. The national and enlisted companies were combined two and two to form a full company (except of the 14th Enlisted Coy.) with a total of 181 all ranks). 1 train company with 24 all ranks. Søndenfjældske Nationale Artilleribataillon with 4 companies of 269 all ranks. Trondhjemske Nationale Artilleri with 2 companies of 274 all ranks. Field artillery The field artillery was originally based on an organisation with 8 batteries in each brigade, but due to the war the composition was changed. To this came the so called "driving" batteries formed after 1807, where the crew were placed on the carriage and on the wagons. Usually a battery had 8 guns and 2 howitzers. The guns were of the Danish 1766 system except for a French 6pdr battery given by the French in 1813. The following list based on the situation in 1813 shows the number of field batteries and their gun composition (provisional batteries are stated in paragraphs): The above is only a description of the more permanent field batteries, but provisional batteries were formed on a number of occasions and it will be to far reaching to describe them here. An example is Captain Friboe's battery in the mountainous north Norway during the 1808 campaign against the Swedes, which had 6 x 3pdr guns, 2 x 1pdr guns and 6 x 6pdr handmortars manned by 154 all ranks of the 14th Enlisted Artillery Company, and the regimental artillery of the 2det Trondhjemske Infanteriregiment. The Regimental artillery The regimental artillery had been disbanded in Denmark in 1808, but was retained in the Norwegian infantry regiments. Each regiment had an artillery detachment of 93 all ranks who manned 2 1pdr or 3pdr guns per battalion. The Rocket Corps After 1807 Captain A. von Schumacher designed several rockets and a fabrication was started. Initially it had no specific organisation, but in 1812 a navy and an army battery was formed. In 1813 a second army battery was added and both became part of the main army corps, but as this unit never were engaged they saw no active service. Unfortunately, nothing is known on the organisation. Engineers The Royal Engineer Corps had 55 engineer officers. The Sapper Corps had four companies of 217 all ranks with a total strength of 882 all ranks. A single pioneer company of 156 all ranks was raised in Norway during the 1808 campaign. Naval companies were formed for river transportation and other special tasks. In 1809 a 200 men company was raised for the planned invasion of Sweden. In 1811 and 1813 other companies were formed - the marine company of the Auxiliary Corps in 1813 had 129 all ranks. Main Sources: P. Rosenstand-Goiske og J.C. Hedegaard: Reskripter, resolutioner og collegialbreve den danske krigsmagt til lands angående 1800-1814, Copenhagen 1805-1819. H. Kierulf: Calender over samtlige ved den kongelige danske og norske armee ansatte officerer og øvrige betjente, saavelsom over Borgervæb-ninger og frivillige korps 1809-1815, Copenhagen 1809-1815. J. Johansen: Frederik VIs hær 1784-1814, Copenhagen 1948. Hans Tino Hansen:Den Dansk-Norske hærs organisation i slutningen af napoleonsti-den, Chakoten no. 4 1991 and no. 1-2 1992 : The Danish Brigade: Guns Howitzers 1 horse battery 8 x 6pdr 2 x 10pdr 2 horse divisions (1812-13) 4 x 6pdr - 1 foot battery 8 x 6pdr 2 x 20pdr 9 driving batteries 8 x 3pdr 2 x 10pdr 7 foot batteries 8 x 3pdr 2 x 10pdr 1 foot division (1813-14) 4 x 3pdr - 1 heavy foot battery 8 x 12pdr 4 x 36pdr 1 howitzer battery (1808-9) - 8 x 36pdr 2 x 20pdr The Holstein Brigade: Guns Howitzers 1 horse battery 8 x 6pdr 2 x 10pdr 4 foot batteries 8 x 6pdr 2 x 20pdr 1 foot battery (1813-4)* 6 x 6pdr 2 x 24pdr + 2 20pdr 4 driving batteries 8 x 3pdr 2 x 10pdr 1 foot battery 8 x 3pdr 2 x 10pdr 1 heavy foot battery 8 x 1pdr 4 x 36pdr *Note that the six 6pdr guns and two 24 howitzers were French system XI guns, while the two20pdr howitzers were standard Danish M1766 The Norwegian Brigade: Guns Howitzers 1 horse battery 8 x 3pdr 2 x 1pdr 1 foot battery 8 x 6pdr 2 x 10pdr 5 driving batteries 8 x 3pdr 2 x 10pdr 1 heavy foot battery 8 x 12pdr 4 x 36pdr 5 driving batteries 8 x 3pdr 2 x 10pdr 1 heavy foot battery 8 x 12pdr 4 x 36pdr Back to Table of Contents -- First Empire #19 Back to First Empire List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1994 by First Empire. 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