The Battle of Rivoli, 1797
Part II

Order of Battle: 14th January, 1797

by John Walsh UK


(NB: as with the previous articles, I found detailed OB's impossible to find so the information below is calculated guesswork based on the various accounts researched)

French Army of Italy

C. in C: General Napoleon Bonaparte

    4am: Joubert's Division: 9,700 infantry 500 cavalry 12 guns
    6am: Joubert and Massena's Divisions: 15,500 infantry 1,500 cavalry 15-30 guns
    12-1pm: Jouhert, Massena & Rey's Divisions: 23,000 troops 30-40 guns?

Possible Infantry Regiments at Rivoli

    Legere (light) Demi Brigades: 4th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th, 22nd, 29th
    Line Demi-Brigades: I Ith, 14fh, 18th, 25th, 32nd, 33nd, 39th, 58th, 75th, 85th

Possible Cavalry Regiments

    22nd Chasseur a Cheval Regt.
    1st Cavalry Regt (Heavy Regt. commanded by Leclerc)

Artillery

    30-40 guns? (4pdr Horse / 8pdr foot and possibly some 12 pdrs)

Also possible at Rivoli under Victor's Command

    57th Line Demi-Brigade + detachment of 2nd Provisional Demi-Brigade 25th Chassaurs a Cheva Regt.

Austrian Army at Rivoli

C in C: Feldmarschall Baron Josef Alvinci:

    26,000 infantry (possibly in 34 battalions)
    2,000 cavalry (possibly in 15 squadrons)
    40+ guns?

Liptay column:

    4,200 infantry (1 or 2 mountain guns 3pdrs?)

Koblus' column:

    4,000 infantry (1 or 2 mountain guns 3pdrs?)

Ocskay's column:

    3,400 infantry (1 or 2 mountain guns 3pdrs?)

Quasdanovich (& Prince Reuss)

    7,500 men: possibly consisting of 6,000 infantry, 1,500 cavalry and 14+ guns: (possibly 6pdrs & one 2pdr).

Wukassovich column:

    3,900 men: possibly consisting of 3,400 infantry and 500 cavalry and several gun batteries (24+ guns, probably 6pdrs + 12pdrs)

Lusignan's column:

    5,000 infantry

Possible Austrian Regiments present at Rivoli

    KK IR4 Hoch und Deutschmeisler Infantry Regiment
    1,000 Vienna Volunteers

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