Lannes' Battle in the Mud

Pultusk 1806
Order of Battle and Tactical Map

by Patrick E. Wilson, UK

French 5th Corps D'Armée: Marshal Jean Lannes 1st Division: General Louis Gabriel Suchet 1st Brigade: General M. Claparede 17th Legere 3bns 2nd Brigade: General H. Reille 34th Ligne 4bns 40th Ligne 3bns 3rd Brigade: General D. Vedel 64th and 88th Ligne 3bns ea. Artillery: 1 foot and 1 horse battery. 2nd Division: General Honore Theodore Gazan 1st Brigade: General J. Graindorge 21st and 28th Legere 2bns ea. 2nd Brigade: General F. Campana 100th and 103rd Ligne 3bns ea. Artillery: 2 foot batteries. Corps Cavalry: General Anne Francois Treilhard 9th Hussars 3 sqdns 10th Hussars 3 sqdns 21st Chasseurs a cheval 3 sqdns Attached Dragoons: General Becker 13th, 15th and 20th Dragoons 4 sqdns ea. Corps Artillery: General Foucher de Careil 1 heavy foot battery and 1 light horse battery. 3rd Division of Marshal Davoust's Corps: General Marquis d'Aultanne 1st Brigade: General C. Petit 12th Ligne 2bns 21st Ligne 3bns 2nd Brigade: General N.H. Gautier 25th and 85th Ligne 2bns ea. Artillery: 1 foot and 1 horse battery Cavalry: 1 Co. each of Chasseurs a cheval and Dragoons. Russian 2nd Russian Army General of Cavalry Levin August Benningsen. 2nd Division: General Ostermann-Tolstoi 3rd Division: General Baron D.O. Sacken (-detachments at Golymin) 4th Division: General Prince Gallitzin (-detachments at Golymin) 6th Division: General Sedmaratski Total Russian forces present on 26th December 1806 were 66 battalions of infantry (or 22 regiments, a mixture of Grenadier, Jäger and Musketeer), 55 Squadrons of cavalry Uhlans, Cuirassiers, Dragoons and Hussars), 7 x Field Artillery batteries and 2½ x Horse batteries. Sources and Further Reading Chandler, David G., The Campaigns of Napoleon (London: Wiedenfeld and Nicolson, 1987 Reprint of 1966 edition). Esposito, Vincent J., and Elting, John R., A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars (London: Arms and Armour, 1980 Reprint of 1964 edition). Hayman, Sir Peter, Soult: Napoleon's Maligned Marshal (London: Arms and Armour Press, 1990). Petre, F. Loraine, Napoleon's Campaign in Poland 1806-07 (London: Greenhill Books, 1989 Reprint of 1907 edition). Wilson, Sir Robert, Campaigns in Poland 1806 and 1807 (Felling, Worley Publications, 1995 Reprint of 1810 edition). Jumbo Pultusk Tactical Map (slow: 158K) Back to Pultusk 1806 Historical Overview Back to Table of Contents -- First Empire #42 Back to First Empire List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1998 by First Empire. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com