The Battle Of
The Gohrde 1813

Order of Battle

by John Walsh

Allied Divisions

(C in C: General Count von Wallmoden-Simborn)

1st Division: Oberst Federich von Arentschildt.

1st Brigade: Major von Natzmer

    1st. 2nd. 5th Battalions Russo-German Legion

2nd Brigade: Oberstleutnant von Wardenburg

    3rd. 4th. 6th Battalions Russo-German Legion
    1st RGL Hussar Regiment
    1st RGL Horse battery (8 guns)
    Erlenbusch Foot battery (8 guns)

2nd Division: Generalmajor von Tettenborn

    Combined jager battalion
    Reiche jager battalion
    2 x companies Kielmannseggs Hanoverian battalion
    Staalts Foot battalion von Lutzow Freikorps
    Von Lutzow Frikorps cavalry
    Komissarov, Sulima and Denisov Cossack regiments
    Hanseatic Horse battery (4 guns)

3rd Division: Major General Lyon

Light Brigade: Lt. Colonel Martin

    Bremen and Verden Battalion
    73rd Highland Foot regiment
    Anhalt-Dessau Battalion

Line Brigade: Lt. Colonel Halkett

    von Langsohr Battalion
    von Bennigsen Battalion
    Lauenberg Battalion
    KGL Composite Battalion von Holtzermann
    Foot battery von Wiering ( 6 guns)

4th Division: Generalmajor von Dorenberg

    3rd KGL Hussar regt
    Luneberg Hussars regt
    Bremen and Verden Hussar regt

Horse Artillery Brigade: Major Bruckman

    1st KGL Horse battery von Sympher (6 guns)
    2nd KGL Horse battery von Hulmann (6 guns)
    2nd RGL battery von Tiedmann (8 guns)
    British Rocket Battery (16 rocket launchers)

TOTAL: Approx: 12-14,000 men

French Brigade

(C in C: General Pecheux)

Brigade Commander: General Mielzinski

    4 battalions 3rd Line Regiment
    2 battalions 105th Line Regiment
    100 troopers from 28th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment
    6 guns (6pdrs)
    2 howitzers (24 pdrs?)

Total: Approx: 4,000 men

Bibliography

Nafziger, George Napoleon At Leipzig Emperor's Press. Chicago USA. 1996
Hofschroer, Peter Prussian Reserve, Militia & Irregular Troops 1806-15 Osprey Maa192 . Uk. 1991
Parkinson, Roger Clausewitz Wayland Publishing Ltd. London. 1970
Sample Website: Http:Www.Kgl.De/Frame/Gbframe.Htm (based on N.Ludlow Beamish's King's German Legion book)
UK Extracts: The Historical Record Of The 73rd Regiment (Provided By Thomas B. Smyth, Archivist Of The Black Watch Regiment. Perth. Scotland)
German Extracts: Die Russisch-Deutsche Legion In Der Jahren 1811-1815 by Gabriele Venzky Otto Harrassowitz. Wiesbaden. 1966
Die Schlacht An Der Gohrde. 16. September 1813 (both German extracts provided by Sander-Nagashima, Korvettenkapitan, at the Militargeschtliches Forschungsamt, Potsdam, Germany)

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