Action at Sochocin
24 December 1806

Orders of Battle

by Robert Goetz, USA

French Order of Battle 2nd Division - Général de Division Etienne Heudelet de Bierre (as of 15 Dec.) Général de Brigade Francois Pierre Joseph Amey 7th légère (3 battalions) Col. Boyet 2110 Général de BrigadeJacques Thomas Sarrut 24th ligne (3 battalions) Col. Semellé 2267 63rd ligne (2 battalions) Col. Lacuée 1687 3rd Co. 3rd Foot Artillery 330 2nd Co. 6th Horse Artillery 281 Total 6675 Light Cavalry Brigade - Général de Brigade Antoine Jean Auguste Henri Durosnel (as of 15 Dec.) 7th Chasseurs Col. Lagrange 379 20th Chasseurs Col. Castex 515 Total 922 2nd Brigade, 1st Division - Général de Brigade Jacques Lefranc (as of 15 Dec.) 44th ligne (2 battalions) Col. Sandeur 1513 105th ligne (2 battalions) Col. Habert 1545 Total 3073 Russian Order of Battle Detachment - Major General Barclay de Tolly (not present) Forces at Sochocin Col. Iakov Iakovlevich Davydovskii: estimated 1st Jaeger (2 Battalions) 2nd Division 1100 Isoum Hussars (3 Squadrons) 2nd Division 375 1/2 Battery Horse Artillery 4th Division 50 Total 1525 Reserve between Kolozab and Sochocin Col. Petr Ivanovich Ershov: Tenguinsk Musketeers Advance Guard 1600 (3 Battalions) Total 1600 Action at Sochocin 24 December 1806 Introduction The Situation The Opponents The Action Orders of Battle Back to Table of Contents -- First Empire #69 Back to First Empire List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by First Empire. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com