Battle of Hanau
30/31 October 1813

Order of Battle

By Colin Allen

ALLIES CinC General de Cavalerie, Count Wrede Bavarian Corps 2nd Division (Beckers) Brigade Pappenheim 4th Line (2 battalions) 5th Light (1 battalion) 4th National (1 battalion) 9th National (1 battalion) Brigade Zollern 6th Line (2 battalions) 1st Light (1 battalion) 13th National (1 battalion) 14th National (1 battalion) Artillery (Caspers) 7th Foot Battery (6 pounders) 2nd Wurst Battery (6 pounders) 3rd Division (Lamotte) Brigade Stockh 11th Line (2 battalions) 7th Line (1 battalion) Danube Legion (1 battalion) Brigade Deroy 5th Line (1 battalion) 8th Line (1 battalion) 9th Line (1 battalion) 5th National (1 battalion) 6th National (1 battalion) Artillery (Wagner) 9th Foot Battery (6 pounders) 1st Wurst Battery (6 pounders) Cavalry 1st Brigade (Bieregg) 1st Chevaulegers (3 squadrons) 2nd Chevaulegers (3 squadrons) 7th Chevaulegers (4 squadrons) 2nd Brigade (Elbracht) 3rd Chevaulegers (3 squadrons) 6th Chevaulegers (3 squadrons) 3rd Brigade (Dietz) 4th Chevaulegers (3 squadrons) 5th Chevaulegers (1 squadron) Reserve Artillery (Cologne) Wurst battery (6 pounders) Foot Battery (6 pounders) 3 Foot Batteries (12 pounders) Total: About 15000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. Austrian Corps (FML Baron Fresnel) 1st Division (Bach) Brigade Hardegg 3rd Jagers (1 battalion) 1st Szekler Grenz (2 battalions) Brigade Battery (6 pounders) Brigade Wolkmann I.R.Archduke Rudolph (4 battalions) I.R.Jordis (4 battalions) Brigade Battery (6 pounders) 2nd Division (Trautenberg) Brigade Diemar Kramer Grenadiers (1 battalion) de Best Grenadiers (1 battalion) Frisch Grenadiers (1 battalion) Brigade Battery (6 pounders) Brigade Klenau Moese Grenadiers (1 battalion) Puteany Grenadiers (1 battalion) Possman Grenadiers (1 battalion) Lanyi Grenadiers (1 battalion) Brigade Battery (6 pounders) Cavalry Division (Spleny) Brigade Tillon Archduke Joseph Hussars (6 squadrons) Frimont Hussars (6 squadrons) Szekler Hussars (4 squadrons) Brigade Sprethy Knesevich Dragoons (6 squadrons) Schwarzenberg Uhlans (6 squadrons) Liechtenstein Cuirassiers (4 squadrons) Reserve Artillery (Stwrtnick) Position Battery (12 pounders) 2 Position Batteries (6 pounders) Total: About 18000 infantry and 6000 cavalry. Others Austrian Raiding Corps (Mensdorf) 2 Cossack Regiments (4 squadrons) Archduke Ferdinand Hussars (2 squadrons) Hessen-Homburg Hussars (1 squadron) Neumark Dragoons (Prussian) (1 squadron) Voluntary Chasseurs (? squadrons) Cossacks (Czernitcheff & Orloff-Denisoff) (4 squadrons) Total: About 1000 cavalry. Grand Total: About 33000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry and 102 guns. FRENCH As most of the French infantry units were down to less than 100 men per battalion, it seems pointless to give a detailed breakdown of each corps. Therefore I will just give corps strengths for everyone except the Guard and 2nd Cavalry Corps, who were still pretty well up to strength. In addition, only the units that actually fought at Hanau are listed. CinC The Emperor Napoleon I Imperial Guard (Drouot) 1st Old Guard Division (Friant) Brigade Christiani 1st Chasseurs (2 battalions) 2nd Chasseurs (2 battalions) Brigade Michel 1st Grenadiers (2 battalions) 2nd Grenadiers (2 battalions) 2nd Old Guard Division (Curial) Brigade Rousseau Fusilier Chasseurs (2 battalions) Fusilier Grenadiers (2 battalions) Velites de Turin (1 battalion) Velites de Florence (1 battalion) Artillery (Dulauloy) Guard Foot Artillery (5 batteries) Guard Horse Artillery (2 batteries) Total: About 6,000 infantry and 52 guns. Imperial Guard Cavalry (Nansouty) 1st Division (Ornano) Brigade Colbert Lancers of Berg (3 squadrons) 2nd (Dutch) Lancers (10 squadrons) Brigade Linteville Young Guard Dragoons (2 squadrons) 2nd Division (Lefebvre-Desnouettes) Brigade Krasinski 1st lancers (Young Guard) (4 squadrons) Brigade Castex Chasseurs (Young Guard) (5 squadrons) Grenadiers (Young Guard) (2 squadrons) 3rd Division (Walther) Brigade Lyon 1st (Polish) Lancers (3 squadrons) Chasseurs a Cheval (4 squadrons) 4th Gardes d'Honneur (4 squadrons) Brigade Letort Empress Dragoons (4 squadrons) 1st Gardes d'Honneur (4 squadrons) 2nd Gardes d'Honneur (4 squadrons) Brigade Laferriere Grenadiers a Cheval (4 squadrons) 3rd Gardes d'Honneur (4 squadrons) Total: About 4,000 cavalry. 2nd Cavalry Corps (Sebastiani) 2nd Light Cavalry Division (d'Hurbal) Brigade Domanget 2nd Lancers (3 squadrons) 11th Chasseurs (3 squadrons) 12th Chasseurs (3 squadrons) Brigade Lagrange 4th Lancers (3 squadrons) 5th Hussars (3 squadrons) 9th Hussars (4 squadrons) 4th Light Cavalry Division (Excelmans) Brigade Maurin 6th Lancers (3 squadrons) 4th Chasseurs (3 squadrons) 7th Chasseurs (4 squadrons) 20th Chasseurs (4 squadrons) Brigade Wathier 23rd Chasseurs (4 squadrons) 24th Chasseurs (3 squadrons) 11th Hussars (2 squadrons) 2nd Heavy Cavalry Division (Saint-Germain) Brigade D'Hugerauville 1st Carabiniers (3 squadrons) 2nd Carabiniers (3 squadrons) 1st Cuirassiers (3 squadrons) Brigade Thiry 5th Cuirassiers (3 squadrons) 8th Cuirassiers (2 squadrons) 10th Cuirassiers (2 squadrons) Artillery 1 Horse Battery (6 guns) Total: About 3,000 cavalry and 6 guns. Combined 11th and 15th Corps (Marshal Macdonald) 83 battalions and 14 squadrons totalling about 5,000 effectives. 2nd Corps (Marshal Victor) 42 battalions and 6 squadrons of Westphalian hussars totalling about 2000 men. 3rd Corps (Marshal Marmont) 41 battalions and 11 squadrons totalling about 2000 effectives. 6th Corps (Marshal Marmont) 42 battalions totalling about 2000 effectives. Division Durutte 14 battalions totalling about 1800 effectives. 4th Corps (General Bertrand) 25 battalions and 7 squadrons totalling about 1500 men Division Guilleminot and Brigade Morio 16 battalions totalling about 1000 men. Grand Total: About 21300 infantry, 7000 cavalry and an uncertain number of guns. Bibliography Berthier A. Registre d'Ordres pendant la Campagne de 1813. Fain A. Manuscript de 1813. Paris 1829. Guerre M. Memoires. Agen 1928. Heilmann. Feldzugg von 1813. Munich 1857. Jolyet J. De Bautzen … Hanau. Paris 1919. Jomini. A.H. Precis Politique et Militaire des Campagnes de 1812 … 1814. Lausanne 1886. Macdonald J. Souvenirs de Marechal Macdonald, Duc de Tarente. Paris 1892. Pelet J. Operations de la Campagne de 1813. Paris 1825. Plotho. Relation Prussienne de la Bataille de Leipzig. Paris 1840. More Hanau Battle of Hanau Hanau Order of Battle Hanau Large Map (slow: 159K) Hanau Jumbo Map (extremely slow: 627K) Back to Table of Contents -- First Empire #8 Back to First Empire List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1992 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