Order of Battle

Wagram: July 1809

Text by John Grehan & Phil Gaffney,
Original Illustrations by Ian Storer


1) The Foot Guard

1st (Old Guard) Division

    1st Brigade: 1st and 2nd Bns, 1st Chasseurs a Pied 1,507 all ranks
    2nd Brigade: 1st and 2nd Bns, 1st Grenadiers a Pied 1,250 all ranks
    3rd Brigade
      Fusilier-Chasseurs (two battalions) 1,089 all ranks
      Fusilier-Grenadiers (two battalions) 1,064 all ranks

2nd (Young Guard) Division

    1st Brigade
      Tirailleur-Chasseurs (two battalions) 1,400 all ranks
      Tirailleur-Grenadiers (two battalions) 1,041 all ranks

TOTAL INFANTRY 7,351 all ranks

2) The Horse Guard

    1st Brigade: Grenadiers a Cheval (four sqns) 699 all ranks
    2nd Brigade
      Chasseurs a Cheval (four sqns) 1,109 all ranks
      Empress Dragoons (four sqns) 718 all ranks
      Chevau-Legers Polonais (four sqns) 606 all ranks
      Gendarmes d'elite (two sqns) 234 all ranks

    TOTAL CAVALRY 3,366 all ranks

3) The Artillery

    1st company a Cheval - six 6-pounders and two howitzers
    2nd company a Chevalval - six 6-pounders and two howitzers
    3rd company a Cheval - six 6-pounders and two howitzers
    4th company a cheval - two 6-pounders and two howitzers
    5th company a Cheval - two 6-pounders and two howitzers
    6th company a Cheval - two 6-pounders and two howitzers
    1st company a piedA pied -six 12-pounders
    2nd company a pied - six 12-pounders
    3rd company a pied - six 12-pounders
    4th company a pied - four 6-pounders and two howitzers

    TOTAL ARTILLERY, 42 guns and howitzers with 1,646 men

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