Russians: CinC: Prince M.D. Gorchakov

Right Flank: General Read

7th Infantry Division: General Ushakov
1st Brigade: 14th Mohilev Infantry Regt.
2nd Brigade: 13th Vitebsk Jager Regt., 14th Polotsk Jager Regt.
Artillery: 7th Artillery Brigade of the 3rd Division:
9th and 10th Positional Batteries
17th and 18th Light Foot Batteries.

12th Infantry Division: General Martineau

1st Brigade: 23rd Azov Infantry Regt.
2nd Brigade: 23rd Ukraine Jager Regt., 24th Odessa Jager Regt.
Artillery: 12th Artillery Brigade of the 4th Division:
16th Positional Battery,
30th, 31st and 32nd Light Foot Batteries
Cavalry:
18th Elizabethgrad Uhlan Regt.
37th Don Cossacks

Left Flank: Lt.Gen. Liprandi

17th Infantry Division: General Vesselitski
1st Brigade: 33rd Moscow Infantry Regt., 34th Boutirsk Infantry Regt.
2nd Brigade: 33rd Borodino Jager Regt., 34th Taroutine Jager Regt.
Artillery: 17th Artillery Brigade of the 6th Division:
23rd Positional Battery,
43rd, 44th and 45th Light Foot Batteries

6th Infantry Division (Partially engaged): General Bellegarde

2nd Brigade: 11th Nisov Jager Regt., 12th Simbirsk Jager Regt., 24th Dneiper Infantry Regt. (from 12th Div)
Artillery: 6th Artillery Brigade from the 2nd Division:
8th Positional Battery,
14th, 15th and 16th Light Foot Batteries

Reserve: General Shepelev

4th Infantry Division: Gen. Shepelev
1st Brigade:
7th Bieloserk Infantry Regt., 8th Olonetz Infantry Regt.,
2nd Brigade: 7th Schlusselburg Jager Regt., 8th Lagoda Lager Regt.
Artillery: 4th Artillery Brigade from the 2nd Division:
5th and 6th Positional Batteries,
9th and 10th Light Foot Batteries

5th Infantry Division: General Vranken

1st Brigade: 9th Archangel Infantry Regt., 10th Vologda Infantry Regt.
2nd Brigade: 9th Kastroma Jager Regt., 10th Galitz Jager Regt.
Artillery: 5th Artillery Brigade from the 2nd Division:
7th Positional Battery,
11th, 12th and 13th Light Foot Batteries.

Cavalry Reserve (at Tchernaya)

French: CinC: General of Division Pelissier

II Corps (only partially engaged)

2nd Infantry Division: Gen.Div. Camou
1st Brigade: Gen.Brig. de Wimpffen
3rd Zouave Regiment, 50th Line Regiment
2nd Brigade: Gen.Brig. Verge
Turcos (2 btns) 6th Line Infantry Regt., 82nd Line Infantry Regt.

3rd Infantry Division:

1st Brigade: Gen.Brig. Faucheux
19th Chasseurs Btn., 2nd Zouave Regiment
2nd Brigade: Gen.Brig. Failly
95th Line Infantry Regt.
97th Line Infantry Regt.

1st (Reserve) Infantry Division: Gen.Div. Herbillion

1st Brigade: Gen.Brig. Sencier
14th Chasseurs Btn., 47th Line Infantry Regt., 52nd Line Infantry Regt.
2nd Brigade: Gen.Brig. Cler
62nd Line Infantry Regt. (2 btns), 73rd Line Infantry Regt. (1 btn)

1st Corps Cavalry Division: Gen.Div. Morris

1st Brigade: 1st Chasseurs D'Afrique Regt., 3rd Chasseurs D'Afrique Regt
2nd Brigade: Gen.Brig. Feray
2nd Chasseurs D'Afrique Regt., 4th Chasseurs D'Afrique Regt

Piedmontese

1st Division (only partially engaged)
1st Brigade: Maj. Gen. Fanti
2nd (Provisional) Bersaglieri Battalion
7th Field Artillery Battery

2nd Division: Lt. Gen Trotti

1st Brigade: Maj. Gen. Montevecchio
4th (Provisional) Line Infantry Regt.,
4th (Provisional) Bersaglieri Battalion,
13th Field Artillery Battery
2nd Brigade: Maj. Gen. Mollard
5th (Provisional) Line Infantry Regt.,
5th (Provisional) Bersaglieri Battalion
16th Field Artillery Battery

This is a Franco-Italian battle, and lays the foundation for their future cooperation against Austria in 1859. The British contribution was limited to a battery of heavy field guns in support of the French zouaves, and Scarlett's cavalry division in massed reserve.

This engagement marked the first blooding of the Sardinian army since their defeat at the hands of Radetsky in 1849. According to Calthorpe, the British troops were impressed with the ability of the "Sardines" and their leader "General la Marmalade"

Wargaming the Battle of Tchernaya River

Predictably, my local group uses BNIII and the Crimean War expansion. For purposes of the scenario, Read is assigned "#22. Gloryhound" to his Commander Rating; whenever the Russian CinC rolls an unmodified 01-06 on his initiative, Read will charge the nearest Allied-held position.

No "Captain's Hill."

Gortschakoff wasted nearly two hours than morning riding back and forth among his subordinate commands looking for a vantage point from which to conduct the battle. None existed. To represent the disjointed nature of the command, no communication between the Russian players should be allowed. Some sort of individual initiative should also be used, where the left flank may be out of synch with the center, and so on.

Tchernaya Historical Background