Note from Editor Most Russian infantry regiments are only one battalion strong (number in parenthesis). The number of squadrons in each cavalry regiment are also indicated in parenthesis where known the number of bttns in a French regiment (or companies in a battalion) are denoted thus: /,1/,2/ X Regiment (1st and 2nd Battalions of the X Regiment). ALLIED FORCES Army of Silesia: Russian Corps General Lt Count Dmitri Osten-Sacken: (approximately 14,000 men and 80 guns) XI Corps: Generalmajor von Lieven III 10th Division: Generalmajor Sass Brigade Generalmajor Sokolovsky Jaroslav Infantry Regiment (1) Kursk Infantry Regiment (1) Bieloserk Infantry Regiment (2) Brigade: Colonel Achlestischev 8th Jaeger Regiment (1) 9th Jaeger Regiment (1) Brigade Lt. Colonel Selivanov (from 16th Division): Kamtchatka Infantry Regiment (1) Okhotsk Infantry Regiment (1) 27th Division: Generallieutenant Stawitzky Brigade: Colonel Lewandowsky Odessa Infantry Regiment (1) Vilna Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade Colonel Alexejev Simbrisk Infantry Regiment (1) Tarnopol Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade: Colonel Kalogruivoff 49th Jaeger Regiment (1) 50th Jaeger Regiment (1) Artillery: Position Battery #18 Light Batteries #34 and #35 VI Corps Generallieutenant Por Tallisin II 7th Division Generalmajor Prince Scherbatov Brigade: Colonel Kritschinikov Pskof Infantry Regiment (1) Moscov Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade Colonel Augustov Sophia Infantry Regiment (1) Libau Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade: Colonel Dieterich 11th Jaeger Regiment (1) 36th Jaeger Regiment (1) 18th Division: Generalmajor Bernodessov Brigade Lt Colonel Blagovenzenko Vladimir Infantry Regiment (1) Dnieper Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade: Generalmajor Helidenreich Tambov Wantry Regiment (1) Kostroma Infantry Regiment (1) Brigade: Generalmajor Metcherinov 28th Jaeger Regiment (1) 32nd Jaeger Regiment (1) Artillery Positon Battery #10 Light batteries #19 and #24 Cavalry Corps Generallieutenant Vassiltchkov 2nd Hussar Division Generalmajor Lanskoi Brigade: Generaimajor Waddolski Akhtyrsk Hussar Regiment (6) Marioupol Hussar Regiment (5) Brigade: Colonel Vassilschikov White Russia Hussar Regiment (4) Alexandria Hussar Regiment (5) 3rd Dragoon Division: Generalmajor Pantschichscheff Brigade Generalmajor Uschakov Kurland Dragoon Regiment Brigade Generalmajor Umanez Tver Dragoon Regiment Kinburn Dragoon Regiment Horse Artillery Battery #18 Brigade Generalmajor Karpov II Karpov II Don Cossack Regiment Semintschikov IV Don Cossack Regiment Lukowken II Don Cossack Regiment Kuteinikov IV Don Cossack Regiment Grekov I Don Cossack Regiment St Petersburg Opolchenie Cossack Regiment 4th Ukranian Cossack Regiment 2nd Kalmuck Regiment Artillery Horse Batteries #6 and #7 Reserve Artillery Generalmajor Nikitin Position Batteries #10, #]3, and #18 Light Batteries #24, #28, #34 and #35 one Pioneer Company Prussian I Corps General of Infantry Count Johann David Ludwig Yorck (approximately 5,000 men) 1st Brigade: Generalmajor von Pirch II 1st East Prussian Grenadier Battalion (1) Silesian Grenadier Battalion (1) Leib Grenadier Battalion (1) West Prussian Grenadier Battalion (1) 13th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4) East Prussian National Cavalry Regiment (4) (with jagers) 6-pdr Foot Battery #2 7th Brigade: Generalmajor von Horn Leib Infantry Regiment (3) 4th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (2) 15th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (2) Brandenburg Hussar Regiment (with jagers) 6-pdr Foot Battery #3 FRENCH FORCES (29,205 men) Strength figures are based on French Army Archives, Chateau de Vincennes, C2-555, for February 1, 1814. Old Guard Marshal Adolphe Eduard Casirnir Joseph Mortier 1st Old Guard Division: General de Division Friant (4,796 men) 1st Brigade: General de Division Michel Staff/,1/,2/1st Chasseur a Pied Regiment Staff/,1/,2/2nd Chasseur a Pied Regiment 2nd Brigade: General de Division Cambronne Staff/,1/,2/1st Grenadier a Pied Regiment Staff/,1 /,2/2nd Grenadier a Pied Regiment Attached: 1/,2/,3/Guard Sapper Battalion 3/Guard Marine Battalion Guard Engineering Train 2nd Old Guard Division: General de Division Michel (3,878 men) 1/,2/Flanquer-Chasseur Regiment 1/,2/Flanquer-Grenadier Regiment Velites of Florence Velites of Turin 1/,2/Fusilier-Chasseur Regiment 1/,2/Fusilier-Grenadier Regiment Young Guard Marshal Michel Ney 1st Voltigeur Division: General de Division Meunier (4,133 men) 1st Voltigeur Regiment 2nd Voltigeur Regiment 3rd Voltigeur Regiment 4th Voltigeur Regiment 2nd Voltiguer Division: General de Division Decouz (2,840 men) 5th Voltigeur Regiment 6th Voltigeur Regiment 7th Voltigeur Regiment 8th Voltigeur Regiment Guard Cavalry General de Division Etienne Marie Antoine Champion Nansouty 1st Guard Cavalry Division General de Division Colbert (2,582 men) 2nd Eclaireur Regiment 1st Chevauleger-lancier Regiment (Polish) Chasseur a Cheval de la Garde Grenadiers a Cheval de la Garde Empress Dragoon Regiment Horse Artillery (one battery) 2nd Guard Cavalry Division General de Division Lefebvre-Desnouettes (Jan 28, 1814 numbers) 1st Lancer Regiment (7) (40 off./640 men) Old Guand Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (6) (40/627) Guand Dragoon Regiment (6) (50/750) Grenadier a Cheval Regiment (6) (55/#99) Gendarmes d elite (2) (23/411) 3rd Guard Cavalry Division: General de Division Laferriere 1st Brigade: General de brigade Lyon Chasseur a Cheval Regiment (34/508) Empress Dragoon Regiment (44/691) 2nd Brigade: General de brigade Letort Grenadier a Cheval Regiment (45/842) Guard Artillery: (1,464 men) Seven Foot Batteries Four Horse Batteries Train Pontooneers VI Corps 8th Division: General de Division Ricard (2,917 men) 2/2nd Leger Regiment 7/4th Leger Regiment 2/6th Leger Regiment 9th Leger Regiment 16th Leger Regiment 22nd Line Regiment 2/40th Line Regiment 2/50th Line Regiment 3/65th Line Regiment 1/136th Line Regiment 1/138th Line Regiment 1/142nd Line Regiment 1/144th Line Kegiment 1 /145th Line Regiment Cavalry Division General de Dinision Defrance (896 men) 1st Gardes d'Honneur 2nd Gardes d'Honneur 3rd Gardes d'Honneur 4th Gardes d'Honneur 10th Hussar Regiment More Montmirail Part III Battle of Montmirail Introduction French Accounts of Sacken's Movements Russian Accounts of Battle of Montmirail Prussian Accounts of Battle of Montmirail Battle of Montmirail Order of Battle Montmirail Battlefield Photographs Large Map 1 (slow: 123K) Jumbo Map 1 (very slow: 223K) Large Map 3 (slow: 182K) Jumbo Map 3 (very slow: 399K) Large Map 4 (slow: 122K) Back to Empire, Eagles, & Lions Table of Contents Vol. 2 No. 9 Back to EEL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1994 by Emperor's Press This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. 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