Simulations:

The Campaign for Smolensk (Part II)
The Battle of Liozno

by Phil Jones


Order of Battle

(Note: this is not a strict representation of the original forces. Changes were made to reflect the figures available: e.g. Ney's 25th Division was composed of Bavarians in this scenario, not Wurttembergers as in the original)

French

Imperial Guard

(Bessières):
    Old Guard Division
    Young Guard Division
    Guard Light Cavalry
    Guard Heavy Cavalry
    Reserve Artillery

I Corps

(Davout)
    1st Division (Morand)
    2nd Division (Friant)
    3rd Division (Gudin)
    Corps Cavalry (Pajol)
    Corps artillery

II Corps

(Oudinot)
    6th Division (Legrand)
    8th Division (Maison)
    9th Division (Merle)
    Corps Cavalry (Corbineau)
    Corps artillery

III Corps

(Ney)
    10th Division (Ledru)
    11th Division (Razout)
    25th Division (Wrede)
    Corps Cavalry (Wollowrath)
    Corps artillery

VII Corps

(Reynier)
    21st Division (Le Coq)
    22nd Division (von Funck)
    Corps Cavalry (von Thielmann)
    Corps artillery

I Cavalry Corps

(Nansouty)
    1st Light Cavalry Division(Bruyère)
    1st Cuirassier Division (St. Germain)
    5th Cuirassier Division (Valence)

II Cavalry Corps

(Montbrun)
    2nd Light Cavalry Division(Sebastiani)
    2nd Cuirassier Division (Walthier)
    4th Cuirassier Division (Defrance)

Russian

I Corps

(Wittgenstein)
    5th Division (Berg)
    14th Division(Sazonov)

II Corps

(Baggavout)
    4th Division (Eugene)
    17th Division (Olsufieff)

III Corps

(Tutchkow)
    1st (Grenadier) Division (Strogonoff)
    3rd Division (Konovinitzin)

IV Corps

(Schouvalov)
    11th Division (Tchoglokov)
    23rd Division (Bakhmetieff)

    Note: On August 3rd the 11th Division was detached to III Corps. The 18th Division joined the garrison of Smolensk, where Schouvalov assumed command.

V Corps

(Constantine)
    Guard Infantry Division (Yermolov)
    1st Converged Grenadier Division
    Guard Light Cavalry Division

VII Corps

(Raevski)
    12th Division (Kolubakin)
    26th Division (Paskevitch)

VIII Corps

(Borozdin)
    2nd (Grenadier) Division (Mecklenburg)
    2nd Converged Grenadier Division (Voronzov)

    Note: The independent 27th Division (Neverovski) formed the garrison in Smolensk.

Cavalry Divisions

    1st Cuirassier Division (Depreradovitch)
    2nd Cavalry Division (Korff)
    2nd Cuirassier Division (Knorring)
    3rd Cavalry Division (Pahlen)
    1st Cavalry Division (Kakhoffski)
    4th Cavalry Division (Sievers)

Cossacks

    1st Cossack Division (Platov)
    2nd Cossack Division (Illowaiski)

Reserve Artillery

(Kutaisov)

The Battle of Liozno: Background
The Battle of Liozno: Initial Dispositions
The Battle of Liozno: Opening Gambit
The Battle of Liozno: Meanwhile, to the South...
The Battle of Liozno: The Crisis of the Day
The Battle of Liozno: Decision Time
The Battle of Liozno: Order of Battle

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