by Darryl R. Smith
For those of you who game with Napoleon's Battles. I thought that you might be interested in the order of battle for the Prussian Army going into the Leipzig campaign. As you will notice by comparing this O.B. to the Leipzig O.B. in the scenario book the Prussians went through some major reductions in terms of manpower. However. this organization should give the gamer a good framework to begin organizing miniatures for the Prussian Army. During the course of the summer armistice the Royal Prussian army went through a period of refit and reorganization. By this time many of the reserve and landwehr regiments that being raised were added to the line units to enlarge the army that had fought at Lutzen and Bautzen earlier in the year. As this organization is of August 10th. 1813, this represents the army at its full strength. Royal Prussian ArmyBlucher/Gneisenau: 20"E/G(10)+3/+2D Guard Infantry: Alvensleben: 4"G(7)+l
Guard Cavalry: Werder: 3"G(6)+1 I Corps: Yorck: 10"E(7)+l 1st Brigade: Steinnietz: 3"A(5)+0
2nd Brigade: Mecklenburg-Steltiz: 3"A(5)+0
7th Brigade: Horn: 3"A(6)+0
8th Brigade: Hunerbein: 3"A(5)+0
Reserve Cavalry: Jurgass: 4"G(7)+l
Reserve Artillery
II Corps: Kleist: 9"G(7)+l 9th Brigade: Klux: 3"P(4)+0
10th Brigade: Pirch: 4"G(7)+1
11 th Brigade: Ziethen: 4"G(8)+l
12th Brigade: Preussen: 3"A(4)+1
Reserve Cavalry: Roeder: 4"G(6)+1
Reserve Artillery
III Corps: Bulow: 9"G(8)+1 3rd Brigade: Hessen-Homburg: 4"E(6)+1
4th Brigade: Thumen: 4"G(6)+1
5th Brigade: Schon: 3"A(4)+0
6th Brigade: Krafft: 3"G(6)+l
Reserve Cavalry: Oppen: 4"A(7)+0
Reserve Artillery
IV Corps: Tauentzien: 9"G(8)+l Division Hirschfeld: Hirschfeld: 3"A(5)+1
Division Putlitz: Putlitz: 3"G(6)+l
Corps of Kustrin: Hinrichs: 3"A(5)+0
Corps of Stettin: Plotz: 3"A(5)+0
Division Wobeser: Wobeser: 4"G(6)+ID
Division Dobschutz: Dobschutz: 3"A(5)+0
SourcesHofschroer, Peter. Prussian Landwehr and Landsturm 1813-1815. Rafm Company. Inc., 1984. Taylor, Jr., S. Craig and Coggins, Robert. Napoleon's Battles. Avalon Hill, 1989. Back to The Herald 10 Table of Contents Back to The Herald List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1996 by HMGS-GL. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |