Orders of Battle
By Bill Haggart
THE HONVED UPPER DANUBIAN ARMYMajor-General Artur Gorei Commanding (excellent) I CORPS Major-General Nagysandor (poor) 1st Division Colonel Horvath (Good)
Dipild Brigade
2nd Division Colonel Kazinczy (Good)
Schulz Brigade
Cavalry Division Colonel Mdstzterhazy (Good)
Artillery Reserve: eight 12# guns Strength: 6,200 infantry, 1,800 cavalry 600 artillerists and forty guns. Total: 8,600 men and 40 guns. II CORPS Major-General Kaszonyi (good) 1st 1st Division Colonel Buttler (fair)
Kapkla Brigade
2nd Division Colonel Horvath (Good)
Mihaly Brigade
Cavalry Division Colonel Pikety (good)
2nd Cavalry Brigade
Artillery Reserve: eight 12# guns, Strength: 6,000 Infantry, 1,800 Cavalry, 440 Artillerists and 42 guns Total: 8,240 men and 42 guns III CORPS Major-General Leiningen (Excellent) 1st Division Colonel Poldvary (Excellent)
Kiss Brigade
2nd Division Colonel Czillich (Good)
Kazonyi Birgade
Cavalry Division (Not known-- Colonel Pikety took command of both divisions-however, this division should be a separate command, so give it a generic commander.)
2nd Cavalry Brigade
Artillery Reserve: Eight 6# guns Strength: 5,500 infantry, 2,400 cavalry, 600 gunners and 38 guns Total: 8,500 men and 38 guns Total Honvedseg Forces: 17,700 Infantry, 6,000 cavalry, 1,640 artillerists, 120 guns 128 2/3 Btns, 33 sqns, 120 guns.] RUSSO-AUSTRIAN FORCES:Austrian IV Armee Korps Fedlmarschcall-Lieutenant Wohlgemuth Commanding (fair) 1st Division FML Herzinger (Fair)
Brigade Lederer
2nd Division FML Schulzig (fair)
Brigade Pott
Corps Artillery
Strength: 11,300 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, 760 artillerists, 48 guns Total: 14,060 men and 48 guns Russian Army, 9th Division9th Division Lt. General Pauntin (fair)
2nd Brigade Major-General Kobjakow 17th Bransk Jager Regiment 18th Prince of Warsaw Jager Regiment 9th Field Artillery Brigade Position battery #4, 12 121b guns Light batteries #6-8, 36 61b guns Don Cossacks (given as 2 sqns, but the numbers, 1,200 suggest a regiment-sized unit.) Strength: 9,790 infantry (16 btns), 1,200 Cavalry and 852 artillerists and 48 guns. Total: 12,042 and 48 guns. Total Russo-Austrian forces: 21,090 infantry, 3,200 Cavalry, 1,612 artillerists, 96 guns [28 2/3 btns, 10+ sqns, 96 guns] The Battle of Pered: June 20-21, 1849 "The Russians are here." Back to MWAN # 123 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2003 Hal Thinglum This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com |