The Russian army had 179 bttns plus four divisions of opolchenie (militia) vs. the French Grande Armee's 229 bttns. Napoleon enjoyed a significant advantage in cavalry (288 sqds vs. Russia's 195). Russia's 672 total guns (56 batteries of 12 guns each) faced 600 French cannon (71 batteries of usually 8 guns each plus 2 light cannon attached to infantry regiments). The constricted area of the battlefield and untimely death of Kutaisov resulted in this advantage being wasted. Overall, Napoleon deployed 130,000 troops vs. Kutuzov's 120,000. French batteries of artillery: Unless otherwise noted, foot batteries has six 6pdrs and two howitzers. Horse artillery had four 6pdrs and two howitzers. In addition, two 3- or 4-pdrs were attached to each infantry regiment. Russian Artilery: All position batteries has eight 12pdrs and four Licornes (howitzer). All Light and Horse batteries had eight 6pdrs and four Licornes. OOBs were created based primarily on Nafziger's Napoleon's Invasion of Russia. Additional uniform info was provided by Jim Stathes. Layout by D.L. McElhannon. Russian CiC: Prince Kutuzov 1st Army of the West Gen. Barclay de Tolly 2nd Corps: Baggovout 4th Div: Prince Eugene of Wurttemberg Tobolsk, Volhynie, Minsk, and Krementchug Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 4th Jaeger, 34th Jaeger Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) Position Btty #4, Light Bttys #7 and 8 17th Div: Gen. Olsoufieff Riazam, Beilosrk, Brest, and Wilmanstrand Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 3rd Jaeger and 48th Jaeger Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) Position Btty #17, Light Bttys #32 and 33 1st Cavalry Corps: Uvarov Guard Cavalry Div.: Negin Dragoon, Guard Uhlan, Guard Hussar, Guard Cossack (all 4 sqdns) Elisabethgrad Hussar (8 sqdns) Horse btty #2 2nd Cavalry Div: Gen. Korff Dragoon Regts (6): Pskof, Moscow, Kourland, Orenberg, Irkutsk, Siberian (all 4 sqdrns) Marioupol Hussars, Souny Hussars (both 4 sqdrns) Isoum Hussar and Polish Uhlan (both 8 sqdrns) Horse btty #6 3rd Cavalry Corps Silberian Uhlan, Alexandrian Hussar, Smolensk Dragoon (all w/4 sqdrns) Horse btty #7 4th Corps: Gen. Ostermann-Tolstoy 23rd Division: Gen. Bakhemtieff I Rylsk, Jekaterinberg, Kaporsk, Seleguinsk Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 18th Jaeger, Inf. Regt (w/2 bttns) 2nd Combined Grenadier Bttn Position Btty #23, Light Btty #44 11th Div: Gen. Bakhemtieff II Polotsk, Permov, Jeletz, and Kexholm Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 1st Jaeger and 33rd Jaeger Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) Position Btty #2, Light Bttys #3 and #4 6th Corps: Gen. Docturov 7th Div.: Gen. Kaptsevitch Moscow, Pakof, Sofia, and Libau Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 36th Jaeger, Inf. Regt (w/2 bttns) Position Btty #7, Light Bttys #12 and #13 24th Div: Lichatcheff Oufa, Chirvon, Tomsk, and Boutirki Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 19th Jaeger and 40th Jaeger Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) Position Btty #24, Light Bttys #45 and #46 5th Corps: Grand Duke Constantine Guard Infantry Div.: Gen. Lavrov Preobragenski, Semenovski, Ismailov, and Lithuanian Guard Inf. Regts (all w/3 bttns) Finland Guard Jaeger Inf. Regt (w/3 bttns) Guard Position Btty #1 and #2, Guard Light Bttys #1 and #2, Guard Equippage Btty 1st Converged Grenadier Div. Converged Gren. 4th Div. (2 bttns) Converged Gren. 17th Div. (2 bttns) Guard Marine Equippage Bttn (1 bttn) Pioneer Bttn (1 bttn) 1st Cuirassier Div: Gen. Depreradovitch Empress Cuirassier, Emperor Cuirassier, Chevalier Guard, Guard Dragoon (all w/5 sqdrns) Guard Horse bttys #1 and #2 Cossacks: Gen. Platov Illowaiski #5, Kharitnov Don, Denissov #5, Grekov #18, Zhirov (all w/5 sqdrns) Don Horse bttys #1 and #2 1st Army Artillery Reserve: Kutaisov Position Bttys #29, #30 Light Bttys #1, #2, #5 Horse Bttys #4, #5, #9, #10, #22 2st Army of the West Prince Bagration 7th Corps: Raevsky 26th Div: Gen. Paskevitch Ladoga, Poltava, Nivegorod, and Orel Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 5th Jaeger, 42nd Jaeger Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) Position Btty #26, Light Bttys #47 (Lt. Btty #48 pulled back into Reserve 12th Div: Gen. Vasil'chekov Narva, Smolensk, Alexopol, and New Ingremannland Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 6th Jaeger and 41st Jaeger Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) Position Btty #12 pulled back into reserve Light Btty #23 pulled back into artillery reserve 8th Corps: Gen. Borozdin 27th Div: Gen. Neverovski Vilna, Simbrisk, Odessa, and Tarnopol Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 49th Jaeger, 50th Jaeger Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 2nd Converged Grenadier Div: Gen. Voronzov Converged 2nd, 12th, 26th Division (all w/2 bttns) Position Btty #31 and #32 pulled back into reserve 3rd Corps: Gen. Tutchkov 3rd Div.: Gen. Konowitzin Mormounsk, Revel, Tchernigov, and Seleguinsk Inf. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 20th and 21st Jaeger Inf. Regt (w/2 bttns) Position Btty #3 pulled back into reserve Light Bttys #5 and #6 pulled back into reserve 1st Grenadier Div.: Strogonoff Leib, Ct. Arakcheyev, Pavlov, Ekaterinoslav, St. Petersburg, and Tauride Gren. Regts (all w/2 bttns) 41st and 11th Jaeger Inf. Regts (w/2 bttns) 1st, 2nd, ann 3rd Moscow Opolchenie, 1st Smolensk Opolchenie Divisions (?) North Sea Cossack (1 sqdrn) Guard and Teptiask Cossack (all w/4 sqdrns) Converged Grenadier 1st and 3rd division (1 bttn each) 4th Cavalry Corps: Gen. Sievers 4th Cavalry Div.: Gen. Sievers Dragoons: Karkov, Tchernigov, Kiev, New Russia (all 4 sqdns) Akhtyrsk Hussar (4 sqdns) Lithuanian Uhlan (8 sqdns) Horse btty #8 2nd Grenadier Div.: Gen. Prince Charles of Mecklenberg Kiev, Astrakham, Moscow, Siberian, Little Russian, and Fangoria Gren. Regts (all w/2 bttns) Position Btty #11 pulled back into reserve Light Bttys #20 and #21 pulled back into reserve 2nd Cuirassier Div: Gen. Duka Cuirassier: Military Order, Little Russia, Ekaterinoslav, Gluckov, and Novogorod Regts (all w/5 sqdrns) Cossacks: Gen. Karpov Karpov #5, illowaiski #11, Krasnov #1, Gordeev #1, 1st Bug, 3rd Bug, Perekop, and Feodosiiski (total: 23 sqdrns) 2nd Army Artillery Reserve: Lowenstern Position Bttys #1, #3, #11, #12, #23, #31, #32 Light Bttys #6, #20, #21, #22, #23, #48 French Emperor Napoleon I 1st Corps Marshal Davout 2nd Div: Gen. Friant 33rd, 48th Line Regts, 15th Light Regt (all with 5 bttns) Joseph Napoleon Regt (2 bttns) 2/7 Foot Btty, 5/3 Horse btty 4th Div Gen. Dessaix 85th and 108th Line Regt (both w/5 bttns) 9/7 Foot Btty, 2/5 Horse btty 5th Div: Gen. Compans 25th, 57th, 61st, 111th Line Regts (all with 5 bttns) 2/6 Foot Btty, 16/7 Horse btty 1st Corps Cavalry Girardin 1st, 2nd, 3rd Chasseur Regts (all w/4 sqdrns) 9th Polish Lancer (4 sqrdns) Artillery Reserve [12 pdrs] 3/1 Foot and 17/1 Foot 3rd Corps Marshal Ney 10th Div: Gen. Ledru 46th, 72nd, 129th Line Regts, (all with 4 bttns) 1st Portuguese Line, 24th Light Regts (all w/2 bttns) 12/5 Foot Btty, 5/6 Horse btty 11th Div Gen. Razout 4th, 18th and 93rd Line Regt (both w/4 bttns) 18/5 Foot Btty, 6/5 Horse btty 25th Div: Gen. Marchand (Wurttemberger) 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th Line Regts (all with 1 bttn) 1st, 2nd Light Regts (all w/1 bttn) 1st, 2nd Jaeger Regts (all w/1 bttn) 1st and 2nd Wurttemberger Foot Bttys, 1st and 2nd Wurttemberger Horse btty 3rd Corps Cavalry Gen. Wollwrath 4th Chasseur Regts (w/4 sqdrns) 28th Chasseur Regt (2 sqdrns) 1st and 2nd Wurttemberger Chevauleger (all w/4 sqdrns) 6th Chevauleger (all w/4 sqdrns) 11th Hussar (4 sqdns) 4th Mounted Jaeger (4 sqdns) Artillery Reserve [12 pdrs] 3rd Wurttemberger, 16/1 Foot and 21/1 Foot 4th Corps Viceroy Eugene de Beauharnais 13th Div: Gen. Delzons 84th, 92nd, 106th Line Regts, (all with 4 bttns) 8th Light, 1st Provisional Croation Regts (all w/2 bttns) 9/2 Foot Btty, 2/4 Horse btty 14th Div Gen. Broussier 9th, 35th and 53rd Line Regt (both w/4 bttns) 18th Light, Joseph Napoleon (Spanish) Regts (all w/2 bttns) 7/2 Foot Btty, 3/4 Horse btty 1st Div: Gen. Morand 17th, 30th Line Regts (all with 5 bttns) 13th Light Regt (5 bttns) 1st, 2nd Jaeger Regts (all w/1 bttn) 1/7 Foot Btty, 7/1 Horse btty 3rd Div: Gen. Gerard 12th, 21st (each with 5 bttns), 127th Line Regts (2 bttns) 7th Light Regt (5 bttns) 1st, 2nd Companies of Mecklenberg-Strehlitz Bttn 3/7 Foot Btty, 4/3 Horse btty Italian Royal Guard Div: Gen. Pino Guard Infantry, Guard Conscript, Royal Velites Regts (all w/2 bttns) Guard d'Honneur Cavalry (3 squadrons) Queen's Dragoon Cavalry (4 squadrons) 1st, 2nd Italian Foot Bttys, 1st, 2nd Italian Horse bttys 2/1, 7/1 Italian Foot Artilery [12 pdrs] 4th Corps Cavalry Gen. Ornano 9th and 19th Chasseur Regts (all w/3 sqdrns) 2nd and 3rd Italian Chasseur Regt (all w/3 sqdrns) 6th Corps Cavalry attached to Gen. Ornano 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Bavarian Chevaux-Leger Regts (all w/4 sqdrns) Artillery Reserve [12 pdrs] 5/2 Foot and 12/2 Foot 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps Gen. Grouchy 3rd Light Cavalry Div Gen. Chastel 6th, 8th and 25th Chasseur Regts (all w/3 sqdrns) 6th Hussar (3 sqdrns) 1st Bavarian, 2nd Bavarian, and Saxon Prince Albert Chevaux-Leger Regts (all w/4 sqdrns) 6/4 Horse btty 6th Heavy Cavalry Div Gen. La Houssaye 7th, 23rd, 28th, and 30th Dragoon Regts (all w/3 sqdrns) 4/4 and 5/4 Horse bttys 4th Reserve Cavalry Corps Gen. Latour-Maubourg 4th Light Cavalry Div Gen. Rozniecki 3rd, 11th and 16th Polish Uhlan Regts (all w/3 sqdrns) 7th Cuirassier Cavalry Div Gen. Lorge Zastrow, Saxon garde du Corps, 1st and 2nd Westphalian Regts (all w/4 sqdrns) 14th Polish (3 sqdrns) 2nd Westphalian, 2nd Saxon Horse bttys 5th Corps Prince Poniatowski (Poles) 16th Div: Gen. Zayonchek 3rd, 15th, 16th Line Regts, (all with 3 bttns) 3rd and 12th Polish Foot Bttys, 18th Div Gen. Kniaziewicz 2nd, 8th, 12th Line Regts, (all with 3 bttns) 4th and 5th Polish Foot Bttys, 5th Corps Cavalry Kaminski 12th Polish Uhlan Regt (4 sqdrns) 5th Polish Chasseur (4 sqrdns) 13th Polish Hussar (4 sqdrns) Artillery Reserve 14th Polish Foot and 2nd Polish Horse 8th Corps Junot (Westphalians) 23rd Div: Gen. Tharreau 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th Westphalian Line Regts, (all with 2 bttns) 2nd, 3rd Westphalian Light Bttns, (1 bttn each) 1st Westphalian Foot Btty 24th Div Gen. Ochs Westphalian Grenadier Guards, Westphalian Guard Jaegers, Westphalian Jaeger Karabiniers, 1st Westphalian Jaeger (all w/1 bttn) 2nd Westphalian Foot Btty, Westphalian Guard Foot Btty 8th Corps Cavalry Chabert 1st and 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regt (all w/4 sqdrns) Westphalian Guard Chevaux-leger (4 sqrdns) Artillery Reserve 1st Westphalian Heavy Foot Btty [12 pdr} Westphalian Guard Horse Btty Cavalry Reserve Gen. Murat 1st Reserve Cavalry Corps: Gen. Nansouty 1st Light Cavalry Div Gen. Bruyere 7th, 8th, 2nd Combined Prussian Hussar (all w/4 sqdrns) 6th, 8th Polish Uhlan Regts (all w/4 sqdrns) 9th Cheveaux-leger Regt (4 sqdrns) 16th Chasseur (4 sqdrns) 7/6 Horse btty 1st Cuirassier Cavalry Div Gen. St. Germaine 2nd, 3rd, and 9th Regts (all w/4 sqdrns) 1/5, 3/5 Horse bttys 5th Cuirassier Cavalry Div Gen. St. Valence 6th, 11th, and 12th Regts (all w/4 sqdrns) 4/3, 6/5 Horse bttys 2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps: Gen. Montbrun 2nd Light Cavalry Div Gen. Pajol 10th Polish, 5th, 9th, Hussar (all w/4 sqdrns) 3rd Wurttembeg Mounted Jaeger Regt (/4 sqdrns) Prussian Combined Uhlan Regt (4 sqdrns) 11th, 12th Chasseur (4 sqdrns) 2nd Cuirassier Cavalry Div Gen. Wathier 5th, 8th, and 10th Regts (all w/4 sqdrns) 1/2, 4/2 Horse bttys 4th Cuirassier Cavalry Div Gen. Defrance 1st Cuirassier Regts (w/4 sqdrns) 1st, 2nd Carabinier (all w/4 sqdrns) Imperial Guard Marshal Mortier (Young Guard Marshal Lefebre (Old Guard) 2nd Div. Young Guard: Gen. Roguet 1st Tirailleur, 1st Voltiguer, Fusilier Chasseur, Fusilier Grenadier Regts, (all with 2 bttns) 3/Old Guard Foot Btty [12pdr] 3/Young Guard Foot, 5th and 7th Prussian Foot bttys 1st Div. Old Guard Gen. Delaborde 1st, 2nd, 3rd Tirailleur Regts (all w/2 bttns) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Voltiguer Regts (all w/2 bttns) 1/Old Guard Foot Btty [12pdr] 2/Young Guard Foot Btty [12pdr] 3rd Div. Old Guard Gen. Curial 1st, 2nd Foot Chasseur Regts (all with 2 bttns) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Foot Grenadier Regts (all w/2 regts) 2/Old Guard Foot Btty [12pdr] 1/Young Guard Foot Btty Vistula Legion Gen. Claparede (Poles) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Vistiula Legion Regts (each with 2 bttns) Guard Cavalry marshal Bessieres Guard Infantry, Guard Conscript, Royal Velites Regts (all w/2 bttns) Gendarmie d'Elite Cavalry (2 squadrons) Empress Dragoon Cavalry (5 squadrons) Grenadier a cheval Regt (5 squadrons) Chasseur a cheval Regt (5 squadrons) 1st Chevaux-Leger Lancers of the Guard (Poles) (5 squadrons) 2nd Chevaux-Leger Lancers of the Guard (Dutch) (5 squadrons) Mamelukes (1 sqdrn) 1/Old Guard and 3/Old Guard Horse bttys Artillery Reserve 4/Old Guard, 5/Old Guard, and 6/Old Guard Foot [12 pdrs] 2/Old Guard and 4/Old Guard Horse bttys More Battle of Borodino Borodino: Introduction Borodino: Situation in 1812 Borodino: Invasion Borodino: Battlefield Park Borodino: Opposing Plans Borodino: 1: Shevardino Redoubt Borodino: 2: Borodino Village Borodino: 3: Bagration Fleches Borodino: 4: Utitza Village Borodino: 5: Semenovskaya Borodino: 6: Great Redoubt (Raevsky Redoubt) Borodino: Epilogue for a Draw Borodino: Travel Tips Borodino: The First Historians Borodino: Strengths at Borodino Borodino: Estimating Battle Losses Borodino: Museum Borodino: Order of Battle (Text: fast) Borodino: Russian Order of Battle (Graphics: extremely slow: 587K) Borodino: French Order of Battle (Graphics: extremely slow: 639K) Back to Table of Contents -- Napoleon #14 Back to Napoleon List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Napoleon LLC. 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