Information presented here is from archives de la Guerre as recorded by Eduoard Gachot.

French

Army of Italy: General Bonaparte (65,402 men)

Advance Guard: General Massena

1st Infantry Division: General Laharpe

1st Demi-Brigade: 1,136 (3 bttns)
16th Demi-Brigade: 1,392 (3 bttns)
21st Demi-Brigade: 2,905 (3 bttns)
70th Line Demi-Brigade: 3,181 (3 bttns)


Command Pool generals: Pijon, Menard, Monnier et Boyer, Giacomini, Chabran, St. Hillaire.

2nd Infantry Division: General Meynier

3rd Demi-Brigade: 1,214 (3 bttns)
Provisional Demi-Brigade: 2,239 (3 bttns)
84th Line Demi-Brigade: 2,967 (3 bttns)
99th Line Demi-Brigade: 3,106 (4 bttns)


Command Pool generals: Lourcet et Touret, Jourbert, Cervoni, Dommartin.

3rd Infantry Division: General Augerau

8th Demi-Brigade: 1,449 (4 bttns)
25th Demi-Brigade: 1,410 (3 bttns)
14th Demi-Brigade: 1,000 (1 bttn)
39th Line Demi-Brigade: 3,109 (5 bttns)
69th Line Demi-Brigade: 3,149 (6 bttns)


Command Pool generals: banal, Beyrand, Rusca, Quesnel et Verdier.

4th Infantry Division: General Serurier

19th Demi-Brigade: 3,216 (4 bttns)
46th Line Demi-Brigade: 3,149 (5 bttns)
56th Line Demi-Brigade: 3,083 (5 bttns)


Command Pool generals: Moillis, Fiorella, La Salcette, Couthard et Argot.

Cavalry: General Stengel

1st Hussars: 600
7th Hussars: 400
13th Hussars: 250
5th Dragoons: 240
8th Dragoons: 368
15th Dragoons: 360
20th Dragoons: 300
10th Chasseurs: 700
22nd Chasseurs: 900
24th Chasseurs: 400
25th Chasseurs: 350

Lines of Communications and Artillery Troops

18,059 men in 6 divisions, including 1 in Nice and one in Marsaille and Toulon. Subtracting these troops from the field army, he is left with 47,343 effectives against the 61,000 Allied troops.

Artillery and Sappers:
4,770 men with an unknown number of cannon versus nearly 200 guns with the Austrians and Sardinians

Note: The French army was undergoing numerous reorganizational changes during this period, thus thelack of assigned leaders to demi-brigades. rather, a pool of officers was kept and were assigned to units as needed. In addition, many of the demi-brigades were renumbered after Lodi. French infantry not labeled "line" should be considered light infantry.

Sardinians

Sardinian Army: Lieutenant General Baron Colli (20,000 men)

Advance Guard: Col. Marquis Colli

6 Battalions
6 Companies

Positioned near Bormida River

Advance Guard: Col. Marquis Dichat

2 Battalions
19 Companies

Positioned near Tanaro River

Garrison at Ceva: Brigadier Count Vitale

10 Battalions
2 Companies

Garrison at Pedaggera: Brigadier Baron Brempt

9 Battalions

Garrison at Bicoca: Brigadier Marquis de Bellegarde

7 Battalions
1 Company

Garrison at Mondovi: Brigadier Baron Dellera

5 Battalions

Auxillary Corps Troops: Lt. General Marquis de Provera

5 Battalions

Austrians

Will be presented in a later article. For this article, it is sufficient to note that the Austrian army in the field amounted to approximately 31,000 effectives dividied into two wings, one under Lt. Gen. d'Argenteau, the other under Lt. Gen. Sebottendorf, plus a provisional corps at Millesimo (under Lt. Gen. Provera) of 10,000 men.

Order of Battle: 1796 Italian Campaign (text--fast)

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