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Prussian

Elements from Von Kleist's 2nd Corps

From 11th Brigade

Neumark Dragoons, 4 squadrons, 440 men

From 12th Brigade

Silesian Uhlans, 4 squadrons, 455 men

Reserve Cavalry Brigade: von Roder

East Prussian Cuirassiers, 4 squadrons, 490 men
Silesian Cuirassiers, 4 squadrons, 465 men
Brandenburg Cuirassiers, 4 squadrons, 535 men

Horse Artilley Battery No. 2

Six 6-pdr guns and two 7-pdr howitzers

Horse Artilley Battery No. 9

Six 6-pdr guns and two 7-pdr howitzers

Horse Artilley Battery No. 10

Six 6-pdr guns and two 7-pdr howitzers

Russian

Reserve Corps Cavalry: General Count Pahlen III

From Rudinger's Brigade

Soum Hussars, 6 squadrons, 640 men
Rudinger and Grodno Hussar Regts not present

Lissanevich's Brigade

Tchougouiev Uhlans, 6 squadrons, 730 men
Loubny Hussars, 4 squadrons, 520 men
Grekov #8 Cossacks, 5 squadrons, 284 men

From Thielman's Advance Guard

Olvipol Hussars, 2 squadrons, 225 men

Russian Horse Artilley Battery No. 7

Six 6-pdr guns and six 9-pdr licornes
The licorne gun was also known as a 10-pdr. It was a hybrid--a gun that fired an exploding shell, but without the high arc of a howitzer.

Austrian

From Klenau's 4th Armeeabteilung

The Austrian Armeeabteilung was larger than a corps, but smaller than an army.

Desfours' Brigade

Kaiser Cuirassiers, 6 squadrons, 614 men
O'Reilly Chevaulegers, 6 squadrons, 577 men

Elements of Paumgarten's Brigade

Erzherzog Ferdinand Hussars, 1 squadrons, 104 men
Hohenzollern Chevaulegers, 2 squadrons, 230 men

Austrian Horse Artilley Battery

Four 6-pdr guns and two 7-pdr howitzers

French

V Reserve Cavalry Corps: General Pajol

9th Light Cavalry Division: General Subervie

32nd Light Brigade: General Klicki

3rd Hussars, 3 squadrons, 294 men
27th Chasseurs, 4 squadrons, 395 men


33rd Light Brigade: General Vial

14th Chasseurs, 3 squadrons, 241 men
26th Chasseurs, 3 squadrons, 190 men


1st Light Cavalry Division: General Berkheim

Attached from I Reserve Cavalry Corps

2nd Light Brigade: General Monmarie

16th Chasseurs, 2 squadrons, 236 men
1st Lancers, 2 squadrons, 215 men
3rd Lancers, 2 squadrons, 154 men


3rd Light Brigade: General Piquet

5th Lancers, 2 squadrons, 196 men
8th Lancers, 2 squadrons, 205 men
1st Italian Chasseurs, 4 squadrons, 382 men
The 8th Lancers were also known as the 2nd Lancers of the Vistula Legion

5th Heavy Cavalry Division: General l'Heritier

1st Brigade: General Queunot

2nd Dragoons, 3 squadrons, 350 men
6th Dragoons, 3 squadrons, 314 men
11th Dragoons, 4 squadrons, 383 men


2nd Brigade: General Collaert

13th Dragoons, 2 squadrons, 240 men
15th Dragoons, 3 squadrons, 331 men


6th Heavy Cavalry Division: General Milhaud

1st Brigade: General Lamotte

18th Dragoons, 2 squadrons, 220 men
19th Dragoons, 2 squadrons, 253 men
20th Dragoons, 2 squadrons, 478 men


2nd Brigade: General Montelegier

22th Dragoons, 3 squadrons, 263 men
25th Dragoons, 3 squadrons, 266 men


5th Co/3rd Horse Artilley Regt.

Three 6-pdr guns

10th Infantry Division Artillery

3rd and 4th Cos, 7th Foot Artillery Regt.

Eight 6-pdr guns and two 5.5" howitzers
The 10th Infantry Division was present, but only the divisional artillery was engaged.

V Corps Artillery

15th, 16th, and 17th Cos, 1st Foot Artillery Regt.

Eleven 12-pdr guns and four 6" howitzers


2/5th and 7/6th Horse Artillery Regts.

Six 6-pdr guns and two 5.5" howitzers

Strengths of individual regiments were determined either from strength returns for a particular regiment, or totals from the brigades, divisions, and corps on 10 October, and comparing those figures with the last strength reports for the regiments in August and September, taking into consideration losses from more than two months campaigning.

Sources for Liebertwolkwitz order of battle:

• Copies of original documents held by George Nafziger
• Nafziger's book: Napoleon at Dresden: The Battles of 1813 (1994 Emperor's Press)
• Scott Bowden's book: Napoleon's Grande Armee of 1813 (1990 Emperor's Press)

Data compiled by Dana Lombardy.

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