201 Year Jubilee
Battle of Marengo Update

Orders of Battle: Austrian

by Anders Fager, Jerry Malone & Niek van Diepen



Army of Italy

GdK* Michael Melas
Chief of Staff: GM Zachs

Main Column

Col Frimont's Advance Guard

    3rd Bach Light Infantry Battalion
    4th Am Ende Light Infantry Battalion
    1# Kaiser Dragoon Regiment (2)
    Bussy Mounted jager Regiment (2)
    Horse Artillery (6)

FML Hadik's Division

    GM Pilati's Brigade:
      #1 Kaiser Dragoon Regiment (4)
      # 4 Karczy Dragoon Regiment (6)

    GM F Bellegarde's Brigade

      # 53 Jellacic Infantry Regiment (2)
      # 52 Archduke Franz Anton Infantry Regiment (2)
      Foot Artillery (8)

    GM St. Julien's Reserve Brigade

      #11 M. Wallis Infantry Regiment (3)
      Foot Artillery (6)

FML Kaim's Division

    GM de Briey's Brigade
      # 47 F. Kinsky Infantry Regiment (2)
      Foot Artillery (4)

    GM Knesevich's Brigade

      # 23 Grand Duke of Tuscany Infantry Regiment (3)
      Foot Artillery (4)

    GM La Marseille's Brigade

      #63 Archduke Joseph Inf. Regiment (3)
      Foot Artillery (5)

FML Morzin's Division

    GM Latterman's Brigade
      St. Julien, Paar, Schiaffinati, Kleinmeyer and Weber's Grenadier Battalions
      Foot Artillery (10)

    GM Widenfeld's Brigade

      Khevenhbller, Pieret, Perusi, Press, Gorschen and Weissenwolf's Grenadier Battalions
      Foot Artillery (12)

    4 Pioneer Companies (Hardegg)

FML Elsnitz' Division

    GM Nobili's Brigade
      # 3 Archduke John Dragoon Regiment (6)
      # 9 Liechtenstein Dragoon Regiment (5)

    GM Nimsch's (Nimptsch?) Brigade

      # 7 Hussar Regiment (8)
      # 9 Erd6cly Hussar Regiment (6)

Artillery Reserve: Horse Artillery (6)

Left Column FML Ott

GM Gottesheim's Advance Guard

    Mariassy Jagers (4 co?) **
    # 10 Lobkowitz Dragoon Regiment (2)
    # 28 Frolich Infantry Regiment (1)
    Horse Artillery (6)

FML Schellenberg's Division

    GM Retz's Brigade
      # 28 Frolish Infantry Regiment (2)
      # 40 Mittrowsky Infantry Regiment (3)
      Foot Artillery (10)

    GM Sticher's Brigade

      # 10 Lobkowitz Dragoon Regiment (4)
      # 51 Spleny Infantry Regiment (2)
      # 57 J. Colleredo Infantry Regiment (3)
      Foot Artillery (9)

FML Vogelsang's Division

    GM Ulm's Brigade
      Stuart Infantry Regiment (3)
      Hohenlohe Infantry Regiment (2)
      Foot Artillery (7)

Right Column

FML O'Reilly's Advance Guard ***

    # 8 Nauendorf Hussar Regiment (2)
    # 5 Hussar Regiment (2)
    # 4 Banat Grenz Regiment (1)
    # 8 Wuttemberg Dragoon Regiment (1)
    1st Bn # 5 Warasdin-Kreuz Grenz Regiment (1)
    1st Bn # 3 Ouglin Grenz Regiment (1)
    # 2 Ottocac Grenz Regiment (1)
    Horse Artillery (6)

* GdK = General der Kavallerie (Full General); FML Feldmarschalleutnant (Lt-Gen) and GM = Generalmajor
** Several sources has this unit distributed in companies to all the advance guards.
*** Some sources lists one or several brigadiers. for this formation but these were most likely regimental officers holding very temporally posts. O'Reilly seems to have been very adept at soaking up loose units.

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