Snappy Nappy

The Russian Conflagration of 1812

Orders of Battle: French and Russian

by Russ Lockwood

Special thanks goes to Dan Burkley for supplying the bulk of the troops, followed by Fred Stratton for a goodly number, and Mike Meusz for rounding out a few forces.

Steve, Michael, Ed, and Umpire Russ (left to right) absorb the meaning of a modifer.)

Artillery units are 1 stand. Infantry units are 2,3, or 4 stands. Cavalry units are 2 stands. The majority of the OOB info came from Chandler's Campaigns of Napoleon and Nafziger's Napoleon's Invasion of Russia. Of course, anything this size requires some "art" to be applied to the "science" of crafting OOBs. In most cases, it comes down to juggling the effects of divisional and corp assets. In some cases, it's adding or subtracting units as necessary to avoid confusion. For example, Doctorov and Davout are double size corps, the former because I rolled in a number of (small) Russian cavalry corps and the latter because he just had a large number of troops under his command. A little creativity is also good to foil all those commanders who load their encyclopedic knowledge into BrainRAM before the game starts. Change a name, add a new name, and shift units around to create more uncertainty.

RUSSIAN

1st Corp: Wittgenstein
Berg (5th)
Sazonev (14th)
Kakhoffski LC
Cossack LC
6 pdr Horse Art
12 pdr Foot Art

2nd Corp: Baggavout
Eugen (4th)
Olsoufief (17th)
1st Cuir HC
6 pdr Foot Art
6 pdr Foot Art
12 pdr Foot Art

3rd Corp: Tuchlov
Konov. (3rd)
Stronf. (1st Gren)
Otov. (1st) {garrisoning Vilnius]
1st Dragoon LC
6 pdr Foot Art
12 pdr Foot Art

4th Corp: Schouwalov
Tchoglo (11th)
Bakmt. (23rd)
2nd Dragoon LC
6 pdr Foot Art
12 pdr Foot Art

5th Corp Constantine
Yermalov (Gd)
1st Conv. Gren
Deprenodvich (1st Gd) HC
12 pdr Foot Art

6th Corps Doctorov
Kapsovit. (7th)
Lichat. (24th)
6 pdr Ft. Art
6 pdr Foot Art
12 pdr Foot Art
6 pdr Hor. Art
Guard HC
2nd Cav. LC
3rd Cav. LC
Platov Cos LC
Cossack 1 LC
Cossack 2 LC

7th Corp Raevsky
Raslev. (26th)
Kolubakin (11)
Siev. (4 Cv.) LC
6 pdr Foot Art
12 pdr Foot Art

8th Corp Borosdin
Char. (2nd Gren)
Voronz. (2CGr)
Knor. (2Cuir) HC
Illu. (Coss) LC
6 pdr Foot Art
12 pdr Foot Art

Kamenski Corp
Khova. (22nd)
Tcher. (18th)
6 pdr Foot Art

Markoff Corp
Nasimov (15th)
Udom (9th)
6 pdr Foot Art

Sacken Corp
Tschalpi. (8th)
Lask. LC
5th Cuir HC
6 pdr Hor. Art
Cossack LC

Riga Garrison
Essen (22nd)
6 pdr Foot Art

Moscow Garrison
Sergey. (27th)

Smolensk Garrison
Ghozhin (34th)

Army Reserve
Kharv. (2nd)
Zhovkov LC
6 pdr Foot Art

FRENCH

Napoleon and Imperial Guard
Curiel Old Gd
Roguet Mid Gd
Delabr. Yng Gd
Claparde Vistu.
Colbert LC
St. Sulphin HC
6 pdr Foot Art 1
6 pdr Foot Art 2
6 pdr Horse Art
12 pdr Foot Art

I Corp Davout
Morand (1st)
Friant (2nd)
Gudin (3rd)
Dessaix (4th)
Compans (5th)
12 pdr Foot Art
6 pdr Foot Art
6 pdr Foot Art
6 pdr Hor. Art
Pajol LC

II Corps Oudinot
Legrand (6th)
Verdier (8th)
Merle (9th)
6 pdr Foot Art
12 pdr Foot Art
Corbineau LC

III Corps Ney
Ledru (10th)
Razout (11th)
March. (25th)
6 pdr Foot Art
12 pdr Foot Art
Wollwrath LC

IV Corps Eugene
Lecchi (It. Gd)
Delzons (13th)
Broussier (14th)
Pino (15th)
Ornano LC
6 pdr Horse Art.
12 pdr Foot Art.

VI Corp St. Cyr
Deroy (19th)
Wrede (20th)
Seydewitz LC
6 pdr Foot Art
6 pdr Foot Art

VII Corp Reynier
Lecoq (21st)
von Fun. (22nd)
6 pdr Foot Art
Thie. LC

VIII Corp Vandamme
Tharreau (23d)
Ochs (24th)
Chaubert LC
6 pdr Foot Art

IX Corp Victor
Porneaux (12)
Dandels (26)
Girard (28th)
Fournier LC
6 pdr Foot Art

X Corp MacDonald
Granjean (7th)
Grawert (27th)
Massenback LC
6 pdr Foot Art

XVI Corp Zenberg
Bianchi (43rd)
Siegen. (44th)
6 pdr Foot Art 1
6 pdr Foot Art 2
Frimont LC

I Res. Cavalry Corps Nansouty
Bruyere LC
St. Germ. HC
Valence HC
6 pdr Horse Art

II Res. Cavalry Corps Montbrun
Sebastini LC
Walther HC
Defrance HC
6 pdr Horse Art

III Res. Cavalry Corps Grouchy
Chastel LC
Doumere HC
Houssaye LC
6 pdr Horse Art

IV Res. Cavalry Corps Latour
Rosinki LC
Lorge HC
6 pdr Horse Art

1 pontoon bridge
2 supply trains

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