Battle of La Rothière order of battle

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Sepia tone map of the Battle of La Rothière
Map of the Battle of La Rothière

The Battle of La Rothière order of battle is shown below. The Battle of La Rothière was fought on 1 February 1814 and was part of the Campaign in north-east France during the War of the Sixth Coalition. An Imperial French army led by Napoleon was defeated by a larger Coalition army commanded by Field Marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg and Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. This order of battle may be used for the Battle of Brienne on 29 January 1814 also.

French Army

The Imperial French Army at La Rothière on 1 February 1814 counted 36,540 infantry, cavalry, and artillerymen.[2] The Strength column shows unit strengths on 25 January 1814. This may be used for the Battle of Brienne on 29 January.[3] Strengths in parentheses are unit strengths on 1 February 1814 estimated by J. Sporschil.[2] From the 25 January unit strengths, losses at Brienne should be subtracted to get totals for La Rothière. Losses were 3,500 killed, wounded, and missing, plus 11 guns.[4]

French Army - 25 January 1814[5]
Wing Division Brigade Unit Strength
Right Wing
GD Étienne Maurice Gérard
Paris Reserve
GD François Marie Dufour
8,291 (3,400)
Brigade
GB Antoine Jarry
2,325
8/32nd Line IR673
6/58th Line IR406
7/12th Light IR510
6/29th Light IR736
Brigade
GB Antoine de Belair
3,493
7/2nd Light IR600
6/4th Light IR580
7/15th Light IR554
3/135th Line IR554
139th Line IR369
3/155th Line IR836
Brigade
GB Louis de Bourmont
2,173
113th Line IR2,173
Artillery
300
Artillery and Train300
Division
VI Corps
GD Étienne Ricard
2,307 (3,500)
Brigade
GB Jean Louis Fournier
858
3/2nd Light IR112
3/4th Light IR136
2/6th Light IR197
3/40th Line IR223
2/50th Line IR190
Brigade
GB François Boudin de Roville
1,449
2/65th Line IR97
1/136th Line IR582
1/138th LIne IR108
1/142nd Line IR95
1/144th Line IR306
1/145th Line IR261
Cavalry
915 (500)
23rd Cavalry Brigade
GB Cyrille Picquet
915
10th Hussar Regt548
1st Honor Gd Regt367
Center
M Claude Victor
1st Division
II Corps
GD Jean-Baptiste Jamin
2,723
Brigade unknown
1,160
1/24th Light IR520
1/19th Line IR640
GB Louis Huguet-Chateau[note 1]
1,563
1/37th Line IR601
1/56th Line IR962
2nd Division
II Corps
GD François Forestier[note 2]
3,347
Brigades unknown
3,347
1/26th Line IR[note 3]801
18th Line IR1,385
1/46th Line IR753
93rd Line IR408
3rd Division
II Corps
GD Guillaume Duhesme
2,662 (6,100)[note 4]
Brigades unknown
2,662
2/11th Line IR496
2/2nd Line IR405
4th Line IR1,237
2/72nd Line IR524
II Corps Artillery
1,142
Not brigaded
1,142
17/1st Foot Art Regt, 12-pdr989
7/2nd Foot Art Reg, 6-pdr
19/2nd Foot Art Reg, 6-pdr
9th Foot Art Regt, 6-pdr
1st & 4th Horse Art Regt
Engineers153
1st Cavalry Division
Imperial Gd
GD Pierre de Colbert
(880)
Not brigaded
3,141
1st Gd Lancer Regt600
Gd Horse Chasseur Regt585
Gd Empress Dragoon Regt734
Gd Horse Gren Regt909
2nd Eclaireur Regt313
2nd Cavalry Division
Imperial Gd
GD Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes
(850)
Not brigaded 2nd Gd Lancer Regt-
Gd Horse Chasseur Regt-
Gd Empress Dragoon Regt-
Gd Horse Gren Regt-
Gd Service Squadrons
GD Claude-Étienne Guyot (750)
Not brigaded Gd Horse Gren & Chasseur-
Gd Dragoon & 1st Lancer-
9th Light Cavalry Division
V Cavalry Corps
GD Hippolyte Piré
1,050 (870)
1st Brigade
GB Jacques Subervie
485
3rd Hussar Regt278
26th Horse Chasseur Regt207
2nd Brigade
GB Pantaleon d'Hericourt
565
14th Horse Chasseur Regt234
27th Horse Chasseur Regt331
5th Heavy Cavalry Division
V Cavalry Corps
GD André Briche
1,590 (1,250)
1st Brigade
GB Gabriel Montelegier
1,037
2nd Dragoon Regt349
6th Dragoon Regt321
11th Dragoon Regt367
2nd Brigade
GB Denis Éloi Ludot
553
13th Dragoon Regt220
15th Dragoon Regt333
6th Heavy Cavalry Division
V Cavalry Corps
GD Samuel-François Lhéritier
1,164 (1,000)
1st Brigade
GB Auguste Lamotte
618
18th Dragoon Regt218
19th Dragoon Regt246
20th Dragoon Regt154
2nd Brigade
GB Jean Antoine de Collaert
546
22nd Dragoon Regt283
25th Dragoon Regt263
V Cavalry Corps Artillery
319
Artillery
Col Martin Etchegoyen
319
4/2nd Horse Art Regt
4 x 6-pdr, 2 x how
319
2/3rd Horse Art Regt
4 x 6-pdr, 2 x how
Left Wing
M Auguste de Marmont
Division
VI Corps
GD Joseph Lagrange
2,867 (4,600)
Brigade
GB Joseph Antoine Joubert
1,305
3/23rd Line IR76
37th Line IR721
1st Marine Regt508
Brigade
GB Pierre Pelleport
1,562
2nd Marine Regt740
3rd Marine Regt543
4th Marine Regt279
Division
VI Corps
GD Étienne Lefol[note 5]
1,950
Brigade
Unknown commander
863
3/9th Light IR130
2/16th Light IR199
4/1st Line IR194
3/15th Line IR340
Brigade
GB Pierre Clavel
1,087
4/16th Line IR120
62nd Line IR228
2/70th Line IR339
121st Line IR400
VI Corps Artillery
861
Artillery
539
3rd Foot Art Regt (3 cos.)539
5th Foot Art Regt (2 cos.)
2/1st Horse Art Regt
Engineers - 322 3 Sapper Bns322
I Cavalry Corps
GD Jean-Pierre Doumerc
2,091 (1,800)
1st Brigade[note 6]
704
1st Provisional Hussar Regt272
2nd Provisional Chasseur Regt432
2nd Brigade
GB Charles d'Audenarde
1,196
3rd Provisional Cuirassier Regt614
4th Provisional Dragoon Regt582
I Cavalry Corps Artillery
Col Claude-Joseph Lavoy - 191
3/1st Horse Art Regt
6 guns
191
Reserves
M Michel Ney
1st Young Guard Division
GD Claude Marie Meunier
4,144 (3,000)
Brigade
GB Jean Clément-Lacoste
1,597
1st Voltigeur Regt657
2nd Voltigeur Regt940
Brigade
GB Guillaume Rousseau
2,407
3rd Voltigeur Regt1,263
4th Voltigeur Regt1,144
Artillery - 140 (129) Artillery and Train140
2nd Young Guard Division
GD Pierre Decouz[note 7]
GD Philibert Curial
2,700 (1,800)
Brigade
GB Jean-Jacques Pelet
1,313
5th Voltigeur Regt680
6th Voltigeur Regt633
Brigade
GB Auguste Bigarré
1,387
7th Voltigeur Regt717
8th Voltigeur Regt670
Artillery Artillery and Train-
5th Young Guard Division
GD Henri Rottembourg
4,947 (4,900)
Brigades unknown
4,947
1st Tirailleur Regt800
5th Tirailleur Regt959
6th Tirailleur Regt733
7th Tirailleur Regt811
8th Tirailleur Regt990
Flanqueur-Chasseur Regt312
2 Foot Art Companies342
Gd Artillery
1,464
Not brigaded
1,464
7 Gd Foot Art Companies459
4 Gd Horse Art Companies319
Pontoniers21
Artillery Train665
Cavalry Division
GD Jean-Marie Defrance
1,069
Brigade
GB Philippe, Count Ségur
1,069
3rd Honor Gd Regt750
4th Honor Gd Regt319

Coalition Army

Left Wing

The Coalition 3rd Corps was made up entirely of Austrian units.[6] Austrian position or support batteries were armed with four 6- of 12-pounder cannons and two 7-pounder howitzers. Cavalry batteries consisted of four 6-pounders and two 7-pounder howitzers. Brigade Batteries were armed with eight 3- or 6-pounder cannons.[7]

Coalition Left Wing - 1 February 1814[6]
Corps Division Brigade Unit Strength
3rd Corps
FZM Ignaz Gyulai
12,000 inf, 1,500 cav, 56 guns
Division
FML Louis Charles Folliot de Crenneville
Brigade
GM Joseph von Haecht
Klenau Chevau-léger Regt
Nr. 5
7 sqns
St. George Grenz IR Nr. 61 bn
Brigade
GM Joseph von der Trenck
Rosenberg Dragoon Regt Nr. 66 sqns
St. George Grenz IR Nr. 61 bn
Cavalry Battery6 x 6-pdr
Division
FML Jean Hennequin de Fresnel
Brigade
GM Philipp Pflüger von Lindenfels
Archduke Ludwig IR Nr. 84 bns
Würzburg IR Nr. 73 bns
Brigade Battery8 x 6-pdr
Brigade
GM Markus von Csollich
Kottulinsky IR Nr. 413 bns, 2,214
Kaiser IR Nr. 12 bns, 1,558
Brigade Battery8 x 6-pdr
Division
FML Prince Louis Hohenlohe
Brigade
GM Franz Splény de Milháldy
Mariassy IR Nr. 372 bns
Ignaz Giulay IR Nr. 602 bns
Brigade Battery8 x 6-pdr
Brigade
GM Anton Grimmer von Riesenburg
Kollowrat IR Nr. 362 bns, 1,602
Frölich IR Nr. 283 bns, 2,790
Brigade Battery8 x 6-pdr
Corps Artillery Not brigaded Position Battery6 x 12-pdr
Position Battery6 x 6-pdr
Position Battery6 x 6-pdr

Center

Each Russian battery was armed with twelve 6- or 12-pounder cannons.[8]

Coalition Center - 1 February 1814[9]
Corps Division Brigade Unit Strength
Russian 11th Corps
GM Johann von Lieven
8,000 inf, 36 guns
10th Division
GM Andrei Andreevich Zass
Brigade
GM Iosif Karlovich Sokolovsky
Jaroslavl IR1 bn
Kursk IR1 bn
Bieloserk IR2 bns
Brigade
Col Achlestischev
8th Jager Regt1 bn
39th Jager Regt1 bn
Brigade
LC Selivanov[note 8]
Kamchatka IR1 bn
Okhotsk IR1 bn
27th Division
LG Maxim Fyodorovich Stavitzky
Brigade
Col Lewandowsky
Odessa IR1 bn
Vilna IR1 bn
Brigade
Col Alexejev
Simbrisk IR1 bn
Tarnopol IR1 bn
Brigade
Col Kalogruivoff
49th Jager Regt1 bn
50th Jager Regt1 bn
11th Corps Artillery Not brigaded Position Battery Nr. 1812 x 12-pdr
Light Battery Nr. 3412 x 6-pdr
Light Battery Nr. 3512 x 6-pdr
Russian 6th Corps
GL Aleksei Scherbatov
8,000 inf, 36 guns
7th Division
GM Alexander Ivanovich Tallisin
Brigade
Col Kritschinikov
Pskof IR1 bn
Moscow IR1 bn
Brigade
Col Augustov
Sophia IR1 bn
Libau IR1 bn
Brigade
Col Dieterich
11th Jager Regt1 bn
36th Jager Regt1 bn
18th Division
GM Bernodessov
Brigade
LC Blagovenzenko
Vladimir IR1 bn
Dneiper IR1 bn
Brigade
GM Heidenreich
Tambov IR1 bn
Kostroma IR1 bn
Brigade
GM Metcherinov
28th Jager Regt1 bn
32nd Jager Regt1 bn
6th Corps Artillery Not brigaded Position Battery Nr. 1012 x 12-pdr
Light Battery Nr. 1912 x 6-pdr
Light Battery Nr. 2412 x 6-pdr
Russian 9th Corps
GL Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev
5,000 inf, 36 guns
9th Division
GM Evstafy Evstafyevich Udom
Brigade
GM Konstantin Poltoratsky
Nacheburg IR1 bn, 563
Apcheron IR1 bn, 486
Brigade
GM Sergei Nikolaevich Uschakov (Juschkov II?)
Riajsk IR1 bn, 620
Iakout IR1 bn, 533
Brigade
Maj Melnik
10th Jager Regt1 bn, 335
38th Jager Regt1 bn, 472
15th Division
GM Peter Yakovlevich Kornilov
Brigade
LC Anensur
Kolyvan IR417
Kourin IR417
Brigade
GM Mussin-Pushkin
Vitebsk IR372
Kozlov IR504
Brigade
Col Tuchanowsky
12th Jager Regt1 bn, 447
22nd Jager Regt1 bn, -
9th Corps Artillery Not brigaded Position Battery Nr. 1512 x 12-pdr
Light Battery Nr. 1312 x 6-pdr
Light Battery Nr. 2912 x 6-pdr
Cavalry Corps
GL Ilarion Vasilievich Vasilshikov
3,000 cav
3,000 Cossack cav
1,500 Prussian cav
2nd Hussar Division
GM Sergey Nikolaevich Lanskoy
Brigade
GM Ivan Mihailovich Vodbolsky
Akhtyrsk Hussar Regt6 sqns
Marioupol Hussar Regt5 sqns
Brigade
Col Vasilshikov
White Russia Hussar Regt4 sqns
Alexandria Hussar Regt5 sqns
3rd Dragoon Division
GM Ivan Davydovich Panschulichev
Brigade
GM Pavel Nikolaevich Uschakov
Smolensk Dragoon Regt-
Kurland Dragoon Regt-
Brigade
GM Andrei Semyonovich Umanets
Tver Dragoon Regt-
Kinburn Dragoon Regt-
Horse Battery Nr. 1812 x 6-pdr
Cossacks
GM Akim Akimovich Karpov
3,000 cav
Not brigaded Karpov II Don Cossack Regt-
Semintshikov IV Don Cossack Regt-
Lukowken II Don Cossack Regt-
Kuteinikov IV Don Cossack Regt-
Grekov I Don Cossack Regt-
St. Petersburg Cossack Regt-
4th Ukraine Cossack Regt-
2nd Kalmuck Cossack Regt-
Prussian Detachment
1,500 cav
Prussian Cavalry Brigade
GM Prince Biron of Courland
2nd Silesian Hussar Regt2 sqns
Silesian National Cavalry Regt2 sqns
Neumark Dragoon Regt1 sqn
Cossack detachment-
Army Corps Artillery
GM Alexei Petrovich Nikitin
108 guns
Not subdivided Not brigaded Horse Battery Nr. 612 x 6-pdr
Horse Battery Nr. 712 x 6-pdr
Position Battery Nr. 1012 x 12-pdr
Position Battery Nr. 1312 x 12-pdr
Position Battery Nr. 1812 x 12-pdr
Light Battery Nr. 2412 x 6-pdr
Light Battery Nr. 2812 x 6-pdr
Light Battery Nr. 3412 x 6-pdr
Light Battery Nr. 3512 x 6-pdr
Pioneer Company-

Right Wing

The Coalition 4th Corps was made up entirely of Kingdom of Württemberg units.[10]

Coalition Right Wing - 1 February 1814[10][11]
Corps Division Brigade Unit Strength
4th Corps
Prince of Württemberg
12,000 inf, 2,500 cav, 24 guns
Cavalry Division
GL Duke Adam of Württemberg
Brigade
GM von Alvensleben
Duke Louis Horse Chasseur Regt Nr. 24 sqns
Crown Prince Dragoon Regt
Nr. 3
4 sqns
1st Horse Art Battery4 x 6-pdr,
2 x how
Brigade
GM Carl August von Jett
Prince Adam Horse Chasseur Regt Nr. 44 sqns
2nd Horse Art Battery4 x 6-pdr,
2 x how
Infantry Division
GL Christian Johann Gottgetreu von Koch
Brigade
GM Lüdwig von Stockmayer
König Jäger Regt Nr. 92 bns
Light IR Nr. 101 bn
Brigade
GM Christoph Friedrich Döring
Duke Wilhelm Line IR Nr. 22 bns
Line IR Nr. 32 bns
Line IR Nr. 72 bns
1st Foot Art Battery4 x 6-pdr,
2 x how
Brigade
GM Prince Karl von Hohenlohe-Kirchberg
Line IR Nr. 42 bns
Line IR Nr. 62 bns
2nd Foot Art Battery4 x 6-pdr,
2 x how

Extreme Right Wing

The Coalition 5th Corps was made up of both Bavarian and Austrian units.[12]

Coalition Extreme Right Wing - 1 February 1814[13]
Corps Division Brigade Unit Strength
5th Corps
General Karl Philipp von Wrede
18,000 inf, 3,600 cav, 66 guns
Austrian 1st Division
FML Ignaz Count Hardegg
OB Leopold von Geramb Archduke Joseph Hussar Regt Nr. 26 sqns
1st Szekler Grenz IR Nr. 142 bns
Cavalry Battery6 x 6-pdr
Brigade
OB von Mengen
Schwarzenberg Uhlan Regt
Nr. 2
6 sqns
3rd Jäger Battalion1 bn
Austrian 2nd Division
FML Ignaz von Splényi
Brigade
Unknown
Jordis IR Nr. 594 bns
Archduke Rudolf IR Nr. 144 bns
Brigade
GM Friedrich von Minutillo
Szekler Hussar Regt Nr. 116 sqns
Knesevich Dragoon Regt Nr. 36 sqns
Cavalry Battery6 x 6-pdr
Austrian Artillery Reserve Brigade
GM August von Stwrtnik
12-pdr Position Battery6 x 12-pdr
6-pdr Position Battery6 x 6-pdr
1st Bavarian Division
GL Anton von Rechberg
Brigade
GM Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria
1st Bavarian IR2 bns
3rd Bavarian IR1 bn
Oberdonau LW Regt1st Bn
3rd Light Inf Bn1 bn
Brigade
GM Nikolaus von Maillot de la Treille
1st Bavarian IR1 bn
2nd Bavarian IR1 bn
Oberdonau LW Regt2nd Bn
2nd Light Inf Bn1 bn
1st Light Cavalry Brigade
GM Anton von Vieregg
1st Bavarian Chevau-léger Regt4 sqns
2nd Bavarian Chevau-léger Regt4 sqns
7th Bavarian Chevau-léger Regt4 sqns
Artillery Cavalry Battery6 x 6-pdr
Light Battery8 x 6-pdr
2nd Bavarian Division
GL Karl August von Beckers zu Westerstetten
Brigade
GM Karl Theodor von Pappenheim
4th Bavarian IR2 bns
Salzach LW Regt1 bn
Regen LW Regt1st Bn
4th Light Inf Bn1 bn
Brigade
GM Friedrich, Freiherr von Zoller
6th Bavarian IR2 bns
Rezat LW Regt1st Bn
1st Light Inf Bn1 bn
2nd Light Cavalry Brigade
GM Franz von Elbracht
3rd Bavarian Chevau-léger Regt4 sqns
6th Bavarian Chevau-léger Regt4 sqns
Artillery Cavalry Battery6 x 6-pdr
Light Battery8 x 6-pdr
3rd Bavarian Division
GL Peter von Lamotte
Brigade
GM Georg von Habermann
11th Bavarian IR2 bns
7th Bavarian IR1 bn
Unterdonau LW Regt1st Bn
Iller LW Regt1st bn
Brigade
GM Franz Xaver Ferdinand von Deroy
5th Bavarian IR1 bn
8th Bavarian IR1 bn
9th Bavarian IR1 bn
Iller LW Regt2nd Bn
Isar LW Bn1st bn
3rd Light Cavalry Brigade
GM von Elbracht (?)
4th Bavarian Chevau-léger Regt4 sqns
5th Bavarian Chevau-léger Regt4 sqns
Artillery Cavalry Battery6 x 6-pdr
Light Battery8 x 6-pdr
Corps Artillery Reserve Not brigaded Heavy Battery6 x 12-pdr
Heavy Battery6 x 12-pdr
Heavy Battery6 x 12-pdr
Heavy Battery6 x 12-pdr

Reserves

Coalition Reserves - 1 February 1814[14]
Corps Division Brigade Unit Strength
Reserve Cavalry
GL Prince Dmitry Golitsyn
4,000[note 9]
2nd Cuirassier Division
GL Nikolay Vasilyevich Kretov
Brigade
GM Ivan Sergeevich Leontyev
Gluchov Cuirassier Regt5 sqns
Pskof Cuirassier Regt5 sqns
Brigade
GM Karatheff
Ekaterinoslav Cuirassier Regt2 sqns
Astrakhan Regt4 sqns
3rd Cuirassier Division
GL Ilya Michailovich Duka
Brigade
GM Alexey Andrianovich Protasov
Military Order Cuirassier Regt5 sqns
Little Russia Cuirassier Regt4 sqns
Brigade
GM Vasily V. Levashov
Novgorod Cuirassier Regt4 sqns
Starodoub Cuirassier Regt5 sqns
Grenadier Corps
GL Nikolay Raevsky
8,000[note 10]
1st Grenadier Division
GM Pavel Nikolaevich Choglokov
Brigade
GM Boris Yakovlevich Knyazhnin II
Arakcheyev Grenadier Regt2 bns
Ekaterinoslav Grenadier Regt2 bns
Brigade
Col Jemilianov
Tauride Grenadier Regt1 bn
St Petersburg Grenadier Regt2 bns
Brigade
Col Nikolay Semyonovich Sulima
Kexholm Grenadier Regt2 bns
Pernau Grenadier Regt2 bns
2nd Grenadier Division
GM Ivan Paskevich
Brigade
GM Alexandr Alexandrovich Pisarev
Kiev Grenadier Regt2 bns
Moscow Grenadier Regt2 bns
Brigade
GM Damas
Astrakhan Grenadier Regt1 bn
Fangoria Grenadier Regt1 bn
Brigade
unknown commander
Siberia Grenadier Regt2 bns
Little Russia Grenadier Regt2 bns
Emperor Grenadier Regt1 bn
Corps Artillery
32 guns[note 11]
not brigaded Light Battery Nr. 212 x 6-pdr
Heavy Battery Nr. 112 x 12-pdr
Heavy Battery Nr. 3012 x 12-pdr

See also

Notes

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