Order of Battle at the Austerlitz campaign

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This is the complete order of battle for the French and Third Coalition armies during the Battle of Austerlitz.

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[edit] La Grande Armée

The French army was under the supreme command of Emperor Napoleon, with Marshal Louis Alexandre Berthier as his chief of staff. The overall strength of the French army during the battle is estimated to have been about 73,000 men of all arms and 139 artillery pieces. This number also includes three battalions of men which made up the Army's train d'artillerie.

[edit] Garde Impériale (French Imperial Guard)

Strength: 5,500 men and 24 guns. Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières.

[edit] I Corps

Strength: 13,000 men and 24 guns. Marshal Jean Baptiste Bernadotte.

[edit] III Corps

Strength: 6,300 men (including 2,500 cavalry) and 12 guns. Marshal Louis Nicolas Davout.

  • 2nd Division - General of Division Louis Friant
    • 15ème Régiment d'lnfanterie Légère
    • 33ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 48ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 108ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 111ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
  • 4th Dragoon Division - General Francois Antoine Louis Bourcier
    • 15ème Régiment des Dragons (dragoons)
    • 17ème Régiment des Dragons
    • 18ème Régiment des Dragons
    • 19ème Régiment des Dragons
    • 27ème Régiment des Dragons
  • Corps Artillery (nine 12pdrs)

[edit] IV Corps

Strength: 23,600 men and 35 guns. Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult

  • 1st Division - General of Division Louis Vincent Le Blond de Saint-Hilaire
    • 10ème Régiment d'lnfanterie Légère
    • 14ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 36ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
  • 2nd Division - General of Division Dominique Joseph Rene Vandamme
    • 24ème Régiment d'lnfanterie Légère
    • 4ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 28ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 43ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 46ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 55ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 57ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
  • 3rd Division - General of Division Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand
    • 26ème Régiment d'lnfanterie Légère
    • 3ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 18ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 75ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • Tirailleurs du Pô (Italian light infantry)
    • Tirailleurs Corses (Corsican light infantry)
  • Light Cavalry Division - General of Brigade Pierre Margaron
    • 8ème Régiment de Hussards (Hussars)
    • 11ème Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval
    • 26ème Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval
  • Corps Artillery - 35 guns (mostly 12pdrs)

[edit] V Corps

Strength: 12,700 men and 20 guns. Marshal Jean Lannes

  • 1st Division - General of Division Marie Francois Auguste Caffarelli
    • 13ème Régiment d'lnfanterie Légère
    • 17ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 30ème Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
    • 51ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 61ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
  • 3rd Division - General of Division Louis Gabriel Suchet
    • 17ème Régiment d'Infanterie Légère
    • 34ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 40ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
    • 64ème Régiment d infanterie de Ligne
    • 88ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne
  • Light Cavalry Division - General of Brigade Anne François Trelliard
    • 9ème Régiment de Hussards
    • 10ème Régiment de Hussards
    • 13ème Chasseurs à Cheval
    • 21ème Chasseurs à Cheval
  • Corps Artillery 20 guns (mostly 12pdrs)

[edit] Grenadier Division

Strength: 5,700 men. General of Division Nicolas Oudinot.

This famous, albeit provisional, formation was composed of elite companies from several regiments that were on garrison duty.

  • Carabinier companies (equivalent to grenadiers in light infantry formations) from:

2ème, 3ème, 15ème, 28ème and Peale Régiments d'Infanterie Légère

  • Grenadier companies from: 9éme, 13ème, 58ème and 81ème Régiments d'lnfanterie de Ligne

[edit] Cavalry Reserve

Strength: 7,400 sabres and 36 guns. Marshal Prince Joachim Murat

  • 1st Heavy Cavalry Division - General of Division Etienne Nansouty
    • ler Régiment de Carabiniers à Cheval
    • 2ème Régiment de Carabiniers à Cheval
    • 2ème Régiment de Cuirassiers
    • 3ème Régiment de Cuirassiers
    • 9ème Régiment de Cuirassiers
    • 12ème Régiment de Cuirassiers
  • 2nd Heavy Cavalry Division - General of Division Jean d'Hautpoul
  • 2nd Dragoon Division - General of Division Frederic Henri Walther
    • 3ème Régiment de Dragons
    • 6ème Régiment de Dragons
    • 10ème Régiment de Dragons
    • 11ème Régiment de Dragons
    • 13ème Régiment de Dragons
    • 22ème Régiment de Dragons
  • 3rd Dragoon Division - General of Division Marc Antoine Beaumont
    • 5ème Régiment de Dragons
    • 8ème Régiment de Dragons
    • 12ème Régiment de Dragons
    • 16ème Régiment de Dragons
    • 21ème Régiment de Dragons
  • Light Cavalry Division - General of Division François Etienne de Kellermann
    • 2ème Régiment de Hussards
    • 4ème Régiment de Hussards
    • 5ème Régiment de Hussards
    • 5ème Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval
  • Light Cavalry Brigade - General of Brigade Edouard Jean Milhaud
    • 16ème Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval
    • 22ème Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval
  • Attached artillery - 36 guns in companies of artillerie à cheval

[edit] Army of the Third Coalition

Opposing the French at Austerlitz were the combined imperial armies of Russia and Austria, under the nominal command of Tsar Alexander I and Emperor Francis II, respectively. However, overall field command was taken by the Russian General Mikhail Hilarionovich Golenischev-Kutusov. The Austrian forces were led by Lieutenant General Prince Johann von Liechtenstein. Total strength during the battle is approxiamtely 85,400 men and 278 guns of all types.

[edit] The Russian Imperial Guard

Strength: 6,730 infantry, 3,700 horsemen, 100 Pioneers and 40 guns. Grand Duke Constantine

  • Infantry of the Guard
    • Ismailovsky Regiment of Life Guards
    • Semenovsky Regiment of Life Guards
    • Preobrazhensky Regiment of Life Guards
    • Guard Jaeger Battalion (light infantry)
    • Leib-grenadier Regiment
  • Cavalry of the Guard
    • Chevalier Guard Regiment
    • Lifeguard Horse Regiment
    • Lifeguard Hussar Regiment
    • Lifeguard Cossack Regiment
    • Pioneers of the Guard

[edit] Advanced Guard of the Tsar's Army

Strength: 9,200 infantry, 4,500 horsemen and 42 guns. Lieutenant-General Peter I. Bagration

[edit] Advance Guard of General Frederick William Buxhowden

Strength: 3,440 infantry, 3,440 horsemen and 12 light guns. General Michael von Kienmayer

  • 1st Infantry Brigade - Major General Carneville
    • The Brooder Grenz Infantry Regiment
    • 1st Szekler Grenz Infantry Regiment
    • 2nd Szekler Grenz Infantry Regiment
    • Pioneers
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade - Major Generals Stutterheim and Nostitz
    • The O'Reilly Regiment of Chevaulegers
    • Merveldt Uhlan Regiment
    • Schwarzenberg Uhlan Regiment
    • Hessen-Homburg Hussar Regiment
  • 2nd Cavalry Brigade - Major General Moritz Lichtenstein
    • Szekler Hussar Regiment
    • Sysoev Cossack Regiment
    • Melentev Cossack Regiment

[edit] First Column

Strength: 13,240 infantry, 250 cavalry, 40 light and 24 heavy guns. Lieutenant-General Dmitri Sergeivich Doctorov

  • 1st Infantry Brigade - Major General Lewis
    • 7th Jaeger Regiment (one battalion)
    • New Ingermanland Infantry Regiment (three battalions)
    • Yaroslav Infantry Regiment (two battalions)
  • 2nd Infantry Brigade - Major General Urusov
    • Vladimir Infantry Regiment
    • Bryansk Infantry Regiment
    • Vyatka Infantry Regiment
    • Moscow Infantry Regiment
    • Kiev Grenadier Regiment
    • Pioneers (one company)
  • Attached Cavalry
    • Denisov Cossack Regiment

[edit] Second Column

Strength: 11,250 infantry, 300 horsemen, and 30 light guns. Lieutenant-General A. Langeron

  • 1st Infantry Brigade - Major-General Olsuvev
    • 8th Jaeger Regiment
    • Viborg Infantry Regiment
    • Perm Infantry Regiment
    • Kursk Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Infantry Brigade - Major General I. S. M. Kaminsky
    • Ryazhsk Infantry Regiment
    • Fanagoria Grenadier Regiment
    • Pioneers (one company)
  • Attached Cavalry
    • St. Petersburg Dragoon Regiment
    • Isayev Cossack Regiment

[edit] Third Column

Strength: 7,700 infantry and 30 light guns. Lieutenant General I. Przbyswski

  • 1st Infantry Brigade - Major-General Muller
    • 7th Jaeger Regiment
    • 8th Jaeger Regiment
  • 2nd Infantry Brigade - Major-General Selekhov

[edit] Fourth Column

Strength: 23,900 infantry, 52 light and 24 heavy guns. Lieutenant-Generals M. A. Miloradovich and J. K. Kollowrat

  • Advanced Guard - Lieutenant-Colonel Monakhtin
  • 1st Infantry Brigade - Major General Wodniansky
    • Novgorod Infantry Regiment (part: one battalion)
    • Apsheron Infantry Regiment (part: two battalions)
    • Little Russia Grenadier Regiment
    • Smolensk Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Infantry Brigade - Major General Rottermund
  • 3rd Infantry Brigade - Major General Jurczik
    • Kaiser Infantry Regiment
    • Czartoryski Infantry Regiment
    • Reuss-Gratz Infantry Regiment
    • Württemberg Infantry Regiment
    • Beaulieu Infantry Regiment
    • Kerpen Infantry Regiment
    • Lindenau Infantry Regiment
    • Vienna Jaeger (two companies)
    • Pioneers (two companies)

[edit] Fifth (Cavalry) Column

Strength: 5,375 horsemen, 24 light pieces. Lieutenant General Prince Johann von Liechtenstein

  • 1st Cavalry Brigade - Major General Caramelli
  • 2nd Cavalry Brigade - Major General Weber
    • Kaiser Cuirassier Regiment
  • 3rd Cavalry Brigade - Major-General Gladkov
    • Grand Duke Constantine Uhlan Regiment
    • Gordeev Cossack Regiment
    • Isayev Cossack Regiment
    • Denisov Cossack Regiment
  • 4th Cavalry Brigade General Adjutant F. P. Uvarov
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