Jena-Auerstedt Campaign Order of Battle

The Jena-Auerstedt Campaign Order of Battle is listed below. The order of battle includes units from the First French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia that fought each other in the campaign that included the decisive Battle of Jena-Auerstedt on 14 October 1806. The order of battle may be useful to trace the battles of Schleiz and Saalfeld, which occurred before Jena-Auerstedt, as well as battles and capitulations that happened after 14 October, such as Erfurt, Halle, Prenzlau, Pasewalk, Stettin, Waren-Nossentin, and Lübeck.

Contents

French Grande Armée

Emperor Napoleon I[2]

Reserve Artillery

General of Brigade Boyvin de Lamartinière[2]

Imperial Guard

Marshals François Joseph Lefebvre and Jean-Baptiste Bessières (8,725, 42 guns)[2]

I Corps

Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (21,163, 50 guns)[2]

III Corps

Marshal Louis Nicolas Davout (28,936, 46 guns)[3]

IV Corps

Marshal Nicolas Soult (28,960, 52 guns)[3]

V Corps

Marshal Jean Lannes (21,744, 38 guns)[5]

VI Corps

Marshal Michel Ney (19,267, 24 guns)[5]

VII Corps

Marshal Pierre Augereau (17,672, 36 guns)[6]

Reserve Cavalry

Marshal Joachim Murat (19,629, 26 guns)[6]

Prussian Army

Commander-in-chief: King Frederick William II of Prussia[8]

Brunswick's Main Army

Duke of Brunswick

Kalkreuth's Reserve Corps

General of Infantry Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth[8][11]

Hohenlohe's Army

General of Infantry Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen[13][14]

Rüchel's Corps

General of Infantry Ernst von Rüchel[17][18]

Württemberg's Reserve

General Eugene Frederick Henry, Duke of Württemberg[21]

Notes

  1. ^ Chandler, David G. Jena 1806: Napoleon Destroys Prussia. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2005. p 63
  2. ^ a b c d Chandler, p 34
  3. ^ a b Chandler, p 35
  4. ^ Pigeard, Alain. Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléon. Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoleonienne, 2004. p 495. Chandler omits Soult's artillery chief.
  5. ^ a b Chandler, p 36
  6. ^ a b Chandler, p 37
  7. ^ Smith, p 242. Smith places Margaron in Sahuc's division at the Battle of Eylau. However, Margaron led one of Soult's light cavalry brigades in October 1806.
  8. ^ a b c Chandler, p 41
  9. ^ Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill Books, 1998. ISBN 1-85367-276-9. p 225-226
  10. ^ a b c Millar, Auerstadt: Main Body
  11. ^ Smith, p 226
  12. ^ Millar, The Reserve
  13. ^ Smith, pp 223-224
  14. ^ Chandler, p 40
  15. ^ a b c d Millar, Jena: Saxons
  16. ^ Petre, pp 84-85 & 254. Petre names this general Bila II (1743-1808) and makes him the younger brother of Bila I, Karl Anton Ernst von Bila (1741-1820).
  17. ^ Smith, pp 224-225
  18. ^ Chandler, p 42
  19. ^ Petre, p 195
  20. ^ Millar, Dragoon Colonels in Chief
  21. ^ Smith, p 227
  22. ^ Petre, p 205. Petre does not count the four regimental pieces of the Treskow Regiment.
  23. ^ Millar, IR 51-60

References

Chandler was used almost exclusively for the French order of battle. Smith was used for the Prussian order of battle, except that Chandler's artillery compositions are given. Smith's Prussian strengths are used, which are lower than Chandler's.

External references

The following websites are excellent sources for the full names of French and Prussian generals.