Eylau order of battle
The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Eylau of the Napoleonic Wars.
French Army
Emperor Napoleon I of France
III Corps
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First Division
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Second Division
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Third Division
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Light Cavalry
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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IV Corps
Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
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First Division
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Second Division
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Third Division
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Corps Artillery Reserve | one foot battery (6 guns) |
VI Corps
Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
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First Division
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Second Division
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Light Cavalry
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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VII Corps
Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
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First Division
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Second Division
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Light Cavalry
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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Imperial Guard
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Infantry |
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Imperial Guard Cavalry |
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Artillery |
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Reserve Cavalry
Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
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First Cuirassier Division
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Second Cuirassier Division
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First Dragoon Division
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Second Dragoon Division
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Third Dragoon Division
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Fourth Dragoon Division
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Light Cavalry Division
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Light Cavalry Brigade
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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Russian Army
General of Cavalry Count Bennigsen
Chief of Staff: Quartermaster-General, Major F.F. Steinheil
Second Division
Lieutenant General Count A.I. Ostermann-Tolstoi
- Cavalry Brigade
MG (Major General) Kozhin
- Leib Cuirassiers (5 sqs)
- Kargopol Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Isum Hussars (10 sqs)
- Ilowaiski 9 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Efremov 3 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Infantry
Brigade MG Masowski
- Pavlovski Grenadiers ( 3 bns)
- Rostov Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Sukin 2
- Petsburg Grenadiers (3 bns)
- Eletz Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Diven 3
- 1st Jaegers (3 bns)
- 20th Jaegers (3 bns)
- Artillery Brigade Col Stavitsky 1
- Battery Company Maj Osipov (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Talyzin (12 guns)
- Light Company May Efremov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Voyeikov (12 guns)
- Horse Battery Col Stavitsky 1 (12 guns)
- 1st Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company of Major Dreyer
Third Division
Lieutenant General Baron von der Osten-Sacken
- Cavalry Brigade MG Count P.P. von der Palen 3
- Little Russian Cuirassers (5 sqs)
- Kurland Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Ilowaiski 10 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Papuzin Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Infantry
Brigade MG Ushakov 1
- Tauride Grenadiers (3 bns)
- Lithuanian Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Titov 2
- Kaporsk Musketeers (3 bns)
- Muromsk Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Prince Dolgorukov 5
- Tschernigov Musketeers (3 bns)
- Dnepr Musketeers (3 bns)
- 21st Jaegers (3 bns)
- Artillery Brigade Col von Bril
- Battery Company Col von Bril (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Kotlyarov (12 guns)
- Light Company May Mitrofanov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Strazhev (12 guns)
- Horse Battery Col Pirogov (12 guns)
- Pontoon Company of Captain Khoven
1st Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company of Major Afanas'ev 1
Fourth Division
Major General A.A. Somov
- Cavalry MG Baron Korf
- St. George (Order) Cuirassiers (5 sqs)
- Pskov Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Polish Horse (10 sqs)
- Grekov 9 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Grekov 18 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Infantry
Brigade MG Somov
- Tula Musketeers (3 bns)
- Tengisk Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Arseniev 2
- Tobolsk Musketeers (3 bns)
- Polotzk Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Barclay de Tolly
- Kostroma Musketeers (3 bns)
- 3rd Jaegers (3 bns)
- Artillery Brigade Col Prince Yashvil 2
- Battery Company Maj Savitsky (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Kudryavtsev (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Yushkov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Brimmer (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Mikulin (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Prince Yashvil 2 (12 guns)
- Pontoon Company of Major Artsibashev
- 1st Pioneer Regiment, Miner Company of Captain Gebner 1
Fifth Division
Lieutenant General N.A. Tuchkov I
- Cavalry Brigade MG Prince Golitsyn
- Riga Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Kasan Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Elisabethgrad Hussars (10 sqs)
- Lithuanian Horse (10 sqs)
- Gordeev 1 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Infantry
- Brigade ?
- Sievsk Musketeers (3 bns)
- [Kaluga Musketeers (3 bns) Detached to Prussians; not present]
- Brigade MG Leont'ev
- Perm Musketeers (3 bns)
- Mohilev Musketeers (3 bns)
- Brigade Col Priouda
- 24th Jaegers (3 bns)
- 25th Jaegers (3 bns)
- Artillery Brigade Col Count Sievers
- Battery Company Col Count Sievers (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Sigismund (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Klingenberg (12 guns)
- Horse Company Maj Obleuhov 1st (12 guns)
Troops from the Sixth Division
Brigade MG K.F. Baggovut
- Starooskol Musketeers (3 bns)
- 4th Jaegers (3 bns)
- From the Cavalry Brigade
- Alexandria Hussars (10 sqs)
- Popov 5 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- From the Artillery Brigade
- Battery Company Lt-Col Vasil’ev (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Merlin (12 guns)
- Light Company in two Light platoons (12 guns)
Seventh Division
Lieutenant General D.S. Dokhturov
- Cavalry Brigade MG Chaplits
- Moscow Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Ingermannland Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Pavlograd Hussars (10 sqs)
- Malachov Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Andronov 1 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Infantry
- Brigade MG Zapol'skii
- Ekaterinoslav Grenadiers (3 bns)
- Moscow Musketeers (3 bns)
- Brigade MG Straton-Potapov
- Vladimir Musketeers (3 bns)
- Voronezh Musketeers (3 bns)
- Brigade MG Markov 1
- Pskov Musketeers (3 bns)
- Azov Musketeers (3 bns)
- 5th Jaegers (3 bns)
- Artillery Brigade Col Ermolov
- Battery Company Maj Ansio (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Shulman 2nd (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Kondratiev (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Panfilov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Krivtsov (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Ermolov (12 guns)
- 2nd Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company Maj Berg
Eighth Division
Lieutenant General P.K. Essen 3
- Cavalry Brigade MG P.F. Glebov-Streshnev
- Petersburg Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Livland Dragoons (5 sqs)
- Olviopol Hussars (10 sqs)
- Kieselev Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Sysojev Cossacks (5 sotnias)
- Infantry
- Brigade MG Olsuf’ev 3
- Moscow Grenadiers (3 bns)
[* Viburg Musketeers Detached; fought with Prussian Corps]
- Brigade MG Engelhardt 1
- Schlusselburg Musketeers (3 bns)
- Staroingermannland Musketeers (3 bns)
- Brigade MG Levitsky
- Podolsk Musketeers (1 Musketeer bn)
- Archangelgorod Musketeers (3 bns)
- 7th Jaegers (3 bns)
- Artillery Brigade Col Nowak 1
- Battery Company Maj Nepeytsyn (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Kolotinski (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Tatpykov (12 guns)
- Battery Company Maj Bastian 2d (12 guns)
- Horse Company Col Nowak 1st (12 guns)
- 2nd Pioneer Regiment, Miner Company of Maj Zapreev
Fourteenth Division
Major General Count N. M. Kamensky 2d
- Cavalry Brigade Col Sheplev [Brigade may not have been present]
- Finland Dragoons (5 squadrons)
- Mitau Dragoons (5 squadrons)
- Grodno Hussars (10 squadrons) [Not present. Arrived at the army the day after the battle]
- Infantry
- Brigade MG Alekseev
- Belozersk Musketeers (3 bns)
- Ryazan Musketeers (3 bns)
- Brigade MG Gersdorf
- Uglits Musketeers (3 bns)
- Sofia Musketeers (3 bns)
- Artillery Brigade Col Papkov 2
- Battery Company Col Papkov 2d (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Vitovtov (12 guns)
- Light Company Maj Green (12 guns)
- Pontoon Company of Major Rutkovski
Prussian artillery temporarily attached to the Russian Army's Right Flank at Eylau
Maj von Brockhausen
- 12–pound Battery Brockhausen Nr 34 (8 guns)
- 12-pound Battery Kulikke Nr 37 (8 guns)
- 6-pound Battery Wedekind Nr 8 (10 guns)
Prussian Corps
Lieutenant General Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq
General-Quartermaster-Lieutenant: Col Gerhard von Scharnhorst
Avantgarde
- 50 cavalry from the Towarczys Regiment
- 40 cavalry from the Auer Dragoon Regiment Nr 6
- Auer Dragoon Regiment Nr 6 (9 sqs)
- Bredow Horse Battery Nr 8 (8 guns)
Third Division
Major General von Auer
- Towarczys Regiment (10 sqs)
- Half of Horse battery Decker Nr 10 (4 guns)
- Vyborg Musketeers (Russian) (3 bns)
Second Division
Major General von Rembow
- Infantry Regiment Nr 11 "Schoning" (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion "Schlieffen"
First Division
Major General von Diericke
- Grenadier Battalion "Fabecky"
- Infantry Regiment Nr 2 "Ruchel" (2 bns)
- Dragoon Regiment Nr 7 "Baczko" (10 sqs)
- Cuirassier Regiment Nr 4 "Wagenfeld" (4 sqs)
- Half of Horse Battery Nr 13 "Rentzel" (4 guns)
Rearguard
Major General von Prittwitz
- Half of Fusilier Battalion Nr 21 "Stutterheim" (2 companies)
- 1st Battalion, Hussar Regiment Nr 5 "Prittwitz" (5 sqs)
- Half of Horse Battery Nr 6 "Sowinski" (4 guns)
Sources
- Cowan, Coley E. "Winter Battle: Eylau 1807". Strategy & Tactics Magazine, number 228 (May/June 2005). ISSN 1040-886X
- Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. ISBN 1-85367-276-9
- (Russian) Vasil'ev, AA, "COMPOSITION of ALLIED TROOPS at EYLAU: List of the Allied Russian and Prussian troops participating in the Battle of Preussisch-Eylau January 26 and 27 (February 7 and 8) 1807", Imperator No. 11 pp. 11–14 (2007)