IX Corps (Grande Armée)

IX Corps (Grande Armée)
Active 1806–1813
Country France First French Empire
Branch Army
Type Army Corps
Size Two or three infantry divisions, cavalry, artillery
Engagements Napoleonic Wars
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Jérôme Bonaparte
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon
Claude Victor-Perrin
Pierre Augereau

The IX Corps of the Grande Armée was the name of a French military formation that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps was first formed in 1806 from German troops allied with the First French Empire and Emperor Napoleon appointed his brother Jérôme Bonaparte as commander. During 1807, elements of the corps besieged several Prussian fortresses. The corps was revived as an all-Saxon unit in 1809 and leadership given to Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. The corps fought at Linz-Urfahr and Wagram.

In 1810, a new IX Corps appeared in Spain led by Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon.[1] The corps was in action at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in 1811 before being discontinued. The corps was reformed in 1812 for the French invasion of Russia and Marshal Claude Victor-Perrin assigned to lead it. Victor's troops fought in several actions, most notably at the Battle of Berezina in November. The formation was re-established in 1813 with Marshal Pierre Augereau as commander and fought at Leipzig.

Order of battle

Leipzig 1813

IX Corps: Marshal Pierre Augereau[2]

  • 51st Division: General of Division Louis Marie Turreau
    • Brigade: General of Brigade Henri-Jacques Martin de Lagarde
      • 32nd Provisional Regiment (two battalions)
      • 63rd Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)
    • Brigade: General of Brigade Antoine Aymard
      • 34th Provisional Regiment (two battalions)
      • 35th Provisional Regiment (two battalions)
  • 52nd Division: General of Division Jean-Baptiste Pierre de Semellé
    • Brigade: General of Brigade François Bagneris
      • 37th Provisional Regiment (two battalions)
      • 39th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)
    • Brigade: General of Brigade Roch Godart
      • 86th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)
      • 121st Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)
  • Artillery: General of Brigade Joseph Pellegrin de Millon
    • Five foot artillery batteries

Notes

  1. ↑ Lipscombe 2014, p. 17.
  2. ↑ Millar 2004.

References

  • Chandler, David G. (1966). The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York, NY: Macmillan.
  • Lipscombe, Nick (2014). Bayonne and Toulouse 1813–14: Wellington invades France. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-0277-4.
  • Millar, Stephen (2004). "French Order-of-Battle at Leipzig 16-18 October 1813: The Southern Sector". The Napoleon Series. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  • Petre, Francis Loraine (1912). Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813. New York: John Lane Company.
  • Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

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