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

Marshal Davout

Divisions	Regiments and batteries
First Division General of Division Morand	13th Light Infantry 17th Line Infantry 30th Line Infantry 51st Line Infantry 61st Line Infantry two foot batteries (13 guns)
Second Division General of Division Friant	33rd Line Infantry 48th Line Infantry 108th Line Infantry 111th Line Infantry one foot battery (8 guns)
Third Division General of Division Gudin	12th Line Infantry 21st Line Infantry 25th Line Infantry 85th Line Infantry one foot battery (8 guns)
Light Cavalry General of Brigade Vialannes	1st Chasseurs 12th Chasseurs
Corps Artillery Reserve	three foot batteries, one horse battery (17 guns)

IV Corps

Marshal Soult

Divisions	Regiments and batteries
First Division General of Division Saint-Hilaire	10th Light Infantry 35th Line Infantry 43rd Line Infantry 55th Line Infantry two foot batteries (12 guns)
Second Division General of Division Leval	24th Light Infantry 4th Line Infantry 28th Line Infantry 46th Line Infantry 57th Line Infantry two foot artillery batteries (12 guns)
Third Division General of Division Legrand	26th Light Infantry 18th Line Infantry 75th Line Infantry Tirailleurs Corses Tirailleurs du Pô two foot batteries (12 guns)
Corps Artillery Reserve	one foot battery (6 guns)

VI Corps

Marshal Ney

Divisions	Regiments and batteries
First Division General of Division Marchand	6th Light Infantry 39th Line Infantry 69th Line Infantry 76th Line Infantry
Second Division General of Division Gardanne	25th Light Infantry 27th Line Infantry 50th Line Infantry 59th Line Infantry
Light Cavalry General of Brigade Colbert	10th Chasseurs 9th Hussars
Corps Artillery Reserve	four foot batteries, two horse batteries (24 guns)

VII Corps

Marshal Augereau

Divisions	Regiments and batteries
First Division General of Division Jacques Desjardin †	16th Light Infantry 14th Line Infantry 44th Line Infantry 105th Line Infantry one foot and one horse battery (8 guns)
Second Division General of Division Heudelet	7th Light Infantry 24th Line Infantry 63rd Line Infantry one foot and one horse battery (8 guns)
Light Cavalry General of Brigade Durosnel	20th Chasseurs one horse battery (4 guns)
Corps Artillery Reserve	two foot batteries (16 guns)

Imperial Guard

Divisions	Regiments and batteries
Infantry Marshal Lefebvre	1st Grenadiers à pied 1st Chasseurs à pied 2nd Chasseurs à pied
Imperial Guard Cavalry Marshal Bessières	Grenadiers à Cheval Chasseurs à Cheval and Mamelukes
Artillery	two horse batteries (12 guns)

Reserve Cavalry

Marshal Murat

Divisions	Regiments and batteries
First Cuirassier Division General of Division Nansouty (absent)	9th Cuirassiers 11th Cuirassiers one-half horse battery (3 guns)
Second Cuirassier Division General of Division d'Hautpoul †	1st Cuirassiers 5th Cuirassiers 10th Cuirassiers one-half horse battery (3 guns)
First Dragoon Division General of Division Klein	1st Dragoons 2nd Dragoons 4th Dragoons 14th Dragoons 20th Dragoons 26th Dragoons one-half horse battery (3 guns)
Second Dragoon Division General of Division Grouchy	3rd Dragoons 4th Dragoons 6th Dragoons 10th Dragoons 11th Dragoons one-half horse battery (3 guns)
Third Dragoon Division General of Division Beaumont	5th Dragoons 8th Dragoons 12th Dragoons 16th Dragoons 19th Dragoons 21st Dragoons one-half horse battery (3 guns)
Fourth Dragoon Division General of Division Sahuc	17th Dragoons 18th Dragoons 19th Dragoons 21st Dragoons one-half horse battery (3 guns)
Light Cavalry Division General of Division Lasalle	1st Hussars 3rd Hussars 5th Hussars 13th Chasseurs
Light Cavalry Brigade General of Brigade Wathier	11th Chasseurs Bavarian 1st Kronprinz Chevau-léger
Corps Artillery Reserve	one horse battery (8 guns)

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)

Engineers

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

Engineers

1st Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company of Major Afanas'ev 1

Fourth Division

Major General A.A. Somov

Cavalry

Brigade 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)

Engineers

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

From the Cavalry Brigade

Alexandria Hussars (10 sqs)
Popov 5 Cossacks (5 sotnias)

From the Infantry

Brigade MG K.F. Baggovut

Starooskol Musketeers (3 bns)
4th Jaegers (3 bns)

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)

Engineers

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)

Engineers

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)

Engineers

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
(in 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)

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