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 |
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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[]
Marshal Soult
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[]
Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
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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
Brigade | Brigade Commanders | Units | Strength |
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Cavalry Bde | Major General | 5 sqds | |
5 sqds | |||
10 sqds | |||
Ilowaiski №9 Cossacks | 5 sotnias | ||
Efremov №3 Cossacks | 5 sotnias | ||
1st Infantry Bde | Major General A.Y. Masowski | Pavlovski Grenadiers | 3 bns |
3 bns | |||
2nd Infantry Bde | N. Sukin | Petsburg Grenadiers | 3 bns |
3 bns | |||
3rd Infantry Bde | MG I.A. Diven | 3 bns | |
3 bns | |||
1st Artillery Bde | Col Stavitsky | Battery Company Maj Osipov | 12 guns |
Battery Company Maj Talyzin | 12 guns | ||
Light Company May Efremov | 12 guns | ||
Light Company Maj Voyeikov | 12 guns | ||
1st Horse Battery Col Stavitsky | 12 guns | ||
Engineers | 1st Pioneer Regiment,
Pioneer Company of Major Dreyer |
Brigade | Brigade Commanders | Units | Strength |
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3rd Cavalry Bde | Major General Count P.P. von der Pahlen | 5 sqds | |
5 sqds | |||
Ilowaiski №10 Cossacks | 5 sotnias | ||
Papuzin Cossacks | 5 sotnias | ||
1st Infantry Bde | Major General F.A. Ushakov | 3 bns | |
3 bns | |||
2nd Infantry Bde | Major General V.P. Titov | 3 bns | |
3 bns | |||
5th Infantry Bde | Major General Prince Dolgorukov | Chernigov Musketeers | 3 bns |
3 bns | |||
3 bns | |||
Artillery Bde | 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,
1st Pioneer Company of Major Afanas'ev |
Fourth Division
Major General
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 Ivan Leontiev
- 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 A.V. 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 D.D. 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[]
General Staff[]
- Commander-in-chief: Lieutenant General Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq
- General-Quartermaster-Lieutenant: Col Gerhard von Scharnhorst
Organization[]
Division | Division Commanders | Units | Strength |
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Avantgarde | 50 cavalry from the Towarczys Regiment | 50 Towarczys | |
40 cavalry from the Dragoon Regiment №6 "Auer" | 40 dragoons | ||
(9 sqs) | 9 sqds | ||
Horse Battery №8 "Bredow" (8 guns) | 8 guns | ||
1st Division | Major General | Grenadier Battalion "Fabecky" | |
2 bns | |||
10 sqds | |||
4 sqds | |||
½ Horse Battery №13 "Rentzel" | 4 guns | ||
2nd Division | Major General | Grenadier Battalion "Schlieffen" | |
2 bns | |||
3rd Division | Major General | 3 bns | |
10 sqds | |||
½ Horse Battery №10 "Decker" | 4 guns | ||
Rearguard | Major General | ½ Fusilier Battalion №21 "Stutterheim" | 2 coys |
1st Battalion, | 5 sqds | ||
½ Horse Battery №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)
- Napoleonic Wars orders of battle