Order of battle for the Balaclava campaign
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This is the complete order of battle of opposing forces at the Battle of Balaclava.
Allied Army[]
The Allied Army consisted of British and French troops as well as Turkish formations under British command.
British Army[]
Commanded by Field Marshal Lord Raglan.
- Cavalry Division - under Lieutenant-General the Earl of Lucan with a total force of 1,500 sabres and 6 field guns.
- Heavy Brigade - Brigadier James Scarlett
- 4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards - Lt. Col. Edward Hodge
- 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards - Maj. Adolphus Burton
- 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons (The Royals) - Lt. Col. John Yorke
- 2nd (Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons (The Scots Greys) - Lt. Col. Henry Griffith
- 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons - Lt. Col. Henry White
- Light Brigade - Maj. Gen. the Earl of Cardigan
- 4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons - Lt. Col. Lord George Paget
- 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Regiment of Hussars - Lt. Col. Frederick Shewell
- 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of Hussars - Lt. Col. John Douglas
- 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons - Capt. John Oldman
- 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers) - Capt. William Morris
- Heavy Brigade - Brigadier James Scarlett
- 1st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. The Duke of Cambridge with 4,000 men.
- Guards Brigade - Maj. Gen. H.J. Bentinck
- 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards
- 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
- 1st Battalion Scots Fusiliers Guards
- Highland Brigade
- 42nd Regiment
- 79th Regiment
- Guards Brigade - Maj. Gen. H.J. Bentinck
- 4th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Sir George Cathcart with 5,000 men.
- 1st Brigade - Brigadier Thomas Leigh-Goldie
- 20th Regiment
- 21st Regiment
- 57th Regiment
- 68th Regiment
- 2nd Brigade - Brigadier A. Torrens
- 63rd Regiment
- 46th Regiment
- 1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade
- 1st Brigade - Brigadier Thomas Leigh-Goldie
- Balaclava defences - Maj. Gen. Sir Colin Campbell with 4,000 men and 35 naval and field guns.
French Army[]
Commanded by General François Certain Canrobert.
- 1re Brigade de Cavalerie - General d'Allonville with 1,500 sabres.
- Corps d'Observation - General Pierre Bosquet
- 1re Brigade d'Infanterie - General Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse
- 2e Brigade d'Infanterie - General Joseph Vinoy with 4,000 men.
- 1re Brigade d'Infanterie - General Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse
Russian Army[]
Commanded by Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov with a total of 25,000 men and 78 guns.
- Cavalry - Lt. Gen. I.I. Ryzhov with 3,000 sabres and 16 guns.
- Kiev Regiment
- Ingermanland Regiment
- (No.)1 Ural Cossacks
- North Column - Col. A.P. Skiuderi with 4,000 men and 12 guns.
- Odessa Regiment
- (No.)53 Don Cossacks
- (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
- Left Center Column - Maj. Gen. K.R. Semiakin with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
- Right Center Column - Maj. Gen. F.G. Levutski with 3,000 men and 8 guns.
- Ukraine Regiment
- South Column - Maj. Gen. S.I. Gribbe with 3,000 men and 10 guns
- Dnieper Regiment
- Composite Uhlan Regiment
- Ingermanland Regiment
- (No.)60 Don Cossacks
- Forward Reserves - Maj. Gen. O.P. Zhaboritski with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
- Reserves - total of 2,000 men and 12 guns.
- Ukraine Regiment (1 squadron)
- (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
- Composite Uhlan Regiment
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