List of units of the French army in the battle of Austerlitz
Listed are the units of the French army in the battle of Austerlitz according to the Ordre de bataille on December 2, 1805.
Command staff
- Commandant en chef: Napoléon
- Adjutant of the Emperor (Lieutenant de l'Empereur): Joachim Murat
- Aides de camp of the emperor:
- General de division Jean Andoche Junot
- General de division Anne-Jean-Marie-René Savary, duc de Rovigo
- General de division Alexandre-Jacques-Bernard Law de Lauriston
- General de brigade Jean Rapp
- General de brigade Henri-Gatien Bertrand
- Général de brigade Gaspard Amédée Gardanne
- General de brigade Jean Le Marois
- Général de brigade Régis Barthélemy Mouton-Duvernet
- General de brigade Honoré-Charles Reille
- Colonel Anne Charles Lebrun
- Colonel Marie François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga
- Ordonnance officers of the emperor: Castille, Eugène de Montesquiou, Henri Amédée Mercure de Turenne d'Aynac, Falkouwski, Charles François Deponthon , Scher, Bongard, Berthemy, Maulnois, Parrain
- Chief of Staff of the Army (Chef d'état-major de l'armée): Maréchal Louis-Alexandre Berthier with the Capitaines Colbert, Alexandre Louis Robert de Girardin , Louis-François Lejeune and the Lieutenants Périgord and Lagrange at disposal
- Chief of Staff of the Battle Order (Chef d'état-major général): Général de division Antoine-François Andréossy
- Head of Logistics (Maréchal des logis): Général de division Thomas Alexandre Dumas
- Artillery Commander (Commandant de l'artillerie): Général de division Nicolas Marie Songis des Courbons
- Chief of Staff of the Artillery (Chef d'état-major de l'artillerie): Général de brigade Pernetti
- Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Artillery (Adjoint au chef d'état-major de l'artillerie): Colonel Alexandre-Antoine Hureau de Sénarmont
- Pioneer Commander (Commandant du génie): Général de division Armand Samuel de Marescot
- Chief of Staff of the Pioneers (Chef d'état-major du génie): Major Ducoudsary
- Communications Director (Directeur du télégraphe): Claude Chappe
- Chef de cuisine (Chef boulanger): Le Payen
- Chief of the medical service (chief surgeons): Poussielgue
- Grand maréchal du palais : Général de division Gérard Christophe Michel Duroc
- Grand Écuyer : General de division Caulaincourt
- Administration militaire: Pierre Daru
Guard impériale
Man strength: 5373 soldiers and 24 cannons
- Commanding officer: Maréchal Jean-Baptiste Bessières
- Chief of Staff: Général de brigade François Xavier Roussel
Infantry of the Guard Impériale
- 1519 men - two battalions
- General de brigade Pierre Augustin Hulin
- 1613 men - two battalions
- General de brigade Jérôme Soulès
- Grenadiers à pied de la Garde royale italienne (Grenadiers on foot of the Royal Italian Guard)
- 753 men - one battalion
- Colonel Teodoro Lechi
- 203 men
- General de brigade Jean Rapp
Cavalry of the Guard impériale
- 706 riders - four escadrons
- Général de brigade Michel Ordener , then Colonel-Major Louis Lepic
- 375 riders - four escadrons (one escadron as escort to the emperor)
- Colonel Eugène de Beauharnais and Colonel en second François Louis de Morland
- 109 riders
Artillery of the Imperial Guard
- Commanding officer: Colonel Joseph Couin, 283 gunners
- 1st and 2nd company on horseback of the Régiment d'artillerie à cheval de la Garde impériale
- each battery with four 8-pounder, two 4-pounder and two 6-pounder mortars
- Artillery company on horseback of the Royal Guard Italian with four 8-pounder, two 4-pounder and two 6-pounder mortars
Reserve (outsourced from 5th Corps)
- 1 re division d'infanterie (Division de grenadiers d'Oudinot - Grenadiers de la réserve): General de division Oudinot
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Claude Joseph de Laplanche-Morthières
- four elite battalions
- from the 13 e régiment d'infantry de ligne
- the 58 e régiment d'infantry de ligne
- the 9 e régiment d'infantry de ligne
- and the 81 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne , together 1787 men
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Pierre Louis Dupas
- four elite battalions
- from the "2 e régiment d'infanterie légère"
- the "3 e régiment d'infanterie légère"
- the "28 e régiment d'infanterie légère" and
- the "31 e régiment d'infanterie légère", together 1798 men
- 3 e brigade : General de brigade François Amable Ruffin
- two elite battalions
- from the “15 e régiment d'infanterie légère” and
- the "18 e régiment d'infanterie légère", a total of 1070 men
- Divisional artillery (132 men)
- 1st company of the "1 er régiment d'artillerie à pied" with four 8-pounder guns and two 4-pounder guns
- Détachement of the 5th company of the “5 e régiment d'artillerie à pied” with two 8 pounder guns
1 er corps d'armée (1st Army Corps)
Man strength: 10,918 infantrymen, 1,856 horsemen, 1,306 artillerymen with 24 cannons
- Commanding officer: Maréchal Bernadotte
- Chief of Staff: Général de division Victor Léopold Berthier
- Artillery commander: Général de division Jean Baptiste Eblé
- Engineer Commander: Colonel Morio
1 re division d'infanterie
- General de division Olivier Macoux Rivaud de la Raffinière
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Pierre Charles Dumoulin
- 8 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,858 men)
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Michel Marie Pacthod
- 45 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,604 men)
- 54 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,614 men)
- Divisional artillery (111 men):
- Foot artillery: half-battery with four 3-pounder guns and a 5-1 / 3-pounder mortar
- Mounted artillery: half-battery with four 3-pounder guns and a 5-1 / 3-pounder mortar
2 e division d'infantry
- General de division Jean-Baptiste Drouet d'Erlon
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Bernard Georges François Frère
- 27 e régiment d'infanterie légère (2,069 men)
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade François Jean Werlé
- 94 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,814 men)
- 95 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,903 men)
- Divisional artillery (118 men):
- Foot artillery: a half-battery with four 3-pounder guns and a 5-1 / 3-pounder mortar
- Mounted artillery: a half-battery with four 3-pounder guns and a 5-1 / 3-pounder mortar
3 e corps d'armée (3rd Army Corps)
18,092 infantrymen, 1,293 horsemen, 1,036 artillerymen with 12 cannons
- Commanding officer: Maréchal Louis Nicolas Davout
- Chief of Staff: Général de brigade Joseph Daultanne
- Artillery commander: Général de division Jean-Barthélemot Sorbier
- Pioneer Commander: Colonel Antoine Etienne Touzard
2 e division d'infantry
- General de division Louis de Friant
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Georges Kister
- 15 e régiment d'infanterie légère, 2 battalions (905 men)
- 33 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne , 2 battalions (1,689 men)
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Pierre-Charles Lochet
- 48 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne , 2 battalions (1,522 men)
- 111 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne, 2 battalions (1,778 men)
- 3 e brigade : General de brigade Étienne Heudelet de Bierre
- 108 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,567 men)
- Divisional artillery (130 men):
- Foot artillery: 2nd company of the 7th e régiment d'artillerie à pied with four 8-pounder guns and two 6-pounder mortars
4 e division of dragons
With the reserve cavalry. General de division François Antoine Louis Bourcier
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc (210 men)
- 15 e régiment de dragons , 227 horsemen, 90 of them in combat regulations
- 17 e régiment de dragons , 290 riders, 120 of them in combat regulations
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Claude Joseph de Laplanche-Morthières, 310 Reiter
- 18 e régiment de dragons , 279 riders, 150 of them in combat regulations
- 19 e régiment de dragons , 266 horsemen, 166 of them in combat regulations
- 3 e brigade : Général de brigade Jean Christophe Collin (called Verdière), 190 riders
- 25 e régiment de dragons , 220 riders, 100 of them in combat regulations
- 27 e régiment de dragons , 214 horsemen, 90 of them in combat regulations
- Divisional artillery (60 men):
- Mounted artillery: 3rd company of the 2nd e régiment d'artillerie à cheval with two 8-pounder guns and a 6-pounder mortar
- Reserve artillery :
- Foot artillery: one and a half batteries with nine 12 pounder guns (participation uncertain)
4 e corps d'armée
Man strength: 24,172 infantrymen, 924 horsemen, 1,195 artillerymen with 35 cannons
- Commanding officer: Maréchal Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult
- Chief of Staff: Général de division Charles Salligny
- Artillery Commander: Général de brigade Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière
- Pioneer Commander: Colonel Victor Poitevin
1 re division d'infanterie
- General de division Louis Charles Vincent Le Blond de Saint-Hilaire
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Charles Antoine Morand
- 10 e régiment d'infanterie légère (1,488 men), Colonel Pierre Charles Pouzet
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Paul Thiébault
- 14 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,551 men), Colonel Jacques François Marc Mazas
- 36 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,643 men)
- 3 e brigade : Général de brigade Louis-Prix Varé (assigned to the Vandamme division during the battle)
- 43 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,498 men)
- 55 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,658 men)
- Divisional artillery (120 men):
- 12th company of the 5th e régiment d'artillerie à pied with two 8-pounder guns, two 4-pounder guns and two 6-pounder mortars
- Détachement of the 16th company of the 5 e régiment d'artillerie à pied with two 8 pounder guns
2 e division d'infantry
- General de division Dominique Joseph Vandamme
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Schiner
- 24 e régiment d'infanterie légère (1,291 men)
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Claude François Ferey
- 4 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,658 men), Colonel Joseph Bonaparte
- 28 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,599 men), Colonel Jean-Georges Edighoffen
- 3 e brigade : General de brigade Jacques Lazare Savettier de Candras
- 46 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,350 men)
- 57 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,743 men), Colonel Jean Pierre Antoine Rey
- Divisional artillery (117 men):
- 12th company of the 5th e régiment d'artillerie à pied with two 8-pounder guns, two 4-pounder guns and two 6-pounder mortars
- Détachement of the 16th company of the 5 e régiment d'artillerie à pied with two 8 pounder guns
3 e division d'infantry
- General de division Claude-Juste-Alexandre Legrand
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Pierre Hugues Merle Victoire
- 26 e régiment d'infanterie légère (1,564 men), Colonel François-René Pouget
- Bataillon des tirailleurs du Pô (Rifle Battalion Pô - 340 men)
- Bataillon des tirailleurs corses (Corsican rifle battalion - 519 men)
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Jean-Baptiste Michel Féry
- 3 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,644 men)
- 3 e brigade : General de brigade Victor Levasseur
- 18 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,402 men)
- 75 e regiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,688 men)
- Divisional artillery (116 men):
- 14th company of the 5 e régiment d'artillerie à pied with two 8-pounder guns, two 6-pounder guns and two 6-pounder mortars
- Détachement of the 16th company of the 5 e régiment d'artillerie à pied with two 8 pounder guns
Division cavalerie légère (light cavalry division)
- General de Brigade Pierre Margaron
- 8 e régiment de hussards , 359 men in 3 escadrons, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Franceschi
- 11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval , 343 men in 4 escadrons
- 26 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval , 316 men in 3 escadrons
- Divisional artillery :
- 4th company of the 5th e régiment d'artillerie à cheval with five 8-pounder guns (91 men)
3 e division de dragons (3rd Dragons Division)
- Général de division Marc Antoine de Beaumont (represented by Général de brigade Boyé due to illness)
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Charles Joseph Boyé
- 5 e régiment de dragons , 234 riders in three escadrons, Colonel Jacques Nicolas Lacour
- 8 e régiment de dragons , 289 riders in three escadrons, Colonel Louis Beckler
- 9 e régiment de dragons , 297 riders in three escadrons, Major Jacques Antoine Adrien Delort
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Nicolas Joseph Scalfort
- 12 e régiment de dragons , 291 riders in three escadrons, Colonel Joseph Pagès
- 16 e régiment de dragons , 242 riders in three escadrons, Colonel François-Marie Clément de La Roncière
- 21 e régiment de dragons , 285 riders in three escadrons, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Charles Mas de Polart
- Divisional artillery :
- Détachement of the 3rd company of the 2nd e régiment d'artillerie à cheval with two 8-pounder guns and a 6-pounder mortar
- Reserve artillery :
- Détachements of the 17th and 18th companies of the 5 e régiment d'artillerie à pied with six 12 pounder guns
5 e corps d'armée (5th Army Corps)
Man strength: 11,567 infantrymen, 640 horsemen, 774 artillerymen with 20 guns
- Commanding officer: Maréchal Jean Lannes
3 e division d'infantry
General de division Louis Gabriel Suchet
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Michel Marie Claparède
- 17 e régiment d'infanterie légère (1,373 men)
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Nicolas Léonard Bagert Beker
- 34 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,615 men)
- 40 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,149 men)
- 3 e brigade : General de brigade Jean-Marie Valhubert
- 64 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,052 men)
- 88 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,428 men)
- Divisional artillery (111 men):
- Foot artillery: two batteries with two 12-pounder, eight 8-pounder and two 4-pounder guns
1 re division d'infanterie
Assigned to the 8th Army Corps. General de division Marie François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Georges-Henri Eppler
- 13 e régiment d'infanterie légère (1,240 men), Colonel Pierre Castex
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Joseph Laurent Demont
- 17 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,561 men)
- 30 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,011 men)
- 3 e brigade : General de brigade Jean-Louis Debilly
- 51 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,214 men)
- 61 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (1,175 men)
- Divisional artillery (77 men):
- Mounted artillery: a battery with four 8-pounder guns and two 6-pounder mortars
2 e division of dragons
Assigned. General de division Frédéric Henri Walther
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Sébastiani de la Porta (322 men)
- 2 e brigade : Général de brigade Mansuy Dominique Roget (403 men)
- 3 e brigade : Général de brigade André Joseph Boussart (403 men)
- Divisional artillery (41 men):
- Mounted artillery: a half-battery with two 8-pounder guns and a 6-pounder mortar
Reserve cavalry
Man strength: 15,681 horsemen, 607 artillerymen with 36 guns
- Commander: Maréchal Murat
- Chief of Staff: General de division Augustin Daniel Belliard
- Artillery Commander : Général de brigade Antoine Alexandre Hanicque
- Engineer Commander: Colonel Hayelle
1 re division de cavalerie lourde (1st heavy cavalry division)
Général de division Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Joseph Piston (386 men)
- 1 he régiment de carabiniers , 205 riders in three squadrons, Colonel François Borghèse Prince Aldobrandini
- 2 e régiment de carabiniers , 181 riders in three escadrons, Colonel Pierre-Nicolas Morin
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Armand Lebrun de La Houssaye (584 riders)
- 2 e régiment de cuirassiers , 304 riders in three escadrons, Colonel Jean-Frédéric Yvendorf
- 9 e régiment de cuirassiers , 280 riders in three escadrons, Colonel Jean-Pierre Doumerc
- 3 e brigade : Général de brigade Antoine Louis Decrest de Saint-Germain (610 men)
- Divisional artillery (44 men):
- Mounted artillery: a half-battery with two 8-pounder guns and a 6-pounder mortar
2 e division de cavalerie lourde (2nd heavy cavalry division)
General de division Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul
- 1 re brigade Colonel Jean-Baptiste Noirot (763 men)
- 1 he régiment de cuirassiers , 388 riders in three squadrons, Colonel Marie-Adrien-François Guiton
- 5 e régiment de cuirassiers , 375 riders in three escadrons, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Noirot
- 2 e brigade : Commander General de brigade Raymond Gaspard de Bonardi de Saint-Sulpice (561 men)
- 10 e régiment de cuirassiers , 254 riders in three escadrons, Colonel Pierre-François Lataye
- 11 e régiment de cuirassiers , 327 riders in three escadrons, Colonel Albert-Louis-Emmanuel Fouler
- Divisional artillery (44 men):
- Mounted artillery: a half-battery with two 8-pounder guns and a 6-pounder mortar
1 re division de cavalerie légère (1st light cavalry division)
Assigned to the 1st Army Corps. General de division Kellermann
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Frédéric Vagnair de Marisy
- 2 e régiment de hussards (430 riders), Colonel Jean-François Thérèse Barbier
- 5 e régiment de hussards (355 riders), Colonel François Xavier de Schwarz
- 2 e Brigade : General de brigade Joseph-Denis Picard
- 4 e régiment de hussards (444 riders), Colonel André Burthe
- 5 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval (436 riders), Colonel Claude Louis Constant Esprit Juvenal Corbineau
- Divisional artillery (79 men):
- Mounted artillery: 1st company of the 3 e régiment d'artillerie à cheval with two 6-pounder guns, two 3-pounder guns and a 5-1 / 3-pounder mortar
5 e division de cavalerie légère (5th light cavalry division)
Assigned to the 5th Army Corps. General de brigade Jean-Louis-François Fauconnet
- 1 re brigade : General de brigade Anne-François-Charles Treillard (494 riders)
- 9 e régiment de hussards (344 riders)
- 10 e régiment de hussards (335 riders)
- 2 e brigade : Général de brigade Jean Louis François Fauconnet (deployment uncertain)
- 13 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval (339 riders)
- 21 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval (331 riders)
Allocated:
- Brigade de cavalerie légère : Général de brigade Édouard Jean-Baptiste Milhaud
- 16 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval (339 riders)
- 22 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval (331 riders)
Large artillery park
- Foot artillery : one battery with six 3-pound Austrian guns and two batteries with six 12-pound guns and 230 men from the 7th e régiment d'artillerie
literature
- Alain Pigeard: Dictionnaire des Batailles de Napoléon. 1796–1815 (= Bibliothèque Napoléonienne ). Tallandier, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-84734-073-4 .