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
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Regiments and batteries
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First Division
General of Division Morand
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- 13th Light Infantry
- 17th Line Infantry
- 30th Line Infantry
- 51st Line Infantry
- 61st Line Infantry
- two foot batteries (13 guns)
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Second Division
General of Division Friant
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- 33rd Line Infantry
- 48th Line Infantry
- 108th Line Infantry
- 111th Line Infantry
- one foot battery (8 guns)
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Third Division
General of Division Gudin
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- 12th Line Infantry
- 21st Line Infantry
- 25th Line Infantry
- 85th Line Infantry
- one foot battery (8 guns)
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Light Cavalry
General of Brigade Vialannes
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- 1st Chasseurs
- 12th Chasseurs
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Corps Artillery Reserve
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- three foot batteries, one horse battery (17 guns)
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IV Corps
Marshal Soult
Divisions
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Regiments and batteries
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First Division
General of Division Saint-Hilaire
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- 10th Light Infantry
- 35th Line Infantry
- 43rd Line Infantry
- 55th Line Infantry
- two foot batteries (12 guns)
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Second Division
General of Division Leval
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- 24th Light Infantry
- 4th Line Infantry
- 28th Line Infantry
- 46th Line Infantry
- 57th Line Infantry
- two foot artillery batteries (12 guns)
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Third Division
General of Division Legrand
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- 26th Light Infantry
- 18th Line Infantry
- 75th Line Infantry
- Tirailleurs Corses
- Tirailleurs du Pô
- two foot batteries (12 guns)
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Corps Artillery Reserve
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one foot battery (6 guns)
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VI Corps
Marshal Ney
Divisions
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Regiments and batteries
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First Division
General of Division Marchand
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Second Division
General of Division Gardanne
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- 25th Light Infantry
- 27th Line Infantry
- 50th Line Infantry
- 59th Line Infantry
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Light Cavalry
General of Brigade Colbert
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- 10th Chasseurs
- 9th Hussars
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Corps Artillery Reserve
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- four foot batteries, two horse batteries (24 guns)
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VII Corps
Marshal Augereau
Divisions
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Regiments and batteries
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First Division
General of Division Jacques Desjardin †
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- 16th Light Infantry
- 14th Line Infantry
- 44th Line Infantry
- 105th Line Infantry
- one foot and one horse battery (8 guns)
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Second Division
General of Division Heudelet
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- 7th Light Infantry
- 24th Line Infantry
- 63rd Line Infantry
- one foot and one horse battery (8 guns)
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Light Cavalry
General of Brigade Antoine Durosnel
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- 20th Chasseurs
- one horse battery (4 guns)
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Corps Artillery Reserve
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- two foot batteries (16 guns)
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Imperial Guard
Divisions
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Regiments and batteries
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Infantry
Marshal Lefebvre
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- 1st Grenadiers à pied
- 1st Chasseurs à pied
- 2nd Chasseurs à pied
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Imperial Guard Cavalry
Marshal Bessières
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Artillery
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- two horse batteries (12 guns)
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Reserve Cavalry
Marshal Murat
Divisions
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Regiments and batteries
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First Cuirassier Division
General of Division Nansouty (absent)
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- 9th Cuirassiers
- 11th Cuirassiers
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
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Second Cuirassier Division
General of Division d'Hautpoul †
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- 1st Cuirassiers
- 5th Cuirassiers
- 10th Cuirassiers
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
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First Dragoon Division
General of Division Klein
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- 1st Dragoons
- 2nd Dragoons
- 4th Dragoons
- 14th Dragoons
- 20th Dragoons
- 26th Dragoons
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
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Second Dragoon Division
General of Division Grouchy
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- 3rd Dragoons
- 4th Dragoons
- 6th Dragoons
- 10th Dragoons
- 11th Dragoons
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
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Third Dragoon Division
General of Division Beaumont
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- 5th Dragoons
- 8th Dragoons
- 12th Dragoons
- 16th Dragoons
- 19th Dragoons
- 21st Dragoons
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
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Fourth Dragoon Division
General of Division Sahuc
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- 17th Dragoons
- 18th Dragoons
- 19th Dragoons
- 21st Dragoons
- one-half horse battery (3 guns)
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Light Cavalry Division
General of Division Lasalle
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- 1st Hussars
- 3rd Hussars
- 5th Hussars
- 13th Chasseurs
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Light Cavalry Brigade
General of Brigade Wathier
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Corps Artillery Reserve
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- one horse battery (8 guns)
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Russian Army
General of Cavalry Count Bennigsen
Chief of Staff: Quartermaster-General, Major General F.F. Steinheil
Fourth Division
Major General A.A. Somov
Cavalry
Brigade MG Baron Friedrich von Korff
- 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 Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev
- 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 Pyotr Papkov
- 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
Organization
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)