Battle of 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 Antoine 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 General F.F. Steinheil

2nd Division - Lieutenant-General Count A.I. Ostermann-Tolstoy

Brigade	Brigade Commanders	Units	Strength
Cavalry Bde	Major General Kozhin (ru)	Leib Cuirassiers (ru)	5 sqds
		Kargopol Dragoons (ru)	5 sqds
		Isum Hussars (ru)	10 sqds
		Ilowaiski №9 Cossacks	5 sotnias
		Efremov №3 Cossacks	5 sotnias
1st Infantry Bde	Major General A.Y. Masowski	Pavlovski Grenadiers	3 bns
		Rostov Musketeers (ru)	3 bns
2nd Infantry Bde	N. Sukin	Petsburg Grenadiers	3 bns
		Eletz Musketeers (ru)	3 bns
3rd Infantry Bde	MG I.A. Diven	1st Jaegers (ru)	3 bns
		20th Jaegers (ru)	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

3rd Division - Lieutenant-General Baron von der Osten-Sacken

Brigade	Brigade Commanders	Units	Strength
3rd Cavalry Bde	Major General Count P.P. von der Pahlen	Little Russian Cuirassiers (ru)	5 sqds
		Kurland Dragoons (ru)	5 sqds
		Ilowaiski №10 Cossacks	5 sotnias
		Papuzin Cossacks	5 sotnias
1st Infantry Bde	Major General F.A. Ushakov	Taurida Grenadiers (ru)	3 bns
		Lithuanian Musketeers (ru)	3 bns
2nd Infantry Bde	Major General V.P. Titov	Koporsk Musketeers (ru)	3 bns
		Muromsk Musketeers (ru)	3 bns
5th Infantry Bde	Major General Prince Dolgorukov	Chernigov Musketeers	3 bns
		Dnepr Musketeers (ru)	3 bns
		21st Jaegers (ru)	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 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

• Commander-in-chief: Lieutenant General Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq
  • General-Quartermaster-Lieutenant: Col Gerhard von Scharnhorst

Organization

Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq's army at the Battle of Eylau

Division	Division Commanders	Units	Strength
Avantgarde		50 cavalry from the Towarczys Regiment	50 Towarczys
		40 cavalry from the Dragoon Regiment №6 "Auer"	40 dragoons
		Dragoon Regiment №6 "Auer" (de) (9 sqs)	9 sqds
		Horse Battery №8 "Bredow" (8 guns)	8 guns
1st Division	Major General Friedrich Otto von Diericke (de)	Grenadier Battalion "Fabecky"
		Infantry Regiment №2 "Ruchel" (de)	2 bns
		Dragoon Regiment №7 "Baczko" (de)	10 sqds
		Cuirassier Regiment №4 "Wagenfeld" (de)	4 sqds
		½ Horse Battery №13 "Rentzel"	4 guns
2nd Division	Major General Michael Szabszinski von Rembow (de)	Grenadier Battalion "Schlieffen"
		Infantry Regiment №11 "Schoning" (de)	2 bns
3rd Division	Major General Kasimir von Auer (de)	Vyborg Musketeer Regiment (Russian) (ru)	3 bns
		Towarczys Regiment (de)	10 sqds
		½ Horse Battery №10 "Decker"	4 guns
Rearguard	Major General Moritz von Prittwitz (de)	½ Fusilier Battalion №21 "Stutterheim"	2 coys
		1st Battalion, Hussar Regiment №5 "Prittwitz" (de)	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)