Riga Garrison

Reserve

Finnish Corps

Reinforcements

Depot Battalions

Reorganization

Bibliography

Riga Military Command

By Steven H. Smith

Military Governor: From 27.iv.12 to 24.x.12: Gen._let. Ivan Nikolaevich Essen-1.

Replaced on October 24th by Gen._adjutant Filipp Osipovich Pauluchchi.

Garrison Troops Commander: Polk. Petr I. Balabin.

Riga and Dinamunda Fortresses

(Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 40 officers and 1176 men)

(total strength Sept. 4: same)

Pioneer Company (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 2 officers and 60 men) [This is probably the Miner Company Of Gen.-maj. Kh. D. Shvanebakh.]

From 1st Artillery Depot Brigade:

• 11th Pontonier Company: Kmdr. PPK V. Zakharov.

Engineer Command . (Strength on 21.viii.12(os) = 13 ober-officers and 46 non-combatants)

Garrison Artillery

• 25th Company
• 26th Company

(Strength of both comps.on 21.viii.12(os) = 2 stab-officers, 6 ober-officers, 34 unter-officers, 4 musicians, 299 men and 11 non-combatants).

Fortress Command. (Strength on 21.viii.12(os) = 1 ober-officer and 14 non-combatants).

• 2nd Laboratory half company (Strength on 21.viii.12(os) = 1 ober-officer, 9 unter-officers, 57 men and 4 non-combatants).

Garrison Arsenal Command (Strength on 21.viii.12(os) = 1 ober-officer, 2 unter-officers, 31 men).

Unattached troops from various Regiments: (Strength on 21.viii.12(os) = 3 unter-officers, 70 men and 15 non-combatants).

Garrison Command (Strength on 21.viii.12(os) = 3 ober-officers, 5 unter-officers, 28 men).

Invalid Command (Strength on 21.viii.12(os) = 2 ober-officers, 2 unter-officers, 10 men).

Riga Fortress

Military Work Company (97 non-combatants).

Composed of Depot Battalions and Depot Squadrons, used to Strengthen the Garrison:

 30th [Reserve] Division Commander: N

(Strength on 16.vi.12 (os) = 42 officers and 935 men)

2nd Battalions from:

 4th Infantry Division Commander Maior Emme. (Tobolsk Infantry Regiment) [PK Avgustov ?]

 1st Brigade

Kremenchug Infantry Regiment Maior Grnitskii ?

• Minsk Infantry Regiment Maior Telshevskii. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 12 officers and 545 men).

2nd Brigade

• Tobolsk Infantry Regiment Kapt. Rezhenberg. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 7 officers and 404 men)
• Volynie Infantry Regiment Maior Grinketsich. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 7 officers and 391 men)

3rd Brigade

• 4th Jaeger Regiment Maior Lapp-1.
• 34th Jaeger Regiment Maior Zhirkevich.

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2nd Battalions from:

14th Infantry Division PPK Nikolai Ivanovich Bek[_2] (Tula p. p.).

 1st Brigade

• Tula Infantry Regiment
• Navagin Infantry Regiment

2nd Brigade

• Tengin Infantry Regiment
• Estlandia Infantry Regiment

3rd Brigade

• 25th Jaeger Regiment
• 26th Jaeger Regiment Maior Tsyrenev.

 31st [Reserve] Division Commander: N

(Strength on 16.vi.12(os) = 52 officers and 1337 men)

2nd Battalions from:

5th Infantry Division Commander Maior Afrosimov.

1st Brigade

• Siva Infantry Regiment
• Kalouga Infantry Regiment

2nd Brigade

• Perm Infantry Regiment Maior Boiarinov.
• Mogilev Infantry Regiment

3rd Brigade

• 23rd Jaeger Regiment Maior Glaskov.
• 24th Jaeger Regiment

2nd Battalions from:

17th Infantry Division

1st Brigade

• Riazan Infantry Regiment
• Bieloserk Infantry Regiment

2nd Brigade

• Wiliamstrand Infantry Regiment
• Brest Infantry Regiment

3rd Brigade

• 30th Jaeger Regiment Maior Avenarius.
• 48th Jaeger. Regiment Maior Borob'ev.

33rd [Reserve] Division Commander: Gen._m. Ivan A. Vel'iaminov.

(Strength on 16.vi.12(os) = 20 officers and 2524 men)

2nd Battalions from:

3rd Infantry Division Kmdr.: PPK Baumgarten.

 1st Brigade

• Muromsk Infantry Regiment Maior Zalivkin.
• Revel Infantry Regiment Maior Skorobogatov.

2nd Brigade

• Chernigov Infantry Regiment Maior Tsiva-1.
• Koporsk Infantry Regiment Maior Kuznetsov. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 9 officers and 453 men)

3rd Brigade

• 20th Jaeger Regiment Maior Feonas.
• 21st Jaeger Regiment Maior Elistratov.

The Treaty of Abo, signed the 18/30 August 1812, between Sweden and Russia allowed some of the Russian Troops protecting Finland to be moved to the South. On September 23rd Gen.-leit. Shteingel arrived in Reval with a portion of his Finnish Corps (10,032 men and 18 guns).

Finnish Corps: Kmdr. Gen.-leit. Faddei Faddeevich graf Shteingel.

 16th Division: Gen.-maior Gen.-maior Vasilii Sergeevich Rakhmanov.

 1st Brigade: Gen-maior Egor Sergeevich Gorbuntsov.

• Briansk Infantry Regiment
  • Shef: GM Egor Sergeevich Gorbuntsov.

    Kmdr.: Maior Aleksandr Bogdanovich Iulius-2.

    (Strength on 22.ix.12(os) = 4 stab-officers, 22 ober-officers, 40 unter-officers, 23 musicians, 1320 men and 90 non-combatants); (Strength on 7.xii.12(os) = 25 officers and 1230 men).

• Nizov Infantry Regiment:
  • Shef: Gen.-maior Vasilii Sergeevich Rakhmanov.
  Kmdr.: PPK F A Bazin.

2nd Brigade: Gen.-maior Petr Bogdanovich Nilus.

• Uglitz Infantry Regiment:
  • Shef: Gen.-maior Karl Maksimovich baron Gertsdorf (Gerzdorf). (not present)
  Kmdr.: Maior Iakov Andreevich Andreev.
• 35th Jaeger Regiment:
  • Shef: Gen.-maior Petr Bogdanovich Nilus.
  Kmdr.: Maior Petr Ionovich Mel'gunov-1.

 3rd Brigade: PK Mikhail L'vovich Treskin.

• Azov Infantry Regiment:
  • Shef: PK Mikhail L'vovich Treskin.
  Kmdr.: Maior Iakov Aleksandrovich fon-Karm.
• 3rd Jaeger Regiment:
  • Shef: Mikhail Bogdanovich Barklai-de-Tolli. (Not present!)
  Kmdr.: PK Andrei Petrovich Turchaninov.

  (Strength on 22.ix.12(os) = 2 stab-officers, 8 ober-officers, 26 unter-officers, 21 musicians, 674 men and 50 non-combatants)

Combined Grenadier Companies:

• 1st Battalion: N.
• 2nd Battalion: N.

6th Artillery Brigade: PPK F M Shul'man-1

• 6th Battery Company: PPK F M Shul'man-1.
• 11th Light Company: PPK F Prebsting.

21st Division: Gen.-maior Nikolai Ivanovich Demidov.

1st Brigade: PK Andrei Timofeevich Maslov.

• Petrov Infantry Regiment:
  • Shef: Gen.-maior Nikolai Ivanovich Demidov.
  Kmdr.: PPK A. Ia. Kuz'min.
• Podolia Infantry Regiment:
  • Shef: PK Andrei Timofeevich Maslov.
  Kmdr.: PPK Moisei Kondrat'evich Mendeleev.

2nd Brigade: PK Fedor Fedorovich baron Rosen-1.

• Neva Infantry Regiment:
  • Shef: Gen-maior Sazonov (not present).
  Kmdr.: PK Gustav Khristianovich Sheele-1.
• Litov Infantry Regiment:
  • Shef: PK Fedor Fedorovich baron Rosen-1.
  Kmdr.: Maior Boris Lukich Sergeev.

3rd Brigade: PK Fedor Evastaf'evich Kniper.

• 2nd Jaeger Regiment:
  • Shef: PK Fedor Evastaf'evich Kniper.
  Kmdr.: Maior Gustav Ivanovich Essen.
• 44th Jaeger Regiment
  • Shef: PK Aleksandr Karlovich Ridinger.
  Kmdr: N.

  (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 21 officers, 743 men and 61 non-combatants); . (Strength on 22.ix.12(os) = 3 stab-officers, 18 ober-officers, 40 unter-officers, 24musicians, 1310 men and 74 non-combatants); (Strength on 7.xii.12(os) = 24 officers and 1125 men)

Combined Grenadier Companies:

• 1st Battalion: Maior Zakrevskii.
• 2nd Battalion: Maior Rodionov.

 21st Artillery Brigade: Kmdr. PK Tret'iakov.

 21st Battery Company: PK Tret'iakov.

 40th Light Company Kmdr.: PPK Until'e.

(Strength on 22.ix.12(os) = 1 stab-officers, 4 ober-officers, 16 unter-officers, 2 musicians, 167 men and 37 non-combatants); (Strength on 7.xii.12(os) = 6 officers and 177 men)

27th Cavalry Brigade: Gen.-maior Il'ia Ivanovich Alekseev. (Not present)

• Finliand Dragun Regiment:
  • Shef: PK Fedor Ivanovich Drevich.
  Kmdr.: PPK Fitingof.
• Mitau Dragun Regiment: (Not present, Regiment sent to GotK Vitgenshtein.)
  • Shef: Gen.-maior Il'ia Ivanovich Alekseev.
  Kmdr.: PK Ivan Andreevich Dzevonskii.

 Cossacks:

• Kiselev-2 Don Cossack Regiment: Kmdr. VS Kiselev-2.
• Loshchilin Don Cossack Regiment: Kmdr. PPK Loshchilin.
• Isaev-2 Don Cossack Regiment: Kmdr. PK Isaev-2.

Shteingel, leaving some of his troops with Pauluchchi, moved South to link up with Vitgenshtein.

Transferred from Vitgenshtein's Corps:

From the 5th Artillery Brigade

• 10th Light Company Podpolkovnik Fedor H. Eiler. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 6 officers and 203 men); (strength Sept 4: same); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 6 officers and 163 men); (Strength on 7.xii.12(os) = 5 officers and 156 men)
• Selivanov-2 Don Cossack Regiment: Kmdr.: Maior Andrei Andreieovich Selivanov-2. (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 7 officers and 366 men); (Strength on 7.xii.12(os)= 5 officers and 139 men).

From the 1st Artillery Depot Brigade:

• 57th Light Company (Strength on 7.xii.12(os) = 8 officers and 174 men)

From the St.-Petersburg Militia (sent in October):

• Iakhontov (1st Spb. Opolchenie) Cossack Regiment: Kmdr PK Aleksandr Andreevich Iakhontov. (Strength on 18.x.12(os) = 35 officers and 599 men); (Strength on 7.xii.12(os) = 12 officers and 408 men)
• Baron Bode (2nd Spb. Opolchenie) Cossack Regiment: Kmdr. Stabs-kapitan Klement baron fon-Bode. (Strength on 18.x.12(os)= 29 officers and 600 men); (Strength on 7.xii.12(os) = 20 officers and 350 men)
• Komand of Lt. Nirot [mounted Cossack] Volunteer Corps Kmdr. Poruchik Nirot (Nirod) (Strength 11.xi.12 = 106 cossacks); (Strength on 7.xii.12(os) = 2 officers and 31 men)
• Reserve squadron Finliand Dragun Regiment (Strength on 7.xii.12(os) = 2 officers and 37 men)

Engineer companies:

1st Regiment, 1st Battalion:

• Miner Company: Kmdr. GM Kh. D. Shvanebakh. (Strength on 21.viii.12(os) = 1 stab-officers, 3 ober-officers, 8 unter-officers, 2 musicians, 93 men and 8 non-combatants)
• 2nd Pioneer Company: Kmdr.: Kapitan P. S. Firsov (Fursov). (Strength on 21.viii.12(os) = 3 ober-officers, 11 unter-officers, 2 musicians, 128 men and 13 non-combatants)

73 gunboats with 4057 men (?)

Combined Infantry Regiments.

Formed from the above listed 2nd Battalions (only the three musketer companies):

1st Regiment Polkovnik Ekel'n. (strength on 7.xii.12(os)= 35 officers and 1113 men)

• 21st Jaeger Regiment Maior Elistratov. ([Listed as 22nd] Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 12 officers and 648 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 11 officers and 419 men).
• 31st Jaeger Regiment (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 19 officers, 756 men and 61 non-combatants); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 20 officers and 661 men).
• 47th Jaeger Regiment (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 21 officers and 670 men)

2nd Regiment Maior Kartashovm. (strength on 7.xii.12(os)= 28 officers and 1142 men)

• Siva Regiment Maior Kartashov. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 16 officers and 882 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 12 officers and 739 men)
• Tula Regiment (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 14 officers and 704 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 13 officers and 644 men)

3rd Regiment Maior Glaskov. (strength on 7.xii.12(os)= 30 officers and 1114 men)

• Volyni & Tabola Regiments. Maior Grinkevich, Maior Emme. (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= officers: V=7; T=6 and men: V=322; T=350)
• 23rd Jaeger Regiment Maior Glaskov. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 10 officers and 438 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 5 officers and 294 men)
• 34th Jaeger Regiment Maior Zhirkev. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 8 officers and 513 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 6 officers and 337 men)

4th Regiment Maior Boiarinov (strength on 7.xii.12(os)= 22 officers and 1205 men)

• Perm Regiment Maior Boiarinov. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 15 officers and 924 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 16 officers and 786 men)
•  30th Jaeger Regiment Maior Avenarius. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 8 officers and 313 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 8 officers and 297 men)

5th Regiment Maior Afrosimov

• Mogilev Regiment Maior Afrosimov. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 7 officers and 549 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 6 officers and 413 men)
• Riazan Regiment (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 6 officers and 309 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 7 officers and 355 men)
• Belozersk Regiment (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 10 officers and 479 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 8 officers and 337 men)

6th Regiment Maior Borob'ev

• 4th Jaeger Regiment Maior Lapp. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 13 officers and 512 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 12 officers and 339 men)
• 20th Jaeger Regiment Maior Feonas. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 12 officers and 649 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 13 officers and 498 men)
• 48th Jaeger Regiment Maior Borob'ev. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 14 officers and 541 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 14 officers and 481 men)

7th Regiment Maior Maksimov (Tengin p. p.?).

• 25th Jaeger Regiment (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 15 officers and 633 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 13 officers and 522 men)
• Brest Regiment (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 8 officers and 476 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 7 officers and 341 men)
• Vilmanstrand Regiment (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 10 officers and 409 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os)= 8 officers and 406 men)

8th Regiment Maior Goritskii

• Minsk & Kaporsk Regiments. Maior Tel'shevskii, Maior Kuznetsov. (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = officers: M=11; K= 8 and men: M=361; K=414)
• Kremenetsug Regiment Maior Gornitskii. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 8 officers and 331 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 1 officers and ? men)
• Kaluga Regiment (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 9 officers and 348 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 5 officers and 292 men)
• Revel Regiment Maior Skorobogatov. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 11 officers and 425 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 11 officers and 219 men)

9th Regiment Maior Tsyrenev.

• 24th Jaeger Regiment (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 8 officers and 430 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 8 officers and 326 men)
• 26th Jaeger Regiment Maior Tsyrenev. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 17 officers and 651 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 13 officers and 437 men)
• Tengin Regiment Maior Maksimov. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 8 officers and 725 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 8 officers and 419 men)

10th Regiment Maior Glebov.

• Estlandia Regiment Maior Glebov. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 13 officers and 775 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 12 officers and 423 men)
• Navagin Regiment (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 20 officers and 706 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 17 officers and 433 men)

Combined Battalion Maior Zalivkin.

• Chernigov Regiment Maior Tsiva-1. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 11 officers and 441 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 9 officers and 322 men)
• Murom Regiment Maior Zalivkin. (Strength on 23.viii.12(os)= 10 officers and 342 men); (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 8 officers and 227 men)

Combined [Dragoon] Regiment Kmdr.: Maior Apushkin (Riga d. Regiment) formed from the depot squadrons from:

3rd Cavalry Brigade 10th [Reserve] Cavalry Division:

• Riga Dragun Regiment (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 1 officers and 82 men); (Strength on 7.xii.12(os) = 1 officers and 64 men)
• Iamburg Dragun Regiment Maior Nikolai T. Radozhitskii. (Strength on 13.ix.12(os) = 3 officers and 52 men)

Combined [Light] Cavalry Regiment Kmdr.: PPK Kunitskii.

formed from the listed squadrons from: 

(Total strength of both combined regiments and Selivanov's cossacks on 23.viii.12(os)= 34 officers, 982 men, 69 non-combatants and 191 "statnykh" of soldier rank)

Pauluchchi's troops were organized as follows:

Mobile Corps Gen._let. Fedor Fedorovich Leviz of Menar.

1st Brigade: Gen._maj. Ivan Aleksandrovich Vel'iaminov.

Cavalry: 2 squadrons Grodno Hussars - 125 men

Don Cossack Selivanov[-2] Regiment - 120 men

Infantry: Combined Regiment 1 - 986 men

Combined Regiment 2 - 1000 men

Combined Regiment 3 - 905 men

Artillery: Light Company 10 - 140 men

2nd Brigade: Gen._maj. Egor Sergeevich Gorbuntsov.

Cavalry: Kazan Dragun Regiment - 40 men

Riga Dragun Regiment - 35 men

Finliand Dragun Regiment - 35 men

Don Cossack Selivanov[-2] Regiment - 105 men

Infantry: Briansk Infantry Regiment - 930 men

44th Jaeger Regiment - 1100 men

Combined Regiment 4 - 790 men

Artillery: Light Company [40 probably or 57] - 140 men

Riga Garrison:

Cavalry: Iamburg Dragun Regiment - 58 men

Polish Ulan Regiment - 103 men

Infantry: Combined Regiment 5 - 710 men

Combined Regiment 6 - 785 men

Combined Regiment 7 - 1029 men

Combined Regiment 8 - 627 men

Dinamunda Garrison:

Cavalry: Nizhin Dragun Regiment - 37 men

Infantry: Combined Regiment 9 - 898 men

Combined Regiment 10 - 872 men

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