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The 1809 War with Austria: the "Thunder on the Danube"
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French
at Raab (October 2008)
Introduction. The following is provided for readers of the
Napoleon Series site as part of the discussion (begun in September
2008) concerning orders of battle and strengths at the Battle of Raab
(now Györ) on 14 June 1809. These data represents the current
state of my research into the Hungarian campaign as part of the work
for 1809
Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon’s Defeat of the Habsburgs.
Army Of Italy[1]
Notes:
1. All strength figures include officers and men, and only represent
those “presens sous les armes” (i.e., those actually with
the unit, not detached, in hospital, etc.). The number detached was
often substantial, especially with the light cavalry.
2. Structure shown is the army’s “official” order
of battle as of 25 May. See below for the actual organization on the
battlefield at Raab.
3. The 25 May report apparently deducted casualties from the Battle
of St. Michael (25 May).
4. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of battalions/squadrons.
Note that these change in many cases, particularly as regimental strengths
dropped during the war.
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25 May |
25 June |
Center (GD Grenier) |
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|
Seras |
|
|
1 Légère (1) |
702 |
534 |
IV/35 de Ligne |
964 |
556 |
53 de Ligne |
2,211 (4) |
1,569 (3) |
IV/42 de Ligne (1) |
665 |
435 |
106 de Ligne |
2,255 (4) |
1,384 (3) |
9 Chasseurs |
707 (4) |
384 (3) [2] |
Durutte |
|
|
22 Légère |
684 (1) |
(detached—910) [3] |
23 Légère |
1,622 (4) |
1,246 (3) |
III and IV/60 de Ligne (2) |
724 |
494 |
62nd de Ligne |
2,612 (3) |
1,796 (4)[4] |
102nd de Ligne (3) |
2,101 |
1,675 |
6th Chasseurs (4) |
488 |
415[5] |
Left Wing (GD Baraguey d’Hilliers) |
|
|
Severoli |
|
|
1st Italian Line (3) |
2,030 |
1,196 |
IV/2nd Italian Line (1) |
618 |
450 |
II and IV/3rd Italian Line (2) |
? |
633 |
II/7th Italian Line (1) |
705 |
379 |
Dalmatian Regt |
466 (1) |
904 (2)[6] |
112th de Ligne (3) |
1,782 |
1,088 |
Napoleone Dragoo ns (1) |
259 |
68[7] |
Rusca [detached to south] |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Pachtod |
|
|
III and IV/8th Légère (2) |
1,083 |
1,062 |
1st de Ligne |
1,792 (4) |
1,398 (3) |
52nd de Ligne |
2,069 (4) |
1,755 (3) |
| |
|
|
Light Cavalry (Sahuc) |
|
|
8th Chasseurs (4) |
796 |
634 |
25th Chasseurs |
484 (4) |
418 (3) |
| |
|
|
1st Dragoon Division (Guérin) |
|
|
7th Dragoons (4) |
630 |
502 |
30th Dragoons (4) |
808 |
634 |
Queen’s Dragoons (4) |
637 |
477 |
| |
|
|
2nd Dragoon Division (Pully) |
|
|
23rd Dragoons |
538 (4) |
502 (3) |
28th Dragoons (3) |
383 |
241 |
29th Dragoons |
549 (4) |
392 (3) |
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|
|
Royal Guard |
|
|
Honor Guards |
182 |
142 |
Royal Velites (1)[8] |
575 |
576 |
Line Infantry of the Guard (2) |
753 |
753 |
Guard Dragoons (2) |
339 |
324 |
| |
|
|
Attached to headquarters |
|
|
IV/24th Dragoons (1) |
192 |
195 |
| |
|
|
GD Lauriston’s Detachment |
|
|
Baden Brigade (GM von Harrant)[9] |
|
|
Jäger
Battalion von Lingg -- 463 |
|
|
1st
Infantry Regiment Großherzog -- 975[10] |
|
|
2nd
Infantry Regiment Erbgroßherzog -- 1,399 |
|
|
Horse
artillery half-battery -- 103 |
|
|
| |
|
|
GB
Colbert’s Light Cavalry Brigade[11] |
|
|
9th
Hussars |
? |
600
(4) |
7th
Chasseurs-à-Cheval |
? |
555
(4) |
20th
Chasseurs-à-Cheval |
? |
604
(4) |
| |
|
|
GD
Montbrun |
|
|
GB
Jacquinot[12] |
|
|
7th
Hussars |
? |
703
(4) |
1st
Chasseurs-à-Cheval |
? |
396
(4) |
2nd
Chasseurs-à-Cheval |
? |
310
(4) |
Initial
Organization for the Battle of Raab[13]
Right
Wing
Montbrun
(Colbert and Jacquinot)
Grouchy
Center
Grenier:
Seras and Durutte
Baraguey
d’Hilliers: Severoli and Pacthod
Left
Wing
Sahuc
Pully
Baden Brigade
Reserve
Royal Guard
Approaching
the battlefield (arrives late afternoon)
Lamarque
Placed on the Napoleon Series: November 2008
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