French Order-of-Battle during the Golymin and Pultusk Campaign: Reserve
Cavalry Corps
By Greg Gorsuch
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Réserve de Cavalerie.
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Présents
sous les armes au 30 novembre 1806.
(Note 1)
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Présents
sous les armes au 1er janvier 1807 (Note 2)
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Hommes
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Chevaux
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Hommes.
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Chevaux.
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Officier.
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Troupe.
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d’officiers.
(Note 3)
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de
troupe.
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du
train.
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de
réqui-sition..
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Officiers.
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Troupe.
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d’officiers.
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de
troupe.
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de
trait.
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Brigade de hussards
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45
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774
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104
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760
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43
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700
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97
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639
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13e
de chasseurs
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25
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434
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59
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440
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1er
division de grosse cavalerie
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161
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2,847
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347
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2,694
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72
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157
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2,650
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2,949
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2e division
de grosse cavalerie
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87
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1,458
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200
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1,304
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80
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1er
division de dragons
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171
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2,117
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421
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1,966
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88
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181
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2,521
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442
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2,364
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128
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2e division
de dragons
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90
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1,352
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201
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1,265
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88
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3e
division de dragons
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181
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2,600
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364
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2,556
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184
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2,578
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468
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2,522
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4e division
de dragons
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145
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2,334
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330
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2,165
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5e division
de dragons
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124
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1,731
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301
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1,573
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Parc d’artillerie
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16
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485
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42
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76
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469
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Pontonniers, 1er bon, 7e cie
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2
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68
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923
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14,469
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2,068
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13,226
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797
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25
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689
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10,180
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1,308
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10,047
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128
(Note 4)
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Notes:
- The summary situation of November
30 carries the following annotation: The situation of the hussars,
the 2nd Division of Cuirassiers and of the 2nd and 3rd Dragoons are
of the 20th; but by this time they would have to had increased.
- The summary situation of 1 January 1807 is at Czerwonka, and includes
only the 1st Reserve Cavalry. The gap of the 2nd Reserve Cavalry
is filled in by the situation of this unit on the date of December
25.
- From the beginning of the campaign,
the chief-of-staff had recommended to General Belliard to break out
the horses of the officers in a special column; but in many of these
situations they are confused with horses of the troops; in this case,
it is necessary to count 2 horses per officer and to increase the
number thus obtained from approximately 20 to 25 horses per division.
- The situations of the brigades
of Milhaud and Watier are missing; to help with the situations of
these 2 brigades on January 17, one can suggest without too much error,
that in early January, the 1st Reserve Cavalry counted approximately
784 officers, 11,568 cavalrymen, 1,508 horses of officers, 11, 424
horses of troops present under arms.
Source:
Foucart, P. Campagne de Pologne: Novembre-décembre 1806-Janvier
1807. Paris: Libraire Militaire Berger-Levralt & Co.; 1882.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: October 2004
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