French Order-of-Battle during the Golymin and Pultusk Campaign: 3e Division de Dragons By Greg Gorsuch     SITUATION AU 15 DÉCEMBRE SITUATION EN JANVIER 3e Division de Dragons Présents. Détachés. Hôpitaux Présents. Détachés. Hôpitaux Général de Division Beaumont             Généraux Latour-Maubourg, Marisy Boyé. Offic. Troupe. Chev. Troupe. Chev.   Offic. Troupe. Chev. Troupe. Chev.                             5e de dragons, Cel. Lacour. 30 408 465 113 113 16 24 542 5703 "  " "                           12e -- Cel. Géraud. 26 436 461 96 122 11 21 316 371 170  230 68                           8e -- Cel. Girardin. 33 445 502 154 170 37 29 414 467 196  209 67                           16e -- Cel. Vial. 32 459 469 181 159 22 23 670 613 " " "                           9e -- Cel. Maupetit. 28 380 446 116 170 15 24 373 401 131 200 15                           21e -- Cel. Dumas. 29 359 416 120 125 29 28 495 446 158 152 38                           Artillerie. 2e. régt  à cheval, 3e cie ½ 1 39 37 " " "   78 81 " " " Train. 2e bon bis, 2e  et 3e cies détachements. " 48 69 " " " 4   179 2,574 2,865 780 849 130 153 2,881 2,949 655 791 228   Notes: The situations of the 5th and 16th Dragoons in January are summary situations where the regiments include the detached men and horses, as well as the men at the hospitals.  Detachments that could join in a convenient time to take part in the operations of the December campaign. 3rd Division of Dragoons The 5th Dragoons received, with its passage in Berlin, a mounted detachment of at least 100 men, departing Saint-Germain from 12 to September 15. The 12th Dragoons received a detachment of 100 men coming from the dissolution of the foot dragoons, mounted in Potsdam and starting out November 10.  This detachment is included in the situation presented for December 15.  The 8th Dragoons received 17 mounted dragoons departing from its depot in Strasbourg at the end of September and arriving in Berlin during the last days of October; moreover, it received 80 dragoons coming from the dissolution of the foot dragoons, mounted in Potsdam and starting out on November 10.  These detachments are included in the situation presented for December 15th.  The 16th Dragoons received a detachment of 108 men coming from the dissolution of the foot dragoons, mounted in Potsdam and starting out on November 10.  This detachment is included in the situation presented for December 15.  The 9th received, with its passage to Berlin, a mounted detachment of at least 100 men, departing from Versailles between the 12th and 15th of September. The 21st did not receive any reinforcements before the December campaign.  The first detachment destined for this regiment started from Potsdam only on December 1 and could not arrive in time.  All these detachments constituted for the 3rd Division a reinforcement of approximately 505 horses, which could take part in the operations of December.    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                 [ Military Index | Battles Index | More French Orders-of-Battle ]
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