1st Division
2nd Division
3rd Divsion
Grand
Totals
Notes
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Catherine the Great’s Military Contribution to the Struggle against
France: 1793-1796
By Robert
Goetz
Appendix 2: Army Assembling for
the War against France, 1796[14]
Commander in Chief: FM Graf Aleksandr Vasilievich Suvorov-Rymnikski
1st Division: General-in-Chief Otto
Vilgelm Khristoforovich Derfelden
This division was formed from the troops under the overall command of
General-Fieldmarshal Graf Rumiantsev-Sadunaiski’s 7th Ukraine
Division and was to assemble at Brody and Lemberg and then march to Krakow.
Infantry: GM Prince Pavel Mikhailovich Daschkov
|
Regiment
|
Battalions
|
Companies
|
Men
|
|
Astrakhan Grenadiers
|
4
|
16
|
3,392
|
|
Kozlov Musketeers
|
2
|
8
|
1,696
|
|
Kursk Musketeeers
|
2
|
8
|
1,696*
|
|
Combined Grenadiers of Kozlov and Kursk
|
1
|
4
|
848
|
|
Ekaterinoslavl Jäger corps
|
4
|
16
|
3,392
|
| Total |
13
|
52
|
11,024
|
|
Artillery
|
Guns
|
Men
|
|
Field Artillery
|
40
|
1,000
|
Cavalry: GM Fedor Artemievich Borovskii
|
Regiment
|
Squadrons
|
Men
|
|
Leib Cuirassiers
|
6
|
828
|
|
Military Order Cuirassiers
|
6
|
828
|
|
Prince Potemkin Cuirassiers
|
6
|
828
|
|
Total
|
18
|
2,484
|
|
Cossacks
|
Regiments
|
Men
|
|
Don Cossacks
|
5
|
2,500
|
Total:
13 Battalions
18 Squadrons
5 Cossack Regiments
40 Guns
17,008 men
Notes:
* This figure is given as 1,996, but all other
musketeer regiments have a strength of 1,696 and the stated total of
11,024 is consistent with this figure.
2nd Division: GL Georg Ivanovich
Schevitsch and GL Fedor Petrovich Denisov
This division was formed from the troops of FM Graf Suvorov-Rymnikski’s
8th Ekaterinoslav Division and was to assemble at Volotschisk
and Lemberg and then march to Krakow
Infantry: GM Nikolai Arseniev
|
Regiment
|
Battalions
|
Companies
|
Men
|
|
Fanagoria Grenadiers
|
4
|
16
|
3392
|
|
Kherson Grenadiers
|
4
|
16
|
3392
|
|
Archangelgorod Musketeers
|
2
|
8
|
1696
|
|
Azov Musketeers
|
2
|
8
|
1696
|
|
Novgorod Musketeers
|
2
|
8
|
1696
|
|
Old Ingermanland Musketeers
|
2
|
8
|
1696
|
|
Converged Grenadiers of Musketeer Regiments
|
2
|
8
|
1696
|
|
Total
|
18
|
72
|
15264
|
|
Artillery
|
Guns
|
Men
|
|
Field Artillery
|
20
|
500
|
Cavalry: GM Graf Fedor Fedorovich Buxhowden
GM Iurii Ignatievich Polivanov
|
Cavalry
|
Squadrons
|
Men
|
| Mariopol Light Horse |
5
|
750
|
|
Aleksandriia Light Horse
|
5
|
750
|
|
Smolensk Dragoons
|
10
|
1500
|
|
Kinburn Dragoons
|
10
|
1500
|
|
Pereiaslav Mounted Jäger
|
10
|
1500
|
|
Total
|
40
|
6000
|
Cossacks: GM Ivan Isayev
|
Cossacks
|
Regiments
|
Men
|
|
Don Cossacks (newly formed)
|
3
|
1,500
|
|
Tauride Tatars
|
1*
|
500
|
|
Berg Circassians
|
1*
|
500
|
|
Total
|
5
|
2,500
|
Total:
18 Battalions
40 Squadrons
3 Regiments Don Cossacks
500 Crimean Tatars
500 Circassians
24,264 Men
Notes:
*These forces were not formally organized as
regiments.
3rd Division:
GL Moritz Petrovich Lacy
This division was formed from the troops of Prince Repnin’s 5th
Litov Division and was to assemble at Pulawa and then march to Krakow.
Infantry: GM Nikolai Ivanovich Divov
|
Regiment
|
Battalions
|
Companies
|
Men
|
|
Murom Musketeers
|
2
|
8
|
1,696
|
|
Staryoskol Musketeers
|
2
|
8
|
1,696
|
|
Combined Grenadiers
|
1
|
4
|
848
|
|
Livland Jäger corps
|
4
|
16
|
3,392
|
|
Total
|
9
|
36
|
7,632
|
|
Artillery
|
Guns
|
Men
|
|
Field Artillery
|
20
|
500
|
Cavalry: GM Mamontov
|
Cavalry
|
Squadrons
|
Men
|
|
Sofia Carabineers
|
5
|
750
|
|
Seversk Carabineers
|
5
|
750
|
|
Total
|
10
|
1,500
|
|
Cossacks
|
Regiments
|
Men
|
|
Don Cossacks
|
2
|
1,000
|
Total:
9 Battalions
10 Squadrons
2 Regiments Cossacks
20 Guns
10,632 Men
Grand Total:
40 Battalions
68 Squadrons
80 Field Guns
10 regiments Don Cossacks
500 Crimean Tatars
500 Circassians
51,904 combatants
[14] Mikhailovsky-Danilevski, I, pp. 305-8.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: November 2002
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