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Composition and Strength of the Russian Armies at the
Beginning of 1812: The Third (Observational) Army of
the West
By Alexander
Mikaberidze, Chairman of the Napoleonic Society of
Georgia
Commader-in-Chief: General of Cavalry A.
Tormasov
Chief -of-Staff: Major General Inzov
Quartermaster General: Major General Renne
1st Separate Corps: General of Infantry
Kamensky
18th Infantry Division: Major General
Prince Sherbatov
1st Brigade - Major General Bernados
Tambov Infantry Regiment (2)
Vladimir Infantry Regimenk (2)
2nd Brigade - Major General Prince Khovansk
Diyirovsk Infantry Regiment (2)
Kostroma Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade - Major General Mesherinov
28th Jager Regiment (2)
32nd Jager Regiment (2)
Combined Grenadier Brigade
Combined Grenadier Battalions of the 9th,
15th and 18th Divisions
Pavlograd Hussars Regiments - Major General
Chaplits (8)
18th Position Battery
34th Light Battery
35th Light Battery
11th Horse Battery
Total: 18 Battalions, 8 Squadrons, 4 artillery
Batteries
2nd Separate Corps: General Lieutenant Markov
15th Infantry Division: Major General
Nazimov
1st Brigade - Major general Stepanov
Kozlov Infantry Regiment (2)
Vitebsk Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade - Colonel Ol'dekon
Kurinsk Infantry Regiment (2)
Kolyvan Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade - Major general prince Vyazemsky
13th Jager Regiment (2)
14th Jager Regiment (2)
9th Infantry Division: Major General Udom
1st Brigade - Colonel Reihail
Ryazhsky Infantry Regiment (2)
Apsheron Infantry Regiment (2)
2nd Brigade - Colonel Seliverstov
Pashebursg Infantry Regiment (2)
Yakutsk Infantry Regiment (2)
3rd Brigade - Colonel Krasovsky
10th Jager Regiment (2)
38th Jager Regiment (2)
Alexander Hussars Regiment - Colonel Prince Madatov
(8)
9th Position Battery
15th Position Battery
16th Light Battery
17th Light Battery
28th Light Battery
29th Light Battery
12th Horse Battery
Total: 24 Battalions, 8 Squadrons, 7 artillery
Batteries
3rd Separate Corps: General Lieutenant Baron
Sacken
36th Infantry Division: Major General
Sorokin
Reserve Battalions of the 15th and 18th
Divisions (12)
11th Cavalry Division:
Reserve Squadrons of the 4th Cavalry Division (4); 5th
Cavalry Division (8) and 2nd Cuirassier Division (4)
Lubensk Hussars Regiment - Major General Melissino
(8)
33rd Position Battery
13th Horse Battery
Total: 12 Battalions, 24 Squadrons, 2 artillery
Batteries
Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Lambert
1st Brigade - Major General Berdyaev
Starodub Dragoon Regiment (4)
Tver' Dragoon Regiment (4)
2nd Brigade - Major General Khrushev
Zhitomyr Dragoon Regiment (4)
Arzamas Dragoon Regiment (4)
Tatar Uhlan Regiment - Colonel Knorring (8)
3rd Brigade - Major GeneralChaplitz
Vladimir Dragoon Regiment (4)
Taganrog Dragoon Regiment (4)
Serpukhov Dragoon Regiment (4)
9 Cossack Regiments
Reserve Artillery:
34th Position Battery
1 Pontoneer Company
1 Pioneer Company
Total: 36 Squadrons, 9 Cossack Regiments, 1
Reserve artillery Battery, Pioneer and Pontooner
Companies.
Total in 3rd Western Army: 54 Battalions, 76
Squadrons, 9 Cossack Regiments, 14 Artillery Batteries, 1
Pontoneer and 1 Pioneer Companies.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: November
2000
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