French Order-of-Battle during the Golymin and Pultusk Campaign: 7th Corps (15 December 1806)
By Greg Gorsuch
Situation au 15 décembre.
Présents.
Détachés.
Hôpitaux.
1re Division, Gal Desjardins.
Gaux Lapisse, Lefranc.
Offic.
Troupe.
Chev.
Offic.
Troupe.
16e léger, Cel Harispe 3 bataillons.
80
1,880
28
9
204{
Offic. 10
Hom. 458
14e de ligne, Ct Savary 2 bataillons.
48
1,266
—
4
38
90
44e de ligne, Cel Sandeur 2 bataillons
57
1,456
22
11
226
145
105e de ligne, Cel Habert 2 bataillons
54
1,491
22
12
305{
Offic. 7
Hom. 143
4e cie 3e artie à pied; 2e cie 6e artie à cheval
Ouvriers d artie ; 8e bon ppal du train
}4
324
271
—
—
6
½ 4e cie du 4e bon de sapeurs
1
23
—
—
—
—
2e Division, Gal Heudelet.
Gaux Amey, Sarrut.
7e léger, Cel Boyet 3 bataillons.
92
2,018
34
2
146
179
24e de ligne, Cel Semellé 3 bataillons
89
2,718
34
1
48{
Offic. 4
Hom. 214
63e de ligne, Cel Lacuée 2 bataillons
60
1,627
—
1
9
160
3e cie 3e artie à pied; 2e cie 6e artie à cheval
Ouvriers d artie ; 8e bon ppal du train
}5
325
297
—
—
7
½ 4e cie du 4e bon de sapeurs
1
24
Parc
5e cie 3e artie à pied
2
104
5
—
—
6
Ouvriers dartillerie
1
29
—
—
—
—
3e cie de pontonniers
2
84
—
—
—
5
8e bon ppal du train
1
92
135
—
—
3
4e cie du 4e bon de sapeurs
—
21
—
2
4
4
497
12,942
848
40
980
1,441
Cavalerie Légère, Gal Durosnel.
7e de chasseurs, Ct Lagrange.
25
354
480
3
87
122
20e de chasseurs, Cel Castex
28
487
654
3
121
6
5e cie 6e artie à cheval
3
81
90
—
—
5
8e bon ppal du train
1
99
131
—
—
—
57
1,021
1,355
6
208
133
7e Corps dArmée.Maréchal Augereau.
Chef détat-major : Gal Pannetier.
Detachments, which could have joined in at time convenient to take part in the operations of the December Campaign.
The 16th Light, depot at Neuf-Brisach, did not receive anyone before the December operations.
The 14th Line, depot at Sedan, which had crossed the Rhine at Mainz on October 2 with 2 battalions of 1,870 men present under arms, had remained for 15 days at Erfurth and had provided escorts for the prisoners of war. It had more men than are related from the muster roll of December 15. A detachment of 23 men left Mainz for the army on October 3rd; one of 45 men left the 8th; one of 81 men the 10th; and one of 5 officers and 156 men on October 22nd.
The 44th, depot at Neuf-Brisach, had a company of voltigeurs, 80 men strong those of the 3rd battalion, in the 3rd battalion of infantry, which left Strasbourg on September 28 and crossed at Leipzig on October 23. The statement of the review by the Emperor of October 30 carries: «80 voltigeurs of the 3rd battalion will remain in Berlin to form the elite battalion. To muster up with the grenadier company of the 3rd battalion, which is with the army.»1
The 105th, depot at Neuf-Brisach, had in the same way in the 3rd battalion that left Strasbourg on September 28, a company of voltigeurs, 83 men strong, which was retained in Berlin.
The 7th Light, depot at Huningue, had a detachment in the battalion of light infantry, which left Strasbourg on September 28 and crossed at Leipzig on October 24.
The 24th Line, depot at Huningue, had a detachment in the 2nd battalion of infantry, which left Strasbourg on September 26 and appeared at the review for the Emperor on October 30. The statement carries: «12 voltigeurs and 17 grenadiers of the 24th Line will leave Berlin today to join their regiments; these grenadiers and voltigeurs will be built-into the companies of the first 3 battalions. The warrant officers will remain in Spandau and the officers in addition with the staff. »
The 63rd, depot in Belfort, had a detachment in the 1st battalion of infantry. The statement of the review by the Emperor of October 30 carries: «the grenadier company of the 3rd battalion of 63rd and that of voltigeurs will remain in Berlin to form an elite battalion. The total of these 2 companies present at the review is of 50 men. »
The 7th Chasseurs, received a detachment of 1 officer and 80 mounted chasseurs at Potsdam and that started out on November 14, which came partly from the dismounted men directly from Strasbourg to the army on September 26.
The 20th Chasseurs did not receive detachments before the December campaign.
The depot of the 7th Corps was in Küstrin. Order of the Army of November 4, 1806.
1. The 11th Elite Battalion was formed of elite companies of elite of the 3rd battalions of the 16th Light, 44th and 105th Line; the 12th Battalion of those of the 7th Light, 24th and 63rd Line; these two battalions constitute the 6th Regiment
.
Source:
Foucart, P. Campagne de Pologne: Novembre-décembre 1806-Janvier 1807. Paris: Libraire Militaire Berger-Levralt & Co.; 1882.