Report on the Losses of Russian Artillery Units at the Battle of Austerlitz
By Alexander Mikaberidze, FINS
Note: This report was drafted on 4 December 1842 at the Artillery Department Archive in response to the inquiry of Lieutenant General Alexander Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky, who was working on his history of 1805-1807 Campaigns. The document is based on the reports of the artillery commanders, however it is missing information on some units. It should be considered together with the report of Major General Bogdanov, who commanded the Russian artillery at Austerlitz (See in the end of the document)
Date: 22 November/ 4 December 1842
Original Title: Iz vedomostei o poteriakh artilleriiskikh chastei v srazhenii pri Austerlitse
Source: M.I. Kutuzov: Sbornik Dokumentov, pod redaktsiei polkovnika L.G. Beskrovnogo [M.I. Kutuzov: Compilation of Documents, ed. By Col. L[iubomir] G. Beskrovny], Moscow, 1951, II, 237-239
Original preserved at Rossiiski Gosudarstvenii Voenno-Istoricheskii Arkhiv (RGVIA), file VUA.
Before the Battle
Units Strength Present at the Battle Officers Privates Guns Caissons Wagons Horses
Life Guard Artillery Battalion
22
662
42
66
–
412
½ Artillery Company of the Battalion of the Imperial Militia[1]
4
117
6
12
–
96
1st Horse Artillery Battalion: Colonel Yashvili’s and Colonel Yermolov’s Company
13
499
48
77
–
544
2nd Horse Regiment
30
1022
53
48
–
1217
3rd Artillery Regiment:
Colonel Kudryavtsevs Battery Company
12
12
12
244
Major Slizovs Light Company
12
12
–
136
Colonel Count Syvers Battery Company
48
2174
12
12
12
248
Major Sigizmunds Battery Company
12
12
12
148
Major Klingenbergs Light Company
12
–
12
142
Major Yushkovs Light Company
12
–
12
148
4th Artillery Regiment:
Colonel Martens Battery Company
12
36
–
226
Major Vitovtovs Light Company
34
2033
12
24
–
229
Major Mitrofanovs Light Company[2]
12
24
–
242
Major Boguslavskys Battery Company
6
232
12
24
–
260
5th Artillery Regiment:
2040
Major Guines Light Company
12
24
–
Major Stadens Light Company
10
18
–
Chef Battery Company[3]
–
–
–
Vacant Battery Company[4]
39
2030
–
–
–
Colonel Golostenovs Battery Company
–
–
–
Major Anzios Light Company
12
12
–
Major Steins Light Company [5]
–
–
–
Total
196
8769
300
413
60
6692
Strength After the Battle
Units Killed, Captured, and Missing in Action Officers Privates Guns Caissons Wagons Horses
Life Guard Artillery Battalion
1
40
3
11
–
213
½ Artillery Company of the Battalion of the Imperial Militia[6]
–
–
–
–
–
16
1st Horse Artillery Battalion: Colonel Yashvili’s and Colonel Yermolov’s Company
1
101
14
17
2
273
2nd Horse Regiment
1
22
–
–
–
62
3rd Artillery Regiment:
Colonel Kudryavtsevs Battery Company
9
18
–
113
Major Slizovs Light Company
9
9
–
109
Colonel Count Syvers Battery Company
10
519
12
12
12
152
Major Sigizmunds Battery Company
12
12
12
121
Major Klingenbergs Light Company
9
–
10
100
Major Yushkovs Light Company
9
–
12
118
4th Artillery Regiment:
Colonel Martens Battery Company
7
–
16
156
Major Vitovtovs Light Company
10
17
–
80
Major Mitrofanovs Light Company[7]
12
23
–
88
Major Boguslavskys Battery Company
1
44
8
7
–
63
5th Artillery Regiment:
Major Guines Light Company
12
24
–
70
Major Stadens Light Company
10
11
10
18
–
65
Chef Battery Company[8]
–
–
–
–
–
15
Vacant Battery Company[9]
–
–
–
–
–
6
Colonel Golostenovs Battery Company
–
–
–
–
–
–
Major Anzios Light Company
12
12
12
12
–
66
Major Steins Light Company
12
18
12
18
–
77
Total
48
767
160
198
64
1963
[Signature] Head of the Archive Kern
Report of Major General N.I. Bogdanov, commander of the Russian Artillery at Austerlitz, to Artillery Inspector General Aleksey Arakcheyev, 23 November/5 December 1805
Men Artillery Horses Before Battle Killed Before Battle Lost Before Battle Killed
Staff Officers
10
4
Ober-Officers
38
27
Rank-and-File
1976
1235
Guns 133 39 Caissons 100 18
Wagons
106
5
Horses
1545
1011
Notes
[1] Original Title of the Unit: Bataliona Imperatorskoi militsii ½ artileriskaia rota
[2] Note in the Original: Half of Major Mitrofanovs Company, that was attached to Butyrsk regiment, was entirely lost in action.
[3] Original Title of the Unit: Batareinois shefskaya rota’
[4] Original Title of the Unit: Batareinoi vakantnaya rota’
[5] Information on Steins company is missing in the report, though there is data on its losses.
[6] Original Title of the Unit: ‘Bataliona Imperatorskoi militsii ½ artileriskaia rota’
[7] Note in the Original: Half of Major Mitrofanovs Company, that was attached to Butyrsk regiment, was entirely lost in action.
[8] Original Title of the Unit: Batareinois shefskaya rota’
[9] Original Title of the Unit: ‘Batareinoi vakantnaya rota’