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French Order-of-Battle during the Golymin and Pultusk Campaign: 5e Division de DragonsBy Greg Gorsuch
Detachments that could join in a convenient time to take part in the operations of the December campaign.
5th Division of Dragoons The 13th received, for its passage to Berlin, a detachment of 35 men coming from the dissolution of the foot dragoons to foot; a detachment of 50 mounted dragoons from the same source at Potsdam was obtained on the way on November 22. The 22nd received a detachment of 80 men coming from the dissolution of the foot dragoons, mounted in Potsdam was obtained on the way on November 22. The 15th received a detachment of approximately 100 mounted dragoons, leaving its large depot of Versailles from 12 to 15 September and arriving in Berlin during the last days of October.� The 25th received a detachment of 150 men coming from the dissolution of the foot dragoons, mounted in Potsdam and starting out on November 10 (depot of Major Lambert).� All these detachments constituted for the 5th division a reinforcement of approximately 415 horses, which could have taken part in the operations of December.
Source: Foucart, P. Campagne de Pologne: Novembre-d�cembre 1806-Janvier 1807. Paris: Libraire Militaire Berger-Levralt & Co.; 1882. Placed on the Napoleon Series: October 2004��������� ������ |
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