Napoleonic Russian Actions - Austerlitz 02/12/1805

Last Update 29th April 2002

Combined Russian & Austrian Army, (49,850 men, 14,139 Cavalry & 318 guns)

Tsar Alexander I CIC

Lt. General Buxhöwden commander of Columns I, II, & III)

1st Cuirassier Regt - Kaiser (2 sqns - 141) attached to army HQ

• Advance Guard: FML Kienmayer (4935men & 12 guns)
  • 1st Inf Bgde: GM Carneville
    • 7th Grenz Regt - Broder (1 btn - 2 weak battalions combined - 350)
    • 14th Grenz Regt - 1st Szekler (2 btn - 1000)
    • 15th Grenz Regt - 2nd Szekler (2 btn - 1100)
    • Pioneers (3 coy - 250)
  • 1st Cavalry Bgde under Major General Stutterheim
    • 3rd Chevauleger Regt - O'Reilly's (8 sqns - 700)
    • 1st Uhlan Regt - Merveldt (1 troop - 25)
    • 2xHorse Artillery Bty (8x6lb + 4xhowitzer)
  • 2nd Cavalry Bgde under GM Count Nostitz-Rieneck
  • 2nd Uhlan Regt - Schwarzenburg (2 troops - 50)
  • 4th Hussar Regt - Hessen Homburg (6 sqns - 360)
  • 3rd Cavalry Bgde under Major General Moritz Lichtenstein
    • 11th Hussar Regt - Grenz Szekler (8 sqns - 600)
    • Sysoev Cossack Regt (5 sqns - 200)
    • Melentev Cossack Regt (5 sqns - 300)

     

• First Column under Lieutenant General Sergeivich Docturov ( 7542 men, 210cavalry & 40 light and 24 heavy cannon)
  • 1st Infantry Bgde under Major General Lewis
    • 7th Jaeger Regt (1btn- 470)
    • New Ingermanland Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 1773)
  • 2nd Infantry Bgde: Major General Urasov
  • Yaroslav Inf Regt (1 btns + grenadier btn - 754)
  • Vladimir Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 1649)
  • Bryansk Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 829)
  • 3rd Infantry Brigade:
  • Vyatka Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 379)
  • Moscow Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 882)
  • Kiev Grenadier Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 716)
  • Attached Cavalry
  • Denisov Cossack Regt (5 sqns - 210)
  • Pioneers (1 coy - 90)
  • Attached Artillery
  • 2x Heavy Foot Batteries (8x medium 12lb, 8x light 12lb, 8x18lb licorne)
  • 1xBattalion gun per battalion of either 6lb cannon or 10lb licorne

   

• Second Column under Lieutenant General A. Langeron (10,283 & 30 guns) Russian
  • 1st Inf Bgde: Major General Olsuvev
    • 8th Jager Regt (2 btns - 333)
    • Viborg Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 1881)
    • Perm Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn -1911)
    • Kursk Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 1908)
  • 2nd Inf Bgde: Major General ISM Kaminsky
    • Ryazan Inf Regt (3 btns + grenadier btn - 2017)
    • Fanagoria Grenadier Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 2017)
  • Attached Cavalry
  • St Petersburg Dragoon Regt (2 sqns)
  • Isayev Cossack Regt (1 sqn)
  • Attached Artillery
  • Pioneers (1 coy - 90)
  • 2xBattalion gun per battalion of either 6lb cannon or 10lb licorne

   

• Third Column under Lt. General Prebyshevsky (5448 men and 30 light cannon)
  • 1st Infantry Brigade: Major General Muller III
    • 7th Jaeger Regt (2btns - 1020)
    • Galicia Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 1564)
  • 2nd Inf Brigade: Major General Selkov
  • Butyrsk Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 864)
  • Narva Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 731)
  • 3rd Infantry Brigade: Major General Loshakiv
  • 8th Jaeger Regt (1btn - 79)
  • Podolia Inf Regt (3 btns)
  • Azov Inf Regt (2btns + grenadier btn - 591)
  • Attached Artillery
    • pioneers (1 coy - 90)
    • 2xBattalion gun per battalion of either 6lb cannon or 10lb licorne

  
  

• Fourth Column under FZM Kolowrath for Austrian Division and Lieutenant General Miloradovich for Russian Division (12099 inf & 52 light & 24 heavy cannon)
  • Advance Guard Brigade: Lieutenant General Monakhtin
    • Novgorod Inf Regt (1 btns + grenadier btn - 513)
    • Apsheron Inf Regt (1 btns - 137)
    • 1st Dragoon Regt - Erzherzog John (2 sqns - 100)
  • 1st Infantry Brigade: Major General Berg
  • Novgorod Inf Regt (1 btn - 256)
  • Little Russia Grenadier Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 1011)
  • 2nd Infantry Brigade: Major General Repninsky
  • Apsheron Inf Regt (1 btn + grenadier btn - 273)
  • Smolensk Inf Regt (2 btns + grenadier btn - 685)
  • 2nd Infantry Brigade under Major General Rottermund
  • IR23 Salzburg (5 btns + grenadier btn - 3044)
  • IR20 Kaunitz (1 btn - 500)
  • IR24 Auersperg (1 btn - 400)
  • 3rd Infantry Brigade: GM Jurczik
  • IR1 Kaiser (1 btn - 600)
  • IR 9 Czartoryski (1 btn - 600)
  • IR 55 Reuss Greitz (1 btn - 600)
  • IR38 Wurttemberg (1 btn 600)
  • IR40 Josef Mittrowsky (1btn - 600)
  • IR 58 Beaulieu (1 btn - 600)
  • IR49 Kerpen (1 btn - 700)
  • IR 29 Lindenau (1 btn - 500)
  • Vienna Jager Regt (2 coys - 200)
  • Pioneers (2 coys - 180)
  • Attached Artillery:
  • 24x 6lb or 10lb licornes as battalion guns for Russian battalions
  • 28x 3lb or 6lb battalion guns for Austrians, a couple battalions without guns
    

• Advanced Guard of the Army, Major General Peter I Bagration (11,750 men + 42 cannon)
  • 1st Brigade: Major General Dolgurky
    • 5th Jagers (3 btns - 1440)
    • 6th Jagers (3 btns - 364)
  • 2nd Brigade: Major General Kamensky II
  • Archangelgorod Inf Regt (3 btns - 1947)
  • 3rd Brigade under Major General Engelhardt
  • Old Ingermanland Inf Regt (3 btns - 2009)
  • Pskov Inf Regt (3 btns - 1978)
  • 4th Brigade: Major General Wittgenstein
    • Pavlograd Hussar Regt (10 sqns - 722)
    • Mariupol Hussar Regt (10 sqns - 712)
  • 5th Brigade: Major General Voropaitzki
  • Empress Cuirassier Regt (5 sqns - 566)
  • Tver Dragoon Regt (5sqns - 632)
  • St Petersburg Dragoon Regt (3 sqns - 480)
  • Attached Cossacks: Major General Chaplits
  • Kiselev Cossack Regt (5 sqns - 300)
  • Malakhov Cossack Regt (5 sqns - 300)
  • Khaznenkov Cossack Regt (5 sqns - 300)
  • Attached Artillery
  • 18x 6lb or 10lb licornes as battalion guns for the 9 musketter battalions
  • Horse Artillery Bty (6x light 6lb, 6x 10lb licorne)
  • Horse Artillery Bty (4x6lb + 2x howitzer)
  • Horse Artillery Bty (4x6lb + 2x howitzer)

• Fifth Column under Prince Johann von Liechtenstein (4622 men + 24 cannon)
• Austrian Cavalry Division: FML Prince Hohenloe
• 1st Cavalry Brigade: Major General Caramelli
  • 5th Cuirassier Regt - Nassau (6 sqns - 300)
  • 7th Cuirassier Regt - Lothringen (6 sqns - 300)
• 2nd Cavalry Brigade: Major General Weber
• 1st Cuirassier Regt - Kaiser (6 sqns - 425)
• Attached Artillery
  • Horse Battery (4x6lb + 2 howitzers)
• Russian Cavalry Division: Lt-Generals von Hessen II and Skepelov
• 1st Cavalry Brigade: Major General Penitzki
• Grand Duke Constantine's Uhlans (10 sqns - 950)
• Attached Cavalry Brigade:
• Gordeev Cossack Regt (5 sqns - 300)
• Denisov Cossack Regt (2.5 sqns - 150)
• Isayev Cossack Regt (4sqns - 240)
• 2nd Cavalry Bgde: General Adjutant Uvarov
• Chernigov Dragoon Regt (5 sqns - 366)
• Kharkov Dragoon Regt (5 sqns - 500)
• Elisabetgrad Hussar Regt (10 sqns - 950)
• Attached artillery
  • Horse battery with 6x light 6lb, 6x 10lb licorne
  • Horse battery with 6x light 6lb

• Russian Imperial Guard, Grand Duke Constantine (8500 men & 40 guns)
• Imp. Gd. Infantry Division, Lt. General Maliutin (5500 men)
  • 1st Brigade: Major General Depreradovich I
• Ismailovsky Regt of Life Guards (2 btns - 1000)
• Semenovsky Regt of Life Guards (2 btns - 1000)
• Preobrazhensky Regt of Life Guards (2 btns - 1000)
• Guard Jagers (1 Btn - 500)
• 2nd Brigade: Major General Lobanov
• Leib Guard Grenadiers Regt (3 btns - 1900)
• Pioneers of the Guard (100 men)
  
• Imperial Guard Cavalry Division under Lt. General Kologrivov (3000 cavalry)
  • 1st Brigade: Major General Jankovich
• Life Guard Cossack Regt (500 men)
• Lifeguard Hussar Regt (500 men)
• 2nd Brigade: Major General Depreradovich II
• Chevalier Guard Cuirassier Regt (5 sqns)
• Garde du Corps Cuirassier Regt (5 sqns)
• Artillery
• 20xBattalion gun per inf battalion of either 10x6lb cannon or 10x10lb licorne
• Guard Horse Battery (5x6lb cannon, 5x10lb licorne)
• Guard Heavy Foot Battery (4x medium 12lb, 2x light 12lb, 4x8lb licorne)