. . . . . . . . . . Polish Horse Battery (4 guns), IX Army Corps: MdE Pierre-Francios-Charles Augereau . . . . Russian-Austrian Army of Bohemia (Swarzenburg), the Russian-Prussian Shelves: history. Gravelotte (1870) - 290.000-310.000 4. French Order-of-Battle at Leipzig: 16-18 October 1813 The Northern Sector. . . . . . Russian Expedition of Napoleon: Battle of Leipzig . . XI Army Corps (MdE MacDonald) - 16.000/20.500 men French-Italian-German Watch later. . 2nd Provisional Dragoon Regiment (4 sq.) . . . . . 1st Brigade: GdB Jacques-Martin-Madeleine Ferriere . . . . . . . 22nd Light Infantry Regiment (4 btns.) . 2nd Brigade: GdB Pierre-Mataly de Maran North), 452 - battalions, 461 squadrons + Cossacks and 116 - batteries excluding . . Napoleon's orders of 18 May didn't reach Ney until 11am on 19 May, when he reached Hoyerswerda. . https://english.leipzig.de/.../monument-to-the-battle-of-the-nations . . . . . MdE - Maréchal d'Empire . . . (1,860 men, 6 guns) . . Divisional Artillery: Cpt. . 121st Line Infantry Regiment (1 btn.) . . . . . 1st Brigade: GdB Louis-Jacques Coehorn If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. . After the fighting on 16 October, . . . 65th Line Infantry Regiment (2 btns.) . V Army Corps (GdD Lauriston) - 13.100/13.300 men . . . Chief of Engineers: Col. Marion, 31st Infantry Division: GdD Francois-Roche Ledru des Essarts . . . . . . . . 2nd Brigade: GdB Zuchchi Chief of Engineers: Mjr. . Sedan (1870) - 310.000-33.000 3. Nadzieja - "Lipsk 1813" . 13th Line Infantry Regiment (4 btns.) . . . . . . the battle of leipzig part one. . . . . 46th Line Infantry Regiment (1 btn.) 154th Line Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) 122nd Line Infantry Regiment (1 btn.) . . . . _d.cookie.length>0?_k="Y":_k="N";//--> Divisional Artillery . . . 36th Light Infantry Regiment (1 btn.) The total strength of these troops was between 119.500 and 129.000. 2nd Brigade: GdB Jean Revest . . 1st Brigade: GdB Georges-Hippolyte Le Senecal 2nd Chasseur Regiment (3 sq.) . . 1st Brigade: GM von Stockhorn . Schwarzenburg . btns. . . . Horse Battery (6 guns), near Leipzig and Pleisse River . . . . Second, the campaign is pretty well depicted, from its origins to the conclusion at Leipzig, in which Napoleon's fate was sealed (the book argues that it was Leipzig--and not Waterloo- … . . . Polish 15th Infantry Regiment (2 btns.) Italian 5th Line Infantry Regiment (4 btns.) - Chef de Bataillon 1st Brigade: GdB Louis-Alexandre Bachelet . . . . Saxon Foot Battery (8 x 6pdr guns) . Chief of Staff: GdD Bechet de Levcour, II Army Corps: MdE Claude Victor . Foot Battery (6 x 6pdr cannons, 2 x 5,7-inch howitzer) . These numbers were not written in rock. The three-day Battle of Leipzig - a series of converging Austrian, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x 5,7-inch howitzer) . . . . 93th Line Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) . . Saxon Line Infantry (1 btn.) . . Commander of Artillery: GdD Jean-Barthelemot Sorbier The Allied Foot Battery (4 x 6pdr cannons. . 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment (6 btns.) . . . . . . 1st Brigade: GdB Vandeden . . . Marshal Claude Victor-Perrin . - Lieutenant. . . French Orders of Battle. . 34th Provisional Light Infantry Regiment (2 btns.) . . Director of Engineer Parks: Finot, Northern Front . . 22nd Line Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) . . . Those villages are now all part of the city of Leipzig. . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Brigade: GdB Dumoulin . . (1,160 men, 6 guns) 7th Line Infantry Regiment (1 btn.) . . Shown are the units types and number of bases for those units. . 18th Line Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) 37th Line Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) Ney, MdE Michel, Prince de La Moskowa. 2. . . . . . Divisional Artillery . Reisser (190 artillerists and 197 train-drivers) . The Battle of Leipzig, contemporaneously called the Battle of Leipsic (French: Bataille de Leipsick; German: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig (German: [ˈfœlkɐˌʃlaxt baɪ̯ ˈlaɪ̯pt͡sɪç] ); Swedish: Slaget vid Leipzig) and later the Battle of the Nations (French: Bataille des Nations; Russian: Битва народов, Bitva narodov), was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. . . (3,500 men, 10 guns) . . . . Leipzig (1813) - 400.000-560.000 Combatants 2. 11th Light Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) . . . . . Foot Battery (6 x 6pdr cannons, 2 x 5,7-inch howitzer), 21st Infantry Division: GdD Joseph Lagrange . . . . . . Saxon Light Infantry (1 btn.) . . . . . . . had defeated some of Napoleon's Marshals (Ney at Dennewitz; Oudinot (4,235 men, 8 guns) . Turn scale is either 10 or 15 minute moves. . . . . . . . . Westphalian Chevaulegere Regiment (1 sq.) . . . numbers gave victory to the Allies (although some historians have speculated . . 153rd Line Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) . Chief of Engineers: Mjr. . . The exact number of troops is unknown, it changed from momemt to moment as some troops were detached, men were in hospitals or were returning from them. . . . 4th Provisional (Light) Infantry Regiment (2 btns.) . Chief of Artillery: GdD Louis-Albert-Valentin de Taviel King . 6th Line Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) . 131st Line Infantry Regiment (1 btn.) Shown are the units types and number of bases for those units. . The Battle of Leipzig (also known as �the Battle of the Nations�) was . FM Karl-Phillip, Furst zu Schwarzenburg also held the field command 2nd Brigade: GdB Louis-Leopold Buquet . . . . . . . . . Chief of Artillery: GdD Louis-Francois Foucher de Careil . . . The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations was a battle between Napoleon I and his army and an allied force of several nations. In 1813 Leipzig had about 33,000 inhabitants, roughly half the number of people living in Weimar today. Sort order. . . The battle of Leipzig is the bloodiest in the history of Napoleonic Wars as casualties on both sides were astoundingly high; estimates range from 80,000 to 110,000 total killed, wounded or missing. . . The Allies captured 15,000 able-bodied Frenchmen, 21,000 wounded or sick, 325 cannon and 28 eagles, standards or colours, and had received the men of the deserting Saxony divisions. . By Stephen Millar [III, IV, and VI Corps, III Cavalry Corps and 27th Infantry Division] 113 battalions, 44 squadrons and 27 batteries. (5,705 men, 12 guns) . . 2nd Provisional (Light) Infantry Regiment (2 btns.) . . . By nationality, the estimated 359,000 Allied troops at Leipzig . . . 1st Marine Light Infantry Regiment (5 btns.) . Marshal Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald. 32nd Provisional Light Infantry Regiment (2 btns.) . . . . . Advancing to Mockau III Corps* Souham, GdD Joseph, Comte . . 2nd Brigade: GdB Louis Harlet (5,890 men, 16 guns) . Wirtembergian Horse Battery 9th Light Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) Copy link. . . almost her entire army to the upcoming campaign (an Austrian soldier, Chief of Staff: GdB Marie-Joseph-Raymond Delort Polish 1st Infantry Regiment (2 btns.) This historical order of battle is for August 10, 1813. 1st Brigade: GdB Jean-Baptiste Jamin . . . . . . Baden 3rd Line Infantry Regiment (2 btns.) . The Allied Army-Group was composed of four army-level commands: the . and convalescents in the depot in Erfurt) Foot Battery (6 guns), 15th Infantry Division: GdD Achille Fontanelli . . (formed from French stragglers 26th Light Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) (6,325 men, 16 guns) . Italian Foot Battery (6 guns), 6th Infantry Division: GL Friedrich von Franquemont Chief of Staff: GdB Tarayre Chief of Engineers: GdB Dode, 51st Infantry Division: GdD Louis-Marie Turreau de Garambouville . . . . . Hesse-Darmstadt Leibgarde Regiment (2 btns.) Foot Battery (6 guns), 52nd Infantry Division: GdD Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Semele . . . 54th Line Infantry Regiment (1 btn.) III Army Corps (GdD Souham) - 17.100/17.200 men 1st Brigade: GdB Charles-Henry-Guillaume Anthing . . . . . . Foot Battery (6 x 6pdr cannons, 2 x 5,7-inch howitzers) . . army reform in 1807 and� had just inflicted a serious defeat on Napoleon's . . . 2nd Brigade: GdB Jean-Francois Toussaint 1 x 5,7-inch howitzer), 19th Infantry Division: GdD Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Rochambeau . 16th Provisional Line Infantry Regiment (2 btns.) It shows the orders of battle the Allied armies of Austria, Prussia, Russia and Sweden as well as numerous other contingents. . 8. . . 70th Line Infantry Regiment (2 btns.) The largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars was the Battle of Leipzig – also called The Battle of the Nations – which was fought from the 16th to the 19th of October 1813. . . Cpt. 67th Line Infantry Regiment (1 btn.) These troops are in Part 2. 1st Brigade: GdB Antoine Gruyer . Wirtembergian Prinz Adam Chevaulegere Regiment (1 sq.) . . 1st Brigade: GdB Antoine-Alexandre-Julienne Belair . . Chief of Staff: GdB Francois-Joseph-Fidele Gressot . . . . Foot Battery (4 x 6pdr cannons, 2 x 5,7-inch howitzers), IV Army Corps: GdD Henri-Gatien Bertrand -- is broken down into 229 battalions and 234 squadrons (Russian) 115 . . Baden Jagers (1 btn.) Divisional Artillery In addition, Barclay de Tolly's . . . . . and 19,000 Swedes. troops 'de marche' (1 btn.) . . . ~ Part 1 ~. . 156th Line Infantry Regiment (1 btn.) Among the dead was Marshal Józef Antoni Poniatowski, a nephew to the la… . . Divisional Artillery (129 artillerists and 179 train-drivers) Independent Division: GdD Pierre Margaron Foot Battery (6 x 6pdr cannons, 2 x 5,7-inch howitzers), 5th Infantry Division - GdD Francois Marie Dufour . Vienna (1683) - 250.000-290.000 5. . Foot Battery (4 x 6pdr cannons. . The battle began with the Allied reconnaissance in force, which took place while Napoleon and his reinforcements were arriving in the city. 1st Brigade: GdB Sixtus Estko It happened on October 16-19 in 1813. . . 112th Line Infantry Regiment (4 btns.) . Free Hit Counter, II Army Corps (MdE Victor) - 15.300/17.400 men, III Army Corps (GdD Souham) - 17.100/17.200 men, IV Army Corps (GdD Bertrand) - 9.000/9.800 men, V Army Corps (GdD Lauriston) - 13.100/13.300 men, VI Army Corps (MdE Marmont) - 18.800/19.300 men, VII Army Corps (GdD Reynier) - 12.600/12.700 men, VIII Army Corps (GdD Poniatowski) - 5.000/5.100 men, IX Army Corps (MdE Augereau) - 8.600/9.200 men, XI Army Corps (MdE MacDonald) - 16.000/20.500 men. . . . . Polish Foot Battery (4 guns) . . Nafziger - "Napoleon at Leipzig" . . . . . . . . 1st Brigade: GdB Pietro-Saint Andrea Italian Horse Battery (6 guns), 36th Infantry Division: GdD Henri-Francois-Marie Charpentier . . 14th Light Infantry Regiment (3 btns.) The Battle - The Morning Attack . . . . . . . Hesse-Darmstadt Foot Battery (3 guns), Garrison of Leipzig . . . - Capitaine decision to retreat). 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