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French Order of Battle
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La Rothiere 1814

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1. Headquarters
2. Army
. . . . . . . Army Corps (MdE Marmont)
. . . . . . . Army Corps (MdE Victor)
. . . . . . . Army Corps (GdD Gerard)
. . . . . . . V Cavalry Corps (GdD Milhaud)
3. Imperial Guard
. . . . . . . Infantry Corps of Young Guard (MdE Ney)
. . . . . . . Cavalry Corps of Young Guard (GdD ?????)
. . . . . . . Cavalry Corps of Old Guard (GdD Nansouty)
. . . . . . . Reserve Artillery (GdD Drouot)

Abbreviations:
btns. - battalions
sq. - squadrons

MdE - Maréchal d'Empire
GdD - Général de Division
GdB - Général de Brigade
Col. - Colonel
Mjr. - Major
CdB. - Chef de Bataillon
CdE. - Chef de Escadron

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Headquarters

Emperor Napoleon
Commander-in-Chief: Napoléon Bonaparte
Chief-of-Staff: MdE Louis Alexandre Berthier, Prince de Neuchatel
Commander of Artillery: GdD Antoine Count Drouot
Commander of Cavalry: GdD Emmanuel Marquis de Grouchy

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The Army

Army Corps: MdE Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, Duc de Raguse
  • Corps artillery - none
  • Corps engineers - none
  • Corps cavalry - none

  • Infantry Division - GdD Lagrange (4,868 men)
    Brigade - GdB August Fournier
    . . . . . . 1st Marine Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]
    . . . . . . 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment [4 btns.]
    . . . . . . 3th Marine Infantry Regiment [3 btns.]
    . . . . . . 4th Marine Infantry Regiment [3 btns.]
    . . . . . . 23th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 27th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    Brigade - GdB Joubert
    . . . . . . 1st Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 15th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 16th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 62nd Line Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]
    . . . . . . 70th Line Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]
    . . . . . . 121st Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
  • Divisional artillery - None.

    Cavalry Division - GdD Jean-Pierre Doumerc (1,900 men)
    Brigade -
    . . . . . . 1st Provisional Hussar Regiment [4 sq.]
    Brigade -
    . . . . . . 2nd Chasseurs-à-Cheval Regiment [2 sq.]
    . . . . . . 3th Chasseurs-à-Cheval Regiment [2 sq.]
    . . . . . . 4th Chasseurs-à-Cheval Regiment [2 sq.]

  • Divisional artillery - 2 horse batteries [6 guns each]

    Army Corps: MdE Claude-Victor Perrin, known as Victor, Duc de Bellune
  • Corps artillery - none
  • Corps engineers - none
  • Corps cavalry - none

  • Infantry Division - GdD Philippe Guillaume Duhesme (2,723 men)
    Brigade -
    . . . . . . 24th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 19th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 37th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 56th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
  • Divisional artillery - None

    Infantry Division - GdD Thomas le Forestier (3,347 men)
    Brigade -
    . . . . . . 26th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 18th Line Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]
    . . . . . . 46th Line Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]
    . . . . . . 93th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]

  • Divisional artillery - None

    Army Corps: GdD Gerard
  • Corps artillery - none
  • Corps engineers - none
  • Corps cavalry - Light Cavalry Brigade - GdB Cyrille-Simon Picquet
    10th Hussar Regiment [4 sq.]
    ??th Regiment [? sq,]

  • Infantry Division - GdD Guillaume-Henri Dufour (4,291 men)
    Brigade -
    . . . . . . 12th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 29th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 32th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 56th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    Brigade -
    . . . . . . 5th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 15th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 26th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 122th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 135th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 142th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 155th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
  • Divisional artillery - None

    Infantry Division - GdD Ricard (2,917 men)
    Brigade - GdB Jacques-Jean-Marie-Francois Boudin
    . . . . . . 2th Light Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]
    . . . . . . 4th Light Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]
    . . . . . . 6th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 9th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 16th Light Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    Brigade - GdB Pierre Pelleport
    . . . . . . 22th Line Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]
    . . . . . . 40th Line Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]
    . . . . . . 50th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 69th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 136th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 138th Line Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]
    . . . . . . 142th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 144th Line Infantry Regiment [1 btn.]
    . . . . . . 145th Line Infantry Regiment [2 btns.]

  • Divisional artillery - None.

    Cavalry Corps: GdD Edouard-Jean-Baptiste Milhaud
  • Corps artillery - none
  • Corps engineers - none

  • Cavalry Division - GdD Samuel-Francois l'Heritier (1,164 men)
    Brigade - GdB Auguste-Etienne-Marie Gourlez Lamotte
    . . . . . . 18th Dragoon Regiment [2 sq.]
    . . . . . . 19th Dragoon Regiment [3 sq.]
    . . . . . . 20th Dragoon Regiment [2 sq.]
    Brigade - GdB Marie-Joseph-Ferdinand-Gerard Collaert
    . . . . . . 22th Dragoon Regiment [2 sq.]
    . . . . . . 25th Dragoon Regiment [2 sq.]
  • Divisional artillery - None.

    Cavalry Division - GdD Andre-Louis-Elisabeth-Marie Briche (1,590 men)
    Brigade - GdB Gabriel-Gaspard-Achille-Adolphe Montelegier
    . . . . . . 2nd Dragoon Regiment [3 sq.]
    . . . . . . 6th Dragoon Regiment [2 sq.]
    Brigade - GdB Denis-Eloi Ludot
    . . . . . . 11th Dragoon Regiment [2 sq.]
    . . . . . . 13th Dragoon Regiment [2 sq.]
    . . . . . . 15th Dragoon Regiment [2 sq.]

  • Divisional artillery - None

    Cavalry Division - GdD Pire (1,050 men)
    Brigade -
    . . . . . . 3th Hussar Regiment [4 sq.]
    . . . . . . 14th Chasseurs-à-Cheval Regiment [2 sq.]
    . . . . . . 26th Chasseurs-à-Cheval Regiment [2 sq.]
    . . . . . . 27th Chasseurs-à-Cheval Regiment [2 sq.]

  • Divisional artillery - None

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    Imperial Guard

    Guard Infantry Corps (Young Guard)
    MdE Michel Ney Duc D'Elchingen, Prince De La Moskowa

  • Corps artillery - none
  • Corps engineers - none

  • 1st Voltigeur Division (Young Guard) - GdD Meunier (4,133 men)
    Brigade - GdB Lacoste
    . . . . . . 1st Voltigeur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Auguste de Contamine
    . . . . . . 2nd Voltigeur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Nicolas Marchal
    Brigade - GdB Rousseau
    . . . . . . 3th Voltigeur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Francois-Alexandre Hurel
    . . . . . . 4th Voltigeur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Pierre Boucher
  • Divisional artillery - 1 foot battery of Young Guard [8 guns]

    2nd Voltigeur Division (Young Guard) - GdD Pierre Decouz (2,840 men)
    Brigade - GdB Petit
    . . . . . . 5th Voltigeur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Louis-Anthelme Carrier
    . . . . . . 6th Voltigeur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Jean-Jacques Castanie
    Brigade - GdB Bizarre
    . . . . . . 7th Voltigeur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Charles-Marie Galte
    . . . . . . 8th Voltigeur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Jean-Marie Varlet

  • Divisional artillery - 2 foot batteries of Young Guard [8 guns each]

    2nd Tirailleurs Division (Young Guard) - GdD Rothembourg (4,950 men)
    Brigade - GdB Marquet
    . . . . . . 5th Tirailleur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Col.-Mjr. Louis-Andre Dupre
    . . . . . . 6th Tirailleur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Jacques-Elisee Trappier de Malcolm
    Brigade - GdB Charriere
    . . . . . . 7th Tirailleur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Antoine Pailhes
    . . . . . . 8th Tirailleur Regiment of Young Guard [2 btns.] - Mjr. Edme-Charles-Louis Lepaige-Dorsenne

  • Divisional atillery - 2 foot batteries of Young Guard [8 guns each]

    Guard Cavalry Corps (Young Guard)
  • Corps artillery - none
  • Corps engineers - none

  • 1st Guard Cavalry Division (Young Guard) - GdD Louis-Marie Levesque-Laferriere (2,228 men)
    Brigade -
    . . . . . . Guard Grenadiers-a-Cheval Regiment [2 sq.]
    . . . . . . Guard Chasseurs-a-Cheval Regiment [4 sq.]
    . . . . . . Empress Dragoon Regiment [2 sq.]
  • Divisional artillery - None

    2nd Guard Cavalry Division (Young Guard) - GdD Defrance (1,200 men)
    Brigade -
    . . . . . . 1st Honor Guard Regiment [4 sq.] - GdD Charles-Joseph Randon de Pully
    . . . . . . 2nd Honor Guard Regiment [2 sq.] - GdB Adelaide-Blaise-Francois-Lelievre de Lagrange
    . . . . . . 3th Honor Guard Regiment [2 sq.] - GdB Philippe-Paul de Segur
    . . . . . . 4th Honor Guard Regiment [2 sq.] - GdD Raymond-Gaspard Bonardy de Saint Sulpice

  • Divisional artillery - None

    Guard Cavalry Corps (Old Guard)
    GdD Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion de Nansouty

  • Corps artillery - none
  • Corps engineers - none

  • 1st Guard Cavalry Division (Old Guard) - GdD Pierre-David Colbert de Chabanais (1,100 men)
    Brigade - GdD Vincent Corvin Krasinski
    . . . . . . 1st Guard Lancer Regiment [8 sq.] - GdD Vincent Corvin Krasinki
    . . . . . . 2nd Guard Eclaireurs Regiment [4 sq.] - GdD Philippe-Antoine Ornano
  • Divisional artillery - 1 horse battery of Old Guard [6-8 guns]

    2e Guard Cavalry Division (Old Guard) - GdD Claude-Etienne Guyot (2,585 men)
    Brigade - GdD Claude-Etienne Guyot
    . . . . . . Guard Grenadiers-a-Cheval Regiment [6 sq.] - GdD Claude-Etienne Guyot
    Brigade - GdD Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes
    . . . . . . Guard Chasseurs-a-Cheval Regiment [6 sq.] - GdD Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes
    Brigade - GdD Philippe-Antoine Ornano
    . . . . . . Empress Dragoon Regiment [6 sq.] - GdD Philippe-Antoine Ornano

  • Divisional artillery - 1 horse battery of Old Guard [6-8 guns]

    Reserve Artillery: GdD Antoine Count Drouot

    . . . . . . 3 horse batteries [6-8 guns each]
    . . . . . . 4 foot batteries [8 guns each]

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    Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont.
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