Chapter XVIII: Appendix: A

FORCES SUCCESSIVELY EMPLOYED BY NAPOLEON AGAINST RUSSIA IN 1812

-------------------+--------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+--------+----- |Date of |Battalions.|Squadrons.| Infantry | Cavalry | Total. |Guns. | Muster | | | and Foot |and Horse | | | Roll. | | |Artillery.|Artillery.| | -------------------+--------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+--------+----- Grand Head-quarters|June 24 | | | 3,075 | 908 | 3,983 | (?) 1st _Corps d Armée_| ” ” | 88 | 16 | 68,627 | 3,424 | 72,051 | 150 2nd ” ” | ” ” | 48 | 16 | 34,299 | 2,840 | 37,139 | 92 3rd ” ” | ” ” | 45 | 24 | 35,755 | 3,587 | 39,342 | 86 4th ” ” | ” 30 | 54 | 20 | 42,430 | 3,368 | 45,798 | 116 5th ” ” | ” 24 | 33 | 20 | 32,159 | 4,152 | 36,311 | 70 6th ” ” |July 1 | 28 | 16 | 23,228 | 1,906 | 25,134 | 58 7th ” ” |June 24 | 18 | 16 | 15,003 | 2,186 | 17,189 | 50 8th ” ” | ” ” | 18 | 12 | 15,885 | 2,050 | 17,935 | 34 9th ” ” |Sept 3 | 43 | 12 | 31,663 | 1,904 | 33,567 | 80 10th ” ” |June 24 | 36 | 16 | 30,023 | 2,474 | 32,497 | 84 Austrian Corps | ” ” | 26 | 44 | 26,830 | 7,318 | 34,148 | 60 Imperial Guard |Estimate| | | | | | |(except | | | | | | |Cavalry)| 38 | 28 | 25,000 | 6,279 | 31,279 | 112 1st Cavalry Corps |June 24 | -- | 54 | -- | 12,077 | 12,077 | 30 2nd ” ” | ” ” | -- | 52 | -- | 10,436 | 10,436 | 30 3rd ” ” | ” ” | -- | 50 | -- | 9,676 | 9,676 | 30 4th ” ” | ” ” | -- | 40 | -- | 7,964 | 7,994 | 24 32nd Division |Nov 2 | 18 | -- | 13,592 | -- | 13,592 | 20 34th ” |Nov 18 | 19 | 6 | 13,290 | 700 | 13,299 | 16 Engineers, | | | | | | | Artillery | | | | | | | Reserves, etc. | | | | | | 10,000?| 230 +----------+----------+--------+----- Forward | 410,849 | 83,279 |504,128 |1,372

Forward | 410,849 | 83,279 |504,128 |1,372 Absentees who rejoined | 37,100 | -- Lagrange’s Division (Drafts) | 13,408 | -- Foreign Guard } | | Battalions } | | Kosinski’s Polish } | | Brigade } _circa_ | 70,000 | 18 Austrian Reserve } | | Brigade } | | 2 German Regiments } | | Drafts of all kinds} | | --------- 624,636 In Duchy of Warsaw and on } | | Vistula } | | 5 Foreign Guard Battalions} | | Heudelet’s Division } | | (20 Battalions) } | | Destrée’s Division } | | (Neapolitans) at Danzig } | 50,000 | 32 New Levies, Drafts, etc. } | | Garrisons on Vistula } | | +--------+----- 674,636 1,422 ===============

It is extremely difficult to compute the numbers of reinforcements, etc., since a proportion of them consisted of convalescents and rejoining stragglers.

No allowance is made for the large number of transport drivers and other non-combatants.