The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Eylau of the Napoleonic Wars.
Emperor Napoleon I of France
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First Division
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Second Division
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Third Division
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Light Cavalry
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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First Division
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Second Division
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Third Division
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Corps Artillery Reserve | one foot battery (6 guns) |
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First Division
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Second Division
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Light Cavalry
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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First Division
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Second Division
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Light Cavalry
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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Infantry |
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Imperial Guard Cavalry |
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Artillery |
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First Cuirassier Division
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Second Cuirassier Division
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First Dragoon Division
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Second Dragoon Division
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Third Dragoon Division
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Fourth Dragoon Division
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Light Cavalry Division
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Light Cavalry Brigade
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Corps Artillery Reserve |
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General of Cavalry Count Bennigsen
Chief of Staff: Quartermaster-General, Major General F.F. Steinheil
Brigade | Brigade Commanders | Units | Strength |
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Cavalry Bde | Major General Kozhin | Leib Cuirassiers | 5 sqds |
Kargopol Dragoons | 5 sqds | ||
Isum Hussars | 10 sqds | ||
Ilowaiski №9 Cossacks | 5 sotnias | ||
Efremov №3 Cossacks | 5 sotnias | ||
1st Infantry Bde | Major General A.Y. Masowski | Pavlovski Grenadiers | 3 bns |
Rostov Musketeers | 3 bns | ||
2nd Infantry Bde | N. Sukin | Petsburg Grenadiers | 3 bns |
Eletz Musketeers | 3 bns | ||
3rd Infantry Bde | MG I.A. Diven | 1st Jaegers | 3 bns |
20th Jaegers | 3 bns | ||
1st Artillery Bde | Col Stavitsky | Battery Company Maj Osipov | 12 guns |
Battery Company Maj Talyzin | 12 guns | ||
Light Company May Efremov | 12 guns | ||
Light Company Maj Voyeikov | 12 guns | ||
1st Horse Battery Col Stavitsky | 12 guns | ||
Engineers | 1st Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company of Major Dreyer |
Brigade | Brigade Commanders | Units | Strength |
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3rd Cavalry Bde | Major General Count P.P. von der Pahlen | Little Russian Cuirassiers | 5 sqds |
Kurland Dragoons | 5 sqds | ||
Ilowaiski №10 Cossacks | 5 sotnias | ||
Papuzin Cossacks | 5 sotnias | ||
1st Infantry Bde | Major General F.A. Ushakov | Taurida Grenadiers | 3 bns |
Lithuanian Musketeers | 3 bns | ||
2nd Infantry Bde | Major General V.P. Titov | Koporsk Musketeers | 3 bns |
Muromsk Musketeers | 3 bns | ||
5th Infantry Bde | Major General Prince Dolgorukov | Chernigov Musketeers | 3 bns |
Dnepr Musketeers | 3 bns | ||
21st Jaegers | 3 bns | ||
Artillery Bde | Col von Bril | Battery Company Col von Bril | 12 guns |
Battery Company Maj Kotlyarov | 12 guns | ||
Light Company May Mitrofanov | 12 guns | ||
Light Company Maj Strazhev | 12 guns | ||
Horse Battery Col Pirogov | 12 guns | ||
Pontoon Company of Captain Khoven | |||
Engineers | 1st Pioneer Regiment, 1st Pioneer Company of Major Afanas'ev |
Fourth Division
Major General A.A. Somov
Cavalry
Brigade MG Baron Friedrich von Korff
Infantry
Brigade MG Somov
Brigade MG Arseniev 2
Brigade MG Barclay de Tolly
Artillery
Brigade Col Prince Yashvil 2
Engineers
Fifth Division
Lieutenant General N.A. Tuchkov I
Cavalry
Brigade MG Prince Golitsyn
Infantry
Brigade ?
Brigade MG Ivan Leontiev
Brigade Col Priouda
Artillery
Brigade Col Count Sievers
Troops from the Sixth Division
From the Cavalry Brigade
From the Infantry
Brigade MG K.F. Baggovut
From the Artillery Brigade
Seventh Division
Lieutenant General D.S. Dokhturov
Cavalry
Brigade MG Chaplits
Infantry
Brigade MG A.V. Zapol'skii
Brigade MG Straton-Potapov
Brigade MG Markov 1
Artillery
Brigade Col Ermolov
Engineers
2nd Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company Maj Berg
Eighth Division
Lieutenant General P.K. Essen 3
Cavalry
Brigade MG P.F. Glebov-Streshnev
Infantry
Brigade MG Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev
[* Viburg Musketeers Detached; fought with Prussian Corps]
Brigade MG Engelhardt 1
Brigade MG Levitsky
Artillery
Brigade Col Nowak 1
Engineers
2nd Pioneer Regiment, Miner Company of Maj Zapreev
Fourteenth Division
Major General Count N.M. Kamensky 2d
Cavalry
Brigade Col D.D. Sheplev [Brigade may not have been present]
Infantry
Brigade MG Alekseev
Brigade MG Gersdorf
Artillery
Brigade Col Pyotr Papkov
Engineers
Pontoon Company of Major Rutkovski
Prussian artillery temporarily attached to the Russian Army's Right Flank at Eylau
Maj von Brockhausen
Division | Division Commanders | Units | Strength |
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Avantgarde | 50 cavalry from the Towarczys Regiment | 50 Towarczys | |
40 cavalry from the Dragoon Regiment №6 "Auer" | 40 dragoons | ||
Dragoon Regiment №6 "Auer" (9 sqs) | 9 sqds | ||
Horse Battery №8 "Bredow" (8 guns) | 8 guns | ||
1st Division | Major General Friedrich Otto von Diericke | Grenadier Battalion "Fabecky" | |
Infantry Regiment №2 "Ruchel" | 2 bns | ||
Dragoon Regiment №7 "Baczko" | 10 sqds | ||
Cuirassier Regiment №4 "Wagenfeld" | 4 sqds | ||
½ Horse Battery №13 "Rentzel" | 4 guns | ||
2nd Division | Major General Michael Szabszinski von Rembow | Grenadier Battalion "Schlieffen" | |
Infantry Regiment №11 "Schoning" | 2 bns | ||
3rd Division | Major General Kasimir von Auer | Vyborg Musketeer Regiment (Russian) | 3 bns |
Towarczys Regiment | 10 sqds | ||
½ Horse Battery №10 "Decker" | 4 guns | ||
Rearguard | Major General Moritz von Prittwitz | ½ Fusilier Battalion №21 "Stutterheim" | 2 coys |
1st Battalion, Hussar Regiment №5 "Prittwitz" | 5 sqds | ||
½ Horse Battery №6 "Sowinski" | 4 guns |
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