Napoleonic French Order of Battle

Order of Battle is presented in "Foot Battalions" and "Horse Regiments."  A battalion being a group of eight stands (color stand, five fusilier, light elite stand, heavy elite stand).  A horse regiment is a group of six stands (color stand, five cavalry stands)

Line Infantry
16x Battalions
Swiss Inf Battalion
1st Vistula Legion 
5x Grenadier Battalions
Irish Legion (3rd Foreign Regiment)
2x Young Guard Voltigeur Battalions
Spanish Joseph Bonaparte Line [2 btns.]

Light Infantry
2x Battalions

Cavalry
1st Dragoons
2nd Dragoons
4th Dragoons
9th Dragoons
12th Dragoons
14th Dragoons
Grenadiers a Cheval of the Imperial Guard
Chasseurs a Cheval of the Imperial Guard
1st Carabiniers
21st Chasseurs a Cheval
26th Chasseurs a Cheval
9th Polish Lancers
1st Lancers
1st Italian Chasseurs

Artillery

2x Med Foot Battery
2xHeavy Foot Battery

German Allies
Baden Inf Battalion
Hesse-Darmstadt Inf Battalion
Nassau Inf Battalion
Wurttemberg 1st Jaeger
Wurttemberg 2nd Jaeger
Wurttemberg 1st Infantry
Wurttemberg 4th Jaeger
1st Wurttemberg Chevaux-legers
2nd Wurttemberg Chevaux-legers

Portuguese Allies
2x Portuguese Battalion (4 stands each)

Polish Allies
1st Uhlans

Saxon Allies
7th Inf Battalion

Fitting this into the Order of Battle for Davout's I Corps at Borodino
currently under way if highlighted
I ARMY CORPS
Commander: MdE Davout
Light Cavalry Division: GdB Girardin *
- - - - - - - - Light Cavalry Brigade: GdB Girardin d’Ermenonville
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Polish 9th Uhlans [4 sq.]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2nd Chasseurs [4 sq.]
- - - - - - - - Light Cavalry Brigade: GdB Bordessoulle
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1st Chasseurs [4 sq.]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3rd Chasseurs [4 sq.]
1st Infantry Division: GdD Morand
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB d'Alton
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13th Light [5 btns. + 4 light guns,]
                                    [reorganized at 3 battalions to represent losses]
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Gratien
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17th Line [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Bonnamy
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30th Line [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - Artillery: ChdB Beroville
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - I Foot Battery/7th Foot Art. Reg. [8 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - VII Horse Battery/1st Horse Art. Reg. [6 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - attached: Sapper Company
2nd Infantry Division: GdD Friant
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Dufour
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15th Light [3 of 5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB van Dedem de Gelder
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33rd Line [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: Col. Groisne
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 48th Line [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Joseph Bonaparte Line [2 btns.]
- - - - - - - - Artillery: ChdB Cabrie
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - II Foot Battery/7th Foot Art. Reg. [8 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - V Horse Battery/3rd Horse Art. Reg. [6 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - attached: Sapper Company
3rd Infantry Division: GdD Gerard
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Leclerc des Essarts
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7th Light [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: Col. Baudinot
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12th Line [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Gerard
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21st Line [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 127th Line [2 btns. + 2 light guns] **
- - - - - - - - Artillery: Col. Pelgrin
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - III Foot Battery/7th Foot Art. Reg. [8 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - IV Horse Battery/3rd Horse Art. Reg. [6 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - attached: Sapper Company
4th Infantry Division: GdD Dessaix
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Friederichs
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 85th Line [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Leguay
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 108th Line [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hessen-Darmstadt Life [1 btn.] **
- - - - - - - - Artillery: ChdB Thevenot
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - IX Foot Battery/7th Foot Art. Reg. [8 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - II Horse Battery/5th Horse Art. Reg. [6 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - attached: Sapper Company
5th Infantry Division: GdD Compans
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Dupellin
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25th Light [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Teste
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 57th Line[5 btns. + 4 light guns] "The Terrible"
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Guyardet
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 61st Line [5 btns. + 4 light guns]
- - - - - - - - Infantry Brigade: GdB Lonchan
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 111th Line [3 btns. + 0 light guns] ***
- - - - - - - - Artillery: ChdB Klie
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - XVI Foot Battery/7th Foot Art. Reg. [8 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - II Horse Battery/6th Horse Art. Reg. [6 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - attached: Sapper Company
Reserve Artillery
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - III Foot Battery/1st Foot Art. Reg. [8 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - XVII Foot Battery/1st Foot Art. Reg. [8 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - VI Foot Battery/7th Foot Art. Reg. [8 guns]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - attached: Sapper Company
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* - This Light Cavalry Division was detached
to the I Cavalry Corps (Nansouty's)
** - This regiment served as escort of parks
of the I Army Corps, and was not present in battle.
*** - The 61st Line had 5 btns. and 4 light guns
but at Shevardino have suffered heavy casualties
and lost all guns. It was reformed from 5 to 3
battalions for the battle of Borodino.

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