Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 by Achilles Rose
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_First Corps_--Davout, six divisions of the best troops under the command
of Morand, Friant, Gudin. In this corps were, besides French, Badensian, Dutch, and Polish regiments. Davout commanded also 17 thousand Prussian soldiers under General Grawert. Among the generals were Compans and Pajol, the engineer Haxo, and the handsome General Friederich 67,000 _Second Corps_--Oudinot with the divisions of Generals Merle, Legrand, Maison, Lannes' and Massena's veterans 40,000 _Third Corps_--Ney with two divisions of veterans of Lannes; to this corps belonged the Wuerttembergians who had served under Ney before 49,000 _Fourth Corps_--Prince Eugene with Junot as second commander, and the Generals Grouchy, Broussier, the two brothers Delzon. In this corps were the best soldiers of the Italian army 45,000 _Fifth Corps_--Prince Poniatowski. Soldiers of all arms, mostly Poles 26,000 Sixth Corps--General St Cyr. Mostly foreigners who had served in the French army since 1809 25,000 _The Sixth Corps_--General St Cyr. Mostly foreigners who had served in the French army since 1809 25,000 _The Seventh Corps_--General Reynier. Mostly Saxons and Poles 17,000 _The Eighth Corps_--King Jerome. Westphalians and Hessians 18,000 Besides, there were four corps of reserve cavalry distributed among the corps of Davout, Oudinot, and Ney; the rest, excellent horsemen, marched with the Imperial Guard 15,000 |
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