Jemappes 1792 Order of Battle
Battle of Jemappes 1792 - Order of Battle
In the Battle of Jemappes on 6 November 1792, a French army led by Charles François Dumouriez attacked and defeated an Austrian army commanded by Albert of Saxe-Teschen. Though the Austrians were outnumbered three-to-one, the victory greatly encouraged the population of the young First French Republic.
French Army
Army of the Ardennes - General Charles François Dumouriez (40,000, 100 guns)[1]
- Right Wing: Lieutenant General Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville
- Center: Maréchal de Camp Augustin Marie Henri Picot, Marquis de Dampierre
- Flankers of the Left: General Henri Christian Michel de Stengel
- Flankers of the Right: General Joseph Miaczynski
- Left Wing: General Jean Henri Becays Ferrand
- First Line:
- 1st Brigade: General of Brigade François Joseph Drouot de Lamarche
- 2nd Brigade: General of Brigade Jean Forest
- 3rd Brigade: Ferrand
- 4th Brigade: General Jean Alexandre Ihler
- 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Brigades: unknown (Duke of Chartres had a command.)
- Second Line: General Pierre Blottefière
- 10th Brigade: General Maximilien Stettenhofen
- 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th Brigades: unknown
- Reserve: General Louis-Charles de Flers
- First Line:
- Division: General Louis Auguste Juvénal des Ursins d'Harville
- Brigades: unknown
The French army was a motley collection of regular, volunteer and national guard units. Each brigade of the Left Wing had 3 or 4 battalions.
Austrian Army
Feldmarschall Albert of Saxe-Teschen (13,796, 56 guns)[2]
- Right Wing: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Franz Freiherr von Lilien
- Brigade: General-major Archduke Charles
- Morzin Grenadier Battalion
- Barthodeiszsky Grenadier Battalion
- Brigade: Oberst Konrad Valentin von Kaim
- Bender Infantry Regiment Nr. 41 (2 battalions)
- Blankenstein Hussar Regiment Nr. 16 (3 squadrons)
- Attached:
- Grün-Loudon and O'Donell Freikorps (7 companies)
- Brigade: General-major Archduke Charles
- Center: Feldzeugmeister Francois Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt
- Brigade: General-major Stanislaus Mikovényi
- Leeuven Grenadier Battalion
- Pückler Grenadier Battalion
- Würzburg Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
- Attached:
- Coburg Dragoon Regiment Nr. 37 (4 squadrons)
- Brigade: General-major Stanislaus Mikovényi
- Left Wing: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Johann Peter Beaulieu
- Brigade: General-major Alexander von Jordis
- Hohenlohe Infantry Regiment Nr. 17 (1 battalion)
- Stuart Infantry Regiment Nr. 18 (2 battalions)
- Attached:
- Blankenstein Hussar Regiment Nr. 16 (1 squadron)
- Serbian Freikorps (5 companies)
- Brigade: General-major Alexander von Jordis
- Reserve:
- Cavalry: General-major Lamberg
- Coburg Dragoon Regiment Nr. 37 (4 squadrons)
- Latour Chevau-léger Regiment Nr. 31 (2 squadrons)
- Infantry:
- Hohenlohe Infantry Regiment Nr. 17 (1 battalion)
- Matheson Infantry Regiment Nr. 42 (4 companies)
- Tyrolean Sharpshooters (5 companies)
- Cavalry: General-major Lamberg
Notes
References
- Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. ISBN 1-85367-276-9
- Digby Smith, compiled by Leopold Kudrna napoleon-series.org Austrian generals of the period 1792-1815
See also
French generals of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Empire
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