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FRENCH C in C: Murat Chief of Staff: General de Division Belliard VIII Corps, Poniatowsky (Poles): 6 regts, 12 batts, approx. 5,400 men; 6 squads, approx. 600 sabres, 6½ batts, 30 guns. 27th. Division, Dombrowski (4 battalions, ? guns) Brigade Zotowski - attached to Ney's command. Brigade Grabowski 12th. Polish Infantry Regt. (2) approx. 800 men 1st. Combined Infantry Regt. of the Vistula Legion (2) approx. 800 men 1½ Foot Batteries. (? guns) 26th. Division, Kaminiecki (8 battalions, ? guns) Brigade Linawski 1st. Polish infantry Regt. (2) approx. 800 men 16th. Polish Infantry Regt. (2) approx. 800 men Brigade Malachowski 8th. Polish Infantry Regt. (2) approx. 800 men 15th. Polish Infantry Regt. (2) approx. 800 men 3 Foot Batteries (? guns) Reserve Artillery 2 Foot Batteries (? guns) 1 Company Engineers 27th. Light Cavalry Brigade, Uminski 14th. Polish Cuirassier Regt. (2) approx. 200 sabres 1st. Combined Vanguard (4) approx. 400 sabres (formed from remains of 1st. & 12th. Polish Chasseur & Lancer Regts.) IV Cavalry Corps, Kellerman. 16 squads, 2000 sabres. 7th. Light Cavalry Division, Sokolnicki Brigade Dombrowski attached to Ney's command Brigade Tolinski 3rd. Polish Lancer Regt. (4) approx. 500 men 13th. Polish Lancer Regt. (4) approx. 500 men (detached on 14th. Oct. and not present at battle) 8th. Light Cavalry Division, Count Sulkowski Brigade Krasinski 1st. Polish Chasseur á Cheval Regt. (4) approx. 500 men 6th. Polish Lancer Regt. (4) approx. 500 men Brigade Weissenhof 8th. Polish Lancer Regt. (4) approx. 500 men 16th. Polish Lancer Regt. (4) approx. 500 men (detached on 4th. Oct.) NB the figures given for the Polish troops are approximate. The author of this article has not managed to find the exact figures. II Corps, Victor 32 batts, 8 squads, 15,081 men, 8 batteries, 55 guns (NB Strengths as at 1st. Oct. Losses to 13th. were between 500 and 700 men. Re-inforcements of 5 officers and 329 men received). 5th. Division, Dufours (8 battalions, 8 guns) Brigade d'Etsko 26th. Light Regt. (3) 1196 men 93rd. Line Regt. (3) 1277 men Brigade Prince of Reuss 46th. Line Regt. (1) 569 men 72nd. Line Regt. (1) 608 men 1 Battery 13th. Coy/5th. Regt. (8 guns) 4th. Division, Dubreton (12 battalions, 16 guns) Brigade Ferriers 24th. Light Regt. (3) 1430 men 19th. Line Regt. (3) 1208 men Brigade Brun 37th. Line Regt. (3) 1140 men 56th. Line Regt. (3) 1393 men 2 Batteries 7th. Coy/2nd. Regt, 14th. Coy/4th. Regt. 16 guns) 6th. Division, Vial (12 battalions, 16 guns) Brigade Valory 11th. Light Regt. (2) 1403 men 2nd. Line Regt. (3) 1381 men Brigade Bronikowsky 4th. Line Regt. (3) 1432 men 18th. Line Regt. (3) 1605 men 2 Batteries 2nd. Coy/3rd. Regt. (16 guns) Reserve Artillery 2 Foot Batteries 6th. Coy/10th Regt., 9th. Coy/2nd. Regt 1 Horse Battery 1st. Coy/3rd. Regt. 15 guns 3 Companies Engineers 379 men V Corps, Lauriston 35 batts, 11,941 men; 8 squads, approx. 719 sabres 8 batts. 53 guns. (N B - strengths as at 1st. Oct. Losses to 13th. 600 - 800 men. Re-inforcements received 28 officers, 1184 men). 16th. Division, Maison (12 battalions, 10 guns) Brigade Montenelle 151st. Line Regt. (3) approx. 1200 men 152nd. Line Regt. (3) 1249 men Brigade Count Montesquieu 153rd. Line Regt. (3) 1326 men 154th. Line Regt. (3) 1052 men 2 Foot Batteries 1st. & 3rd. Coy/Regt. 1 Horse Battery 7th. Coy/16th. Regt. 10 guns 10th. Division, Albert (12 battalions, 10 guns) Brigade Bachelet 4th. Provisional Light Regt. (5th./12th.) (2) 331 men 139th. Line Regt. (3) 1353 men Brigade Bertrand 140th. Line Regt. (3) 631 men 141st. Line Regt. (3) 933 men 2 batteries 3rd. & 4th. Coy./7th, regt. (10 guns) 19th Division, Count Rochambeau (11. battalions. 10 guns) Brigade Harlet 135th. Line Regt. (3) 792 men 149th. Line Regt. (3) 728 men Brigade Lafitte 150th. Line Regt. (3) 910 men 155th Line Regt. (3) 1216 men 2 Batteries 12th. & 17th. Coy./6th. regt. (10 guns) V Cavalry, Pajol. (47 squads, 5841 sabres, 6 guns) (NB - Pajol took command on 12th. Oct. Former commander was Milhaud.) Formation as at 12th. October 1813. 6th. Heavy Cavalry Division, Milhaud (14 squadrons) Brigade Lamotte 18th. Dragoon Regt. (2) 293 men 19th. Dragoon Regt. (2) 255 men 20th. Dragoon Regt. (3) 287 men Brigade Montelegier l8th. Dragoon Regt. (3) 412 men 25th. Dragoon Regt. (4) 477 men 5th. Heavy Cavalry Division. L'Heritier (16 squadrons) Brigade Quenot 2nd. Dragoon Regt. (3) 465 men 6th. Dragoon Regt. (4) 496 men Brigade Colbert 11th. Dragoon Regt. (4) 433 men 13th. Dragoon Regt. (2) 315 men 15th. Dragoon Regt. (3) 428 men 9th. Light Cavalry Division, Subervie (17 squadrons) Brigade Klicky 3rd. Hussar Regt. (3) 370 men 27th. Hussar Regt. (4) 453 men Brigade Vial 14th. Chasseur Regt. (3) 389 men 26th. Chasseur Regt. (3) 353 men 13th. Hussar Regt. (4) 435 men 1 horse battery (6 guns) Combined Cavalry Division, Berkheim (from I Cavalry Corps) (NB- exact strength cannot be ascertained. 10 squads, approx 1000 sabres). Brigade Montmarie 1st. Chevauxlegers Lancier Regt. (2) 3rd. Chevauxlegers Lancier Regt. (2) Brigade Picquet (?) 5th. Chevauxlegers Lancier Regt. (2) 1st. Italian Chasseur Regt. (4) ALLIES Order of Battle of the Corps of General Count Wittgenstein (Russian) Vanguard under Lt. Gen. Count Pahlen III (Russian) Russians 1st. Hussar Division Lt. Gen. Count Pahlen III (16 squads) Brigade Ruediger Sumy Hussar Regt. (5 squads) 560 men Grodno Hussars Regt. (5 squads) 629 men Brigade Schwanow Lubny Hussar Regt. (4 squads) 421 men Olwiopol Hussar Regt. (2 squads) 248 men* *(tactically attached to Sumy and Grodno Hussars - 1 sqn. per regt. - according to some sources) From the Combined Lancer Division of Gen. Maj. Count Moeller Sakomelsky Tschugujew Lancer Regt. (6 squads) 776 men Prussians (10 squads. 2 detachments) Neumark Dragoon Regt. (4 squads) 363 men Silesian Uhlan Regt. (2 squads, Jaeger Det.) 210 men (approx) East Prussian Cuirassier Regt. (4 squads, Jaeger Det.) 463 men Cossacks Maj. Gen. Illowiasky XII Illowiasky XII (4 squads) 355 men Grekow VIII (4 squads) 292 men Artillery Russian Horse Battery No. 7 (12 guns) Prussian Horse Battery No. 10 (8 guns) Infantry From 14th. (Russian Division) under Gen. Maj. von Helfreich Brigade Ljallin Tenginsk Regt. (2 batts) 647 men Estonia Regt. (2 batts) 707 men Brigade Wuestow Jaeger Regt. No. 25 (2 batts) 529 men Jaeger Regt. No. 26 (2 batts) 620 men Russian Horse Battery No. 6 (probably) (8 guns) Prussian Reserve Cavalry under Maj. Gen. von Roeder Silesian Cuirassier Regt. (4 squads, Jaeger Det.) 504 men Brandenburg Cuirassier Regt. (4 squads, Jaeger Det.) 440 men Militia Cavalry, Brigade of Colonel von Mutius (1st Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regt. 2 squads, 154 men - divided up amongst remainder of Brigade on 8th. October) 7th. Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regt. (2 squads, 339 men) 8th. Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regt. (2 squads, 217 men) Horse Battery No.7 (8 guns) Horse Battery No.8 (8 guns) Russian II Corps Prince Eugene of Wuerttemberg (13 batts., 5,193 men. 24 guns) Part of 14th. Division (see Vanguard for the remainder) Brigade Roth Tulsk Regt. (2 batts) 850 men Novoginsk Regt. (2 batts) 790 men 4th. Division Maj. Gen. Puschnitzky Brigade ? Tobolsk Regt. (1 batt) 596 men Volynia Regt. (2 batts) 813 men Brigade ? Krementschuk Regt.(2 batts)856 men Minsk Regt. (1 batt) 153 men Brigade Walkow Jaeger Regt. No.4 (2 batts) 933 men Jaeger Regt. No.34 (1 batt) 202 men Russian I Corps Prince Gortschakow II (19 batts., 6 squads., 1 Cossack regt., 6756 men, 1068 sabres, 36 guns) 3rd. Infantry Division, Prince Schahowskoj Brigade Schalfinsky Murom Regt. (2 batts) 690 men Deval Regt. (2 batts) 693 men Brigade ? Tschernigow Regt. (2 batts) 606 men Selenginsk Regt. (1 batt) 301 men Brigade ? Jaeger Regt. No.20 (2 batts) 509 men Jaeger Regt. No.21 (1 batt) 396 men 5th. Infantry Division, Messenzow Brigade Lukow Perm Regt. (2 batts) 738 men Sewsk Regt. (1 batt) 466 men Brigade Wlastow Kaluga Regt. (2 batts) 684 men Mogilew Regt. (2 batts) 709 men Brigade ? Battalion of Grand Princess Katherina 350 men Jaeger Regt. No.23 (2 batts) 512 men Jaeger Regt. No.24 (2 batts) 560 men 3 batteries 36 guns Russian 3rd. Cuirassier Division, Count Duka Brigade Count Gudowitsch Military Order Cuirassier Regt. (4 squads) 372 men Little Russia Cuirassier Regt. (4 squads) 426 men Brigade Lewatschow Starodub Cuirassier Regt. (4 squads) 465 men Novgorod Cuirassier Regt. (4 squads) 359 men Austrians 4th. Corps, Count Klenau (24 batts, 30 squads, 8 batteries, 21,069 men, 3,285 sabres, 56 guns) Division Mohr Brigade Paumgarten 1 Walachian Border Regt. (1 batt) 986 men 1 Walachian Illyrian Border Regt. (2 batts) 1628 men Hohenzollern Chevauxlegers (Uhlan Regt. No.7) (6 squads) 690 men Palatinal Hussars (Hussar Regt. No.12) (6 squads) 778 men Archduke Ferdinand Hussars (Regt. No.3) (6 squads) 626 men 6 pounder Horse Battery (6 guns) Division Prince Hohenlohe Brigade Schaefer Josef Colloredo Inf. Regt. No.57 (2 batts) 2014 men Zach Inf. Regt. No. 15 (3 batts) 2721 men Brigade Splenyi Wuerttemberg Inf. Regt. No.40 (3 batts) 2631 men Lindenau Inf. Regt. No.29 (3 batts) 2512 men 2 Brigade Batteries (16 guns) Division Mayer Brigade Abele Alois Liechtenstein Inf. Regt. No.12 (3 batts) 2725 men Koburg Inf. Regt. No.22 (3 batts) 2681 men Brigade Best Archduke Charles Inf. Regt. No.3 (2 batts) 1805 men Kerpen Inf. Regt. No.49 (2 batts) 1366 men Brigade Desfours Kaiser Cuirassiers (Dragoon Regt. No. 1) (6 squads) 614 men O'Reilley Chevauxlegers (Uhlan Regt. No. 8) (6 squads) 577 men 2 x 6 pounder Brigade Batteries (16 gun) 1 x 6 pounder Positional Battery (8 guns) 2 x 12 pounder Positional Batteries (12 guns)
1) This photo of a house in Wachau was taken in December 1985. The house was built in the 18th. century and would have looked more or less the same on 14th. October 1813.
2) A contemporary engraving of Markkleeberg. The house on the left of this picture and that in Wachau on the photo above are similar both in terms or architecture and condition. The house on the right is similar to others on the remaining photos reproduced here.
3) The southern edge of Wachau. The road runs to Markkleeberg. The French II Corps was positioned here.
4) & 5) The church in Wachau. It was not a ruin at the time of the battle!
6) The centre of Wachau, The French II Corps took up positions here. Note the similarity between the building on the right of this photo and that in the contemporary engraving above.
7) The road from Leipzig to Wachau. On the right is the "Gasthof Goldene Krone". Elements of the French II Corps were drawn up on the left of this road. The cavalry battle took place on the open ground.
8) View from the hill to the north of Wachau. The infantry of the French II Corps was drawn up on this ground.
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