# Battle of Loano order of battle

The Loano 1795 order of battle shows the forces involved in the Battle of Loano (23–24 November 1795), during which the army of the First French Republic attacked the combined forces of Habsburg Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont. The action resulted in a French tactical victory. The orders of battle are listed below.

## Abbreviations
### Military rank

* GD = French General of Division
* GB = French General of Brigade
* FZM = Austrian Feldzeugmeister
* FML = Austrian Feldmarschall-Leutnant
* GM = Austrian Generalmajor
* MG = Sardinian Major General
* Col = Sardinian Colonel

### Other

* mw = Mortally wounded
* w = Wounded
* c = Captured
* Det. = Detachment

## Orders of battle
### French

* Army of Italy Commander: GD Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer
   * Chief of Staff: GD Paul Louis Gaultier de Kervéguen
   * GD André Massena commanded the two divisions and reserve belonging to the Center.
   * Massena assumed direct command of Charlet's division after Charlet was mortally wounded.
There were two more field divisions in the Army of Italy. These were GD François Macquard's division guarding the Col de Tende and GD Pierre Dominique Garnier's division on the extreme left flank. Neither were directly engaged in the Battle of Loano, nor are they included in the following order of battle.
French Army of Italy at Loano :
| Division | Brigade | Units | Strength |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 6th Grenadier Battalion | 384 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 14th Grenadier Battalion | 188 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | Det. 8th Grenadier Battalion | 116 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 1st Light Infantry Demi-Brigade | 401 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | Line Infantry Chasseurs | 650 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | Det. 21st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 164 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 99th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 396 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 10th Battalion/Ain Volunteers | 393 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | Det. 18th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 158 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 105th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 450 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 55th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 217 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 69th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 274 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 4th Provisional Demi-Brigade | 179 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 15th Provisional Demi-Brigade | 131 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | Grenadier Battalion | 423 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 145th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 261 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 147th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 488 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 19th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 911 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 39th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 571 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | 12th Grenadier Battalion | 206 |
| Right Wing GD Charles-Pierre Augereau | GB Pierre Banel (w) GB Claude-Victor Perrin GB Elzéar Dommartin GB Jean-Baptiste Rusca | Right Wing Total | 6,961 |
| Center: 1st Division GD Étienne Charlet (mw) | GB Philippe Ménard | Sappers (2 companies) | 216 |
| Center: 1st Division GD Étienne Charlet (mw) | GB Philippe Ménard | 13th Provisional Demi-Brigade | 516 |
| Center: 1st Division GD Étienne Charlet (mw) | GB Philippe Ménard | 14th Provisional Demi-Brigade | 649 |
| Center: 1st Division GD Étienne Charlet (mw) | GB Philippe Ménard | Eclaireurs | 800 |
| Center: 1st Division GD Étienne Charlet (mw) | GB Jean-Baptiste Cervoni | Det. 8th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade | 144 |
| Center: 1st Division GD Étienne Charlet (mw) | GB Jean-Baptiste Cervoni | 16th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade | 619 |
| Center: 1st Division GD Étienne Charlet (mw) | GB Jean-Baptiste Cervoni | 2nd Battalion/6th Provisional Demi-Brigade | 108 |
| Center: 1st Division GD Étienne Charlet (mw) | GB Jean-Baptiste Cervoni | 3rd Battalion/122nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 208 |
| Center: 1st Division GD Étienne Charlet (mw) | GB Jean-Baptiste Cervoni | 11th Grenadier Battalion | 440 |
| Center: 1st Division GD Étienne Charlet (mw) | GB Jean-Baptiste Cervoni | 79th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 634 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Louis de Saint-Hilaire | Sappers (2 companies) | 180 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Louis de Saint-Hilaire | 129th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 836 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Louis de Saint-Hilaire | 2nd Battalion/3rd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 272 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Louis de Saint-Hilaire | 3rd Battalion/84th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 198 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Jean Joseph Pijon | 1st Grenadier Battalion | 422 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Jean Joseph Pijon | 3rd Grenadier Battalion | 460 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Jean Joseph Pijon | 5th Grenadier Battalion | 400 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Jean Joseph Pijon | 10th Grenadier Battalion | 431 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Jean Joseph Pijon | 101st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 900 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Jean Joseph Pijon | 1st & 2nd Battalions 3rd Light Infantry Demi-Brigade | 644 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Jean Joseph Pijon | 2nd Battalion/102nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 238 |
| Center: 2nd Division GD Amédée Laharpe | GB Jean Joseph Pijon | 2nd Battalion/84th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 274 |
| Center: Reserve | GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet | 152nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 1,205 |
| Center: Reserve | GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet | 2nd Grenadier Battalion | 445 |
| Center: Reserve | GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet | 13th Grenadier Battalion | 496 |
| Center: Reserve | GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet | 1st Battalion/100th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 266 |
| Center: Reserve | GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet | 1st Provisional Demi-Brigade | 625 |
| Center: Reserve | GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet | 70th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 650 |
| Center: Reserve | GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet | Center Total | 13,276 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | 2nd Battalion/Haute-Loire Volunteers | unknown |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | 1st Battalion/84th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 351 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | 3rd Eclaireur Company | 195 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | 1st & 2nd Battalions 46th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 609 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | 51st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 599 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | 3rd Battalion/6th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade | 594 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | Grenadier companies 109th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 152 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | 2nd & 3rd Battalions 117th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 678 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | 1st Battalion/Maine-et-Loire Volunteers | 600 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | 1st & 3rd Battalions 56th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 257 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | 2nd Battalion/166th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade | 210 |
| Left Wing GD Jean Sérurier | GB Louis Pelletier GB François de Miollis GB Paul Guillaume | Left Wing Total | 5,155 |

### Austrians

* Army of Italy Commander: FZM Olivier, Count of Wallis
   * 23,380 infantry, 2,788 cavalry, 772 artillery
   * Nafziger had no Austrian order of battle for Loano. The previous available report was from 20 June 1795, as follows.
Austrian Army of Italy on 20 June 1795 :
| Division | Brigade | Units | Battalions | Squadrons |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Mathias Rukavina | Karlstadter Grenz Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Mathias Rukavina | Szluiner Grenz Regiment Nr. 63 | 1 | 0 |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Mathias Rukavina | Strassoldo Infantry Regiment Nr. 27 | 2 | 0 |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Mathias Rukavina | Meszaros Uhlan Regiment | 0 | 2 |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Michael von Ternyey (c) | Nadasdy Infantry Regiment Nr. 39 | 2 | 0 |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Michael von Ternyey (c) | Archduke Anton Infantry Regiment Nr. 52 | 2 | 0 |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Philipp Pittoni | Brechainville Infantry Regiment Nr. 25 | 1 | 0 |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Philipp Pittoni | Lattermann Infantry Regiment Nr. 45 | 2 | 0 |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Philipp Pittoni | Alvinczi Infantry Regiment Nr. 19 | 2 | 0 |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Anton Lipthay | Reisky Infantry Regiment Nr. 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Division FML Johann von Wenckheim | GM Anton Lipthay | Terzi Infantry Regiment Nr. 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Division GM Karl von Türkheim | GM Joseph Canto d'Irles | Thurn Infantry Regiment Nr. 43 | 3 | 0 |
| Division GM Karl von Türkheim | GM Joseph Canto d'Irles | Jordis Infantry Regiment Nr. 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Division GM Karl von Türkheim | GM Joseph Canto d'Irles | Wilhelm Schröder Infantry Regiment Nr. 26 | 1 | 0 |
| Division GM Karl von Türkheim | GM Wilhelm Fischer | Meszaros Uhlan Regiment | 0 | 6 |
| Division GM Karl von Türkheim | GM Wilhelm Fischer | Erdödy Hussar Regiment Nr. 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Division GM Karl von Türkheim | Alessandro Filangieri, Prince of Cuto (Neapolitans) | King's Dragoon Regiment | 0 | 4 |
| Division GM Karl von Türkheim | Alessandro Filangieri, Prince of Cuto (Neapolitans) | Queen's Dragoon Regiment | 0 | 4 |
| Division GM Karl von Türkheim | Alessandro Filangieri, Prince of Cuto (Neapolitans) | Prince Royal Dragoon Regiment | 0 | 4 |

### Sardinians

* Army Commander: FML Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi
   * Chief of staff: Col Joseph Henri Costa de Beauregard
   * Nafziger listed no Sardinian orders of battle for 1795, but there is one for January 1796, as follows.
Sardinian Army of Ceva in January 1796 :
| Division | Units | Battalions | Companies |
| 1st Division Col Theodor Hyacinth Brempt | Vercelli Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 1st Division Col Theodor Hyacinth Brempt | Geneva Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 1st Division Col Theodor Hyacinth Brempt | Royal German Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 1st Division Col Theodor Hyacinth Brempt | Chablais Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Division MG Luigi Costa della Trinità, Marquis of Montafia | Savoy Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Division MG Luigi Costa della Trinità, Marquis of Montafia | Queen's Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Division MG Luigi Costa della Trinità, Marquis of Montafia | Stettler Infantry Regiment | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd Division MG Luigi Costa della Trinità, Marquis of Montafia | Balegno Legion | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd Division MG Luigi Costa della Trinità, Marquis of Montafia | Saluggia Chasseurs | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd Division MG Luigi Costa della Trinità, Marquis of Montafia | Colli Chasseurs | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd Division MG Luigi Costa della Trinità, Marquis of Montafia | Tortona Infantry Regiment | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd Division MG Luigi Costa della Trinità, Marquis of Montafia | Chasseurs Francs | 0 | ? |
| 2nd Division MG Luigi Costa della Trinità, Marquis of Montafia | Giulay Freikorps | 0 | ? |
| 1st Division of the Right Col Jean-Gaspard Dichat de Toisinge | Dichat Grenadier Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 1st Division of the Right Col Jean-Gaspard Dichat de Toisinge | Oneglia Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 1st Division of the Right Col Jean-Gaspard Dichat de Toisinge | Oneglia Regiment Elite companies | 0 | 3 |
| 1st Division of the Right Col Jean-Gaspard Dichat de Toisinge | Light Legion Elite companies | 0 | 6 |
| 1st Division of the Right Col Jean-Gaspard Dichat de Toisinge | Bellegarde Legion | 1 | 0 |
| 1st Division of the Right Col Jean-Gaspard Dichat de Toisinge | Chasseurs Francs | 0 | 4 |
| 1st Division of the Right Col Jean-Gaspard Dichat de Toisinge | Militia | ? | ? |
| 1st Division of the Right Col Jean-Gaspard Dichat de Toisinge | Giulay Freikorps | 0 | ? |
| 2nd Division of the Right Col Friedrich von Bellegarde | Royal Grenadier Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Division of the Right Col Friedrich von Bellegarde | D'Esery Grenadier Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Division of the Right Col Friedrich von Bellegarde | Varan Grenadier Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Division of the Right Col Friedrich von Bellegarde | La Tour Grenadier Battalion | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd Division of the Right Col Friedrich von Bellegarde | Andermatt Grenadier Battalion | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd Division of the Right Col Friedrich von Bellegarde | Chiusan Grenadier Battalion | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd Division of the Right Col Friedrich von Bellegarde | Mondovi Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Line Austrians GM Giovanni Marchese di Provera | Belgiojoso Infantry Regiment Nr. 44 | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Line Austrians GM Giovanni Marchese di Provera | Schmidtfeld Infantry Regiment Nr. 48 | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Line Austrians GM Giovanni Marchese di Provera | Garrison Infantry Regiment | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd Line Austrians GM Giovanni Marchese di Provera | Strassoldo Regiment Grenadiers | 0 | 2 |
| 2nd Line Austrians GM Giovanni Marchese di Provera | Giulay Freikorps | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Line Austrians GM Giovanni Marchese di Provera | Staff Dragoons | 0 | ? |
| 2nd Line Sardinians Col Gaspare Gaetano Hallot des Hayes, Count of Mussano | Guard Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Line Sardinians Col Gaspare Gaetano Hallot des Hayes, Count of Mussano | Turin Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Line Sardinians Col Gaspare Gaetano Hallot des Hayes, Count of Mussano | Asti Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Line Sardinians Col Gaspare Gaetano Hallot des Hayes, Count of Mussano | Casale Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Line Sardinians Col Gaspare Gaetano Hallot des Hayes, Count of Mussano | Acqui Infantry Regiment | 2 | 0 |