# Battle of Eylau order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Eylau of the Napoleonic Wars.

## French Army

Emperor Napoleon I of France

### III Corps

Marshal Davout
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
| First Division General of Division Morand | 13th Light Infantry 17th Line Infantry 30th Line Infantry 51st Line Infantry 61st Line Infantry two foot batteries (13 guns) |
| Second Division General of Division Friant | 33rd Line Infantry 48th Line Infantry 108th Line Infantry 111th Line Infantry one foot battery (8 guns) |
| Third Division General of Division Gudin | 12th Line Infantry 21st Line Infantry 25th Line Infantry 85th Line Infantry one foot battery (8 guns) |
| Light Cavalry General of Brigade Vialannes | 1st Chasseurs 12th Chasseurs |
| Corps Artillery Reserve | three foot batteries, one horse battery (17 guns) |

### IV Corps

Marshal Soult
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
| First Division General of Division Saint-Hilaire | 10th Light Infantry 35th Line Infantry 43rd Line Infantry 55th Line Infantry two foot batteries (12 guns) |
| Second Division General of Division Leval | 24th Light Infantry 4th Line Infantry 28th Line Infantry 46th Line Infantry 57th Line Infantry two foot artillery batteries (12 guns) |
| Third Division General of Division Legrand | 26th Light Infantry 18th Line Infantry 75th Line Infantry Tirailleurs Corses Tirailleurs du Pô two foot batteries (12 guns) |
| Corps Artillery Reserve | one foot battery (6 guns) |

### VI Corps

Marshal Ney
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
| First Division General of Division Marchand | 6th Light Infantry 39th Line Infantry 69th Line Infantry 76th Line Infantry |
| Second Division General of Division Gardanne | 25th Light Infantry 27th Line Infantry 50th Line Infantry 59th Line Infantry |
| Light Cavalry General of Brigade Colbert | 10th Chasseurs 9th Hussars |
| Corps Artillery Reserve | four foot batteries, two horse batteries (24 guns) |

### VII Corps

Marshal Augereau
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
| First Division General of Division Jacques Desjardin † | 16th Light Infantry 14th Line Infantry 44th Line Infantry 105th Line Infantry one foot and one horse battery (8 guns) |
| Second Division General of Division Heudelet | 7th Light Infantry 24th Line Infantry 63rd Line Infantry one foot and one horse battery (8 guns) |
| Light Cavalry General of Brigade Antoine Durosnel | 20th Chasseurs one horse battery (4 guns) |
| Corps Artillery Reserve | two foot batteries (16 guns) |

### Imperial Guard

| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
| Infantry Marshal Lefebvre | 1st Grenadiers à pied 1st Chasseurs à pied 2nd Chasseurs à pied |
| Imperial Guard Cavalry Marshal Bessières | Grenadiers à Cheval Chasseurs à Cheval and Mamelukes |
| Artillery | two horse batteries (12 guns) |

### Reserve Cavalry

Marshal Murat
| Divisions | Regiments and batteries |
| First Cuirassier Division General of Division Nansouty (absent) | 9th Cuirassiers 11th Cuirassiers one-half horse battery (3 guns) |
| Second Cuirassier Division General of Division d'Hautpoul † | 1st Cuirassiers 5th Cuirassiers 10th Cuirassiers one-half horse battery (3 guns) |
| First Dragoon Division General of Division Klein | 1st Dragoons 2nd Dragoons 4th Dragoons 14th Dragoons 20th Dragoons 26th Dragoons one-half horse battery (3 guns) |
| Second Dragoon Division General of Division Grouchy | 3rd Dragoons 4th Dragoons 6th Dragoons 10th Dragoons 11th Dragoons one-half horse battery (3 guns) |
| Third Dragoon Division General of Division Beaumont | 5th Dragoons 8th Dragoons 12th Dragoons 16th Dragoons 19th Dragoons 21st Dragoons one-half horse battery (3 guns) |
| Fourth Dragoon Division General of Division Sahuc | 17th Dragoons 18th Dragoons 19th Dragoons 21st Dragoons one-half horse battery (3 guns) |
| Light Cavalry Division General of Division Lasalle | 1st Hussars 3rd Hussars 5th Hussars 13th Chasseurs |
| Light Cavalry Brigade General of Brigade Wathier | 11th Chasseurs Bavarian 1st Kronprinz Chevau-léger |
| Corps Artillery Reserve | one horse battery (8 guns) |

## Russian Army

General of Cavalry Count Bennigsen
Chief of Staff: Quartermaster-General, Major General F.F. Steinheil
2nd Division - Lieutenant-General Count A.I. Ostermann-Tolstoy :
| Brigade | Brigade Commanders | Units | Strength |
| Cavalry Bde | Major General Kozhin [ru] | Leib Cuirassiers [ru] | 5 sqds |
| Cavalry Bde | Major General Kozhin [ru] | Kargopol Dragoons [ru] | 5 sqds |
| Cavalry Bde | Major General Kozhin [ru] | Isum Hussars [ru] | 10 sqds |
| Cavalry Bde | Major General Kozhin [ru] | Ilowaiski №9 Cossacks | 5 sotnias |
| Cavalry Bde | Major General Kozhin [ru] | Efremov №3 Cossacks | 5 sotnias |
| 1st Infantry Bde | Major General A.Y. Masowski | Pavlovski Grenadiers | 3 bns |
| 1st Infantry Bde | Major General A.Y. Masowski | Rostov Musketeers [ru] | 3 bns |
| 2nd Infantry Bde | N. Sukin | Petsburg Grenadiers | 3 bns |
| 2nd Infantry Bde | N. Sukin | Eletz Musketeers [ru] | 3 bns |
| 3rd Infantry Bde | MG I.A. Diven | 1st Jaegers [ru] | 3 bns |
| 3rd Infantry Bde | MG I.A. Diven | 20th Jaegers [ru] | 3 bns |
| 1st Artillery Bde | Col Stavitsky | Battery Company Maj Osipov | 12 guns |
| 1st Artillery Bde | Col Stavitsky | Battery Company Maj Talyzin | 12 guns |
| 1st Artillery Bde | Col Stavitsky | Light Company May Efremov | 12 guns |
| 1st Artillery Bde | Col Stavitsky | Light Company Maj Voyeikov | 12 guns |
| 1st Artillery Bde | Col Stavitsky | 1st Horse Battery Col Stavitsky | 12 guns |
| Engineers | | 1st Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company of Major Dreyer | |
3rd Division - Lieutenant-General Baron von der Osten-Sacken :
| Brigade | Brigade Commanders | Units | Strength |
| 3rd Cavalry Bde | Major General Count P.P. von der Pahlen | Little Russian Cuirassiers [ru] | 5 sqds |
| 3rd Cavalry Bde | Major General Count P.P. von der Pahlen | Kurland Dragoons [ru] | 5 sqds |
| 3rd Cavalry Bde | Major General Count P.P. von der Pahlen | Ilowaiski №10 Cossacks | 5 sotnias |
| 3rd Cavalry Bde | Major General Count P.P. von der Pahlen | Papuzin Cossacks | 5 sotnias |
| 1st Infantry Bde | Major General F.A. Ushakov | Taurida Grenadiers [ru] | 3 bns |
| 1st Infantry Bde | Major General F.A. Ushakov | Lithuanian Musketeers [ru] | 3 bns |
| 2nd Infantry Bde | Major General V.P. Titov | Koporsk Musketeers [ru] | 3 bns |
| 2nd Infantry Bde | Major General V.P. Titov | Muromsk Musketeers [ru] | 3 bns |
| 5th Infantry Bde | Major General Prince Dolgorukov | Chernigov Musketeers | 3 bns |
| 5th Infantry Bde | Major General Prince Dolgorukov | Dnepr Musketeers [ru] | 3 bns |
| 5th Infantry Bde | Major General Prince Dolgorukov | 21st Jaegers [ru] | 3 bns |
| Artillery Bde | Col von Bril | Battery Company Col von Bril | 12 guns |
| Artillery Bde | Col von Bril | Battery Company Maj Kotlyarov | 12 guns |
| Artillery Bde | Col von Bril | Light Company May Mitrofanov | 12 guns |
| Artillery Bde | Col von Bril | Light Company Maj Strazhev | 12 guns |
| Artillery Bde | Col von Bril | Horse Battery Col Pirogov | 12 guns |
| Artillery Bde | Col von Bril | Pontoon Company of Captain Khoven | |
| Engineers | | 1st Pioneer Regiment, 1st Pioneer Company of Major Afanas'ev | |
Fourth Division
Major General A.A. Somov
Cavalry
Brigade MG Baron Friedrich von Korff
* St. George (Order) Cuirassiers (5 sqs)
* Pskov Dragoons (5 sqs)
* Polish Horse (10 sqs)
* Grekov 9 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
* Grekov 18 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
Infantry
Brigade MG Somov
* Tula Musketeers (3 bns)
* Tengisk Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Arseniev 2
* Tobolsk Musketeers (3 bns)
* Polotzk Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Barclay de Tolly
* Kostroma Musketeers (3 bns)
* 3rd Jaegers (3 bns)
Artillery
Brigade Col Prince Yashvil 2
* Battery Company Maj Savitsky (12 guns)
* Battery Company Maj Kudryavtsev (12 guns)
* Light Company Maj Yushkov (12 guns)
* Light Company Maj Brimmer (12 guns)
* Light Company Maj Mikulin (12 guns)
* Horse Company Col Prince Yashvil 2 (12 guns)
Engineers
* Pontoon Company of Major Artsibashev
* 1st Pioneer Regiment, Miner Company of Captain Gebner 1
Fifth Division
Lieutenant General N.A. Tuchkov I
Cavalry
Brigade MG Prince Golitsyn
* Riga Dragoons (5 sqs)
* Kasan Dragoons (5 sqs)
* Elisabethgrad Hussars (10 sqs)
* Lithuanian Horse (10 sqs)
* Gordeev 1 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
Infantry
Brigade ?
* Sievsk Musketeers (3 bns)
* [Kaluga Musketeers (3 bns) Detached to Prussians; not present]
Brigade MG Ivan Leontiev
* Perm Musketeers (3 bns)
* Mohilev Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade Col Priouda
* 24th Jaegers (3 bns)
* 25th Jaegers (3 bns)
Artillery
Brigade Col Count Sievers
* Battery Company Col Count Sievers (12 guns)
* Battery Company Maj Sigismund (12 guns)
* Light Company Maj Klingenberg (12 guns)
* Horse Company Maj Obleuhov 1st (12 guns)
Troops from the Sixth Division
From the Cavalry Brigade
* Alexandria Hussars (10 sqs)
* Popov 5 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
From the Infantry
Brigade MG K.F. Baggovut
* Starooskol Musketeers (3 bns)
* 4th Jaegers (3 bns)
From the Artillery Brigade
* Battery Company Lt-Col Vasil’ev (12 guns)
* Horse Company Col Merlin (12 guns)
* Light Company in two Light platoons (12 guns)
Seventh Division
Lieutenant General D.S. Dokhturov
Cavalry
Brigade MG Chaplits
* Moscow Dragoons (5 sqs)
* Ingermannland Dragoons (5 sqs)
* Pavlograd Hussars (10 sqs)
* Malachov Cossacks (5 sotnias)
* Andronov 1 Cossacks (5 sotnias)
Infantry
Brigade MG A.V. Zapol'skii
* Ekaterinoslav Grenadiers (3 bns)
* Moscow Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Straton-Potapov
* Vladimir Musketeers (3 bns)
* Voronezh Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Markov 1
* Pskov Musketeers (3 bns)
* Azov Musketeers (3 bns)
* 5th Jaegers (3 bns)
Artillery
Brigade Col Ermolov
* Battery Company Maj Ansio (12 guns)
* Battery Company Maj Shulman 2nd (12 guns)
* Light Company Maj Kondratiev (12 guns)
* Light Company Maj Panfilov (12 guns)
* Light Company Maj Krivtsov (12 guns)
* Horse Company Col Ermolov (12 guns)
Engineers
2nd Pioneer Regiment, Pioneer Company Maj Berg
Eighth Division
Lieutenant General P.K. Essen 3
Cavalry
Brigade MG P.F. Glebov-Streshnev
* Petersburg Dragoons (5 sqs)
* Livland Dragoons (5 sqs)
* Olviopol Hussars (10 sqs)
* Kieselev Cossacks (5 sotnias)
* Sysojev Cossacks (5 sotnias)
Infantry
Brigade MG Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev
* Moscow Grenadiers (3 bns)
[* Viburg Musketeers Detached; fought with Prussian Corps]
Brigade MG Engelhardt 1
* Schlusselburg Musketeers (3 bns)
* Staroingermannland Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Levitsky
* Podolsk Musketeers (1 Musketeer bn)
* Archangelgorod Musketeers (3 bns)
* 7th Jaegers (3 bns)
Artillery
Brigade Col Nowak 1
* Battery Company Maj Nepeytsyn (12 guns)
* Battery Company Maj Kolotinski (12 guns)
* Battery Company Maj Tatpykov (12 guns)
* Battery Company Maj Bastian 2d (12 guns)
* Horse Company Col Nowak 1st (12 guns)
Engineers
2nd Pioneer Regiment, Miner Company of Maj Zapreev
Fourteenth Division
Major General Count N.M. Kamensky 2d
Cavalry
Brigade Col D.D. Sheplev [Brigade may not have been present]
* Finland Dragoons (5 squadrons)
* Mitau Dragoons (5 squadrons)
* Grodno Hussars (10 squadrons) [Not present. Arrived at the army the day after the battle]
Infantry
Brigade MG Alekseev
* Belozersk Musketeers (3 bns)
* Ryazan Musketeers (3 bns)
Brigade MG Gersdorf
* Uglits Musketeers (3 bns)
* Sofia Musketeers (3 bns)
Artillery
Brigade Col Pyotr Papkov
* Battery Company Col Papkov 2d (12 guns)
* Light Company Maj Vitovtov (12 guns)
* Light Company Maj Green (12 guns)
Engineers
Pontoon Company of Major Rutkovski
Prussian artillery temporarily attached to the Russian Army's Right Flank at Eylau
Maj von Brockhausen
* 12–pound Battery Brockhausen Nr 34 (8 guns)
* 12-pound Battery Kulikke Nr 37 (8 guns)
* 6-pound Battery Wedekind Nr 8 (10 guns)

## Prussian Corps
### General Staff

* Commander-in-chief: Lieutenant General Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq
** General-Quartermaster-Lieutenant: Col Gerhard von Scharnhorst

### Organization

Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq's army at the Battle of Eylau :
| Division | Division Commanders | Units | Strength |
| Avantgarde | | 50 cavalry from the Towarczys Regiment | 50 Towarczys |
| Avantgarde | | 40 cavalry from the Dragoon Regiment №6 "Auer" | 40 dragoons |
| Avantgarde | | Dragoon Regiment №6 "Auer" [de] (9 sqs) | 9 sqds |
| Avantgarde | | Horse Battery №8 "Bredow" (8 guns) | 8 guns |
| 1st Division | Major General Friedrich Otto von Diericke [de] | Grenadier Battalion "Fabecky" | |
| 1st Division | Major General Friedrich Otto von Diericke [de] | Infantry Regiment №2 "Ruchel" [de] | 2 bns |
| 1st Division | Major General Friedrich Otto von Diericke [de] | Dragoon Regiment №7 "Baczko" [de] | 10 sqds |
| 1st Division | Major General Friedrich Otto von Diericke [de] | Cuirassier Regiment №4 "Wagenfeld" [de] | 4 sqds |
| 1st Division | Major General Friedrich Otto von Diericke [de] | ½ Horse Battery №13 "Rentzel" | 4 guns |
| 2nd Division | Major General Michael Szabszinski von Rembow [de] | Grenadier Battalion "Schlieffen" | |
| 2nd Division | Major General Michael Szabszinski von Rembow [de] | Infantry Regiment №11 "Schoning" [de] | 2 bns |
| 3rd Division | Major General Kasimir von Auer [de] | Vyborg Musketeer Regiment (Russian) [ru] | 3 bns |
| 3rd Division | Major General Kasimir von Auer [de] | Towarczys Regiment [de] | 10 sqds |
| 3rd Division | Major General Kasimir von Auer [de] | ½ Horse Battery №10 "Decker" | 4 guns |
| Rearguard | Major General Moritz von Prittwitz [de] | ½ Fusilier Battalion №21 "Stutterheim" | 2 coys |
| Rearguard | Major General Moritz von Prittwitz [de] | 1st Battalion, Hussar Regiment №5 "Prittwitz" [de] | 5 sqds |
| Rearguard | Major General Moritz von Prittwitz [de] | ½ Horse Battery №6 "Sowinski" | 4 guns |

## Sources

* Cowan, Coley E. "Winter Battle: Eylau 1807". Strategy & Tactics Magazine, number 228 (May/June 2005). ISSN 1040-886X
* Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. ISBN 1-85367-276-9
* (in Russian) Vasil'ev, AA, "COMPOSITION of ALLIED TROOPS at EYLAU: List of the Allied Russian and Prussian troops participating in the Battle of Preussisch-Eylau January 26 and 27 (February 7 and 8) 1807", Imperator No. 11 pp. 11–14 (2007)