# Battle of Balaclava order of battle

This is the complete order of battle of opposing forces at the Battle of Balaclava.

## Allied Army

The Allied Army consisted of British and French troops as well as Turkish formations under British command.

### British Army

* Headquarters - General Lord Raglan
** Lieutenant-General on staff - Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne
** Quartermaster-General - Brigadier-General Richard Airey
** Adjutant-General - Brigadier-General James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt
** Commander, Royal Artillery - Brigadier-General Thomas Fox-Strangways
** Commander, Royal Engineers - Captain John William Gordon
* Cavalry Division - under Lieutenant-General George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan with a total force of 1,500 sabres and 6 field guns.
** Heavy Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier-General James Scarlett
*** 4th Dragoon Guards - Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hodge
*** 5th Dragoon Guards - Captain Adolphus Burton
*** 1st Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel John Yorke
*** 2nd Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Griffith
*** 6th Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry White
** Light Cavalry Brigade - Major-General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
*** 4th Light Dragoons - Brevet Colonel Lord George Paget
*** 8th Hussars - Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Shewell
*** 11th Hussars - Lieutenant-Colonel John Douglas
*** 13th Light Dragoons - Captain John Oldham
*** 17th Lancers - Captain William Morris
** Royal Horse Artillery
*** I Troop - Captain George Maude
* 1st Division - Lieutenant-General Prince George, Duke of Cambridge with 4,000 men.
** 1st Guards Brigade - Major-General Henry Bentinck
*** 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards - Brevet Colonel Edward Birch Reynardson
*** 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards - Brevet Colonel George Upton
*** 1st Battalion Scots Fusiliers Guards - Brevet Colonel Edward Forestier-Walker
** 2nd Highland Brigade - Brevet Colonel Duncan Cameron
*** 42nd Highlanders - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Tulloch
*** 79th Highlanders - Lieutenant-Colonel John Douglas
** Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Dacres
*** A Field Battery (2nd Company, 8th Battalion) - Captain David Paynter
*** H Field Battery (5th Company, 11th Battalion) - Captain Edward Wodehouse
* 4th Division - Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart with 5,000 men.
** 1st Brigade - Brigadier-General Thomas Goldie
*** 20th Foot - Brevet Colonel Frederick Horn
*** 21st Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ainslie
*** 57th Foot - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Powell
** 2nd Brigade - Brigadier-General Arthur Torrens
*** 2 companies, 46th Foot - Captain William Hardy
*** 63rd Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Exham Swyny
*** 68th Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Smyth
*** 1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Horsford
** Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel David Wood
*** P Field Battery (4th Company, 12th Battalion) - Brevet Major Samuel Townsend
* Balaclava defences - Major-General Sir Colin Campbell with 4,000 men and 35 naval and field guns.
** 93rd Highlanders - Lieutenant-Colonel William Ainslie
** Battalion of Detachments - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Burton Daveney
** Royal Marine Brigade - Acting Colonel Thomas Hurdle
*** 1st Composite Battalion, Royal Marines - Captain William Hopkins
*** 2nd Composite Battalion, Royal Marines - Captain Richard Meheux
** Artillery
*** 5 batteries, Royal Marine Artillery - Captain George Alexander
*** W Field Battery (1st Company, 11th Battalion) - Captain George Barker
** Attached Turkish Army forces - Lewa Rustem Pasha
*** 8 infantry battalions and artillery
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### French Army

Commanded by General François Certain Canrobert.
* 1re Brigade de Cavalerie - General d'Allonville with 1,500 sabres.
** 1er régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique [fr]
** 4e régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique [fr]
* Corps d'Observation - General Pierre Bosquet
** 1re Brigade d'Infanterie - General Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse
*** 7e régiment d'infanterie de ligne [fr]
*** 1er régiment de zouaves [fr]
*** 4e bataillon de chasseurs à pied [fr]
** 2e Brigade d'Infanterie - General Joseph Vinoy with 4,000 men.
*** 20e régiment d'infanterie de ligne [fr]
*** 27e régiment d'infanterie de ligne [fr]
*** 9e bataillon de chasseurs à pied [fr]

## Russian Army

Commanded by Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov with a total of 25,000 men and 78 guns.
* Cavalry - Lt. Gen. I.I. Ryzhov with 3,000 sabres and 16 guns.
** Kiev Regiment
** Ingermanland Regiment
** (No.)1 Ural Cossacks
* North Column - Col. A.P. Skiuderi with 4,000 men and 12 guns.
** Odessa Regiment
** (No.)53 Don Cossacks
** (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
* Left Center Column - Maj. Gen. K.R. Semiakin with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
** Azov Regiment
** Dnieper Regiment
** (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
* Right Center Column - Maj. Gen. F.G. Levutski with 3,000 men and 8 guns.
** Ukraine Regiment
* South Column - Maj. Gen. S.I. Gribbe with 3,000 men and 10 guns
** Dnieper Regiment
** Composite Uhlan Regiment
** Ingermanland Regiment
** (No.)60 Don Cossacks
* Forward Reserves - Maj. Gen. O.P. Zhaboritski with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
** Vladimir Regiment
** Susdal Regiment
** (No.)6 Rifle Battalion
** Ingermanland Regiment (two squadrons)
** (No.)60 Don Cossacks (two sotnias)
* Reserves - total of 2,000 men and 12 guns.
** Ukraine Regiment (1 squadron)
** (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
** Composite Uhlan Regiment

## Citations

* ↑ McGuigan (2001), pp. 17–21.