# Battle of La Rothière order of battle

The Battle of La Rothière order of battle is shown below. The battle was fought on 1 February 1814 and was part of the Campaign in north-east France during the War of the Sixth Coalition. An Imperial French army led by Napoleon was defeated by a larger Coalition army commanded by Field Marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg and Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. This order of battle may be used for the Battle of Brienne on 29 January 1814 also.

## Abbreviations

* GdK = General der Kavallerie
* FZM = Feldzeugmeister
* FML = Feldmarschall-Leutnant
* GM = Generalmajor
* OB = Oberst
* OBL = Oberstleutnant
* Maj = Major
* Gren = Grenadier infantry
* Inf = Infantry
* Cav = Cavalry
* Art = Artillery
* M = Marshal of the Empire
* GD = General of Division
* GB = General of Brigade
* Col = Colonel
* pdr = pounder
* how = Howitzer
* IR = Infantry Regiment
* Regt = Regiment
* Bn = Battalion
* 8/32nd = 8th Bn, 32nd Line IR
* Gd = Imperial Guard

## French Army

The Imperial French Army at La Rothière on 1 February 1814 counted 36,540 infantry, cavalry, and artillerymen. The Strength column shows unit strengths on 25 January 1814. This may be used for the Battle of Brienne on 29 January. Strengths in parentheses are unit strengths on 1 February 1814 estimated by J. Sporschil. From the 25 January unit strengths, losses at Brienne should be subtracted to get totals for La Rothière. Losses were 3,500 killed, wounded, and missing, plus 11 guns.
* Emperor Napoleon
* Chief of staff: M Louis-Alexandre Berthier
French Army - 25 January 1814 :
| Wing | Division | Brigade | Unit | Strength |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Antoine Jarry 2,325 | 8/32nd Line IR | 673 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Antoine Jarry 2,325 | 6/58th Line IR | 406 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Antoine Jarry 2,325 | 7/12th Light IR | 510 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Antoine Jarry 2,325 | 6/29th Light IR | 736 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Antoine de Belair 3,493 | 7/2nd Light IR | 600 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Antoine de Belair 3,493 | 6/4th Light IR | 580 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Antoine de Belair 3,493 | 7/15th Light IR | 554 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Antoine de Belair 3,493 | 3/135th Line IR | 554 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Antoine de Belair 3,493 | 139th Line IR | 369 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Antoine de Belair 3,493 | 3/155th Line IR | 836 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Brigade GB Louis de Bourmont 2,173 | 113th Line IR | 2,173 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Paris Reserve GD François Marie Dufour 8,291 (3,400) | Artillery 300 | Artillery and Train | 300 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB Jean Louis Fournier 858 | 3/2nd Light IR | 112 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB Jean Louis Fournier 858 | 3/4th Light IR | 136 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB Jean Louis Fournier 858 | 2/6th Light IR | 197 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB Jean Louis Fournier 858 | 3/40th Line IR | 223 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB Jean Louis Fournier 858 | 2/50th Line IR | 190 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB François Boudin de Roville 1,449 | 2/65th Line IR | 97 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB François Boudin de Roville 1,449 | 1/136th Line IR | 582 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB François Boudin de Roville 1,449 | 1/138th LIne IR | 108 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB François Boudin de Roville 1,449 | 1/142nd Line IR | 95 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB François Boudin de Roville 1,449 | 1/144th Line IR | 306 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Division VI Corps GD Étienne Ricard 2,307 (3,500) | Brigade GB François Boudin de Roville 1,449 | 1/145th Line IR | 261 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Cavalry 915 (500) | 23rd Cavalry Brigade GB Cyrille Picquet 915 | 10th Hussar Regt | 548 |
| Right Wing GD Étienne Maurice Gérard | Cavalry 915 (500) | 23rd Cavalry Brigade GB Cyrille Picquet 915 | 1st Honor Gd Regt | 367 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 1st Division II Corps GD Jean-Baptiste Jamin 2,723 | Brigade unknown 1,160 | 1/24th Light IR | 520 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 1st Division II Corps GD Jean-Baptiste Jamin 2,723 | Brigade unknown 1,160 | 1/19th Line IR | 640 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 1st Division II Corps GD Jean-Baptiste Jamin 2,723 | GB Louis Huguet-Chateau 1,563 | 1/37th Line IR | 601 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 1st Division II Corps GD Jean-Baptiste Jamin 2,723 | GB Louis Huguet-Chateau 1,563 | 1/56th Line IR | 962 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 2nd Division II Corps GD François Forestier 3,347 | Brigades unknown 3,347 | 1/26th Line IR | 801 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 2nd Division II Corps GD François Forestier 3,347 | Brigades unknown 3,347 | 18th Line IR | 1,385 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 2nd Division II Corps GD François Forestier 3,347 | Brigades unknown 3,347 | 1/46th Line IR | 753 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 2nd Division II Corps GD François Forestier 3,347 | Brigades unknown 3,347 | 93rd Line IR | 408 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 3rd Division II Corps GD Guillaume Duhesme 2,662 (6,100) | Brigades unknown 2,662 | 2/11th Line IR | 496 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 3rd Division II Corps GD Guillaume Duhesme 2,662 (6,100) | Brigades unknown 2,662 | 2/2nd Line IR | 405 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 3rd Division II Corps GD Guillaume Duhesme 2,662 (6,100) | Brigades unknown 2,662 | 4th Line IR | 1,237 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 3rd Division II Corps GD Guillaume Duhesme 2,662 (6,100) | Brigades unknown 2,662 | 2/72nd Line IR | 524 |
| Center M Claude Victor | II Corps Artillery 1,142 | Not brigaded 1,142 | 17/1st Foot Art Regt, 12-pdr | 989 |
| Center M Claude Victor | II Corps Artillery 1,142 | Not brigaded 1,142 | 7/2nd Foot Art Reg, 6-pdr | 989 |
| Center M Claude Victor | II Corps Artillery 1,142 | Not brigaded 1,142 | 19/2nd Foot Art Reg, 6-pdr | 989 |
| Center M Claude Victor | II Corps Artillery 1,142 | Not brigaded 1,142 | 9th Foot Art Regt, 6-pdr | 989 |
| Center M Claude Victor | II Corps Artillery 1,142 | Not brigaded 1,142 | 1st & 4th Horse Art Regt | 989 |
| Center M Claude Victor | II Corps Artillery 1,142 | Not brigaded 1,142 | Engineers | 153 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 1st Cavalry Division Imperial Gd GD Pierre de Colbert (880) | Not brigaded 3,141 | 1st Gd Lancer Regt | 600 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 1st Cavalry Division Imperial Gd GD Pierre de Colbert (880) | Not brigaded 3,141 | Gd Horse Chasseur Regt | 585 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 1st Cavalry Division Imperial Gd GD Pierre de Colbert (880) | Not brigaded 3,141 | Gd Empress Dragoon Regt | 734 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 1st Cavalry Division Imperial Gd GD Pierre de Colbert (880) | Not brigaded 3,141 | Gd Horse Gren Regt | 909 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 1st Cavalry Division Imperial Gd GD Pierre de Colbert (880) | Not brigaded 3,141 | 2nd Eclaireur Regt | 313 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 2nd Cavalry Division Imperial Gd GD Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes (850) | Not brigaded | 2nd Gd Lancer Regt | - |
| Center M Claude Victor | 2nd Cavalry Division Imperial Gd GD Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes (850) | Not brigaded | Gd Horse Chasseur Regt | - |
| Center M Claude Victor | 2nd Cavalry Division Imperial Gd GD Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes (850) | Not brigaded | Gd Empress Dragoon Regt | - |
| Center M Claude Victor | 2nd Cavalry Division Imperial Gd GD Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes (850) | Not brigaded | Gd Horse Gren Regt | - |
| Center M Claude Victor | Gd Service Squadrons GD Claude-Étienne Guyot (750) | Not brigaded | Gd Horse Gren & Chasseur | - |
| Center M Claude Victor | Gd Service Squadrons GD Claude-Étienne Guyot (750) | Not brigaded | Gd Dragoon & 1st Lancer | - |
| Center M Claude Victor | 9th Light Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD Hippolyte Piré 1,050 (870) | 1st Brigade GB Jacques Subervie 485 | 3rd Hussar Regt | 278 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 9th Light Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD Hippolyte Piré 1,050 (870) | 1st Brigade GB Jacques Subervie 485 | 26th Horse Chasseur Regt | 207 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 9th Light Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD Hippolyte Piré 1,050 (870) | 2nd Brigade GB Pantaleon d'Hericourt 565 | 14th Horse Chasseur Regt | 234 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 9th Light Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD Hippolyte Piré 1,050 (870) | 2nd Brigade GB Pantaleon d'Hericourt 565 | 27th Horse Chasseur Regt | 331 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 5th Heavy Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD André Briche 1,590 (1,250) | 1st Brigade GB Gabriel Montelegier 1,037 | 2nd Dragoon Regt | 349 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 5th Heavy Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD André Briche 1,590 (1,250) | 1st Brigade GB Gabriel Montelegier 1,037 | 6th Dragoon Regt | 321 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 5th Heavy Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD André Briche 1,590 (1,250) | 1st Brigade GB Gabriel Montelegier 1,037 | 11th Dragoon Regt | 367 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 5th Heavy Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD André Briche 1,590 (1,250) | 2nd Brigade GB Denis Éloi Ludot 553 | 13th Dragoon Regt | 220 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 5th Heavy Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD André Briche 1,590 (1,250) | 2nd Brigade GB Denis Éloi Ludot 553 | 15th Dragoon Regt | 333 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 6th Heavy Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD Samuel-François Lhéritier 1,164 (1,000) | 1st Brigade GB Auguste Lamotte 618 | 18th Dragoon Regt | 218 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 6th Heavy Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD Samuel-François Lhéritier 1,164 (1,000) | 1st Brigade GB Auguste Lamotte 618 | 19th Dragoon Regt | 246 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 6th Heavy Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD Samuel-François Lhéritier 1,164 (1,000) | 1st Brigade GB Auguste Lamotte 618 | 20th Dragoon Regt | 154 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 6th Heavy Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD Samuel-François Lhéritier 1,164 (1,000) | 2nd Brigade GB Jean Antoine de Collaert 546 | 22nd Dragoon Regt | 283 |
| Center M Claude Victor | 6th Heavy Cavalry Division V Cavalry Corps GD Samuel-François Lhéritier 1,164 (1,000) | 2nd Brigade GB Jean Antoine de Collaert 546 | 25th Dragoon Regt | 263 |
| Center M Claude Victor | V Cavalry Corps Artillery 319 | Artillery Col Etchegayen 319 | 4/2nd Horse Art Regt 4 x 6-pdr, 2 x how | 319 |
| Center M Claude Victor | V Cavalry Corps Artillery 319 | Artillery Col Etchegayen 319 | 2/3rd Horse Art Regt 4 x 6-pdr, 2 x how | 319 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Joseph Lagrange 2,867 (4,600) | Brigade GB Joseph Antoine Joubert 1,305 | 3/23rd Line IR | 76 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Joseph Lagrange 2,867 (4,600) | Brigade GB Joseph Antoine Joubert 1,305 | 37th Line IR | 721 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Joseph Lagrange 2,867 (4,600) | Brigade GB Joseph Antoine Joubert 1,305 | 1st Marine Regt | 508 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Joseph Lagrange 2,867 (4,600) | Brigade GB Pierre Pelleport 1,562 | 2nd Marine Regt | 740 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Joseph Lagrange 2,867 (4,600) | Brigade GB Pierre Pelleport 1,562 | 3rd Marine Regt | 543 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Joseph Lagrange 2,867 (4,600) | Brigade GB Pierre Pelleport 1,562 | 4th Marine Regt | 279 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Étienne Lefol 1,950 | Brigade Unknown commander 863 | 3/9th Light IR | 130 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Étienne Lefol 1,950 | Brigade Unknown commander 863 | 2/16th Light IR | 199 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Étienne Lefol 1,950 | Brigade Unknown commander 863 | 4/1st Line IR | 194 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Étienne Lefol 1,950 | Brigade Unknown commander 863 | 3/15th Line IR | 340 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Étienne Lefol 1,950 | Brigade GB Pierre Clavel 1,087 | 4/16th Line IR | 120 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Étienne Lefol 1,950 | Brigade GB Pierre Clavel 1,087 | 62nd Line IR | 228 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Étienne Lefol 1,950 | Brigade GB Pierre Clavel 1,087 | 2/70th Line IR | 339 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | Division GD Étienne Lefol 1,950 | Brigade GB Pierre Clavel 1,087 | 121st Line IR | 400 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | VI Corps Artillery 861 | Artillery 539 | 3rd Foot Art Regt (3 cos.) | 539 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | VI Corps Artillery 861 | Artillery 539 | 5th Foot Art Regt (2 cos.) | 539 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | VI Corps Artillery 861 | Artillery 539 | 2/1st Horse Art Regt | 539 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | VI Corps Artillery 861 | Engineers - 322 | 3 Sapper Bns | 322 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | I Cavalry Corps GD Jean-Pierre Doumerc 2,091 (1,800) | 1st Brigade 704 | 1st Provisional Hussar Regt | 272 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | I Cavalry Corps GD Jean-Pierre Doumerc 2,091 (1,800) | 1st Brigade 704 | 2nd Provisional Chasseur Regt | 432 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | I Cavalry Corps GD Jean-Pierre Doumerc 2,091 (1,800) | 2nd Brigade GB Charles d'Audenarde 1,196 | 3rd Provisional Cuirassier Regt | 614 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | I Cavalry Corps GD Jean-Pierre Doumerc 2,091 (1,800) | 2nd Brigade GB Charles d'Audenarde 1,196 | 4th Provisional Dragoon Regt | 582 |
| Left Wing M Auguste de Marmont | I Cavalry Corps GD Jean-Pierre Doumerc 2,091 (1,800) | I Cavalry Corps Artillery Col Lavoye - 191 | 3/1st Horse Art Regt 6 guns | 191 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 1st Young Guard Division GD Claude Marie Meunier 4,144 (3,000) | Brigade GB Jean Clément-Lacoste 1,597 | 1st Voltigeur Regt | 657 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 1st Young Guard Division GD Claude Marie Meunier 4,144 (3,000) | Brigade GB Jean Clément-Lacoste 1,597 | 2nd Voltigeur Regt | 940 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 1st Young Guard Division GD Claude Marie Meunier 4,144 (3,000) | Brigade GB Guillaume Rousseau 2,407 | 3rd Voltigeur Regt | 1,263 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 1st Young Guard Division GD Claude Marie Meunier 4,144 (3,000) | Brigade GB Guillaume Rousseau 2,407 | 4th Voltigeur Regt | 1,144 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 1st Young Guard Division GD Claude Marie Meunier 4,144 (3,000) | Artillery - 140 (129) | Artillery and Train | 140 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 2nd Young Guard Division GD Pierre Decouz GD Philibert Curial 2,700 (1,800) | Brigade GB Jean-Jacques Pelet 1,313 | 5th Voltigeur Regt | 680 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 2nd Young Guard Division GD Pierre Decouz GD Philibert Curial 2,700 (1,800) | Brigade GB Jean-Jacques Pelet 1,313 | 6th Voltigeur Regt | 633 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 2nd Young Guard Division GD Pierre Decouz GD Philibert Curial 2,700 (1,800) | Brigade GB Auguste Bigarré 1,387 | 7th Voltigeur Regt | 717 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 2nd Young Guard Division GD Pierre Decouz GD Philibert Curial 2,700 (1,800) | Brigade GB Auguste Bigarré 1,387 | 8th Voltigeur Regt | 670 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 2nd Young Guard Division GD Pierre Decouz GD Philibert Curial 2,700 (1,800) | Artillery | Artillery and Train | - |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 5th Young Guard Division GD Henri Rottembourg 4,947 (4,900) | Brigades unknown 4,947 | 1st Tirailleur Regt | 800 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 5th Young Guard Division GD Henri Rottembourg 4,947 (4,900) | Brigades unknown 4,947 | 5th Tirailleur Regt | 959 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 5th Young Guard Division GD Henri Rottembourg 4,947 (4,900) | Brigades unknown 4,947 | 6th Tirailleur Regt | 733 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 5th Young Guard Division GD Henri Rottembourg 4,947 (4,900) | Brigades unknown 4,947 | 7th Tirailleur Regt | 811 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 5th Young Guard Division GD Henri Rottembourg 4,947 (4,900) | Brigades unknown 4,947 | 8th Tirailleur Regt | 990 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 5th Young Guard Division GD Henri Rottembourg 4,947 (4,900) | Brigades unknown 4,947 | Flanqueur-Chasseur Regt | 312 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | 5th Young Guard Division GD Henri Rottembourg 4,947 (4,900) | Brigades unknown 4,947 | 2 Foot Art Companies | 342 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | Gd Artillery 1,464 | Not brigaded 1,464 | 7 GD Foot Art Companies | 459 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | Gd Artillery 1,464 | Not brigaded 1,464 | 4 Gd Horse Art Companies | 319 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | Gd Artillery 1,464 | Not brigaded 1,464 | Pontoniers | 21 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | Gd Artillery 1,464 | Not brigaded 1,464 | Artillery Train | 665 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | Cavalry Division GD Jean-Marie Defrance 1,069 | Brigade GB Philippe, Count Ségur 1,069 | 3rd Honor Gd Regt | 750 |
| Reserves M Michel Ney | Cavalry Division GD Jean-Marie Defrance 1,069 | Brigade GB Philippe, Count Ségur 1,069 | 4th Honor Gd Regt | 319 |