The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-11-29

Cav1irys ana rs infantry. j ne whole corps Is
divided into go ,legions, among which, is the
perial guards. Martial Money is at the head
of the Gendarmerie, with the title of InfpeSior
General.
The corps of artillery is competed of regi-
ments OF infantry. regiments of horfe artillery,
Is companies of labourers, 9 battalions of poni-
onniers, and Is battalions Of the train of artil-
lery. There are befide., esl officers who are
charged with the direction and infpeaion over
the artillery, as well with the army, as in forti-
fed places and colonies. General Sengis is the
6rlf infpettor general of the artillery; beGdcs
him. there are l other inspectors general. The
artillery which contributed 10 materially to the
fuccefs of the French armies during the late war
forms diftintf corps, which is Immediately
under the command of the minifter of war.
The corps of engineers is competed OF &C.
neral faf, battalions of fappers, 9 companies
OF miners, and the GarGes dr. Genie. To the
general taft belongs generals of .liviion, uR-
der whom general Marefcott is firft infpettor-
general, brigade generals, 81 colonies, the di-
reetors, and 81 chiefs of battalions the fub-di-
rectors are ego captains, 40 lieutenants, an ex-
aminer of the corps Of engineers who is mem
Der OF the infttute, and 4 provifory directors.
The five battaons of hppers have likewfe
ftaH, and are divided into companies. Each
battalion is compofed of 90 men in time of
peace, and 2o9 men in time Of war. Esch of
the companies of minors confts in time of
peace, Of 60, and, in war, of 100 men.
The French infantry Is competed of 90 regi-
ments of infantry Of the lire, and 81 regiments
of light infantry. Among the colonies of regi-
ments, the brother and broeher-ip-lsw of the
emperor, prince Iofeph, and the prince of LUG
ca and Piombino, are particularly diitinguiIh-
ed.
The cavalry confifts of rs regiments, namely,
regiments of carabineers, 9 regiments of cui-
| raiiiers, 80 regiments of Dragons, 81 regiments
| OF lagers, and 10 regiments of hufiars.
The corps OF veterans comprchends IL regi.
mehts.
The whole Of the French army at prerent a.
mounts To 593-5s8 men, executive of the Gems
deJ ar,neJ, the national guards, and the newly
organized armies of the kingdom of Italy.
AS military monarchy, France is divided in
to % diviiions. The bead quarters of thefe di-
vltions WHICH comprehend, Q, 8, or more de-
partments at Paris, where prince Murat COM
mands governor, Mezieres, Metz, Nancy, STRAIT
burn, Befapcon, Grenoble. Marfeies, Montpe-
lier, Touloufe, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes, Ca
en-, Rouen, Lille, Dion, Lyons, Periguex.
Bourees, Tours, Baftia, BruiIels, Liege, CO.
blentZ, Turin and Genoa.
| The active armies of the French empire, are
at prefent organized in the following manner -
The French force inItalyconiits of the French
army of ohfervation, under the command of the
general Gouvion St. Cvr, under whom are the
generals Montrichlrd, Ouefnel, and Bron and
OF the troops in Upper and Middle Italy, under
the fuprese command of martial Jourdan, who
form what is called the army of Italy, of which
general Carpenter is chief of the general taft.
1t is compnfed of s divfions, under the generals
Chebot, Zayonchek, Puiiy, Gardanne, and O.
liver; the corps Of troops, in Etruria, under
general Verdier; the troops in the Genoefe,
under general Milhaud, and the corps in the
itates of Parma, commanded by general Lee
fure.
! The army of Hanover, as II is denominated,
over which martial Bsrnadotte has the flpreme
command,is competed Of divifions of infantry,
under the generals Rivaud, Drouet, Deffolles,
and Barbon, and divifon of cavalry, COM
manded by general Kellermann. General Leo
Pold Berthier is chief of the general taft; gene
RUS DumouEn, Schinner, Frere, Picard, Paetod,
MarIZI, Werfe, and Grandean have particular
commands in this army. 81
The army in Holland is divided into prin-
clPai parts, competed of the three diviGons in
the camp, formed at Utrecht, under the gene
rails Vignolles, Boudet, and Grouc by; the ftI-
preme command of which is vefted in general
Marmont, whole authority. as general in chief,
extends to the whole Batavian republic. To
this army, likewife, belong the other French
troops, collected in Holland, under the com
mand of the general of divion, Monnet.
| AT the head of the general ftaff of the army of
the COAT, is the MARTIAL & mnfer of war, Ber-
thier, as major-general. The different divifons
or this mais of troops are IL. The corps Of
cavalry-referve, under general Bourcier. 2.
The corps of referve of grenadiers, under gene
raj Oudinot. 8. The corps of dragons, COM
pofed of two divifons, conducted by the gene
rails Klein and paraguay DTIillers. 4. The
camp of Montreuil, under the command of
marihal Ney, computing four dvfons, COM
manded by generals Dupont, Lotion, lilly, and
Mather. s. The camp of Brett, under the
command of MAJ ihal Angereau, conGfting of s
dlvt1ons, under the generals Matthew, Bonnet,
and Desjardins. 6. The camp of Burgess, COM
pofed of four diviions, under the generals Gu
din, Triant, Walther, and Debility, and the fu-
preme command of which is vefted in MARTIAL
Davouft, who is aflited by the celebrated gene
raj Matthew Dumas, as chief of the general ftaff.
7. The camp of st. Omer, or Boulogne, COM
manded by MARTIAL Soult this is the mott nu-
merous portion of the army of the coat con-
lifting of divilions, under the generals St. Hi
laire, Vaudamme, Legrand, Suchot, and Haut-
poul.
The French general efn major is competed
of the marlhals of the empire, inspectors, and
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