page_title: Messkirch 1800 order of battle
section_title: Left Wing
hierarchical_section_title: Messkirch 1800 order of battle / French Army / Left Wing
caption_attribution_description: English: general Gilbert Joseph Martin Bruneteau (1760-1830) Français&#160;: général Gilbert Joseph Martin Bruneteau (1760-1830)
context_page_description: The Battle of Messkirch on 5 May 1800 was the second major engagement of the Rhine campaign of 1800. It followed the Battle of Stockach on 3 May. The campaign began on 25 April when a French force emerged from the Kehl bridgehead. This marked the start of the offensive of Jean Victor Marie Moreau's Army of the Rhine against Paul Kray's army of Habsburg Austria and its Bavarian, Württemberg and other German allies.
context_section_description: General of Division Gilles Joseph Martin Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne in Strasbourg
  General of Division Claude-Sylvestre Colaud (2,740 infantry, 981 cavalry)
  Generals of Brigade: Jean-Laurent-Justine Lacoste, Jean Pierre Girard-Vieux
  48th Line Infantry Demi Brigade
  10th Cavalry Regiment
  16th Cavalry Regiment
  20th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment
  General of Division: Joseph Souham (4,687 infantry, 1,394 cavalry)
  Generals of Brigade: Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen, Jacques-Pierre-Louis Puthod
  8th Line Infantry Demi Brigade
  95th Line Infantry Demi Brigade
  7th Cavalry Regiment
  6th Dragoon Regiment
  1st Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment
  General of Division: Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand (5,286 infantry, 1,094 cavalry)
  Generals of Brigade: Jacques Denis Boivin, Jean-Baptiste Drouet
  7th Line Infantry Demi Brigade
  27th Line Infantry Demi Brigade
  13th Dragoon Regiment
  6th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment
  General of Division Henri François Delaborde (2,573 infantry, 286 cavalry)
  Generals of Brigade: Jean-Pierre-Portschy Mercier, Henri-Joseph Thüring de Ryss
  29th Line Infantry Demi Brigade
  65th Line Infantry Demi Brigade
  2nd Helvétique Légion
  4th Cavalry Regiment
  19th Cavalry Regiment
  Source: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. p. 178. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
caption: Gilles Sainte-Suzanne
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