The Combat of Möckern
5th April 1813

Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy Armée d'Elbe
Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy

V Corps - GdD Count Lauriston

 Batts Sq Guns

16th Division - GdD Baron Maison

1st Brigade - GdB Avril

151st Line (1st,2nd,3rd,4th Batts)

 4    

2nd Brigade - GdB Fezensac

152nd Line (1st,2nd,3rd Batts)

 3    

3rd Brigade - GdB Penne

153rd Line (1st,2nd,3rd,4th Batts)

 4    

Division Artillery

2 foot batteries (each 6×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     16

18th Division - GdD Count Lagrange

1st Brigade - GdB Charrière

134th Line (1st,2nd Batts)

 2    

154th Line (1st,2nd,3rd,4th Batts)

 4    

2nd Brigade - GdB Suden

155th Line (1st,2nd,3rd,4th Batts)

 4    

3rd Foreign Regt (Irish Legion) (1st,2nd Batts)

 2    

Division Artillery

2 foot batteries (each 6×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     16

19th Division - GdD Rochambeau

1st Brigade - GdB Longchamp

135th Line (1st,2nd,3rd,4th Batts)

 4    

2nd Brigade - GdB Lacroix

149th Line (1st,2nd,3rd,4th Batts)

 4    

3rd Brigade - GdB Lafitte

150th Line (1st,2nd,3rd,4th Batts)

 4    

Division Artillery

2 foot batteries (each 6×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     16

Corps Artillery - Col Lavasseur

3 foot batteries (each 6×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     24

2 horse batteries (each 4×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     12
V Corps Total 35   84

XI Corps - GdD Count Grenier

31st Division - GdD Baron Gérard

Brigadiers - GdB Labassèe, Schobert, Bardet & Fressinet

10th Provisional Demi-Brigade (4th Batts, 27th, 63rd, 76th & 96th Line)

 4    

11th Provisional Demi-Brigade (4th Batts, 27th Light & 50th Line)

 2    

12th Provisional Demi-Brigade (3rd Batt, 123rd Line; 4th Batts, 124th & 134th Line)

 3    

13th Provisional Demi-Brigade (3rd Batts, 3rd, 105th & 127th Line; 4th Batts, 5th, 11th & 79th Line)

 6    

Neapolitan Velites (1st,2nd Batts)

 2    

Neapolitan Marines (1 company)

      

Division Artillery

1 foot battery (6×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     8

Neapolitan horse battery (4×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     6

35th Division - GdD Count Grenier

1st Brigade - GdB Sénécal

6th Line (3rd,4th Batts + artillery coy)

 2   2

112th Line (1st,2nd,3rd,4th Batts + artillery coy)

 4   2

2nd Brigade (Italian) - GdB Zucchi

2nd Light (3rd,4th Batts + artillery coy)

 2   2

5th Line (1st,2nd,3rd,4th Batts + artillery coy)

 4   2

Cavalry

4th Italian Chasseurs à Cheval (1st Sq)

   1  

Würzburg Jägers zu Pferd (1st Sq)

   1  

Division Artillery - GdB Pron

2 foot batteries (each 6×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     16

Italian horse battery (4×4pdr, 2×howitzer)

     6

36th Division - GdD Count Charpentier

1st Brigade - GdB Simmer

14th Light (3rd,4th Batts + artillery coy)

 2   2

22nd Line (1st,2nd,3rd,4th Batts + artillery coy)

 4   2

2nd Brigade - GdB Meunier

14th Provisional Demi-Brigade (3rd Batt, 67th Line; 6th Batts, 10th & 20th Line)

 3    

15th Provisional Demi-Brigade (4th Batts, 3rd Light & 102nd Line; 102nd Line artillery coy)

 2   2

Division Artillery

2 foot batteries (each 6×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     16
XI Corps Total 40 2 66

I Cavalry Corps - GdD Baron Latour-Maubourg

1st Light Cavalry Division - GdD Baron Bruyères

1st Brigade - GdB Baron Bessières

7th Hussars

   1  

9th (Hamburg) Lancers

   1  

8th Hussars

   1  

16th Chasseurs à Cheval

   1  

2nd Brigade - GdB Cambracéres

1st Lancers

   1  

3rd Lancers

   1  

5th Lancers

   1  

8th (2nd Vistula Legion) Lancers

   1  

3rd Light Cavalry Division - GdD Baron Chastel

1st Brigade - GdB van Merlen

6th Hussars

   1  

1st Chasseurs à Cheval

   1  

8th Chasseurs à Cheval

   1  

25th Chasseurs à Cheval

   1  

2nd Brigade - GdB Vallin

1st Chasseurs à Cheval

   1  

2nd Chasseurs à Cheval

   1  

3rd Chasseurs à Cheval

   1  

9th Chasseurs à Cheval

   1  

19th Chasseurs à Cheval

   1  

2nd Italian Chasseurs à Cheval

   ½  

3rd Italian Chasseurs à Cheval

   ½  

1st Cuirassier Division - GdD Baron Bordesoulle

1st Brigade - GdB Berkheim

2nd Cuirassiers

   1  

3rd Cuirassiers

   1  

6th Cuirassiers

   1  

2nd Brigade - GdB Quinette

9th Cuirassiers

   1  

11th Cuirassiers

   1  

12th Cuirassiers

   1  

3rd Cuirassier Division - GdD Baron Doumerc

1st Brigade - GdB Daudenaerde

4th Cuirassiers

   1  

7th Cuirassiers

   1  

14th (Dutch) Cuirassiers

   1  

2nd Brigade - GdB Reiset

7th Dragoons

   1  

23rd Dragoons

   1  

28th Dragoons

   1  

30th Dragoons

   1  

Provisional Dragoon Regt

   1  

Division Artillery

2 horse batteries (each 4×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     12
I Cavalry Corps Total   32 12

Imperial Guard - GdD Baron Rogeut

1st Brigade - GdB Rottembourg

1st Old Guard Grenadiers à Pied

 1    

1st Old Guard Chasseurs à Pied

 1    

2nd Young Guard Voltiguers (1st,2nd Batts)

 2    

2nd Brigade

Velites of Turin

 1    

Velites of Florence

 1    

Italian Royal Guard Chasseurs à Pied

 1    

Hessian Leib-Garde Fusiliers

 ½    

Cavalry Brigade

Turin Gardes d'Honneur

   ½  

Tuscan Gardes d'Honneur

   ½  

Italian Gardes d'Honneur

   ½  

Italian Guard Dragoons

   ¼  

Italian Regina Dragoons

   ¼  

Guard Artillery

2 foot batteries (each 6×6pdr, 2×howitzer)

     16
Imperial Guard Total 7½ 2 16
Armée d'Elbe Total 82½ 36 178

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Army Totals

Batts Sq Guns
V Corps 35   84
XI Corps 40 2 66
I Cavalry Corps   32 12
Imperial Guard 7½ 2 16
Armée d'Elbe Total 82½ 36 178

The force comprised about 50,000 men in total.

Notes

This order of battle attempts to reconstruct those forces available to Eugène on the right bank of the Elbe on 5th April. It is constructed largely from later army lists, principally that of the 15th April 1813. Therefore some units shown here may not have been present on the 5th, or may not have crossed the river.

Only a fraction of these forces were actually engaged on the day: elements of the 18th, 35th and 3rd Light Cavalry Divisions. The remainder were deployed in defensive positions.

The cavalry were mainly the remnants of regiments sent to Russia. All were severely under strength, perhaps averaging about 120 men each. I've counted each regiment as a squadron above.