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Below is the order of battle for the French Republican and Prussian forces during the Battle of Valmy.

For the allies: It is worth noting an Austrian corps commanded by Feldzeugmeister Graf Clerfayt and a French Émigré corps commanded by the Prince de Bourbon were on their way, but arrived after the Prussians began to route.[1]

Republican Forces[]

Valmy Battle painting

Picture of the General Staff of the French Army of the North during the later stages of the battle.

Army of the North[]

Advance Guard[]

Right Division[]

  • Right Division, commanded by Général de Division Alex Tanneguy, Le Veneur de Tillières
    • 1st Brigade, commanded by Maréchal de Camp Louis d'Hangest
    • 2nd Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade Henri de Stengel
      • 6th Mounted Chasseurs Regiment (Languedoc)
      • 2nd Hussar Regiment (Chamborant)
      • 1st Battalion, 83rd Line Infantry Regiment (Conti)
      • 3rd Combined Grenadiers and Chasseurs Battalion
    • 3rd Brigade, commanded by Maréchal de Camp Dominique Diettmann
      • 1st Battalion, 29th Line Infantry Regiment (Maine)
      • 98th Line Infantry Regiment (Salis–Marschlins)
      • 1st Allier Volunteer Battalion
      • 1st Charente Volunteer Battalion
      • 1st Lower Seine Volunteer Battalion
      • 3rd Vosges Volunteer Battalion
    • 4th Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade Maximilien Stettenhoffen

Left Division[]

Reserve Division[]

Army of the Centre[]

Advance Guard[]

  • Advance Guard, commanded by Général de Brigade Étienne de Crassier
    • 4th Dragoon Regiment (Conti)
    • 3rd Hussar Regiment (Esterhazy) – German
    • 1st Mounted Chasseurs Regiment (Boufflers) – German
    • 9th Grenadier Company
    • 1st Chasseur Battalion (Provence)

1st Division[]

2nd Division[]

  • 2nd Division, commanded by Général de Division David de Muratel
    • 1st Brigade
      • 4th Cavalry Regiment (Le Reine)
      • 17th Cavalry Regiment (Bourgogne)
      • 1st Dragoon Regiment (Royal)
      • 61st Line Infantry Regiment (Royal–La Marine)
      • 93rd Line Infantry Regiment (Barrois)
      • 1st Saône-et-Loire Volunteer Battalion
      • 2nd Moselle Volunteer Battalion

Reserve Division[]

Allied Forces[]

Unless state, the units below contained 3 infantry battalions of 5 cavalry squadrons.[1]

Prussian Army[]

Advance Guard[]

  • Avantgarde, commanded by Generalleutnant Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohnelohe-Ingelfingen[3][4]
    • 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Wolffradt
      • 32nd Infantry Regiment (Hohenlohe)
      • 1st Infantry Regiment (Bornstedt)
      • Decker Light Artillery Battery (8 6-pdr guns)
    • 2nd Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor Edward Friedrich, Graf von Hertzberg
      • 12th Infantry Regiment (von Kleist)
      • The Russo-Prussian Legion (Hertzberg)
      • Berneck's Light Artillery Battery (8 6-pdr guns)
    • 3rd Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Kleist
      • Dragoon Regiment von Schmettau
      • 6th Hussar Regiment (von Wolffradt) (10 squadrons)
      • 2nd Füsilier Battalion (von Renouard)
      • 10th Füsilier Battalion (von Forcade)
      • 5 Jäger Companies
      • Schönermark Horse Artillery Battery (8 6-pdr guns)

First Rank[]

1st Division[]

2nd Division[]

  • 2nd Division, commanded by Generalleutenant von Budberg[3][4]
    • 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Thadden
      • 9th Infantry Regiment (von Budberg)
      • 30th Infantry Regiment (von Schöfeld)

Second Rank[]

1st Division[]
  • 1st Division, commanded by Generalleutenant Kenitz[3][4]
    • 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Vietinghof
      • 31st Infantry Regiment (von Borch)
      • 39th Infantry Regiment (von Könitz)
    • 2nd Brigade, commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia[5]
      • 47th Infantry Regiment (Graf Hertzberg)
2nd Division[]
  • 2nd Division, commanded by Generalmajor von Wolframsdorf[3][4]
    • 1st Brigade, commanded by Charles Louis, Erbprinz von Baden
      • 37th Infantry Regiment (Wolfamsdorf)
      • 38th Infantry Regiment (Wietinghof)

Cavalry[]

1st Cavalry Division[]
2nd Cavalry Division[]
  • 2nd Cavalry Division, commanded by Generalleutenant Prinz Ludwig Friedrich Alexander von Württemburg[3][4]
    • 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Tschirschky
      • 1st Dragoon Regiment (von Lottum)
      • 11th Dragoon Regiment (von Tschirschky)
    • 2nd Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Ilow
      • 7th Cuirassier Regiment (von Ilow)

Köhler's Corps[]

  • Köhler Corps, commanded by Generalmajor von Köhler[3][4]
    • 3rd Hussar Regiment (von Köhler) (10 squadrons)
    • 18th Füsilier Battalion (von Müffling)
    • 19th Füsilier Battalion (von Ernest)
    • 1/2 Hüssar's Horse Field Artillery Battery (5 guns)

Eben's Corps[]

  • Eben Corps, commanded by Generalmajor von Eben[3][4]
    • 2nd Hussar Regiment (von Eben) (10 squadrons)
    • 1st Füsilier Battalion (von Schencke)
    • 20th Füsilier Battalion (von Legat)

Footnotes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Smith, pp. 26–27.
  2. Susane, Volume VI, pp. 251.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :03
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 George Nafziger, Prussian Forces Battle of Valmy 20 September 1792, United States Army Combined Arms Centre. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. "Frederick William III. of Prussia". 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Frederick_William_III._of_Prussia. 

References[]

  • Louis Susane, Historie de l'Ancienne Infanterie Français, Volume I, 1849 Naval and Polytechnical Military Library of Paris, Paris, France.
  • Louis Susane, Historie de l'Ancienne Infanterie Français Volume VI, 1852 Military Library, Maritime and Polytechnic, Paris, France.
  • Louis Susane, Historie de La Cavalerie Français Volume I, 1874 J. Hetzel et C Library, Paris, France.
  • Digby Smith, Napoleon's Regiments Battle Histories of the Regiments of the French Army, 1792–1815, 2000 Greenhill Books, London, United Kingdom. ISBN 1-85367-413-3.
  • Digby Smith, The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book: Actions and Losses in Personnel, Colours, Standards, and Artillery, 1792–1815, 1998 Greenhill Books, London, United Kingdom. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.