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[]

Picture of the General Staff of the French Army of the North during the later stages of the battle.
Army of the North[]
- Army of the North commanded by Maréchal Charles-François Dumouriez
- Artillery Park (unknown units and strength)
Advance Guard[]
- Advance Guard, commanded by Général Arthur, Comte de Dillon
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade François de Lamarche
- 1st Grenadier Battalion – Composite combined grenadier battalion
- 1st Battalion, 6th Line Infantry Regiment (Armagnac)
- 1st Battalion, 8th Line Infantry Regiment (Austrasie)
- 9th Chasseur Battalion (Cévennes)
- 10th Chasseur Battalion (Gèvaudan)
- 14th Chasseur Battalion
- 1st Light Artillery Company
- 4th Belgian Light Artillery Company
- 2nd Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade Paul de Rosières
- 3rd Mounted Chasseurs Regiment (Deux–Ponts)
- 12th Mounted Chasseurs Regiment (Campagne)
- 5th Hussar Regiment (Colonel Général)
- 6th Hussar Regiment (Lauzun)
- 1st Battalion, 7th Line Infantry Regiment (Champagne)
- 1st Meurthe Volunteer Battalion
- 2nd Saône-et-Loire Volunteer Battalion
- 4th Ardennes Volunteer Battalion
- 5th Meurthe Volunteer Battalion
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade François de Lamarche
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
- 21st Cavalry Regiment (Picardie)
- 23rd Cavalry Regiment (Guyenne)
- 13th Dragoon Regiment (Monsieur)
- 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
- 1st Battalion, 19th Line Infantry Regiment (Flandre)
- 2nd Battalion, 99th Line Infantry Regiment (Deux–Ponts)
- 2nd Marne Volunteer Battalion
- 2nd Northern Volunteer Battalion
- 2nd Upper Vienne Volunteer Battalion
- 3rd Meurthe Volunteer Battalion
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Maréchal de Camp Louis d'Hangest
Left Division[]
- Left Division, commanded by Général Francisco de Miranda
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade Jean-Pierre de Chazot
- 3rd Cavalry Regiment (Commissaire Général)
- 7th Cavalry Regiment (Étranger)
- 15th Cavalry Regiment (Allemand)
- 2nd Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade François de Maltzan
- 1st Hussar Regiment (Bercheny) – German
- 1st Battalion, 54th Line Infantry Regiment (Alsace)
- 2nd Combined Battalion of Grenadiers and Chasseurs
- 3rd Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade August Picot, Marquis de Dampierre
- 1st Battalion, 42nd Line Infantry Regiment (La Reine)
- 1st Battalion, 55th Line Infantry Regiment (Roussillon)
- 1st Aisne Volunteer Battalion
- 2nd Vienne Volunteer Battalion
- 3rd Paris Volunteer Battalion
- 4th Marne Volunteer Battalion
- 4th Brigade, commanded by Maréchal de Camp Joseph de Miaczynski
- 1st Battalion, 5th Line Infantry Regiment (Navarre)
- 1st Battalion, 94th Line Infantry Regiment (Hesse–Darmstadt) – Detached from the Army of the Centre
- 1st Marne Volunteer Battalion
- 1st Sarthe Volunteer Battalion
- 1st Deux–Sèvres Volunteer Battalion
- 1st Vendée Volunteer Battalion
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade Jean-Pierre de Chazot
Reserve Division[]
- Reserve Division, commanded by Général René de Lanoue
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade Pierre Riel, Marquis de Beurnoville
- 1st Battalion, 45th Line Infantry Regiment (Orléans)
- 1st Battalion, 56th Line Infantry Regiment (Condé)
- 1st Battalion, 78th Line Infantry Regiment (Châteauvieux)
- 1st Paris Volunteer Battalion
- 2nd Paris Volunteer Battalion
- 2nd Meurthe Volunteer Battalion
- 3rd Marne Volunteer Battalion
- 4th Meuse Volunteer Battalion
- 2nd Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade Charles d'Hauterive
- 5th Mounted Chasseurs Regiment (Ségur)
- 2nd Dragoon Regiment (Condé)
- 3rd Dragoon Regiment (Bourbon)
- 5th Dragoon Regiment (Colonel Général)
- 6th Dragoon Regiment (La Reine)
- 7th Dragoon Regiment (Le Dauphin)
- 10th Dragoon Regiment (Mestre de Camp Général)
- 12th Dragoon Regiment (Artois)
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade Pierre Riel, Marquis de Beurnoville
Army of the Centre[]
- Army of the Centre commanded by Général François Étienne Kellerman
- Artillery Park; Général de Brigade François-Marie d'Aboville
- 6th Regiment of Artillery (Auxonne) (Less 3 and 1/2 companies, detached from the Army of the Ardennes)[2]
- Artillery Park; Général de Brigade François-Marie d'Aboville
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[]
- 1st Division, commanded by Général de Division Isidore de Lynch
- 1st Brigade
- 1st Line Infantry Regiment (Colonel Général)
- 17th Line Infantry Regiment (Auvergne)
- 22nd Line Infantry Regiment (Viennois)
- 23rd Line Infantry Regiment (Roi)
- 2nd Brigade
- 43rd Line Infantry Regiment (Limosin)
- 90th Line Infantry Regiment (Berwick) – Irish
- 3rd Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade Charles de Malboissière, Comte de Pully
- 8th Cavalry Regiment (Cuirassiers du Roi)
- 10th Cavalry Regiment (Cravates)
- 4th Brigade, commanded by Général de Brigade, Louis-Philippe, Duc de Chartes (late Louis Philippe I, King of France)
- 14th Dragoon Regiment (Chartres)
- 17th Dragoon Regiment (Schomberg)
- 1st Brigade
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
- 1st Brigade
Reserve Division[]
- Reserve Division, commanded by Général de Division Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Valence
- 1st Carabinier Regiment (Monsieur)
- 2nd Carabinier Regiment (Monsieur)
- 1st Combined Grenadier Battalion
- 2nd Combined Grenadier Battalion
- 3rd Combined Grenadier Battalion
- 4th Combined Grenadier Battalion (Rhine) — Detached from the Army of the Rhine
- 5th National Guard Battalion
- 6th National Guard Battalion
- 1st Yonne Volunteer Battalion
Allied Forces[]
Unless state, the units below contained 3 infantry battalions of 5 cavalry squadrons.[1]
Prussian Army[]
- Prussian Army, commanded by Feldmarschall Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog von Brünswick-Lüneburg, Prinz von Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[3][4]
- Reserve Artillery, commanded by Oberst von Tempelhof
- 2 Mortar Batteries (each of 8 10-pdr mortars)
- 2 12-pdr Batteries (each of 8 guns)
- 7 6-pdr Batteries (each of 8 guns)
- Reserve Artillery, commanded by Oberst von Tempelhof
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)
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Wolffradt
First Rank[]
- First Rank, commanded by Feldmarschall Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog von Brünswick-Lüneburg, Prinz von Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (direct command)[3][4]
1st Division[]
- 1st Division, commanded by Generalleutenant Nikolaus Heinrich von Schönfeld[3][4]
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor Friedrich Gisbert Wilhelm, Freiherr von Romberg
- 21st Infantry Regiment (Brunswick)
- 41st Infantry Regiment (Waldeck)
- 2nd Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Borch
- 3rd Infantry Regiment (von Thadden)
- 10th Infantry Regiment (Romberg)
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor Friedrich Gisbert Wilhelm, Freiherr von Romberg
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)
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Thadden
Second Rank[]
- Second Rank, commanded by Generalleutenant Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière[3][4]
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)
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Vietinghof
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)
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Charles Louis, Erbprinz von Baden
Cavalry[]
- Cavalry, commanded by Generalleutenant Carl Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Wylich and Luttom[3][4]
1st Cavalry Division[]
- 1st Cavalry Division, commanded by Generalleutenant Friedrich Adolf, Graf von Kalckreuth[3][4]
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor Karl August, Großherzog von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
- 6th Cuirassier Regiment (von Weimar)
- 2nd Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Normann
- 4th Dragoon Regiment (von Normann)
- 5th Dragoon Regiment (Anspach-Bayreuth) (10 squadrons)
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor Karl August, Großherzog von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
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)
- 1st Brigade, commanded by Generalmajor von Tschirschky
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[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smith, pp. 26–27.
- ↑ Susane, Volume VI, pp. 251.
- ↑ 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
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.