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Anglo Russian Army in Holland 1799 Order of Battle
Anglo Russian Army in Holland 1799 Order of Battle
Anglo Russian Army in Holland 1799 Order of Battle
RUSSIAN ARMY 2)
Commander in Chief of the Russian troops: Lieutenant-General Ivan Ivanowitch Her
mann
Commander of the artillery: Major-General Kaptzévitch
1ST DIVISION (Lieutenant-General Petr Nikolaevich Jérebtzov)
Brigade Suthoff
1st Jégerski (Jäger) of Suthoff (1 battalion) [376]
Tavritcheski Grenadiers (Rgt of Benckendorf; 2 battalions) [1,516]
Tobolski Musketeers (Rgt of Fersen; 2 battalions) [1,542]
Regimental artillery [144] 3)
Field artillery of Captain Dournovo (1 company, 8 guns) [101]
Brigade Emmé
Fanagoriiski Grenadiers (Rgt of Jérebtzov; 2 battalions) [1,551]
Comb. Grenadiers: Bat. ‘Ericsson’ (1 battalion) [622] 4)
Regimental artillery [177] 3)
Field artillery (Battalion Kaptzévitch; 1 company, 8 guns) [305]
Cavalry
Life Guard Hussars of Lt-Col Sladkoff (1 squadron) [71]
Life Guard Cossacks (1 squadron) [45]
Leib-Sotnia of the Ural Cossacks (1 squadron) [62]
Company Pioneers of Captain Dreyer (1 company) [125]
2ND DIVISION (Major-General Ivan (Magnus Gustav) Nikolaevich Essen-I)
Brigade Arbénev
1st Jégerski of Suthoff (1 battalion) [368]
Dniéprovski Musketeers (Rgt Arbénev; 2 battalions) [1,546]
Comb. Grenadiers: Battalion ‘Strick’ (1 battalion) [627] 4)
Regimental artillery [142] 3)
Field artillery of Lt-Col Dournovo (1 company, 8 guns) [222]
Brigade Sedmoratzki
Bélozerski Musketeers (Rgt of Sedmoratzki; 2 battalions) [1,576]
Comb. Grenadiers: Battalion ‘Ossipov’ (1 battalion) [643] 4)
Comb. Grenadiers: Battalion ‘Timoféev’ (1 battalion) [633] 4)
Regimental artillery [123] 3)
Cavalry
Life Guard Hussars of Lt-Col Gladki (1 squadron) [45]
Life Guard Don Cossacks (1 squadron) [25]
Company Pioneers of Captain Dreyer (detachment) [54]
Footnotes:
1) Composed of the flank companies of six infantry regiments.
2) Mainly based on Miliutin (Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky), “Geschichte des Krieges R
ußlands mit Frankreich unter der Regierung Kaiser Paul’s I im Jahre 1799” V. Bd.
, VII Theil (München 1858) [nach dem Russischen Originale in’s Deutsche übertrag
en vor Chr. Schmitt] pp.275-276.
3) Each infantry battalion was accompanied by regimental artillery; one gun for
each jager battalion, two guns for each grenadier- or musketeer battalion. Accor
ding to Miliutin the Russian regimental artillery had a total of 36 guns.
4) The combined grenadier battalions were named after their commander:
1. Battalion of Lt-Col Ericsson ("Ericson"/"Grikson"/”Erikson”)
2. Battalion of Lt-Col Mitiouchin ("Matusjen"/"Mit(i)us(c)hin")
3. Battalion of Lt-Col Ogarev ("Ogarew"/"Ogaref"/"Ogonieff")
4. Battalion of Lt-Col Ossipov (”Osipov”/”Osjipof"/”Ossipof"/"d Ossipoff")
5. Battalion of Lt-Col Strick ("Strik"/”Shtrik”)
6. Battalion of Lt-Col Timoféev ("Timoféef"/"Timotlieff")
Their composition was as follows:
1. Grenadier companies of the Compte Elmpt (ex-General Arkharov) Musketeers and
Iéletzki Musketeers.
2. Grenadier companies of the Pavlovski Grenadiers and Bélozerski Musketeers.
3. Grenadier companies of the Kozlovski Musketeers and Schlusselbourgski Muskete
ers.
4. Grenadier companies of the Sofiiski Musketeers and Tchernigovski Musketeers.
5. Grenadier companies of the Tavritcheski Grenadiers and St. Péterbourgski Gren
adiers.
6. Grenadier companies of the Dniéprovski Musketeers and Tobolski Musketeers.
Sources:
This Order of Battle has been composed out of numerous sources, although for the
Russian Milliutin has mainly been used. For an extensive list of the sources us
ed, see pp.175-181 of my book about this campaign, “Voorwaarts, Bataven! De Enge
ls-Russische invasie van 1799” (Zaltbommel 1999) ISBN 90 288 1427 2.