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This is an order of battle of the French and German Armies at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.


France

Order of battle at the beginning of the war:


Army of the Rhine

Commander in Chief: Emperor
Napoléon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephe ...

Chief of Staff: Marshal Edmond Le Bœuf * Imperial Guard Corps (''Garde impériale'') : Gen.
Charles Denis Bourbaki Charles Denis Sauter Bourbaki (22 April 1816, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau – 22 September 1897, Bayonne) was a French general. Career Bourbaki was born at Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau, the son of Greek colonel Constantin Denis Bourb ...
**1st Infantry Division : Gen. Édouard-Jean-Étienne Deligny ***1st Brigade : Gen. Auguste Henri Brincourt ****1st Voltigeurs of the Guard ****2nd Voltigeurs of the Guard ****Chasseurs of the Guard ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Garnier ****3rd Voltigueurs of the Guard ****4th Voltigueurs of the Guard ***1st Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Gerbaut ****2 Guard Foot batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Guard Mitrailleuse battery ****3rd Engineer Regiment (1 company) **2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Joseph Alexandre Picard ***1st Brigade : Gen.
Pierre Joseph Jeanningros Pierre Jean Joseph Jeanningros (21 November 1816 Besançon, France – 30 April 1902)His Father Joseph-Marie Jeanningros was then officer. His Mother Françoise LLuesma, was of Spanish origin from Valence was a French général, famous for having ...
****Zouaves of the Guard ****1st Grenadiers of the Guard ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Le Poittetin de la Croix ****2nd Grenadiers of the Guard ****3rd Grenadiers of the Guard ***2nd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. de Cevilly ****2 Guard Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Guard Mitrailleuse battery ****3rd Engineer Regiment (1 company) **Cavalry Division : Gen. Desvaux ***1st Brigade : Gen. Halna du Fretay ****Guides ****Chasseurs of the Guard ***2nd Brigade : Gen. De France ****Lancers of the Guard ****Dragoons of the Guard ***3rd Brigade : Gen. du Preuil ****Cuirassiers of the Guard ****Carabiniers of the Guard ***2 Horse Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) *1st Corps (''1er corps'') : Marshal
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**1st Infantry Division : Gen.
Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot (24 February 1817 – 16 August 1882) was a French general. Ducrot served in the Crimean War, Algeria, the Italian campaign of 1859, and as a division commander in the Franco-Prussian War. At the outbreak of the Franco- ...
***1st Brigade : Gen. Wolff ****18th Line Infantry Regiment **** 96th Line Infantry Regiment ****13th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de Postis du Houlbec ****45th Line Infantry Regiment ****1st Regiment of Zouaves ***1st Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Lecoeutre ****2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) ** 2nd Infantry Division : Gen.
Abel Douay Charles Abel Douay (2 March 1809 – 4 August 1870) was a general in the French army during the reign of the Emperor Napoleon III. He commanded troops in numerous French campaigns in Europe and overseas. He was killed in battle at the age of sixty- ...
***1st Brigade : Gen. Pelletier de Montmarie ****50th Line Infantry Regiment ****74th Line Infantry Regiment ****16th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Pelle ****78th Line Infantry Regiment ****1st Regiment of Turcos ***2nd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Cauvet ****2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) **3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Raoult ***1st Brigade : Gen. L'Heriller ****2nd Zouave Regiment ****36th Line Infantry Regiment ****8th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Lefebvre ****2nd Regiment of Turcos ****48th Line Infantry Regiment ***3rd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Cheguillaume ****2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) **4th Infantry Division : Gen. Lartigue ***1st Brigade : Gen. Fraboulet de Kerleade ****3rd Zouave Regiment ****56th Line Infantry Regiment ****1st Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Charles Nicolas Lacretelle ****3rd Regiment of Turcos ****87th Line Infantry Regiment ***4th Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Lamande ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4 pdr guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) **Cavalry Division : Gen. Duhesme ***1st Brigade : Gen. de Septeuil ****3rd Hussar Regiment ****11th Chasseur Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de Nansouty ****2nd Lancer Regiment ****3rd Lancer Regiment ****10th Dragoon Regiment ***3rd Brigade : Gen. Michel ****8th Cuirassiers Regiment ****9th Cuirassiers Regiment **Reserve Artillery : Col. de Vassart ****2 Foot batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****2 Foot batteries (12-pdr. guns) ****4 Horse Artillery batteries ****1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) *2nd Corps (''2e corps'') : Gen.
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**1st Infantry Division : Gen. Verge ***1st Brigade : Gen. Letellier Valaze ****32nd Line Infantry Regiment ****55th Line Infantry Regiment ****3rd Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Jolivet ****76th Line Infantry Regiment **** 77th Line Infantry Regiment ***1st Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Chavaudret ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****3rd Engineer Regiment (1 company) **2nd Infantry Division : Gen.
Henri Jules Bataille Henri Jules Bataille (6 September 1816, Le Bourg-d'Oisans, Isère – 10 January 1882, Paris) was a nineteenth-century French soldier. He rose to '' général de division'' of infantry, saw colonial service in Algeria, and fought in the Second ...
***1st Brigade : Gen. Pouget ****8th Line Infantry Regiment ****23rd Line Infantry Regiment ****12th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Fauvart-Bastoul ****66th Line Infantry Regiment ****67th Line Infantry Regiment ***2nd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. de Maintenant ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****3rd Engineer Regiment (1 company) **3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Jules de Laveaucoupet ***1st Brigade : Gen. Doens ****2nd Line Infantry Regiment ****63rd Line Infantry Regiment ****10th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Michelet ****24th Line Infantry Regiment ****40th Line Infantry Regiment ***3rd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Larrogue ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****3rd Engineer Regiment (1 company) **Cavalry Division : Gen. Marmier ***1st Brigade : Gen. de Valabregue ****4th Chasseur Regiment ****5th Chasseur Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Bachelier ****7th Dragoon Regiment ****12th Dragoon Regiment **Reserve Artillery : Col. Beaudouin ****2 Foot batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****2 Foot batteries (12-pdr. guns) ****4 Horse Artillery batteries ****3rd Engineer Regiment (2 companies) *3rd Corps (''3e corps'') : Marshal
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**1st Infantry Division ***1st Brigade : Gen. Montaudon ****51st Line Infantry Regiment ****62nd Line Infantry Regiment ****18th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen.
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****81st Line Infantry Regiment ****95th Line Infantry Regiment ***1st Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Fourgous ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery **2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Armand Alexandre de Castagny ***1st Brigade : Gen. Nayral ****19th Line Infantry Regiment ****41st Line Infantry Regiment ****15th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Duplessis ****69th Line Infantry Regiment ****90th Line Infantry Regiment ***2nd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Delange ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) **3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Metman ***1st Brigade : Gen. de Potier ****7th Line Infantry Regiment ****29th Line Infantry Regiment ****7th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen.
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****59th Line Infantry Regiment ****71st Line Infantry Regiment ***3rd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Sempe ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) **4th Infantry Division : Gen.
Claude Théodore Decaen General Claude Théodore Decaen (30 September 1811 in Utrecht – 17 August 1870 in Metz) was a French military commander. He was at military school in 1827, became a 2nd Lieutenant in 1829 and served the French campaign in Africa during 1830 and ...
***1st Brigade : Gen. de Brauer ****44th Line Infantry Regiment ****60th Line Infantry Regiment ****11th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Sanle-Ferriere ****80th Line Infantry Regiment ****85th Line Infantry Regiment ***4th Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Maucoutant ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) **Cavalry Division : Gen. de Cleraembault ***1st Brigade : Gen. de Bruchard ****2nd Chasseur Regiment ****3rd Chasseur Regiment ****10th Chasseur Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Maubranches **** 2nd Dragoon Regiment **** 4th Dragoon Regiment ***3rd Brigade : Baron de Juniac **** 5th Dragoon Regiment **** 8th Dragoon Regiment **Reserve Artillery : Col. de Lajaille ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (12-pdr. guns) ****4 Horse Artillery batteries ****2nd Engineer Regiment (1 and 1/2 companies) *4th Corps (''4e corps'') : Gen. Paul de Ladmirault **1st Infantry Division : Gen.
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***1st Brigade : Gen. Count Brayer **** 1st Line Infantry Regiment ****6th Line Infantry ****20th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de Golberg ****
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**** 73rd Line Infantry Regiment ***1st Division Artillery : Lt. Col. de Narp ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****2nd Engineer Regiment (1 company) **2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Grenier ***1st Brigade : Gen. Bellecourt ****13th Line Infantry Regiment **** 43rd Line Infantry Regiment ****5th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Pradier ****64th Line Infantry Regiment ****98th Line Infantry Regiment ***2nd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. de Larminat ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****2nd Engineer Regiment (1 company) **3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Count Latrille de Lorencez ***1st Brigade : Gen. Pajol ****15th Line Infantry Regiment ****33rd Line Infantry Regiment ****2nd Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Berger **** 54th Line Infantry Regiment ****65th Line Infantry Regiment ***3rd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Legardeur ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****1 Mitrailleuse battery ****2nd Engineer Regiment (1 company) **Cavalry Division : Gen. Legrand ***1st Brigade : Gen. de Montaigu ****2nd Hussar Regiment **** 7th Hussar Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de Gondrecourt **** 3rd Dragoon Regiment ****11th Dragoon Regiment **Reserve Artillery : Col. de Solille ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (12-pdr. guns) ****4 Horse Artillery batteries ****2nd Engineer Regiment (1 company) *5th Corps (''5e corps'') : Gen. Pierre Louis Charles de Failly **1st Infantry Division : Gen. Goze ***1st Brigade : Gen. Grenier ****11th Line Infantry Regiment **** 46th Line Infantry Regiment ****4th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Nicolas ****61st Line Infantry Regiment ****86th Line Infantry Regiment ***1st Division Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****1 Mitrailleuse battery **2nd Infantry Division : Gen. de l'Abadie d'Aydroin ***1st Brigade : Gen. Lapasset ****49th Line Infantry Regiment ****
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****14th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de Maussion ****88th Line Infantry Regiment ****97th Line Infantry Regiment ***2nd Division Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****1 Mitrailleuse battery **3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Guyot de Lespart ***1st Brigade : Gen. Abbatucci ****17th Line Infantry Regiment ****27th Line Infantry Regiment ****19th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de Fontanges de Couzan ****30th Line Infantry Regiment ****68th Line Infantry Regiment ***3rd Division Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****1 Mitrailleuse battery **Cavalry Division : Gen. Brahaut ***1st Brigade : Gen. Pierre de Bernis ****5th Chasseur Regiment ****12th Chasseur Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de la Mortière ****3rd Lancer Regiment ****5th Lancer Regiment ***Cavalry Division Artillery ****1 Horse Artillery battery **Reserve Artillery : Col. de Salignac-Fénelon ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (4-pdr. guns) ****2 Foot Artilley batteries (12-pdr. guns) ****2 Horse Artillery batteries *6th Corps (''6e corps'') : Marshal François Certain Canrobert **1st Infantry Division : Gen. Tixier ***1st Brigade : Gen. Péchot ****4th Line Infantry Regiment ****10th Line Infantry Regiment ****9th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Le Roy de Dais ****12th Line Infantry Regiment ****100th Line Infantry Regiment ***1st Division Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****1 Mitrailleuse battery **2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Bisson ***1st Brigade : Gen. Noël ****9th Line Infantry Regiment ****14th Line Infantry Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Maurice ****20th Line Infantry Regiment ****30th Line Infantry Regiment ***2nd Division Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****1 Mitrailleuse battery **3rd Infantry Division : Gen. La Font de Villiers ***1st Brigade : Gen. Becquet de Sonnay ****75th Line Infantry Regiment ****91st Line Infantry Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Colin ****93rd Line Infantry Regiment ***3rd Division Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****1 Mitrailleuse battery **4th Infantry Division : Gen. Levassor-Sorval ***1st Brigade : Gen. Julius Richardson de Marguenat ****25th Line Infantry Regiment ****26th Line Infantry Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de Chanaleilles ****28th Line Infantry Regiment ****70th Line Infantry Regiment ***4th Division Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****1 Mitrailleuse battery **Cavalry Division : Gen. de Salignac-Fénelon ***1st Brigade : Gen. Tilliard ****1st Hussar Regiment ****6th Chasseur Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Savaresse ****1st Lancer Regiment ****7th Lancer Regiment ***3rd Brigade : Gen. de Béville ****5th Cuirassier Regiment **** 6th Cuirassier regiment ***Cavalry Division Artillery ****2 Horse Artillery batteries **Reserve Artillery : Col. de Montluisant ****2 4-pounder batteries ****2 12-pounder batteries ****4 Horse Artillery batteries *7th Corps (''7e corps'') : Gen. Félix Charles Douay **1st Infantry Division : Gen. Conseil-Dumesnil ***1st Brigade : Gen. Le Norman de Bretteville ****3rd Line Infantry Regiment ****21st Line Infantry Regiment ****17th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Maire ****47th Line Infantry Regiment **** 99th Line Infantry Regiment ***1st Division Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****1 Mitrailleuse batteries **2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Liébert ***1st Brigade : Gen. Guiomar ****5th Line Infantry Regiment ****37th Line Infantry Regiment ****6th Chasseur Battalion ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de la Bastide ****53rd Line Infantry Regiment ****89th Line Infantry Regiment ***2nd Division Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****1 Mitrailleuse battery **3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Dumont ***1st Brigade : Gen. Bordas ****52nd Line Infantry Regiment **** 72nd Line Infantry Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Bittard des Portes ****82nd Line Infantry Regiment ****83rd Line Infantry Regiment ***3rd Division Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****1 Mitrailleuse battery **Cavalry Division : Gen. Ameil ***1st Brigade : Gen. Cambriel **** 4th Hussar Regiment ****4th Lancer Regiment ****8th Lancer Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. Jolif du Coulombier ****6th Hussar Regiment **** 6th Dragoon Regiment ***Cavalry Division Artillery ****1 Horse Artillery battery **Reserve Artillery ****2 4-pounder batteries ****2 12-pounder batteries ****2 Horse Artillery batteries * Cavalry Reserve Corps (''Corps de réserve de cavalerie'') **1st Division : Gen. du Barrail ***1st Brigade : Gen.
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****1st Chasseurs d'Afrique ****3rd Chasseurs d'Afrique ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de Lajaille ****2nd Chasseurs d'Afrique ****4th Chasseurs d'Afrique ***1st Division Artillery ****2 Horse Artillery batteries **2nd Division : Gen. de Bonnemains ***1st Brigade : Gen. Girard **** 1st Cuirassier Regiment **** 2nd Cuirassier Regiment ***2nd Brigade (?) **** 3rd Cuirassier Regiment ****4th Cuirassier Regiment ***2nd Division Artillery ****2 Horse Artillery batteries **3rd Division : Gen. Marquis de Forton ***1st Brigade : Gen. Prince Joachim Murat ****1st Dragoon Regiment ****9th Dragoon Regiment ***2nd Brigade : Gen. de Grammont ****7th Cuirassier Regiment ****10th Cuirassier Regiment ***3rd Division Artillery ****2 Horse Artillery batteries *Artillery Reserve : Gen. Cann **13th Field-Artillery Regiment ***8 12-pounder batteries **18th Field-Artillery Regiment ***8 horse artillery batteries ***3 mountain batteries French Infantry divisions were
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s, with two infantry brigades of two infantry regiments each. Generally, one brigade per division also had a light infantry (
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) battalion. French cavalry divisions were also generally square, with two brigades of two regiments each, but the cavalry divisions of the Imperial Guard Corps, the 1st Corps, and the 6th Corps had three brigades. French Regimental Histories (source = French Wikipedia)


Germany

Order of battle on 1 August 1870: Commander in Chief: Wilhelm I (King of Prussia) Chief of the
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: General Helmuth von Moltke
Quarter-Master General: ''Generalleutnant'' Eugen Anton Theophil von Podbielski
Inspector-General of Artillery: ''General der Artillerie'' Gustav Eduard von Hindersin
Inspector-General of Engineers: ''Generalleutnant'' Franz von Kleist
Commissary-General: ''Generalleutnant'' Albrecht von Stosch
Staff Department Chiefs: ''Oberstleutnant'' Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff; ''Oberstleutnant''
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; ''Oberstleutnant'' Karl von Brandenstein


First Army

Commander: General
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(later General von Manteuffel) Chief of Staff: Generalmajor
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* VII Army Corps (''VII. Armeekorps'') (Westphalia) : ''General der Infanterie''
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** 13th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Adolf von Glümer ***25th Brigade: ''Generalmajor'' Leo Baron von der Osten-Sacken ****1st Westphalian Infantry Regiment, No. 13 ****Hanoverian Fusilier Regiment, No. 73 ***26th Brigade: ''Generalmajor'' Kuno Baron von der Goltz ****2nd Westphalian Infantry Regiment, No. 15 ****6th Westphalian Infantry Regiment, No. 55 ***Attached to Division ****7th Westphalian Jäger Battalion ****1st Westphalian Hussar Regiment, No. 8 ****Five batteries (two heavy, two light, and one horse-artillery) of the 7th Field-artillery Regiment ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 7th Corps, with entrenching tool-column ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 7th Corps ** 14th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Georg von Kameke ***27th Brigade : ''Generamajor'' Curt von François ****Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment, No. 39 **** 1st Hanoverian Infantry Regiment, No. 74 ***28th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Wilhelm von Woyna ****5th Westphalian Infantry Regiment, No. 53 **** 2nd Hanoverian Infantry Regiment, No. 77 ***Attached to Division ****Four batteries (two heavy and two light) of the 7th Westphalian field-artillery Regiment ****Hanoverian Hussar Regiment, No. 15 ****1st Field-pioneer Company, 7th Corps, with light bridging-train **Corps Artillery : ''Oberst'' Rudolf von Helden-Sarnowski ***Two Horse artillery, two light, and two heavy field-batteries of the 7th Field-artillery regiment ***Artillery Ammunition columns ***Infantry Ammunition columns ***Pontoon columns ***7th Westphalian Train Battalion * VIII Army Corps (''VIII. Armeekorps'') (Rhine Provinces) : ''General der Infanterie''
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** 15th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Ludwig von Weltzien ***29th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Karl Friedrich von Wedel **** East Prussian Fusilier Regiment, No. 33 ****7th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment, No. 60 ***30th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Otto von Strubberg ****2nd Rhine Province Infantry Regiment, No. 28 ****4th Magdeburg Infantry Regiment, No. 67 ***Attached to Division ****8th Rhine Province Jäger Battalion ****King's Hussar Regiment (1st Rhine), No. 7 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of 8th Field-Artillery Regiment ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 8th Corps, with entrenching tool-column ** 16th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Albert von Barnekow ***31st Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau ****3rd Rhine Province Infantry Regiment, No. 29 ****7th Rhine Province Infantry Regiment, No. 69 ***32nd Brigade : ''Oberst'' Rudolf von Rex ****Hohenzollern Fusilier Regiment, No. 40 ****4th Thüringian Infantry Regiment, No. 72 ***Attached to Division ****2nd Rhine Hussar Regiment, No. 9 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of 8th Field-artillery Regiment ****1st Field-pioneer Company, 8th Corps, with light bridging-train ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 8th Corps **Corps Artillery : ''Oberst'' Rudolf von Broecker ***Two batteries of horse-artillery, two heavy and two light field batteries of the 8th Field-artillery Regiment ***Artillery and Infantry ammunition columns and pontoon columns belonging to the 8th Field-artillery Regiment ***8th Rhenish Train Battalion *3rd Cavalry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Count Georg von der Gröben **6th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Richard von Mirus *** Rhine Provinces Cuirassier Regiment, No. 8 ***Rhine Provinces Uhlan Regiment, No. 7 **7th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Siegmar Count zu Dohna-Schlobitten ***Westphalian Uhlan Regiment, No. 5 ***2nd Hanoverian Uhlan Regiment, No. 14 **One battery of horse-artillery of the 7th Westphalian Field-artillery Regiment * I Army Corps (''I. Armeekorps'') (East Prussia) : ''General der Kavallerie''
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** 1st Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Georg Ferdinand von Bentheim ***1st Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Wilhelm von Gayl **** Crown Prince's Grenadier Regiment (1st East Prussian), No. 1 ****5th East Prussian Infantry Regiment, No. 41 ***2nd Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Louis von Falkenstein ****2nd East Prussian Grenadier Regiment, No. 3 ****6th East Prussian Infantry Regiment, No. 43 ***Attached to Division ****East Prussian Jäger Battalion, No. 1 ****Lithuanian Dragoon Regiment, No. 1 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of 1st East Prussian Field-artillery Regiment ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 1st Corps, with entrenching tool-column ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 1st Corps ** 2nd Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Gustav von Pritzelwitz ***3rd Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Albert von Memerty ****3rd East Prussian Grenadier Regiment, No. 4 ****7th East Prussian Infantry Regiment, No. 44 ***4th Brigade : ''Generamajor'' Karl von Zglinitzki ****4th East Prussian Grenadier Regiment, No. 5 ****8th East Prussian Infantry Regiment, No. 45 ***Attached to Division ****East Prussian Dragoon Regiment, No. 10 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of 1st, East Prussian, Field-artillery Regiment ****1st Field-pioneer Company, 1st Corps, with light bridging-train **Corps-Artillery : ''Oberst'' Maximilian Jungé ***Two horse artillery batteries, two light field batteries, two heavy field batteries of 1st (East Prussian) Field-artillery Regiment ***Artillery and Infantry ammunition, and pontoon columns belonging to 1st Field-artillery Regiment ***The 1st East Prussian Train Battalion *1st Cavalry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Julius von Hartmann **1st Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Hermann von Lüderitz *** 2nd (Pomeranian) Cuirassiers “Queen”, No. 2 ***1st Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment, No. 4 ***2nd Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment, No. 9 **2nd Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' August von Baumgarth *** East Prussian Cuirassier Regiment, No. 3 ***East Prussian Uhlan Regiment, No. 8 ***Lithuanian Uhlan Regiment, No. 12 **One battery of horse-artillery of the 1st, East Prussian, Field-artillery regiment


Second Army

Commander: ''General der Kavallerie''
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Chief of Staff: Oberst Gustav von Stiehle * Guards Corps (''Gardekorps'') : ''General der Kavallerie''
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** 1st Guards Infantry Division *** 1st Guards Infantry Brigade ****
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**** Guards Fusiliers *** 2nd Guards Infantry Brigade **** 2nd Foot Guards **** 4th Foot Guards ***Divisional Troops ****Guards Jäger Battalion ****
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****1st Foot Battalion, Guards Artillery ** 2nd Guards Infantry Division *** 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade **** 1st Guards Grenadiers **** 3rd Guards Grenadiers *** 4th Guards Infantry Brigade **** 2nd Guards Grenadiers **** 4th Guards Grenadiers ***Divisional Troops **** Guards Rifles Battalion ****
2nd Guards Uhlans The 2nd Guards Uhlan Regiment (german: Königlich Preußisches 2. Garde-Ulanen Regiment) was a cavalry regiment of the Prussian Army formed in 1819 in Potsdam, Prussia, and served as a Guards regiment garrisoned in Berlin. Regiment history By orde ...
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1st Guards Cavalry Brigade First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
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Gardes du Corps A ''Garde du Corps'' (French for lifeguard) is a military unit, formed of guards. A '' Garde du Corps'' was first established in France in 1445. From the 17th century onwards, the term was used in several German states and also, for example, in t ...
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Guards Cuirassiers The Guards Cuirassiers (german: Garde-Kürassier-Regiment) were a heavy cavalry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army. Formed in 1815 as an Uhlans regiment, it was reorganized as a cuirassiers unit in 1821. The regiment was part of the Guards Cava ...
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1st Guards Uhlans Established in 1819 as Garde-Landwehr Kavallerie Regiment, they were a light cavalry regiment of Uhlans of the Royal Prussian Army. The regiment was later reorganised as heavy cavalry Uhlans and renamed into 1. Garde Ulanen Regiment (1826) and fo ...
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3rd Guards Uhlans Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * Hig ...
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3rd Guards Cavalry Brigade Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * Hi ...
**** 1st Guards Dragoons **** 2nd Guards Dragoons **Corps Artillery ***2nd Foot Battalion, Guards Artillery ***Horse Artillery Battalion, Guards Artillery ***Guards Train Battalion ***Guards Engineer Battalion * III Army Corps (''III. Armeekorps'') (Brandenburg) : ''Generalleutnant''
Constantin von Alvensleben Reimar Constantin von Alvensleben (26 August 1809 – 28 March 1892) was a Prussian (and later Imperial German) general. Born at Eichenbarleben in the Province of Saxony, Alvensleben entered the Prussian Guards from the cadet corps in 1827. ...
** 5th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Ferdinand von Stülpnagel ***9th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Wilhelm von Doering ****Leib-Grenadier Regiment (1st Brandenburg), No. 8 ****5th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment, No. 48 ***10th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Kurt von Schwerin ****2nd Brandenburg Grenadier Regiment, No. 12 ****6th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment, No. 52 ***Attached to Division ****Brandenburg Jäger Battalion, No. 3 ****2nd Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment, No. 12 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of the Brandenburg Field-artillery Regiment, No. 3 ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 3rd Corps **
6th Infantry Division 6th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions *6th Division (Australia) * 6th Division (Austria) * 6th (United Kingdom) Division * Finnish 6th Division (Winter War) *Finnish 6th Division (Continuation War) * 6th Division (Reichswehr) *6th Divisio ...
: ''Generalleutnant'' Gustav Freiherr von Buddenbrock ***11th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Louis von Rothmaler ****3rd Brandenburg Infantry Regiment, No. 20 ****Brandenburg Fusilier Regiment, No. 35 ***12th Brigade : ''Oberst '' Hugo von Bismarck ****4th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment, No. 24 ****8th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment, No. 64 ***Attached to Division ****1st Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment, No. 2 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of the Brandenburg Field-artillery Regiment, No. 3 ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 3rd Corps, with entrenching tool-column **Corps-Artillery: ''Oberst'' Julius von Dresky und Merzdorf ***Two horse artillery batteries, two light field batteries, two heavy field batteries of the Brandenburg Field-artillery Regiment, No. 3 ***1st Field-pioneer Company, 3rd Corps, with light bridging-train ***Artillery ammunition, Infantry ammunition, and pontoon columns of the Brandenburg Field-artillery Regiment, No. 3 ***Brandenburg Train Battalion * IV Army Corps (''IV. Armeekorps'') (Saxon provinces and Anhalt) : ''General der Infanterie'' Gustav von Alvensleben ** 7th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Julius von Groß genannt von Schwarzhoff ***13th Brigade : ''Generalmajor''
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****1st Magdeburg Infantry Regiment, No. 26 ****3rd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment, No. 66 ***14th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Franz von Zychlinski ****2nd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment, No. 27 ****Anhalt Infantry Regiment, No. 93 ***Attached to Division ****Magdeburg Jäger Battalion, No. 4 ****Westphalian Dragoon Regiment, No. 7 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of the Magdeburg Field-artillery Regiment ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 4th Corps, with entrenching tool-column ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 4th Corps ** 8th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Alexander von Schoeler ***15th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Friedrich von Kessler ****1st Thüringian Infantry Regiment, No. 31 ****3rd Thüringian Infantry Regiment, No. 71 ***16th Brigade : ''Oberst'' Karl von Scheffler ****Schleswig-Holstein Fusilier Regiment, No. 86 ****7th Thüringian Infantry Regiment, No. 96 ***Attached to Division ****Thüringian Hussar Regiment, No. 12 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of the Magdeburg Field-artillery Regiment, No. 4 ****1st Field-pioneer Company, 4th Corps, with light bridge-train **Corps-Artillery : ''Oberst'' Albert Crusius ***Two horse artillery batteries, two light field batteries, two heavy field batteries of the Magdeburg Field-artillery Regiment, No. 4 ***Artillery ammunition, infantry ammunition, and pontoon columns belonging to Magdeburg Field-artillery Regiment, No. 4 ***Magdeburg Train Battalion, No. 4 * IX Army Corps (''IX. Armeekorps'') (Schleswig-Holstein and Hesse) : ''General der Infanterie''
Albrecht Gustav von Manstein Albert Ehrenreich Gustav von Manstein (24 August 1805 in Willkischken – 11 May 1877 in Flensburg) was a Prussian general who served during the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. He was the adoptive grandfather of Erich von Manst ...
** 18th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Karl von Wrangel ***35th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Heinrich von Blumenthal ****Magdeburg Fusilier Regiment, No. 36 ****Schleswig Infantry Regiment, No. 84 ***36th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Ferdinand von Below ****2nd Silesian Grenadier Regiment, No. 11 ****Holstein Infantry Regiment, No. 85 ***Attached to Division ****Lauenburg Jäger Battalion, No. 9 ****Magdeburg Dragoon Regiment, No. 6 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of Schleswig-Holstein Field-artillery Regiment, No. 9 ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 9th Corps, with entrenching tool-column ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 9th Corps ** Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Prince Louis of Hesse ***49th Brigade : ''Generalmajor''
Ludwig von Wittich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Wittich was a Prussian lieutenant general and a member of the Reichstag. Biography He was the son of the later Prussian Major General Karl August von Wittich (1772–1831) and his wife Christiane Johanna Friederike ...
****1st Infantry Regiment (Body Guard) ****2nd Infantry Regiment (Grand Duke's) ****1st (Guard) Jäger Battalion ***50th Brigade : ''Oberst'' Ludwig von Lyncker ****3rd Infantry Regiment ****4th Infantry Regiment ****2nd Jäger Battalion ***(25th) Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Ludwig Baron von Schlotheim ****1st Reiter Regiment (Guard Cheveauxlegers) ****2nd Reiter Regiment (Leib Chevauxlegers) ****One battery of horse-artillery, five field-batteries (two heavy, three light) ****Pioneer company with light field bridge-train **Corps-Artillery : ''Oberst'' Hans Karl Wilhelm von Jagemann ***One horse artillery battery, two light field batteries, two heavy field batteries of the Schleswig-Holstein Field-artillery Regiment, No. 9 * X Army Corps (''X. Armeekorps'') (Hanover, Oldenburg and Brunswick) : ''General der Infanterie''
Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz (16 July 1809 – 14 April 1877) was a Prussian general who served in the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. Biography Voights-Rhetz was borned in Seesen in the Duchy of Brunswick, then part o ...
** 19th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Emil von Schwartzkoppen ***37th Brigade : ''Oberst'' Peter von Lehmann ****East Frisian Infantry Regiment, No. 78 ****Oldenburg Infantry Regiment, No. 91 ***38th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Georg von Wedell ****3rd Westphalian Infantry Regiment, No. 16 ****8th Westphalian Infantry Regiment, No. 57 ***Attached to Division ****1st Hanoverian Dragoon Regiment, No. 9 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of Hanoverian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 10 ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 10th Corps, with entrenching tool-column ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 10th Corps ** 20th Infantry Division : ''Generalmajor'' Alexander von Kraatz-Koschlau ***39th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Emil von Woyna ****7th Westphalian Infantry Regiment, No. 56 ****3rd Hanoverian Infantry Regiment, No. 79 ***40th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Karl von Diringshofen ****4th Westphalian Infantry Regiment, No. 17 ****Brunswick Infantry Regiment, No. 92 ***Attached to Division ****Hanoverian Jäger Battalion, No. 10 ****2nd Hanoverian Dragoon Regiment, No. 16 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of Hanoverian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 10 ****1st Field-pioneer Company, 10th Corps, with light bridge-train **Corps Artillery : ''Oberst'' Moritz Baron von der Goltz ***Two horse artillery batteries, two light field batteries, two heavy field batteries of Hanoverian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 10 ***Artillery and Infantry ammunition columns belonging to Hanoverian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 10 ***Hanoverian Train Battalion, No. 10 * XII. (Royal Saxon) Army Corps (''XII. (Kgl. Sächs.) Armeekorps'') : Crown Prince
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** 23rd (Royal Saxon) Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' H.R.H. Prince George of Saxony, afterwards ''Generalmajor'' von Montbé ***1st Brigade, No. 45 : ''Generalmajor'' Ernst von Craushaar ****1st (Leib) Grenadier Regiment, No. 100 ****2nd (King William of Prussia) Grenadier Regiment, No. 101 ****Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment, No. 108 ***2nd Brigade, No. 46 : ''Oberst'' Alban von Montbé ****3rd Infantry Regiment (Crown Prince's), No. 102 ****4th Infantry Regiment No. 103 ***Attached to Division ****1st Reiter Regiment (Crown Prince's) ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of 12th Field-artillery Regiment ****2nd Company of 12th Pioneer Battalion with entrenching tool-column ****4th Company of 12th Pioneer Battalion ** 24th (Royal Saxon) Infantry Division : ''Generalmajor'' Gustav Erwin Nehrhoff von Holderberg ***3rd Brigade, No. 47: ''Generalmajor'' August Emil Tauscher ****5th Infantry Regiment (Prince Frederic August's), No. 104 ****6th Infantry Regiment, No. 105 ****1st Jäger Battalion (Crown Prince's), No. 12 ***4th Brigade, No. 48 : ''Oberst'' Julius von Schulz ****7th Infantry Regiment (Prince George's), No. 106 ****8th Infantry Regiment, No. 107 ****2nd Jäger Battalion, No. 13 ***Attached to Division ****2nd Reiter Regiment ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of 12th Field-artillery Regiment ****3rd company of 12th Pioneer Battalion with light bridge-train **12th Cavalry Division : ''Generalmajor'' Franz Count of Lippe ***1st Cavalry Brigade, No. 23 : ''Generalmajor'' Karl Krug von Nidda ****Guard Reiter Regiment ****1st Uhlan Regiment, No. 17 ***2nd Cavalry Brigade, No. 24 : ''Generalmajor'' Hugo Senfft von Pilsach ****3rd Reiter Regiment ****2nd Uhlan Regiment, No. 18 ***Attached to Division ****One battery of horse-artillery of 12th Field-artillery Regiment **Corps Artillery : ''Oberst'' Bernhard Oskar von Funcke ***One horse artillery battery, three light field batteries, three heavy field batteries of the 12th Field Artillery Regiment ***Artillery and Infantry ammunition, and pontoon columns of the 12th Field-artillery Regiment ***12th Train Battalion *5th Cavalry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Albert Baron von Rheinbaben **11th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Adalbert von Barby *** Westphalian Cuirassier Regiment, No. 4 ***1st Hanoverian Uhlan Regiment, No. 13 ***Oldenburg Dragoon Regiment, No. 19 **12th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Adalbert von Bredow *** Magdeburg Cuirassier Regiment, No. 7 ***Altmark Uhlan Regiment, No. 16 ***Schleswig-Holstein Dragoon Regiment, No. 13 **13th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Hermann von Redern *** Magdeburg Hussar Regiment, No. 10 *** 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment, No. 11 ***Brunswick Hussar Regiment, No. 17 **Attached to Division ***Two batteries horse-artillery *6th Cavalry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' H.S.H. Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin **14th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Otto Baron von Diepenbroick-Grüter *** Brandenburg Cuirassier Regiment, No. 6 (Emperor Nicholas I. of Russia) ***1st Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment, No. 3 (Emperor of Russia) ***Schleswig-Holstein Uhlan Regiment, No. 15 **15th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Gustav Waldemar von Rauch *** 3rd Hussars “von Zieten” *** 16th Hussars **Attached to Division ***One battery of horse-artillery * II Army Corps (''II. Armeekorps'') (Pomerania) : ''General der Infanterie'' Eduard von Fransecky ** 3rd Infantry Division : ''Generalmajor'' Ernst von Hartmann ***5th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Heinrich von Koblinski ****Grenadier Regiment King Frederic William IV. (1st Pomeranian), No. 2 ****5th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment, No. 42 ***6th Brigade : ''Oberst'' Eberhard von der Decken ****3rd Pomeranian Infantry Regiment, No. 14 ****7th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment, No. 54 ***Attached to Division ****Pomeranian Jäger Battalion, No. 2 ****Neumark Dragoon Regiment, No. 3 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of the 2nd Pomeranian Field-artillery Regiment ****1st Field-pioneer Company, 2nd Corps, with light bridge-train ** 4th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Hann von Weyhern ***7th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Albert von Trossel ****Colberg Grenadier Regiment (2nd Pomeranian), No. 9 ****6th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment, No. 49 ***8th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Karl von Kettler ****4th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment, No. 21 ****8th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment, No. 61 ***Attached to Division ****Pomeranian Dragoon Regiment, No. 11 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of Pomeranian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 2 ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 2nd Corps, with entrenching tool-column ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 2nd Corps **Corps Artillery : ''Oberst'' Wilhelm Petzel ***Two horse artillery batteries, two light field batteries, two heavy field batteries of the Pomeranian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 2 ***Artillery and infantry ammunition and pontoon columns of Pomeranian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 2 ***Pomeranian Train Battalion, No. 2


Third Army

Commander: Crown Prince of Prussia Chief of Staff: ''Generalleutnant''
Leonhard von Blumenthal Karl Konstantin Albrecht Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (30 July 1810 – 21 December 1900) was an officer of the Prussian Army and field marshal of the Imperial German Army, chiefly remembered for his decisive intervention at the Battle of Königg ...
* V Army Corps (''V. Armeekorps'') (Posen and Liegnitz) : ''Generalleutnant''
Hugo von Kirchbach Hugo Ewald Graf von Kirchbach (23 May 1809 – 26 October 1887) was a Prussian general who commanded the Prussian V Corps during the Franco-Prussian War. Biography He was born in 1809 at Neumarkt in Silesia, to the Saxon noble family of Ki ...
** 9th Infantry Division : ''Generalmajor'' Karl Gustav von Sandrart ***17th Brigade : ''Oberst'' Alfred von Bothmer ****3rd Posen Infantry Regiment, No. 58 ****4th Posen Infantry Regiment, No. 59 ***18th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' William von Voigts-Rhetz ****King's Grenadier Regiment (2nd West Prussian), No. 7 ****2nd Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment, No. 47 ***Attached to Division: ****1st Silesian Jäger Battalion, No. 5 ****1st Silesian Dragoon Regiment, No 4 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of the Lower Silesian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 5 ****1st Field-pioneer Company, 5th Corps, with light bridge-train ** 10th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Christoph von Schmidt ***19th Brigade : ''Oberst'' Otto von Henning auf Schönhoff ****1st West Prussian Grenadier Regiment, No. 6 ****1st Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment, No. 46 ***20th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Rudolf Walther von Montbary ****Westphalian Fusilier Regiment, No. 37 ****3rd Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment, No. 50 ***Attached to Division: ****Kurmark Dragoon Regiment, No. 14 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of Field-artillery Regiment, No. 5 ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 5th Corps, with entrenching tool-column ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 5th Corps **Corps-Artillery : ''Oberstleutnant'' Gustav Köhler ***Two horse artillery batteries, two light field batteries, two heavy field batteries of the Lower Silesian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 5 ***Artillery and infantry ammunition, and pontoon columns of Field-artillery Regiment, No. 5 ***Lower Silesian Train Battalion, No. 5 * XI Army Corps (''XI. Armeekorps'') (Hesse, Nassau, Saxe-Weimar etc.) : ''Generalleutnant'' Julius von Bose ** 21st Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Hans von Schachtmeyer ***41st Brigade : ''Oberst'' Hermann von Koblinski ****Hessian Fusilier Regiment, No. 80 ****1st Nassau Infantry Regiment, No. 87 ***42nd Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Hugo von Thiele ****2nd Hessian Infantry Regiment, No. 82 ****2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment, No. 88 ***Attached to Division: ****Hessian Jäger Battalion, No. 11 ****2nd Hessian Hussar Regiment, No. 14 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of Hessian Field-artillery Regiment No. 11 ****1st Field-pioneer Company, 11th Corps, with light bridge-train ** 22nd Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Hermann von Gersdorff ***43rd Brigade : ''Oberst'' Hermann von Kontzki ****2nd Thüringian Infantry Regiment, No. 32 ****6th Thüringian Infantry Regiment, No. 95 ***44th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Bernhard von Schkopp ****3rd Hessian Infantry Regiment, No. 83 ****5th Thüringian Infantry Regiment, No. 94 ***Attached to Division: ****1st Hessian Hussar Regiment, No. 13 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of Hessian Field-artillery Regiment ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 11th Corps, with entrenching tool-column ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 11th Corps **Corps-Artillery : ''Oberst'' Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski ***Two horse artillery batteries, two light field batteries, two heavy field batteries of Hessian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 11 ***Artillery and Infantry ammunition, and pontoon columns of 11th Field-artillery Regiment ***Hessian Train Battalion, No. 11 *
I Royal Bavarian Corps The I Royal Bavarian Army Corps / I Bavarian AK (german: I. Königlich Bayerisches Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the German Army, before and during World War I. As part of the 1868 army reform, the I ...
(''Kgl. Bayer. I. Korps'') : ''General der Infanterie'' Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann ** 1st Royal Bavarian Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Baptist von Stephan ***1st Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Karl Dietl **** Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment ****Two battalions of 1st Infantry Regiment (King's) ****2nd Jäger Battalion ***2nd Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Karl von Orff ****2nd Infantry Regiment (Crown Prince's) ****Two battalions of 11th Infantry Regiment (v. d. Tann) ****4th Jäger Battalion ***Attached to Division: ****9th Jäger Battalion ****3rd Chevauxlegers Regiment (Duke Maximilian's) ****Two 4-pounder and two 6-pounder batteries **
2nd Royal Bavarian Division The 2nd Royal Bavarian Division was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army which served alongside the Prussian Army as part of the Imperial German Army. The division was formed on November 27, 1815, as the Infantry Division of the Munich General Comman ...
: ''Generalleutnant'' Karl Count Pappenheim ***3rd Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Ignaz Schumacher ****3rd Infantry Regiment (Prince Charles of Bavaria) ****Two battalions of 12th Infantry Regiment (Queen Amalie of Greece) ****1st Jäger Battalion ***4th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Rudolph Baron von der Tann-Rathsamhausen ****10th Infantry Regiment (Prince Louis) ****Two battalions of 13th Infantry Regiment (Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria) ****7th Jäger Battalion ***Attached to Division: **** 4th Chevauxlegers Regiment (King's) ****Two 4-pounder and two 6-pounder batteries **Cuirassier Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Johann Baptist von Tausch *** 1st Cuirassier Regiment (Prince Charles of Bavaria) *** 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (Prince Adalbert) ***6th Chevauxlegers Regiment (Grand Duke Constantine Nicolajusitch) ***One battery of horse-artillery **Brigade of Reserve-Artillery : ''Oberst'' Heinrich Bronzetti ***1st Division. Two 6-pounder, one 4-pounder battery ***2nd Division. Two 6-pounder batteries ***3rd Division. Two 6-pounder batteries ***1st Field-Engineer Division *
II Royal Bavarian Corps The II Royal Bavarian Army Corps / II Bavarian AK (german: II. Königlich Bayerisches Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the German Army, before and during World War I. As part of the 1868 army reform, ...
(''Kgl. Bayer. II. Korps'') : ''General der Infanterie''
Jakob von Hartmann Jakob Freiherr von Hartmann (4 February 1795 – 23 February 1873) was a Bavarian general who served in the Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War. Early life and French service Hartmann was born the son of Georg Hartmann and Barbara Geithe ...
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3rd Royal Bavarian Division The 3rd Royal Bavarian Division was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army which served alongside the Prussian Army as part of the Imperial German Army. The division was formed on November 27, 1815, as an Infantry Division of the Würzburg General Comm ...
: ''Generalleutnant'' Friedrich Wilhelm Walther von Walderstötten ***5th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Wilhelm von Schleich ****6th Infantry Regiment (King William of Prussia) ****Two battalions of 7th Infantry Regiment (Hohenhausen) ****8th Jäger Battalion ***6th Brigade : ''Oberst'' Börries von Wissell ****Two battalions of 14th Infantry Regiment (Hartmann) ****15th Infantry Regiment (King John of Saxony) ****3rd Jäger Battalion ***Attached to Division: **** 1st Chevauxlegers Regiment (Emperor Alexander of Russia) ****Two 4-pounder and two 6-pounder batteries **
4th Royal Bavarian Division The 4th Royal Bavarian Division was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army which served alongside the Prussian Army as part of the Imperial German Army. The division was formed on November 27, 1815, as an Infantry Division of the Würzburg General Comm ...
: ''Generallleutnant'' Friedrich Count von Bothmer ***7th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Heinrich Ritter von Thiereck ****Two battalions of 5th Infantry Regiments (Grand Duke of Hesse) ****9th Infantry Regiment (Werde) ****6th Jäger Battalion ***8th Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Joseph Maillinger ****3rd battalion of 1st Infantry Regiment ****3rd battalion of 5th Infantry Regiment ****1st battalion of 7th Infantry Regiment ****3rd battalion of 11th Infantry Regiment ****3rd battalion of 14th Infantry Regiment ****5th Jäger Battalion ***Attached to Division: ****10th Jäger Battalion **** 2nd Chevauxlegers Regiment ****Two 4-pounder and two 6-pounder batteries ***Uhlan Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Wilhelm Baron von Mulzer **** 1st Uhlan Regiment (Archduke Nicholas of Russia) **** 2nd Uhlan Regiment (King's) ****5th Chevauxlegers Regiment (Prince Otto's) ****One battery of horse-artillery **Brigade of Reserve Artillery : ''Oberst'' Johann von Pillement ***1st Division: One 4-pounder horse-artillery battery, two 6-pounder field batteries ***2nd Division: Two 6-pounder field batteries ***3rd Division: Two 6-pounder field batteries ***2nd Field-Engineer Division *Combined Württemberg-Baden Corps (''Kombiniertes Württembergisch-Badisches Korps'') **Württemberg Field Division : ''Generallleutnant'' Hugo von Obernitz ***1st Infantry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Karl Bernhard von Reitzenstein ****1st Infantry Regiment (Queen Olga) (two battalions) ****7th Infantry Regiment (two battalions) ****2nd Jäger Battalion ***2nd Infantry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Adolf von Starkloff ****2nd Infantry Regiment (two battalions) ****5th Infantry Regiment (King Charles's battalion) ****3rd Jäger Battalion ***3rd Infantry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Adolf Baron von Hügel ****3rd Infantry Regiment (two battalions) ****8th Infantry Regiment (two battalions) ****1st Jäger Rattalion ***Cavalry Division (''Reiter-Division'') : ''Generalmajor'' Friedrich Count von Scheler ****1st Reiter Regiment (King Charles) (four squadrons) ****2nd Reiter Regiment (King William) (two squadrons) ****4th Reiter Regiment (Queen Olga) (four squadrons) ***1st Field-artillery Division: ****Two 4-pounder and one 6-pounder batteries ***2nd Field-artillery Division ****Two 4-pounder and one 6-pounder batteries ***3rd Field-artillery Division ****Two 4-pounder and one 6-pounder batteries **Baden Field Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Gustav von Beyer ***1st Infantry Brigade : ''Generalleutnant'' Karl du Jarrys von La Roche ****1st Leib Grenadier Regiment ****Fusilier battalion of 4th Infantry Regiment ****2nd Grenadier Regiment (King of Prussia) ***Combined (3rd) Infantry Brigade : ''Generalmajor''
Adolf Keller Adolf Keller (February 1872 – 10 February 1963) was a Swiss Protestant theologian, professor and Secretary-General of the European Central Office for Ecclesiastical Aid. Born in Rüdlingen, the son of Johann Georg Keller and ...
****3rd Infantry Regiment ****5th Infantry Regiment ***Attached to Division: ****3rd Dragoon Regiment (Prince Charles) ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) ****Company of pontooners with light bridge-train and entrenching tool-column ***Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Udo Baron von La Roche-Starkenfels ****1st Leib Dragoon Regiment ****2nd Dragoon Regiment (Margrave Maximilian) ****One battery of horse-artillery **Corps-Artillery ***Two heavy and two light field batteries *4th Cavalry Division : ''General der Kavallerie'' H.R.H. Prince Albert of Prussia **8th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Hiob von Hontheim *** West Prussian Cuirassier Regiment, No. 5 ***Posen Uhlan Regiment, No. 10 **9th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Otto von Bernhardi ***West Prussian Uhlan Regiment, No. 1 ***Thüringian Uhlan Regiment, No. 6 **10th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Rudolf von Krosigk ***2nd Leib Hussar Regiment, No. 2 ***Rhine Province Dragoon Regiment, No. 5 **Two batteries of horse-artillery * VI Army Corps (''VI. Armeekorps'') (Silesia) : ''General der Kavallerie''
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** 11th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Helmuth von Gordon ***21st Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Wilhelm von Malachowski und Griffa ****1st Silesian Grenadier Regiment, No. 10 ****1st Posen Infantry Regiment, No. 18 ***22nd Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Alexander von Eckartsberg ****Silesian Fusilier Regiment, No. 38 ****4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment, No. 51 ***Attached to Division: ****2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion, No. 6 ****2nd Silesian Dragoon Regiment, No. 8 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of the Silesian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 6 ****3rd Field-pioneer Company, 6th Corps ** 12th Infantry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Otto von Hoffmann ***23rd Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' William Hounsell von Gündell ****1st Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment, No. 22 ****3rd Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment, No. 62 ***24th Brigade: ''Generalmajor'' Hermann von Fabeck ****2nd Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment, No. 23 ****4th Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment, No. 63 ***Attached to Division: ****3rd Silesian Dragoon Regiment, No. 15 ****Four batteries (two heavy, two light) of the Silesian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 6 ****1st Field-pioneer Company, 6th Corps, with light bridge-train ****2nd Field-pioneer Company, 6th Corps, with entrenching tool-column **Corps-Artillery: ''Oberst''
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***Two horse artillery batteries, two light field batteries, two heavy field batteries of the Silesian Field-artillery Regiment, No. 6 ***Artillery and Infantry ammunition, and pontoon columns of Silesian Field-artillery Regiment ***Silesian Train Battalion, No. 6 *2nd Cavalry Division : ''Generalleutnant'' Wilhelm Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode **3rd Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Enno von Colomb *** Silesian Leib Cuirassier Regiment, No. 1 ***Silesian Uhlan Regiment, No. 2 **4th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Gustav Baron von Barnekow ***1st Leib Hussar Regiment, No. 1 ***Pomeranian Hussar Regiment (Blucher's Hussars), No. 5 **5th Cavalry Brigade : ''Generalmajor'' Friedrich von Baumbach ***1st Silesian Hussar Regiment, No. 4 ***2nd Silesian Hussar Regiment, No. 6 **Two batteries of horse-artillery


Reserve

*General Command over mobile troops in the I, II, IX, and X Corps Areas ** 17th Infantry Division **Guard Landwehr Infantry Division ***1st Guard Landwehr Brigade ****1st Guard Landwehr Regiment ****2nd Guard Landwehr Regiment ***2nd Guard Landwehr Brigade ****1st Guard Grenadier Landwehr Regiment ****2nd Guard Grenadier Landwehr Regiment **1st Landwehr Division ***1st Pomeranian Landwehr Brigade ****1st Combined Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment ****2nd Combined Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment ***2nd Pomeranian Landwehr Brigade ****3rd Combined Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment ****4th Combined Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment **2nd (Brandenburg) Landwehr Division ***1st Brandenburg Landwehr Brigade ****1st Combined Brandenburg Landwehr Regiment ****2nd Combined Brandenburg Landwehr Regiment ***2nd Brandenburg Landwehr Brigade ****3rd Combined Brandenburg Landwehr Regiment ****4th Combined Brandenburg Landwehr Regiment **3rd Combined Landwehr Division ***West Prussian Landwehr Brigade ****West Prussian Combined Landwehr Regiment ****Lower Silesian Combined Landwehr Regiment ***Posen Landwehr Brigade ****1st Combined Posen Landwehr Regiment ****2nd Combined Posen Landwehr Regiment *16 Landwehr Cavalry Regiments *Reserve Foot Battalions of the Guard and 11 Line Artillery Regiments


Belgium

Though not a belligerent in the conflict, the Belgian army was mobilized and placed on readiness at the country's borders in fear of a preemptive attack by either party through the neutral territory during the Franco-Prussian War. (See Belgium and the Franco-Prussian War). Commander-in-Chief: King Leopold II Chief of Staff: Lieutenant General Bruno Renard Minister of War: Major General Henri Guillaume


Army of Observation

The Army of Observation (''Armée d'Observation'') numbered approximately 55,000 men. Its role was to defend the country's borders. Commander: Lieutenant-General Baron Félix Chazal Chief of Staff: Colonel Monoyer *1st Army Corps (''Ier corps d'armée'') **Commanded by Lieutenant-General Sapin *2nd Army Corps (''IIe corps d'armée'') **Commanded by
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*Artillery *Reserve Cavalry *Auxiliary units (Railway, logistics, telegraphic etc.)


Army of Antwerp

The Army of
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(''Armée d'Anvers''), based in the "National Redoubt" fortress in Antwerp, numbered approximately 15,000. It was a defensive force, designed to hold the city of Antwerp alone. Approximately 8,000 additional men served as guards at other fortresses around the country, including
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. Commander: Lieutenant-General Alexis-Michel Eenens Chief of Staff: Colonel
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Sources

* A. Niemann, ''Der französische Feldzug 1870-1871'' (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Hildburghausen, 1871). * {{cite web , url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/36209/36209-h/36209-h.htm , title=The Franco-German War of 1870-71 , last1=Moltke , first1=Helmuth von , date= , website= , publisher=Project Gutenberg , accessdate=2014-09-18 * Orders of battle