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French Army Locations
Topic Started: May 23 2006, 11:59 PM (1,266 Views)
PostmanPat
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Order of Battle

Paris Garrison

Commander of the Army: - Jacques Gervais, Baron Subervie

Location of the Army: - Paris, France


Size of the Garrison: - 28,800 Men

Paris Corps

59th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
60th Naval Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
61st Naval Infantry Division - 9,600 Men

Attached Units - Paris Garrison

- 4ième Régiment (Foot) - 160 Guns, 2000 Men


Army of the Rhineland

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Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier, Commander of the Army of the Rhineland

Commander of the Army: - Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier

Location of the Army: - Worms, Hessen

Size of the Army: - 201,400 Men


X Corps

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Henri, Duc d'Aumale, Commander of X Corps

Commander of the Army: - Henri, Duc d'Aumale, Prince du Sang

Size of the Corps: - 40,800 Men

30th Light Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
35th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
39th Division "French Foreign Legion" - 9,600 Men
11th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men
17th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - X Corps

- 12ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men

XIII Corps

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Major-General Patrice MacMahon, Commander of XIII Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Patrice MacMahon

Size of the Corps: - 69,600 Men

3rd Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
29th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
31st Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
36th Light Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
37th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
40th Light Infantry Division: - 9,600 Men
16th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men
17th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - XIII Corps

- 11ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men

XIV Corps

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Major-General Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud, Commander of XIV Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud, Marshal of France

Size of the Corps: - 44,400 Men

41st Light Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
42nd Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
43rd Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
45th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
15th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - XIV Corps

- 13ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men

Royal Guard Corps

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Louis Charles, Duc de Nemours, Commander of the Royal Guard Corps

Commander of the Army: - Louis Charles, Duc de Nemours

Size of the Corps: - 40,800 Men

"Grenadier Division" 1st Royal Guards Division: - 9,600 Men
"Chasseur Division" 2nd Royal Guards Division: - 9,600 Men
"Zouave Division" 3rd Royal Guards Division: - 9,600 Men
"Heavy Cavalry Division" 1st Royal Guards Cavalry Division: - 6,000 Men
"Light Cavalry Division" 2nd Royal Guards Cavalry Division: - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - Royal Guard Corps

- Régiment de la Garde de Pied (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men
- Régiment de l'Artillerie de Chevaux (Horse): - 36 Guns, 600 Men


Army of Flanders

Commander of the Army: - Bernard Pierre Magnan, Marshal of France

Location of the Army: - Bergheim, Rhineland

Size of the Army: - 180,000 Men


I Corps

Commander of the Corps: - General Amédée Louis Despans-Cubières

Size of the Corps: - 34,800 Men

1st Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
2nd Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
4th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
1st Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - I Corps

- 1ière Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men

II Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant

Size of the Corps: - 54,000 Men

5th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
6th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
7th Light Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
8th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
9th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
2nd Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - II Corps

- 4ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men
- 1ième Régiment (Horse): - 36 Guns, 600 Men

IX Corps

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Ernest Louis Octave Courtot de Cissey, Commander of IX Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Ernest Louis Octave Courtot de Cissey

Size of the Corps: - 34,800 Men

33rd Light Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
50th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
13th Cavalry Division - 9,600 Men
14th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - IX Corps

- 9ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men

XV Corps

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Adolphe Niel, Commander of XV Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Général Adolphe Niel

Size of the Corps: - 50,400 Men

42nd Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
43rd Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
44th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
45th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
21st Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men
22nd Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - XV Corps

- 13ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men


Army of the Rhine

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François Certain Canrobert, Commander of the Army of the Rhine

Commander of the Army: - François Certain Canrobert

Location of the Army: - Mayen, Rhineland

Size of the Army: - 142,800 Men


III Corps

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Edmond Leboeuf, Commander of III Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Edmond Leboeuf

Size of the Corps: - 44,400 Men

11th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
12th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
13th Light Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
16th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
3rd Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - III Corps

- 10ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men

IV Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Auguste Michel Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely

Size of the Corps: - 54,000 Men

14th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
15th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
16th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
17th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
18th Light Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
4th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - IV Corps

- 11ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men

XVI Corps

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François Achille Bazaine, Commander of XVI Corps

Commander of the Corps: - General François Achille Bazaine

Size of the Corps: - 44,400 Men

46th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
47th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
48th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
49th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
23rd Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - XVI Corps

- 14ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men


Strategic Reserve

Commander of the Army: - Antoine Virgile Schneider

Location of the Army: - Ville de Luxembourg, France

Size of the Army: - 44,400 Men


V Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Antoine Virgile Schneider

Size of the Corps: - 44,400 Men

19th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
20th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
22nd Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
23rd Light Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
5th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - V Corps

- 7ième Régiment de Strasbourg (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men


VII Corps (Attached to German Federal "Army of the South")

Commander of the Army: - Louis-Achille, Comte Baraguey d'Hilliers

Location of the Army: - Attached - Federal Army of the South

Size of the Army: - 31,200 Men, 116 Guns


VII Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Louis-Achille, Comte Baraguey d'Hilliers

Size of the Corps: - 31,200 Men

27th Infantry Division: - 9,600 Men
28th Infantry Division: - 9,600 Men
8th Cavalry Division: - 6,000 Men
9th Cavalry Division: - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - VII Corps

- 8ième Régiment (Foot): - 80 Guns, 1000 Men (Only 10 Batteries)
- 4ième Régiment (Horse): - 36 Guns, 600 Men


XVII Corps (Being sent to Denmark)

Commander of the Army: - Charles Rigault de Genouilly

Location of the Army: - Fredericia, Jutland

Size of the Army: - 50,400 Men


XVII Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Charles Rigault de Genouilly

Size of the Corps: - 50,400 Men

51st Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
52nd Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
53rd Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
54th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
24th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men
25th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - XVII Corps

- 15ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men


Strategic Reserve

Commander of the Army: -

Location of the Army: - Luxembourg City, France

Size of the Army: - 54,000 Men


XVIII Corps

Commander of the Corps: -

Size of the Corps: - 38,400 Men

55th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
56th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
57th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
58th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men

Attached Units - XVIII Corps

- 16ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men


XIX Corps

Commander of the Corps: -

Size of the Corps: - 9,600 Men

10th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men

Attached Units - XIX Corps

- 17ième Régiment (Foot): - 160 Guns, 2000 Men


Senegalese Attachments

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Governor-General Louis Léon César Faidherbe of Senegal

Commander of the Army: - Governor-General Louis Léon César Faidherbe

Location of the Army: - On Campaign in Senegal, West Africa

Size of the Army: - 21,600 Men


Faidherbe's Army

Commander of the Corps: -

Size of the Corps: - 21,600 Men

32nd Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
18th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men
20th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men

Attached Units - Faidherbe's Army

- Colonial Artillery (Foot): - 40 Guns, 500 Men


Army of Algeria

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Louis Eugène Cavaignac, Commander of XI Corps

Commander of the Army: - Louis Eugène Cavaignac

Location of the Army: - Throughout Algeria

Size of the Army: - 34,800 Men


XI Corps

Commander of the Corps: - General Alexandre de Bassinet

Size of the Corps: - 15,600 Men

38th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
18th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men


Army of Africa

Commander of the Army: - Théophile Viorol, Baron Voirol

Location of the Army: - Tunis, Tunisian Protectorate

Size of the Army: - 38,400 Men


XII Corps

Commander of the Corps: - Théophile Viorol, Baron Voirol

Size of the Corps: - 19,200 Men

34th Infantry Division - 9,600 Men
33rd Light Infantry Division - 9,600 Men

Army of Morocco

Commander of the Army: - General Pierre Bertheéne, Baron Berthezéne

Location of the Army: - Garrisoned across Morocco

Size of the Army: - 25,200 Men


VIII Corps

Commander of the Corps: - General Pierre Bertheéne, Baron Berthezéne

Size of the Corps: - 15,600 Men

39th Infantry Division: - 9,600 Men
12th Cavalry Division - 6,000 Men
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July 17th, 1852

With the commencement of Hostilities, the French Government has made an examination of its resources in the Saarland, in Alsace and in Belgium to make a report to the Army about its potential in the region and a plan for the beginning of the war with the Kingdom of Prussia. With some 21 Forts setup in Luxembourg City, Saarbrücken, Saarlouis, Diedenhofen, Malmedy, Verviers and outside of Liége and 7 further half finished ones, the French Army also has some 120,000 troops in Liége under Marshal Magnan along with 98,400 in Saarlouis to the south under General François Certain Canrobert. The French Army also has a strategic Reserve of some 201,600 troops located around the Capital of Paris, under the overall command of General Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier. With the report on the situation being given, Marshal Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière the position of Marshal of the Army, giving him command over all French Land Forces.

Marshal Lamoricière, believing that a quick advance could be preferable in gaining some of the objectives of the French Army in the region, has tasked the Army with the taking of Trier by the Army of the Rhine, as well as the taking of Aachen by the Army of Flanders. The Strategic reserve of the Army of Austria (renamed the "Army of the Rhineland") has been ordered to relocate to Luxembourg City along with the French Royal Guard Corps under the Duc de Nemours.
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The French Government has ordered the raising of some 150,000 Infantry and 10,000 Cavalry.

- £120, 30 IPPs For 150,000 Infantry (150,000 with Herstal Guns)
- £15, 1 IPP for 10,000 Cavalry (10,000 with Rifled-Muskets).

To be raised by November, 1852.
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July 28th, 1852

The Army of the Alpes has been ordered to move from Grenoble to Strasbourg. Estimated time of movement is two weeks.

The Army of the Pyrenees has also be ordered to move from its present position to Paris to Luxembourg City to act as a Strategic Reserve, estimated time of movement is a month.
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August, 1852

The French Army of the Rhineland (201,600 Men) under the command of General Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier has been tasked with marching on the Prussian occupied Federal Capital of Karlsruhl, marching from Luxembourg City, the march is expected to be rushed by the French command, pushing to get a pace of 30 kilometers a day, to reach Karlsruhl within a period of some 11 Days at most. Hoping to flank the Prussians who have recently taken the city, Pélissier has sent word to General Field Marshal Alfred von Fabrice, asking him to attack towards Karlsruhl once again.

In the Rhineland, the French Army of Flanders and the Army of the Rhine (Five Corps in all) are tasked with screening the Prussians and preventing them from advancing out of their Rhine forts without facing a determined French response.

- £40, 18 IPPs For 40,000 Infantry (40,000 with Herstal Guns), To be Raised by December.
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August, 1852

The Army of the Alpes (31,200 Men), under the command of the Comte Baraguey d'Hilliers is ordered to attached itself to the Command of Field Marshal Alfred von Fabrice in southern Baden, to reinforce it for the hopefully planned movement on the city of Karlsruhl.
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September, 1852

The French Armies of the Rhine and of Flanders have been ordered to move towards the Prussian held cities on the Rhine River, ordered to hold them at bay and prevent the Prussians from allocating troops to Hessen to defend the region there. If the Prussians decide to attempt to confront the Armies, then they are ordered to attempt to batter the leading units, and use ground to their advantage defensively.

In Baden, the French Army of the Rhineland is to chase the Prussian Army of Baden and force it into Hessen, hopefully where it can be further pressured in the region, using aggressive Cavalry maneuvers to scout deep into the interior, attacking communications and Railroad lines as they are found.
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February 12th, 1853

With the Danish Declaration of War upon Prussia, the XVII Corps of the French Army is to be first relocated to the port of Calais and then shipped to the port of Fredericia, on the Jutland Peninsula. From there it is ordered to attach itself to the Danish army in Schleswig.

In Germany, the Army of the Rhineland is to setup along the ridge of the Odenwald, hoping to pull the Prussians into attack their positions. The Army's Cavalry is ordered to harass the Prussians and screen the movements of the Infantry, once on the ridge, the Army is to dig in with the Royal Guard Corps as a Reserve, with the Federals along in Tow.

In the Rhineland, the Army of the Rhine is to besiege the city of Koblenz, using Artillery and Paixhan Mortars to blast at the city's defences, which are strongly believed to be formidable. The Army of Flanders is ordered to relocate to besiege Cologne, with I Corps to move to Bonn to block off a crossing in that region, and IX Corps moving to Neuss to block the crossing there. Both Corps are to send out Cavalry to destroy the bridges in these regions, except for in Bonn.

As well the French Government is raising another set of some 100,000 Infantry and 20,000 Cavalry.

- £80, 20 IPPs For 100,000 Infantry (100,000 with Herstal Guns)
- £26, 2 IPP for 20,000 Cavalry (20,000 with Rifled-Muskets).
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April, 1853

The French Army of the Rhineland, is to send the Corps of the Duc d'Aumale to take Darmstadt. From there the Army is ordered to observe for the next move from the Prussians, in the meanwhile however, the French Strategic Reserve in Luxembourg City under General Antoine Virgile Schneider is ordered to move from there to Kaiserslautern in Rhenish Bavaria, and from there to move on the city of Mainz.
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Early May, 1853

Pélissier's Command has ordered the Army to dig in along the heights of the Odenwald, with Aumale's, Saint-Arnaud's and MacMahon's Corps to hold the lines of the trench system to be built, while the Federal Corps and the Royal Guard Corps acts as a mobile reserve for the Army. The idea of the plan is to force the Prussians to conduct major frontal attacks on the position, and for the Reserve to be able to confront any major flanking maneuvers. Pélissier however as a stop gap to the situation, has sent a note to both Bayreuth and towards Mainz, hoping to contact the Federal Armies in the east, and that of Schneider's Strategic Reserve Corps marching on Mainz, hoping to strategically outflank the Prussian Army in front of him.

The Army of the Rhine in the south is ordered to detach General Leboeuf's III Corps and relocate it to the command of the Army of Flanders. This Corps is ordered to assist in removing the Prussians from the west bank of the Rhine, throwing them back towards Dusseldorf.
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Hedley Lamarr
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In response to the French request, General von Bothmer has dispatched two corps from his army in the east to join with the French and Federal forces facing full Prussian belligerence in Hesse.

XIV Armee
- 20,000 Infantry / 5,000 Cavalry

21. Infanterie-Abteilung - 10,000 Men
22. Infanterie-Abteilung - 10,000 Men
11. Kavallerie-Abteilung - 5,000 Men
Artillerie: 80 Guns

XV Armee
- 20,000 Infantry / 5,000 Cavalry

23. Infanterie-Abteilung - 10,000 Men
24. Infanterie-Abteilung - 10,000 Men
15. Kavallerie-Abteilung - 5,000 Men
Artillerie: 80 Guns
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June, 1853

The Newly formed XVIII and XIX Corps are ordered to relocate to Luxembourg City to act as the Strategic Reserve for the French Armies in the region. As such they have been gather and renamed the "Strategic Reserve". The Commander in Chief of all French troops, General Lamoricière has designated that the two Corps will act should they be desperately needed on any of the campaigns.

The French 60th and 61st Naval Infantry Division are ordered to relocate to the Port of Calais.
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Mid-May, 1853

With the Prussian Army spliting its force, of which the French Command has been able to view from the Heights of the Odenwald, the Combined Franco-Federal Army is to attack the remaining Prussians at the bottom of the heights, with the objective of destroying them on the attack.
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Mid-May, 1853

The French Army of the Rhineland is ordered to continue on their victory, to push the stranded Prussian Army and destroy it utterly while its divided from the rest of the main Prussian force. Schneider's defeated Corps at Mainz is ordered to retreat to Alzey in good order, with their objectives having been altered as a result of the redeployment of the Prussians in the region.

General Leboeuf's II Corps is ordered to move to Bonn, to assist General Amédée Louis Despans-Cubières' I Corps in taking the city.
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Hedley Lamarr
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The Federal Army, numbering some 120,000 men - consisting mostly of regulars - with the support of hundreds of cannons, is to attempt to advance ahead of the retreating Prussian force and turn the army in a hooking action to encircle it from the rear as the French pressure from the front. General Field Marshall von Fabrice hopes that his army, spared from much of the recent fighting, will be able to perform a forced march that is able to advance ahead of the broken Prussians in sufficient time.

(I'll post in here so long as it coordinates with the French movements, hope no one minds. To clarify, the French would actually be pursuing the army's rearguard as I would be attempting to attack the army advance units on the retreat.)
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