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| PostmanPat | May 23 2006, 11:59 PM Post #1 |
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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 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 ![]() 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 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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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| PostmanPat | May 24 2006, 12:49 AM Post #2 |
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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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| PostmanPat | May 24 2006, 01:01 AM Post #3 |
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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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| PostmanPat | May 24 2006, 04:23 AM Post #4 |
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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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| PostmanPat | May 24 2006, 06:22 AM Post #5 |
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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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| PostmanPat | May 24 2006, 06:37 AM Post #6 |
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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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| PostmanPat | May 25 2006, 06:24 AM Post #7 |
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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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| PostmanPat | May 26 2006, 06:51 AM Post #8 |
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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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| PostmanPat | May 27 2006, 01:04 AM Post #9 |
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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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| PostmanPat | May 27 2006, 09:50 PM Post #10 |
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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 | May 27 2006, 10:02 PM Post #11 |
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Dang ole' mod for the Ottomans, y'all
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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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| PostmanPat | May 28 2006, 02:45 AM Post #12 |
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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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| PostmanPat | May 28 2006, 07:52 PM Post #13 |
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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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| PostmanPat | May 28 2006, 08:53 PM Post #14 |
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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 | May 28 2006, 11:04 PM Post #15 |
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Dang ole' mod for the Ottomans, y'all
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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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