Order of battle for the Balaclava campaign
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This is the complete order of battle of opposing forces at the Battle of Balaclava.
Allied Army
[edit]The Allied Army consisted of British and French troops as well as Turkish formations under British command.
British Army
[edit]- Headquarters - General Lord Raglan
- Lieutenant-General on staff - Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne
- Quartermaster-General - Brigadier-General Richard Airey
- Adjutant-General - Brigadier-General James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt
- Commander, Royal Artillery - Brigadier-General Thomas Fox-Strangways
- Commander, Royal Engineers - Captain John William Gordon
- Cavalry Division - under Lieutenant-General George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan with a total force of 1,500 sabres and 6 field guns.
- Heavy Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier-General James Scarlett
- 4th Dragoon Guards - Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hodge
- 5th Dragoon Guards - Captain Adolphus Burton
- 1st Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel John Yorke
- 2nd Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Griffith
- 6th Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry White
- Light Cavalry Brigade - Major-General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
- 4th Light Dragoons - Brevet Colonel Lord George Paget
- 8th Hussars - Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Shewell
- 11th Hussars - Lieutenant-Colonel John Douglas
- 13th Light Dragoons - Captain John Oldham
- 17th Lancers - Captain William Morris
- Royal Horse Artillery
- I Troop - Captain George Maude
- Heavy Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier-General James Scarlett
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- 1st Division - Lieutenant-General Prince George, Duke of Cambridge with 4,000 men.
- 1st Guards Brigade - Major-General Henry Bentinck
- 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards - Brevet Colonel Edward Birch Reynardson
- 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards - Brevet Colonel George Upton
- 1st Battalion Scots Fusiliers Guards - Brevet Colonel Edward Forestier-Walker
- 2nd Highland Brigade - Brevet Colonel Duncan Cameron
- 42nd Highlanders - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Tulloch
- 79th Highlanders - Lieutenant-Colonel John Douglas
- Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Dacres
- A Field Battery (2nd Company, 8th Battalion) - Captain David Paynter
- H Field Battery (5th Company, 11th Battalion) - Captain Edward Wodehouse
- 1st Guards Brigade - Major-General Henry Bentinck
- 4th Division - Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart with 5,000 men.
- 1st Brigade - Brigadier-General Thomas Goldie
- 20th Foot - Brevet Colonel Frederick Horn
- 21st Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ainslie
- 57th Foot - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Powell
- 2nd Brigade - Brigadier-General Arthur Torrens
- 2 companies, 46th Foot - Captain William Hardy
- 63rd Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Exham Swyny
- 68th Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Smyth
- 1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Horsford
- Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel David Wood
- P Field Battery (4th Company, 12th Battalion) - Brevet Major Samuel Townsend
- 1st Brigade - Brigadier-General Thomas Goldie
- Balaclava defences - Major-General Sir Colin Campbell with 4,000 men and 35 naval and field guns.
- 93rd Highlanders - Lieutenant-Colonel William Ainslie
- Battalion of Detachments - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Burton Daveney
- Royal Marine Brigade - Acting Colonel Thomas Hurdle
- 1st Composite Battalion, Royal Marines - Captain William Hopkins
- 2nd Composite Battalion, Royal Marines - Captain Richard Meheux
- Artillery
- 5 batteries, Royal Marine Artillery - Captain George Alexander
- W Field Battery (1st Company, 11th Battalion) - Captain George Barker
- Attached Turkish Army forces - Lewa Rustem Pasha
- 8 infantry battalions and artillery
Reference:[1]
French Army
[edit]Commanded by General François Certain Canrobert.
- 1re Brigade de Cavalerie - General d'Allonville with 1,500 sabres.
- Corps d'Observation - General Pierre Bosquet
- 1re Brigade d'Infanterie - General Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse
- 2e Brigade d'Infanterie - General Joseph Vinoy with 4,000 men.
Russian Army
[edit]Commanded by Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov with a total of 25,000 men and 78 guns.
- Cavalry - Lt. Gen. I.I. Ryzhov with 3,000 sabres and 16 guns.
- Kiev Regiment
- Ingermanland Regiment
- (No.)1 Ural Cossacks
- North Column - Col. A.P. Skiuderi with 4,000 men and 12 guns.
- Odessa Regiment
- (No.)53 Don Cossacks
- (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
- Left Center Column - Maj. Gen. K.R. Semiakin with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
- Right Center Column - Maj. Gen. F.G. Levutski with 3,000 men and 8 guns.
- Ukraine Regiment
- South Column - Maj. Gen. S.I. Gribbe with 3,000 men and 10 guns
- Dnieper Regiment
- Composite Uhlan Regiment
- Ingermanland Regiment
- (No.)60 Don Cossacks
- Forward Reserves - Maj. Gen. O.P. Zhaboritski with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
- Reserves - total of 2,000 men and 12 guns.
- Ukraine Regiment (1 squadron)
- (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
- Composite Uhlan Regiment
Citations
[edit]- ^ McGuigan (2001), pp. 17–21.
References
[edit]- McGuigan, Rob (2001). Into Battle: British Orders of Battle for the Crimean War, 1854–56. Bowdon, Cheshire: Withycut House. ISBN 1-899244-02-6.