Order of battle at the Battle of Monte Settepani
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The Monte Settepani order of battle is a detailed list of the Austrian and French forces that fought in the Battle of Monte Settepani from 24 June to 7 July 1795. The combined forces of Habsburg Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont attacked the Republican French army and compelled it to retreat to a more defensible position. There are no sources for a Sardinian order of battle for 1795, so only the Austrian and French armies are listed.
Abbreviations
[edit]- GD = French General of Division
- GB = French General of Brigade
- FZM = Austrian Feldzeugmeister
- FML = Austrian Feldmarschall-Leutnant
- GM = Austrian Generalmajor
- Col = Sardinian Colonel
Austrian Army
[edit]- Army of Italy Commander: FZM Joseph Nikolaus de Vins[1]
- 23,380 infantry, 2,788 cavalry, 772 artillery[2]
Division | Brigade | Units | Battalions | Squadrons |
---|---|---|---|---|
Division FML Johann von Wenckheim |
GM Mathias Rukavina | Karlstadter Grenz Regiment[note 1] | 2 | 0 |
Szluiner Grenz Regiment Nr. 63 | 1 | 0 | ||
Strassoldo Infantry Regiment Nr. 27 | 2 | 0 | ||
Meszaros Uhlan Regiment | 0 | 2 | ||
GM Michael von Ternyey | Nadasdy Infantry Regiment Nr. 39 | 2 | 0 | |
Archduke Anton Infantry Regiment Nr. 52 | 2 | 0 | ||
GM Philipp Pittoni | Brechainville Infantry Regiment Nr. 25 | 1 | 0 | |
Lattermann Infantry Regiment Nr. 45 | 2 | 0 | ||
Alvinczi Infantry Regiment Nr. 19 | 2 | 0 | ||
GM Anton Lipthay | Reisky Infantry Regiment Nr. 13 | 3 | 0 | |
Terzi Infantry Regiment Nr. 16 | 3 | 0 | ||
Division GM Karl von Türkheim |
GM Joseph Canto d'Irles | Thurn Infantry Regiment Nr. 43 | 3 | 0 |
Jordis Infantry Regiment Nr. 59 | 1 | 0 | ||
Wilhelm Schröder Infantry Regiment Nr. 26 | 1 | 0 | ||
GM Wilhelm Fischer | Meszaros Uhlan Regiment | 0 | 6 | |
Erdödy Hussar Regiment Nr. 9 | 0 | 2 | ||
Alessandro Filangieri, Prince of Cuto (Neapolitans) |
King's Dragoon Regiment | 0 | 4 | |
Queen's Dragoon Regiment | 0 | 4 | ||
Prince Royal Dragoon Regiment | 0 | 4 |
Sardinian Army
[edit]- Sardinian Army commander: FML Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi[4]
- Chief of Staff: Col Joseph Henri Costa de Beauregard[4]
Division | Units | Battalions | Squadrons |
---|---|---|---|
Auxiliary Corps GM Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau[6][note 2] |
Strassoldo Infantry Regiment Nr. 27 | 1 | 0 |
Belgiojoso Infantry Regiment Nr. 44 | 2 | 0 | |
Schmidtfeld Infantry Regiment Nr. 48[note 3] | 2 | 0 | |
Garrison Infantry Regiment[note 4] | 1 | 0 | |
Giulay Freikorps | 2 | 0 | |
Staff Dragoons | 0 | 1 |
French Army
[edit]- Army of Italy commander: GD François Christophe de Kellermann. Note: Kellermann commanded both the Army of Italy and the Army of the Alps.[7]
- Kellermann's Chief of staff: GB Louis-Alexandre Berthier[8]
- Army of Italy Chief of staff: GD Paul Louis Gaultier de Kervéguen[8]
- GD André Massena commanded the three divisions of the Right Wing.[9]
Division | Brigade | Units | Strength |
---|---|---|---|
1st Subdivision Right Wing GD François Freytag 9,476 men |
GB Jean-Baptiste Cervoni 4,839 men |
2/70th Line Demi-Brigade | 429 |
3/84th Line Demi-Brigade | 292 | ||
103rd Line Demi-Brigade | 211 | ||
99th Line Demi-Brigade | 324 | ||
1/101st Line Demi-Brigade | 393 | ||
118th Line Demi-Brigade | 1,100 | ||
5/Corrèze Volunteers | 382 | ||
1st Grenadier Battalion | 459 | ||
6th Grenadier Battalion | 531 | ||
7th Grenadier Battalion | 531 | ||
Artillery, sappers, miners | 187 | ||
GB Amédée Laharpe 4,637 men |
3/99th Line Demi-Brigade | 275 | |
1/100th Line Demi-Brigade | 369 | ||
1/117th Line Demi-Brigade | 391 | ||
129th Line Demi-Brigade | 1,152 | ||
4/Ardeche Volunteers | 417 | ||
Chasseurs des Hautes-Alpes | 437 | ||
2/Haute-Loire Volunteers | 508 | ||
3rd Grenadier Battalion | 499 | ||
14th Grenadier Battalion | 284 | ||
Artillery, sappers | 305 | ||
2nd Subdivision Right Wing GD André Massena 5,308 men |
GB Louis Jean-Baptiste Gouvion 2,029 men |
3/56th Line Demi-Brigade | 274 |
2/ and 3/101st Demi-Brigade | 760 | ||
1/166th Demi-Brigade | 322 | ||
9th Grenadier Battalion | 526 | ||
Sappers | 147 | ||
Adjutant-General Pardon 1,626 men |
2/3rd Light Demi-Brigade | 298 | |
16th Light Demi-Brigade | 679 | ||
2/103rd Line Demi-Brigade | 89 | ||
11th Grenadier Battalion | 490 | ||
Corsican Franche companies | 70 | ||
GB Jean Nicolas 1,311 men |
1/ and 3/70th Line Demi-Brigade | 727 | |
1/99th Line Demi-Brigade | 272 | ||
3/166th Line Demi-Brigade | 312 | ||
Other: 342 men | Artillery | 257 | |
Gendarmes | 85 | ||
3rd Subdivision Right Wing GD Jean Sérurier 5,148 men |
Unknown 1,542 |
19th Line Demi-Brigade | 1,083 |
52nd Line Demi-Brigade | 397 | ||
Artillery, sappers | 62 | ||
GB Louis Pelletier 1,192 |
56th Line Demi-Brigade | 857 | |
2/46th Line Demi-Brigade[note 5] | 261 | ||
Artillery | 74 | ||
GB Sextius Miollis 2,414 |
51st Line Demi-Brigade | 944 | |
1/ and 3/46th Line Demi-Brigade | 604 | ||
3/3rd Light Demi-Brigade | 355 | ||
5th Grenadier Battalion | 439 | ||
Artillery | 72 | ||
Center Division GD François Macquard 6,397 men |
GB François Léon Lebrun 690 |
3/165th Line Demi-Brigade | 438 |
4/Vaucluse Volunteers | 135 | ||
3/20th Dragoon Regiment | 117 | ||
GB Claude Dallemagne 3,288 |
1/3rd Light Demi-Brigade | 378 | |
165th Line Demi-Brigade | 773 | ||
1st Tirailleur Battalion | 229 | ||
Montferme Battalion | 457 | ||
4th Grenadier Battalion | 451 | ||
13th Grenadier Battalion | 469 | ||
Artillery | 183 | ||
Sappers | 348 | ||
GB Joseph David de Barquier 2,419 |
2/102nd Line Demi-Brigade | 389 | |
2/117th Line Demi-Brigade | 499 | ||
1/Paris Volunteers | 471 | ||
8/Saone-et-Loire Volunteers | 274 | ||
10/Ain Volunteers | 243 | ||
10th Grenadier Battalion | 509 | ||
Artillery | 34 | ||
Left Division GD Pierre Garnier 4,367 men |
GB Pierre François Verne 1,587 |
1/ and 3/20th Line Demi-Brigade | 979 |
1/24th Line Demi-Brigade | 46 | ||
2/102nd Line Demi-Brigade | 406 | ||
5/Herault Volunteers | 68 | ||
Artillery, sappers | 88 | ||
GB François Rambeaud 1,320 |
15th Light Demi-Brigade | 594 | |
2nd Grenadier Battalion | 492 | ||
2nd Franche Company | 95 | ||
Marseille Chasseurs | 28 | ||
Artillery, sappers | 111 | ||
GB Jean Ignace Pierre 361 |
Det. 20th Line Demi-Brigade | 306 | |
Artillery | 55 | ||
GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet 1,099 |
2/20th Line Demi-Brigade | 221 | |
84th Line Demi-Brigade | 878 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- Footnotes
- ^ The list did not specify which of the Karlstadter Grenz regiments this was.
- ^ In January 1796, the Auxiliary Corps was led by GM Giovanni Marchese di Provera, but at Monte Settepani it was led by Argenteau.
- ^ This was sometimes known as the Caprara Regiment (Pivka, p. 84).
- ^ It was not specified whether this was 1st Garrison Regiment Nr. 5 or 2nd Garrison Regiment Nr. 6 (Pivka, p. 82).
- ^ Nafziger's list says "2/56th". Since the 2nd Battalion is already included in the 56th Line Demi-Brigade, it seems reasonable to conclude it is a typographical error for the missing "2/46th" in Miollis' brigade.
- Citations
- ^ Phipps 2011, p. 240.
- ^ a b Nafziger 2024a.
- ^ Pivka 1979, pp. 82–91. This source provided the Austrian unit numbers.
- ^ a b Phipps 2011, p. 246.
- ^ Nafziger 2024c.
- ^ Phipps 2011, p. 243.
- ^ Phipps 2011, p. 238.
- ^ a b Phipps 2011, p. 239.
- ^ a b Nafziger 2024b.
References
[edit]- Nafziger, George (2024a). "Austrian Army of Italy, 20 June 1795" (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- Nafziger, George (2024b). "French Army of Italy, 19 June 1795" (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- Nafziger, George (2024c). "Austro-Sardinian Army, January 1796" (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- Phipps, Ramsay Weston (2011) [1931]. The Armies of the First French Republic and the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I: The Armies in the West 1793 to 1797 and The Armies in the South 1793 to March 1796. Vol. 3. Pickle Partners Publishing. ISBN 978-1-908692-26-9.
- Pivka, Otto von (1979). Armies of the Napoleonic Era. New York, N.Y.: Taplinger Publishing. ISBN 0-8008-5471-3.
Further reading
[edit]- "Napoleon's 1796 Bloody Nose: March 1796 Sardinian Order of Battle". Retrieved 4 January 2024.