Opposing the French at
Austerlitz were the combined imperial armies of
Russia and
Austria, under the nominal command of
Tsar Alexander I and Emperor
Francis II, respectively. However, overall field command was taken by the Russian
General of the Infantry Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov; the plan of attack adopted by the allies at Austerlitz belonged to the Austrian Chief of Staff
Major General Franz von Weyrother. The Austrian forces were led by
Lieutenant General Prince
Johann von Liechtenstein. Total strength during the battle is approximately 85,400 men and 278
guns of all types. === The
Russian Imperial Guard ===
Strength: 6,730 infantry, 3,700 horsemen, 100 Pioneers and 40 guns. Grand Duke Constantine •
Infantry of the Guard – Lieutenant-General Maliutin • Infantry Brigade – Major-General
L. Depreradovich •
Preobrazhensky Regiment of Life Guards •
Semenovsky Regiment of Life Guards •
Izmaylovsky Regiment of
Life Guards •
Guard Jaeger Battalion •
Leib-Grenadier Regiment – Major-General Lobanov • Guard Artillery Battery Nr. 1 (10x 12-pdr) • 2 Artillery Batteries (each 10x 6-pdr) • Pioneers of the Guard (1 company) •
Cavalry of the Guard – Lieutenant-General Kologrivov • Cavalry Brigade – Major-General Jankovich •
Chevalier Guard Regiment (5 sqns) •
Lifeguard Horse Regiment (5 sqns) • Cavalry Brigade – Major-General
N. Depreradovich • Lifeguard
Hussar Regiment (5 sqns) • Lifeguard
Cossack Regiment • Guard Horse-Artillery Battery Nr. 1 (10x 6-pdr)
''Advanced Guard of the Tsar's Army'' Strength: 9,200 infantry, 4,500 horsemen and 42 guns. Lieutenant-General
Peter I. Bagration Infantry • Infantry Brigade – Major-General
Dolgorukov • 5th Jaeger Regiment – Major Pantenius • 6th Jaeger Regiment – Colonel Belokopytov • Infantry Brigade – Major-General
Nikolay Kamensky •
Arkhangelgorod Regiment – Colonel Berlizeev • Infantry Brigade – Major-General Engelhardt • Old
Ingermanland Infantry Regiment •
Pskov Infantry Regiment • 2 Artillery Batteries (each 10 guns)
Cavalry • Cavalry Brigade – Major-General
Ludwig von Wittgenstein •
Pavlograd Hussar Regiment •
Mariupol Hussar Regiment • Cavalry Brigade – Major-General Voropaitzky • The
Empress Cuirassier Regiment (5 sqns) – Colonel Count de Witt •
Tver Dragoon Regiment (5 sqns) •
Saint Petersburg Dragoon Regiment (5 sqns) • Cossack Brigade – Major-General
Tschaplitz •
Kiselev Cossack Regiment •
Malakhov Cossack Regiment •
Khanzhenkov Cossack Regiment • Horse-Artillery Battery Nr. 1 (12x 6-pdr) • Horse-Artillery Battery Nr. 4 (6x 6-pdr) • (Austrian) Horse-Artillery Battery Nr. 5 (6x 6-pdr) ===
Advance Guard of General Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden ===
Strength: 3,440 infantry, 3,440 horsemen and 12 light guns. Feldmarschall-Leutnant
Michael von Kienmayer •
1st Infantry Brigade – General-Major Georg Symon de Carneville •
Brooder Grenz Infantry Regiment Nr. 7 (500 in 1 battalion) •
1st Szekler Grenz Infantry Regiment Nr. 14 (1,300 in 2 battalions) •
2nd Szekler Grenz Infantry Regiment Nr. 15 (1,300 in 2 battalions) • Pioneers (340 in 3 companies) •
1st Cavalry Brigade – General-Major
Karl Wilhelm von Stutterheim • ''
O'Reilly''
Chevau-léger Regiment Nr. 3 (900 in 8 squadrons) •
Merveldt Uhlan Regiment Nr. 1 (40 in 1 troop) •
2nd Cavalry Brigade – General-Major
Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck •
Schwarzenberg Uhlan Regiment Nr. 2 (100 in one-half squadron) •
Hessen-Homburg Hussar Regiment Nr. 4 (600 in 6 squadrons) – Colonel Freiherr von Mohr •
3rd Cavalry Brigade – General-Major
Moritz von Liechtenstein •
Szekler Hussar Regiment Nr. 11 (800 in 8 squadrons) – Colonel Gabriel Geringer von Odenburg •
Sysoev Cossack Regiment •
Melentev Cossack Regiment • Horse-Artillery Battery Nr. 1 (6x 6-pdr) • Horse-Artillery Battery Nr. 2 (6x 6-pdr)
First column Strength: 13,240 infantry, 250 cavalry, 40 light and 24 heavy guns. Lieutenant-General
Dmitry Dokhturov •
1st Infantry Brigade – Major-General
Friedrich von Löwis of Menar • 7th Jäger Regiment (1 battalion) – Colonel Pavel P. Tolbukhin •
New Ingermanland Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) •
Yaroslav Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) •
2nd Infantry Brigade – Major-General Urusov •
Vladimir Infantry Regiment •
Bryansk Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant-Colonel Nikolai K. Rubanov •
Vyatka Infantry Regiment •
Moscow Infantry Regiment •
Kiev Grenadier Regiment • Pioneers (1 company) •
Denisov Cossack Regiment • (Russian) Heavy Battery Nr. 1 (12x 12-pdr) • (Russian) Heavy Battery Nr. 2 (12x 12-pdr) • 4 Artillery Batteries (each 10 guns)
Second column Strength: 11,250 infantry, 300 horsemen, and 30 light guns. Lieutenant-General
Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron •
1st Infantry Brigade – Major-General
Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev •
Viborg Infantry Regiment •
Perm Infantry Regiment •
Kursk Infantry Regiment •
2nd Infantry Brigade – Major-General
Sergei Mikhailovich Kamensky •
Ryazhsk Infantry Regiment •
Phanagoria Grenadier Regiment • Pioneers (1 company) • St. Petersburg Dragoon Regiment • Isayev Cossack Regiment • 3 Artillery Batteries (each 10 guns)
Third column Strength: 7,700 infantry and 30 light guns. Lieutenant General
I. Przybyszewski •
1st Infantry Brigade – Major-General Ivan I. Muller (or Miller) • 7th Jaeger Regiment (2 battalions) • 8th Jaeger Regiment •
Galicia Infantry Regiment •
2nd Infantry Brigade – Major-General Selekhov • Butyrsky Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant-Colonel Treskin M. L`vov •
Podolia Infantry Regiment •
Narva Infantry Regiment • Pioneers (1 company) • 3 Artillery Batteries (each 10 guns)
Fourth column Strength: 13,900 infantry, 52 light and 24 heavy guns. Lieutenant-General
Mikhail Miloradovich and Feldmarschall-Leutnant
Johann Kollowrat •
Advanced Guard – Lieutenant-Colonel Monakhtin •
Novgorod Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) •
Apsheron Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) •
Archduke John Dragoon Regiment Nr. 1 (2 sqns) •
1st Infantry Brigade – Major-General Vodniansky •
Novgorod Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) •
Apsheron Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) •
Little Russia Grenadier Regiment •
Smolensk Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) •
2nd Infantry Brigade – General-Major Heinrich von Rottermund •
Kaunitz Infantry Regiment Nr. 20 (900 in 1 battalion) •
Salzburg Infantry Regiment Nr. 23 (3,000 in 6 battalions) •
Auersperg Infantry Regiment Nr. 24 (600 in 1 battalion) •
3rd Infantry Brigade – General-Major Franz von Jurczek (or Jirčik) •
Kaiser Infantry Regiment Nr. 1 (1,000 in 1 battalion) •
Czartoryski Infantry Regiment Nr. 9 (600 in 1 battalion) •
Lindenau Infantry Regiment Nr. 29 (400 in 1 battalion) •
Württemberg Infantry Regiment Nr. 38 (500 in 1 battalion) •
Kerpen Infantry Regiment Nr. 49 (700 in 1 battalion) •
Reuss-Greitz Infantry Regiment Nr. 55 (600 in 1 battalion) •
Beaulieu Infantry Regiment Nr. 58 (500 in 1 battalion) •
Vienna Jäger (300 in 2 companies) • Pioneers (340 in 2 companies) • Artillery • 4 Artillery Batteries (each 6 guns) • 2 (Russian) Artillery Batteries (each 10 guns) • (Russian) Heavy Battery Nr. 3 (12x 12-pdr) • Heavy Battery Nr. 1 (6x 12-pdr) • Heavy Battery Nr. 2 (6x 12-pdr)
Fifth (cavalry) column Strength: 5,375 horsemen, 24 light pieces. Feldmarschall-Leutnant
Prince Johann von Liechtenstein with Feldmarschall-Leutnant Ludwig Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Lieutenant-General Alexander Essen •
1st Cavalry Brigade – General-Major Johann Karl Caramelli •
Nassau Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 5 (300 in 6 sqns) – Colonel Friedrich von Minutillo •
Lorraine Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 7 (300 in 6 sqns) – Colonel Clemens Freiherr von Thunefeld •
2nd Cavalry Brigade – General-Major Johann Weber von Treuenfels •
Kaiser Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 1 (500 in 8 sqns) – Colonel Wilhelm von Motzen •
3rd Cavalry Brigade – Major-General Gladkov •
Grand Duke Constantine Uhlan Regiment Nr. 3 – Major-General Meller-Zakomelski •
Gordeev Cossack Regiment •
Isayev Cossack Regiment •
Denisov Cossack Regiment •
4th Cavalry Brigade Lieutenant-General
Adjutant F. P. Uvarov •
Chernigov Dragoon Regiment (5 sqns) •
Kharkov Dragoon Regiment (5 sqns) •
Elisabetgrad Hussar Regiment • (Russian) Horse-Artillery Battery Nr. 2 (12x 6-pdr) • (Russian) Horse-Artillery Battery Nr. 3 (12x 6-pdr) • Horse-Artillery Battery Nr. 3 (6x 6-pdr) ==References==