X Corps (Grande Armée)

X Corps (Grande Armée)
Active	1807–1814
Country	First French Empire
Branch	Army
Type	Army Corps
Size	Two to six divisions, cavalry, artillery
Engagements	Napoleonic Wars
Commanders
Notable commanders	François Joseph Lefebvre Jacques MacDonald Jean Rapp

The X Corps of the Grande Armée was the name of a French military formation that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps was first formed in 1807 and placed under the command of Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre. The unit was responsible for bringing the 1807 Siege of Danzig to a successful conclusion. During the French invasion of Russia in 1812, the corps was reconstituted and Marshal Jacques MacDonald appointed to lead it. The corps contained the Prussian contingent that went on to form the core of the reconstituted Prussian army in 1813.^[1] After the retreat from Russia, the corps was given the assignment of holding Danzig under the leadership of General of Division Jean Rapp. The Siege of Danzig lasted from January until November 1813 when the garrison surrendered to a contingent of the Sixth Coalition.

Order of Battle 1812

Corps Commander: Maréchal de France Jacques-Étienne Macdonald, duc de Tarente

Chief of Staff: Adjudant-commandant Jacques Terrier

Chief, Artillery: General de division Albert-L.-V. Taviel

Chief, Engineers: General de division Jacques-D.-M. de Campredon, Chef de bataillon Jean Marion de Beaulieu

Aide-de-camp: Chef d'escadron Seguier, Capitaine Garola, Capitaine Jules J.-G. de Tamney, Capitaine M. de Beurnonville

7th Division

Commander: General de division Charles Louis Dieudonné Grandjean

Chief of Staff : Plk. Jozef Nowicki

Chief, Artillery : Chief d'batallion Farjon

Adjutant: Capt. Louis Chapuis

Chief, Engineers : Capt. 1er cl. Roger-P-M-A de Riencourt

Inspecteur aux revues : S.-ins. aux r. Reybaud (Rayband)

Aides de Camp: Chief d'batallion Theodore Meynier, Capitain Perrin (Perin), Lt. Maisonneuve

• 1st Brigade

Commander: General de brigade Étienne Pierre Sylvestre Ricard

5th Polish Line Regt. Plk. Stefan Oskierko

1st Battalion: CdB Ludwik Kaminski

2nd Battalion: CdB Jan Godlewski

3rd Battalion: CdB Feliks Stokowski

4th Battalion: N. (not present)

Regt Artillery: Kapt. Ignacy Kulesza

13th Bavarian Line Regt.: Obst. Franz Baron Schlossberg

1st Battalion: Major Caspar Poyk (Poeck)

2nd Battalion: Major Franz v. Pillement

1st Section, 2nd Bavarian 6 lb. Battery: Untlt. Alois Escher(t) II.

• 2nd Brigade

Commander: General brygady ksiaze Michal Radziwill
Aide-de-Camp: Kpt. Antoni Niesiolowski

10th Polish Line Regt.: Plk. Henryk Kamienski

1st Battalion: CdB Jan Krassin (Crassin, Krassyn)

2nd Battalion: CdB Franciszek Czyzewski

3rd Battalion: Nicolas-Joseph (Mikolaj) Daine

4th Battalion: N. (not present)

Regt. Artillery: Kapt. Leneke

• 3rd Brigade

Commander: General de brigade Gilbert Bachelu

11th Polish Line Regt.: Plk. Aleksander Chlebowski

1st Battalion: CdB Piotr Tzembeck (Szembeck)

2nd Battalion: CdB Kazimierz Poniatowski

3rd Battalion: CdB Karol Jon(n)emann

4th Battalion: N. (not present)

Regt. Artillery: Kapt. Ostrowski

1st Westphalian Line Regt. Col. Georg Ferdinand v. Plessmann

1st Battalion: C. de bat. Johann Philipp Bauer

2nd Battalion: Capt. (later c. de bat.) David v. Kruse

Regt. Artillery: Kapt. v. Haustein

• Division (Prussian) Cavalry (detached from 27th Division)

Commander: Obst. Karl F. v. Hunerbein

1st Prussian Combined Hussar Regt.: Major Dietrich C. G. v. Cosel

1st Leib-Hussaren Regt.:

3rd Sqdrn.: Rittm. Karl L. F. Dallmer

4th Sqdrn.: Rittm. Meyer

2nd Leib-Hussaren Regt.:

2nd Sqdrn.: Maj. v. Kurnatowsky.

3rd Sqdrn.: Rittm. Karl L. Zastrow

Division Artillery and Engineers

6th Polish Foot Comp.: Kpt. Turdeski

1st Polish Horse Comp.: Kpt. Wladyslaw Tomasz Ostrowski

Garde d'Artie. Polonaise: (detachment)

4th Polish Sapper Company: Kpt. Jozef Dobrzyński

Division Train

12th Battalion (a l'allemande):

6th Train Company: S.-lieutenant Benoist (?)

27th (Prussian) Infantry Division

Commander, Prussian Mobile Corps: Gen. der Inf. Julius von Grawert
2nd in Command: Gen.-Lieut. Hans David Ludwig Yorck

Chief of Staff : Oberst Friedrich E. v. Roeder

Quartermaster: Obstlt. Johann F. K. v. Lossau (Genstab.)

Chief Engineer : Maj. Markoff

Adjutants: Maj. Anton F. F. v. Seydlitz, Pr.-Lieut. Friedrich Aug. Karl v. Brandenstein (Genstab.), Maj. Johann Alexander v. Traubenfeld (Genstab.), Kapt. Wilhelm K. v. Schack (Genstab.), Pr.-Lieut. Lollhofel v. Lowensprung (Genstab.)

Commander, Prussian Infantry: Gen.-Maj. Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf

Chief of Staff: Maj. Ernest H. W. v. Perbandt (Genstab.)

Adjutants: Maj. Johann F. W. v. Schon, Maj. Heinrich A. E. v. Thile II (Genstab.), Sec.-Lt. v. Rudiger (aggr. zum Genstab.)

Commander, Prussian Cavalry: Gen.-Lt. Friedrich E. v. Massenbach

Adjutants: Maj. Ludwig E. C. v. Kyckpusch (Genstab.)

• 1st Brigade

Commander: Obst. Hans Franz v. Below
Adjutant: Stabs-Kapit. v. Drygalski

Inft. Regt. Nr. 1: Maj. Friedrich Wilhelm v. Sjoholm I (2nd Opr. Inft. Regt.)

Fus. Bat, 1st Opr Inft. Regt.: Maj. Christoph J. H. v. Erammon.

I Bat, 2nd. Opr. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Ludwig v. Krauthof.

II Bat, 1st Opr. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Carl v. Kurnatowsky

Inft. Regt. Nr. 2: Maj. Ludwig F. v. Sjoholm II (3rd Opr. Inft. Regt.)

Fus. Bat, 4th Opr. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Johann F. v. Pfeiffer

I Bat, 4th Opr. Inft. Regt.: Maj. v. Lubtow

I Bat, 3rd Opr. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Karl R. W. v. Beckedorff

Fus. Bat. Nr. 7:

Fus. Bat, 2nd Opr. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Friedrich W. v. Funck

• 2nd Brigade

Commander: Obstlt. Heinrich Wilh. v. Horn
Adjutant: St. Kapt. August W. Graf Kanitz

Inft. Regt. Nr. 3: Maj. Karl F. F. v. Steinmetz (Colb. Inft. Regt.)

Fus. Bat, 1st Pom. Inft. Regt.: Maj. August Ferdinand v. Borcke

I Bat, Colb. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Friedrich W. v. Quednow

II Bat, 1st Pomm. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Carl Ludwig Frhr. v. Linsingen

Inft. Regt. Nr. 4: Maj. v. Tippelskirch

Fus. Bat, Leib-Regt.: Maj. August Heinrich v. Reuss

I Bat, Leib-Regt.: Maj. Konstantin G. L. v. Zepelin and Maj. Friedrich Christoph v. Oertzen

II Bat, Leib-Regt.: Maj. Julius Gustav Friedrich v. Both

• 3rd Brigade

Commander: Oberst Eugen v. Raumer
Adjutant: Maj. v. Collrepp

Inft. Regt. Nr. 5: Maj. Ludwig D. K. v. Schmalensee

Fus. Bat, 2nd Wpr. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Julius L. v. Rudolphi, Maj. Georg W. v Lettow

I Bat, 1st Wpr. Inft. Regt.: Maj. v. Imbrecht

I Bat, 2nd Wpr. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Friedrich E. v. Loebell

Inft. Regt. Nr. 6: Maj. Arwed K. v. Carnall

Fus. Bat, 2nd Sch. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Karl G. S. v. Lessel

II Bat, 2nd Sch. Inft. Regt.: Maj. Karl Heinriich v. Ziemietzi

II Bat, 1st Sch. Inft. Regt.: Maj. v. Happe

Ostprussian Jäger Bat.: Maj. Vollmar K. F. v. Clausewitz

1st Battery, Prussian Arty. Brigade: Uffz. Staffehl (one 3-lbr)

• 1st Cavalry Brigade

Commander: Obst. Wilhelm Jeannert

1st Combined Dragoner-Regt.: Maj. Karl Alexander Wilhelm von Treskow

Litth. Dragoner-Regt.:

2nd Sqdrn.: Maj. v. Kameke

4th Sqdrn.: St. Rittm. Dresler

2nd Westpr. Dragoner-Regt.: Maj. Ernst T. v. Eicke

1st Sqdrn.: Maj. v. Manstein

2nd Sqdrn.: Maj. Friedrich Frhr. v. Stiern

2nd Combined Dragoner-Regt.Obstlt. Alexander G. L. M. M. v. Wahlen-Jürgass

1st Westpr. Dragoner-Regt.:

1st Sqdrn.: Rittm. Karl Weiss

3rd Sqdrn.: Rittm. Ernst L. B. v. Printz

3rd Combined Hussaren-Regt.: Maj. Ernest T. v. Eicke

1st. Schles. Hussaren-Regt.:

1st Sqdrn.: St. Rittm. Friedrich A. Kehler

3rd Sqdrn.: St. Rittm. Muller

2nd Schles. Hussaren-Regt.:

1st Sqdrn.: Maj. Johann H. v. Schill

2nd Sqdrn.:

(Prussian) Corps Artillery

Commander: Major Johann H. v. Schmidt

Foot Artillery: Maj. Joh. Friedr. v. Fiebig I.

Foot Battery No. 1 (6 lb): Pr.-Kapit. Huet

Foot Battery No. 2(6 lb): Stabs-Kapit. Wegner

Foot Battery No. 3(6 lb): Stabs-Kapit. Ziegler

Foot Battery No. 4(6 lb): Pr.-Kapit. Ludwig

half Battery(12 lb): Pr.-Kapit. v. Roszynski

Horse Artillery: Maj. Gustav v. Fiebig II.

1st Horse Battery: Stabs-Kapit. Johann K. L. v. Zincken

2nd Horse Battery: Pr.-Kapit. Georg W. v. Rentzell

3rd Horse Battery: Pr.Kapit. v. Graumann

Artillery Park:

Park (Munitions) columns:

No. 1 Sec.-Lieut. Schliew

No. 2 Sec.-Lieut. Herrmann

No. 3 Prem.-Lieut. Barenkampff

No. 4 Pr.-Kapit. Meyer (4th Ft. Comp., Pr. Brig.)

No. 5 Sec.-Lieut. v. Hertig I (Brand) (8th Ft. Comp., Brand. Brig.)

Bridging Column:

Handwerk Columns: Sec.-Lieut. Lieben (2nd Ft. Btry.)

No. 1:

No. 2:

Corps Train

Miners:

1st Battalion:

3rd Company:

5th Company:

2nd Battalion:

1st Company:

Sappers:

1st Battalion:

Sapeurs de I'ile d'Elbe:

1st Company:

2nd Company:

Prussian Sappers: (2 companies):

Marine Bataillion d'ouviers de l'Escaut:

17th equipage de flottille:

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