The Battle of Loana order of battle shows the forces involved in the Battle of Loano (23–24 November 1795), during which the army of the First French Republic attacked the combined forces of Habsburg Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont. The action resulted in a French tactical victory. The orders of battle are listed below.

Abbreviations Military rank GD = French General of Division GB = French General of Brigade FZM = Austrian Feldzeugmeister FML = Austrian Feldmarschall-Leutnant GM = Austrian Generalmajor MG = Sardinian Major General Col = Sardinian Colonel

Other mw = Mortally wounded w = Wounded c = Captured Det. = Detachment

Orders of battle French Army of Italy Commander: GD Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer Chief of Staff: GD Paul Louis Gaultier de Kervéguen GD André Massena commanded the two divisions and reserve belonging to the Center. Massena assumed direct command of Charlet's division after Charlet was mortally wounded.

There were two more field divisions in the Army of Italy. These were GD François Macquard's division guarding the Col de Tende and GD Pierre Dominique Garnier's division on the extreme left flank. Neither were directly engaged in the Battle of Loano, nor are they included in the following order of battle.

+French Army of Italy at LoanoIn January 1796, the units shown here were reorganized into stronger demi-brigades. Then, on 17 March 1796, the regiments were renumbered. For example, what became the 211th Demi-Brigade in January was renamed the 18th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade in March (Phipps, pp. 273–274). Division Brigade Units Strength Right WingGD Charles-Pierre Augereau GB Pierre Banel (w)GB Claude-Victor PerrinGB Elzéar DommartinGB Jean-Baptiste RuscaNo brigade organization was listed for the Right Wing. Nafziger listed only the first three brigadiers. Phipps asserted that Rusca led a fourth brigade and that after Banel was wounded, Col Jean Lannes assumed command of Banel's brigade (Phipps, p. 264). 6th Grenadier Battalion 384 14th Grenadier Battalion 188 Det. 8th Grenadier Battalion 116 1st Light Infantry Demi-Brigade 401 Line Infantry Chasseurs 650 Det. 21st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 164 99th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 396 10th Battalion/Ain Volunteers 393 Det. 18th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 158 105th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 450 55th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 217 69th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 274 4th Provisional Demi-Brigade 179 15th Provisional Demi-Brigade 131 Grenadier Battalion 423 145th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 261 147th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 488 19th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 911 39th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 571 12th Grenadier Battalion 206 Right Wing Total 6,961 Center: 1st DivisionGD Étienne Charlet (mw) GB Philippe Ménard Sappers (2 companies) 216 13th Provisional Demi-Brigade 516 14th Provisional Demi-Brigade 649 Eclaireurs 800 GB Jean-Baptiste Cervoni Det. 8th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade 144 16th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade 619 2nd Battalion/6th Provisional Demi-Brigade 108 3rd Battalion/122nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 208 11th Grenadier Battalion 440 79th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 634 Center: 2nd DivisionGD Amédée Laharpe GB Louis de Saint-Hilaire Sappers (2 companies) 180 129th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 836 2nd Battalion/3rd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 272 3rd Battalion/84th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 198 GB Jean Joseph Pijon 1st Grenadier Battalion 422 3rd Grenadier Battalion 460 5th Grenadier Battalion 400 10th Grenadier Battalion 431 101st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 900 1st & 2nd Battalions3rd Light Infantry Demi-Brigade 644 2nd Battalion/102nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 238 2nd Battalion/84th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 274 Center: Reserve GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet 152nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 1,205 2nd Grenadier Battalion 445 13th Grenadier Battalion 496 1st Battalion/100th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 266 1st Provisional Demi-Brigade 625 70th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 650 Center Total 13,276 Left WingGD Jean Sérurier GB Louis PelletierGB François de MiollisGB Paul GuillaumeNo brigade organization was listed for the Left Wing. 2nd Battalion/Haute-Loire Volunteers unknown 1st Battalion/84th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 351 3rd Eclaireur Company 195 1st & 2nd Battalions46th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 609 51st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 599 3rd Battalion/6th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade 594 Grenadier companies109th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 152 2nd & 3rd Battalions117th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 678 1st Battalion/Maine-et-Loire Volunteers 600 1st & 3rd Battalions56th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 257 2nd Battalion/166th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade 210 Left Wing Total 5,155

Austrians Army of Italy Commander: FZM Olivier, Count of Wallis 23,380 infantry, 2,788 cavalry, 772 artillery Nafziger had no Austrian order of battle for Loano. The previous available report was from 20 June 1795, as follows.

+Austrian Army of Italy on 20 June 1795 Division Brigade Units Battalions Squadrons DivisionFML Johann von Wenckheim GM Mathias Rukavina Karlstadter Grenz RegimentThe list did not specify which of the Karlstadter Grenz regiments this was. 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 (c) 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 DivisionGM 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

Sardinians Army Commander: FML Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi Chief of staff: Col Joseph Henri Costa de Beauregard Nafziger listed no Sardinian orders of battle for 1795, but there is one for January 1796, as follows.

+Sardinian Army of Ceva in January 1796 Division Units Battalions Companies 1st DivisionCol Theodor Hyacinth Brempt Vercelli Infantry Regiment 2 0 Geneva Infantry Regiment 2 0 Royal German Infantry Regiment 2 0 Chablais Infantry Regiment 2 0 2nd DivisionMG Luigi Costa della Trinità,Marquis of Montafia Savoy Infantry Regiment 2 0 Queen's Infantry Regiment 2 0 Stettler Infantry Regiment 3 0 Balegno Legion 1 0 Saluggia Chasseurs 1 0 Colli Chasseurs 1 0 Tortona Infantry Regiment 1 0 Chasseurs Francs 0 ? Giulay Freikorps 0 ? 1st Division of the RightCol Jean-Gaspard Dichat de Toisinge Dichat Grenadier Regiment 2 0 Oneglia Infantry Regiment 2 0 Oneglia Regiment Elite companies 0 3 Light Legion Elite companies 0 6 Bellegarde Legion 1 0 Chasseurs Francs 0 4 Militia ? ? Giulay Freikorps 0 ? 2nd Division of the RightCol Friedrich von Bellegarde Royal Grenadier Regiment 2 0 D'Esery Grenadier Regiment 2 0 Varan Grenadier Regiment 2 0 La Tour Grenadier Battalion 1 0 Andermatt Grenadier Battalion 1 0 Chiusan Grenadier Battalion 1 0 Mondovi Infantry Regiment 2 0 2nd Line AustriansGM Giovanni Marchese di Provera Belgiojoso Infantry Regiment Nr. 44 2 0 Schmidtfeld Infantry Regiment Nr. 48 2 0 Garrison Infantry RegimentThe Austrians had the 1st and 2nd Garrison Regiments (Pivka, p. 82). The Nafziger order of battle did not specify to which one this unit belonged. 1 0 Strassoldo Regiment Grenadiers 0 2 Giulay Freikorps 2 0 Staff Dragoons 0 ? 2nd Line SardiniansCol Gaspare Gaetano Hallotdes Hayes, Count of Mussano Guard Infantry Regiment 2 0 Turin Infantry Regiment 2 0 Asti Infantry Regiment 2 0 Casale Infantry Regiment 2 0 Acqui Infantry Regiment 2 0

See also List of orders of battle

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Further reading This source gave the full names of Sardinian commanders.