The Battle of La Rothière order of battle is shown below. The Battle of La Rothière was fought on 1 February 1814 and was part of the Campaign in north-east France during the War of the Sixth Coalition. An Imperial French army led by Napoleon was defeated by a larger Coalition army commanded by Field Marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg and Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. This order of battle may be used for the Battle of Brienne on 29 January 1814 also.

Abbreviations

FM = Field Marshal GdK = General der Kavallerie FZM = Feldzeugmeister LG = Lieutenant General FML = Feldmarschall-Leutnant GM = Generalmajor OB = Oberst OBL = Oberstleutnant Maj = Major Gren = Grenadier infantry LW = Landwehr Inf = Infantry Cav = Cavalry Art = Artillery M = Marshal of the Empire GD = General of Division GB = General of Brigade Col = Colonel LC = Lieutenant Colonel pdr = pounder how = Howitzer IR = Infantry Regiment Regt = Regiment Bn = Battalion Sqn = Squadron 8/32nd = 8th Bn, 32nd Line IR Gd = Imperial Guard

French Army Emperor Napoleon

The Imperial French Army at La Rothière on 1 February 1814 counted 36,540 infantry, cavalry, and artillerymen. The Strength column shows unit strengths on 25 January 1814. This may be used for the Battle of Brienne on 29 January. Strengths in parentheses are unit strengths on 1 February 1814 estimated by J. Sporschil. From the 25 January unit strengths, losses at Brienne should be subtracted to get totals for La Rothière. Losses were 3,500 killed, wounded, and missing, plus 11 guns.

+French Army - 25 January 1814 Wing Division Brigade Unit Strength Right WingGD Étienne Maurice Gérard Paris ReserveGD François Marie Dufour8,291 (3,400) BrigadeGB Antoine Jarry2,325 8/32nd Line IR 673 6/58th Line IR 406 7/12th Light IR 510 6/29th Light IR 736 BrigadeGB Antoine de Belair3,493 7/2nd Light IR 600 6/4th Light IR 580 7/15th Light IR 554 3/135th Line IR 554 139th Line IR 369 3/155th Line IR 836 BrigadeGB Louis de Bourmont2,173 113th Line IR 2,173 Artillery300 Artillery and Train 300 DivisionVI CorpsGD Étienne Ricard2,307 (3,500) BrigadeGB Jean Louis Fournier858 3/2nd Light IR 112 3/4th Light IR 136 2/6th Light IR 197 3/40th Line IR 223 2/50th Line IR 190 BrigadeGB François Boudin de Roville1,449 2/65th Line IR 97 1/136th Line IR 582 1/138th LIne IR 108 1/142nd Line IR 95 1/144th Line IR 306 1/145th Line IR 261 Cavalry915 (500) 23rd Cavalry BrigadeGB Cyrille Picquet915 10th Hussar Regt 548 1st Honor Gd Regt 367 CenterM Claude Victor 1st DivisionII CorpsGD Jean-Baptiste Jamin2,723 Brigade unknown1,160 1/24th Light IR 520 1/19th Line IR 640 GB Louis Huguet-ChateauThe Brienne chateau was captured by 400 men of the 37th and 56th Line. (Nafziger 2015, p. 96) These were part of GB Louis Huguet-Chateau's brigade. (Petre, p. 23)1,563 1/37th Line IR 601 1/56th Line IR 962 2nd DivisionII CorpsGD François ForestierForestier was killed at Brienne. (Smith, p. 491) It is not clear who commanded the division at La Rothière.3,347 Brigades unknown3,347 1/26th Line IRSmith stated that the 26th Light in Forestier's division suffered heavy losses at Brienne and was reduced to 150 men (Smith, p. 491). 801 18th Line IR 1,385 1/46th Line IR 753 93rd Line IR 408 3rd DivisionII CorpsGD Guillaume Duhesme2,662 (6,100)Nafziger's account only mentioned Duhesme's division at La Rothière and credited it with 4,200 men. It also noted that there were 1,900 other soldiers defending La Gibre village (Nafziger 2015, p. 583). Brigades unknown2,662 2/11th Line IR 496 2/2nd Line IR 405 4th Line IR 1,237 2/72nd Line IR 524 II Corps Artillery1,142 Not brigaded1,142 17/1st Foot Art Regt, 12-pdr 989 7/2nd Foot Art Reg, 6-pdr 19/2nd Foot Art Reg, 6-pdr 9th Foot Art Regt, 6-pdr 1st & 4th Horse Art Regt Engineers 153 1st Cavalry DivisionImperial GdGD Pierre de Colbert(880) Not brigaded3,141 1st Gd Lancer Regt 600 Gd Horse Chasseur Regt 585 Gd Empress Dragoon Regt 734 Gd Horse Gren Regt 909 2nd Eclaireur Regt 313 2nd Cavalry DivisionImperial GdGD Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes(850) Not brigaded 2nd Gd Lancer Regt - Gd Horse Chasseur Regt - Gd Empress Dragoon Regt - Gd Horse Gren Regt - Gd Service SquadronsGD Claude-Étienne Guyot (750) Not brigaded Gd Horse Gren & Chasseur - Gd Dragoon & 1st Lancer - 9th Light Cavalry DivisionV Cavalry CorpsGD Hippolyte Piré1,050 (870) 1st BrigadeGB Jacques Subervie485 3rd Hussar Regt 278 26th Horse Chasseur Regt 207 2nd BrigadeGB Pantaleon d'Hericourt565 14th Horse Chasseur Regt 234 27th Horse Chasseur Regt 331 5th Heavy Cavalry DivisionV Cavalry CorpsGD André Briche1,590 (1,250) 1st BrigadeGB Gabriel Montelegier1,037 2nd Dragoon Regt 349 6th Dragoon Regt 321 11th Dragoon Regt 367 2nd BrigadeGB Denis Éloi Ludot553 13th Dragoon Regt 220 15th Dragoon Regt 333 6th Heavy Cavalry DivisionV Cavalry CorpsGD Samuel-François Lhéritier1,164 (1,000) 1st BrigadeGB Auguste Lamotte618 18th Dragoon Regt 218 19th Dragoon Regt 246 20th Dragoon Regt 154 2nd BrigadeGB Jean Antoine de Collaert546 22nd Dragoon Regt 283 25th Dragoon Regt 263 V Cavalry Corps Artillery319 ArtilleryCol Martin Etchegoyen319 4/2nd Horse Art Regt4 x 6-pdr, 2 x how 319 2/3rd Horse Art Regt4 x 6-pdr, 2 x how Left WingM Auguste de Marmont DivisionVI CorpsGD Joseph Lagrange2,867 (4,600) BrigadeGB Joseph Antoine Joubert1,305 3/23rd Line IR 76 37th Line IR 721 1st Marine Regt 508 BrigadeGB Pierre Pelleport1,562 2nd Marine Regt 740 3rd Marine Regt 543 4th Marine Regt 279 DivisionVI CorpsGD Étienne LefolIn Nafziger's orders of battle, Lefol's division was apparently absorbed into Lagrange's division at La Rothière (Nafziger 2015, pp. 577, 584).1,950 BrigadeUnknown commander863 3/9th Light IR 130 2/16th Light IR 199 4/1st Line IR 194 3/15th Line IR 340 BrigadeGB Pierre Clavel1,087 4/16th Line IR 120 62nd Line IR 228 2/70th Line IR 339 121st Line IR 400 VI Corps Artillery861 Artillery539 3rd Foot Art Regt (3 cos.) 539 5th Foot Art Regt (2 cos.) 2/1st Horse Art Regt Engineers - 322 3 Sapper Bns 322 I Cavalry CorpsGD Jean-Pierre Doumerc2,091 (1,800) 1st BrigadeNafziger's order of battle stated Picquet was the commander, but Picquet led the Right Wing cavalry (Nafziger 2015, p. 584).704 1st Provisional Hussar Regt 272 2nd Provisional Chasseur Regt 432 2nd BrigadeGB Charles d'Audenarde1,196 3rd Provisional Cuirassier Regt 614 4th Provisional Dragoon Regt 582 I Cavalry Corps ArtilleryCol Claude-Joseph Lavoy - 191 3/1st Horse Art Regt6 guns 191 ReservesM Michel Ney 1st Young Guard DivisionGD Claude Marie Meunier4,144 (3,000) BrigadeGB Jean Clément-Lacoste1,597 1st Voltigeur Regt 657 2nd Voltigeur Regt 940 BrigadeGB Guillaume Rousseau2,407 3rd Voltigeur Regt 1,263 4th Voltigeur Regt 1,144 Artillery - 140 (129) Artillery and Train 140 2nd Young Guard DivisionGD Pierre DecouzDecouz was mortally wounded at Brienne. He was replaced by Admiral Pierre Baste who was also fatally wounded (Nafziger 2015, p. 96).GD Philibert Curial2,700 (1,800) BrigadeGB Jean-Jacques Pelet1,313 5th Voltigeur Regt 680 6th Voltigeur Regt 633 BrigadeGB Auguste Bigarré1,387 7th Voltigeur Regt 717 8th Voltigeur Regt 670 Artillery Artillery and Train - 5th Young Guard DivisionGD Henri Rottembourg4,947 (4,900) Brigades unknown4,947 1st Tirailleur Regt 800 5th Tirailleur Regt 959 6th Tirailleur Regt 733 7th Tirailleur Regt 811 8th Tirailleur Regt 990 Flanqueur-Chasseur Regt 312 2 Foot Art Companies 342 Gd Artillery1,464 Not brigaded1,464 7 Gd Foot Art Companies 459 4 Gd Horse Art Companies 319 Pontoniers 21 Artillery Train 665 Cavalry DivisionGD Jean-Marie Defrance1,069 BrigadeGB Philippe, Count Ségur1,069 3rd Honor Gd Regt 750 4th Honor Gd Regt 319

Coalition Army FM Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Left Wing FZM Ignaz Gyulai

The Coalition 3rd Corps was made up entirely of Austrian units. Austrian position or support batteries were armed with four 6- of 12-pounder cannons and two 7-pounder howitzers. Cavalry batteries consisted of four 6-pounders and two 7-pounder howitzers. Brigade Batteries were armed with eight 3- or 6-pounder cannons.

+Coalition Left Wing - 1 February 1814 Corps Division Brigade Unit Strength 3rd CorpsFZM Ignaz Gyulai12,000 inf, 1,500 cav, 56 guns DivisionFML Louis Charles Folliot de Crenneville BrigadeGM Joseph von Haecht Klenau Chevau-léger RegtNr. 5 7 sqns St. George Grenz IR Nr. 6 1 bn BrigadeGM Joseph von der Trenck Rosenberg Dragoon Regt Nr. 6 6 sqns St. George Grenz IR Nr. 6 1 bn Cavalry Battery 6 x 6-pdr DivisionFML Jean Hennequin de Fresnel BrigadeGM Philipp Pflüger von Lindenfels Archduke Ludwig IR Nr. 8 4 bns Würzburg IR Nr. 7 3 bns Brigade Battery 8 x 6-pdr BrigadeGM Markus von Csollich Kottulinsky IR Nr. 41 3 bns, 2,214 Kaiser IR Nr. 1 2 bns, 1,558 Brigade Battery 8 x 6-pdr DivisionFML Prince Louis Hohenlohe BrigadeGM Franz Splény de Milháldy Mariassy IR Nr. 37 2 bns Ignaz Giulay IR Nr. 60 2 bns Brigade Battery 8 x 6-pdr BrigadeGM Anton Grimmer von Riesenburg Kollowrat IR Nr. 36 2 bns, 1,602 Frölich IR Nr. 28 3 bns, 2,790 Brigade Battery 8 x 6-pdr Corps Artillery Not brigaded Position Battery 6 x 12-pdr Position Battery 6 x 6-pdr Position Battery 6 x 6-pdr

Center General of Infantry Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken

Each Russian battery was armed with twelve 6- or 12-pounder cannons.