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Montenotte 1796 campaign order of battle

August 25, 2023

In the Montenotte campaign between 10 and 28 April 1796, General Napoleon Bonaparte's French Army of Italy broke the link between Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu's Austrian army and Feldmarschallleutnant Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi's Sardinian army. In subsequent engagements, the French defeated the Austrians, pursued Colli to the west, and forced the Sardinians to withdraw from the First Coalition against France. Actions were fought at Voltri (now a suburb of Genoa) on 10 April, Monte Negino (Legino) on 11 April, Montenotte on 12 April, Millesimo on 13 April, Second Battle of Dego on 14–15 April, Ceva on 16 April, San Michele Mondovi on 19 April, and Mondovì on 21 April.[1]

Rampon defending Monte Legino, painting by René Berthon

French Army order of battle Edit

French Army on April 9 Edit

Army of Italy (France): Napoleon Bonaparte (42,717 in the field, 64,356 total)[2][3][4]

Key Edit

  • Note: It is unknown which brigadiers to whom the demi-brigades were assigned.
  • old = The old numbers of the infantry units. In March 1796, the French army reorganized the demi-brigades and assigned new numbers. Boycott-Brown gives the new numbers while Smith gives the old ones. For example, the new 51st Line Demi-Brigade was formerly the 99th Line.[12]

Allied Army order of battle Edit

Austrian Army on April 1 Edit

Austrian Army: Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu (32,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, 148 guns)[13][14]

Sardinian Army Edit

Sardinian Army: Feldmarschallleutnant Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi

  • Austrian Auxiliary Corps: Feldmarschallleutnant Giovanni Marchese di Provera[18]
    • Belgiojoso Infantry Regiment Nr. 44 (3 battalions)
    • Strassoldo Grenadier battalion
    • Gyulai Freikorps
  • Division (at Ceva): General Brempt[19]
    • Colonel Colli-Ricci's Light Infantry (1 battalion)
    • Genevois Infantry Regiment
    • Royal Grenadiers Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
    • Royal Allemand Infantry Regiment
    • Acqui Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
  • Division (at Ceva): General Giuseppe Felice, Count Vital
    • Foot Chasseurs
    • Savoy Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
    • Stettler Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)
    • Royal Grenadiers Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
    • Oneglia Infantry Regiment (2 battalion)
    • Piedmontese Freikorps
    • Mondovì Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
  • Division (at Ceva): General Count di Torneforte
    • Tortona Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
    • Mondovì Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
    • Acqui Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
  • Others in the campaign:
    • Commanders: General Jean Dichat de Toisinge †, General Count de la Chiusa
    • La Marina Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)[20]
    • Montferrat Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)
    • 3rd Grenadiers (1 battalion)[21]

Key Edit

  • Note that Colli-Marchi was an Austrian fighting in the Sardinian army.

References Edit

Printed materials Edit

  • Boycott-Brown, Martin. The Road to Rivoli. London: Cassell & Co., 2001. ISBN 0-304-35305-1
  • Chandler, David. The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York: Macmillan, 1966.
  • Fiebeger, G. J. (1911). The Campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte of 1796–1797. West Point, New York: US Military Academy Printing Office.
  • Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. ISBN 1-85367-276-9

Footnotes Edit

  1. ^ Smith, p 112. There is some dispute over the date of this battle. Smith lists 22 April, David G. Chandler and Boycott-Brown 21 April, and Fiebeger 20 April!
  2. ^ Fiebeger, p 8. Total army strength is from Fiebeger. His divisional strengths are not used, but his brigade commanders generally agree with Smith.
  3. ^ Boycott-Brown, pp 195-196. Boycott-Brown lists the new demi-brigade numbers and strengths for the 1st through 4th Divisions, but no brigade commanders. His strengths are the same as Smith's.
  4. ^ Smith, p 113. Smith's Borghetto order of battle appears to present an accurate state from early April. Smith lists the old demi-brigade numbers, numbers of battalions, brigade commanders, and division strengths. These were used except as noted.
  5. ^ Fiebeger, p 8. Fiebeger places Cervoni in Laharpe's division.
  6. ^ Fiebeger, p 8. Fiebeger lists Rusca in place of Victor.
  7. ^ Smith, p 113. Smith lists Sérurier's brigadiers as Pelletier, Fiorella, and Miollis.
  8. ^ Fiebeger, p 8. Fiebeger lists only Guieu and Pelletier.
  9. ^ Boycott-Brown, p 266. Boycott-Brown only mentions Guieu and Fiorella in his account of the battle of Mondovì.
  10. ^ Smith, p 113. The 7th, 8th, and 9th were rated as coast divisions.
  11. ^ Fiebeger, p 8. Fiebeger places Verne in Garnier's division.
  12. ^ Boycott-Brown, p 142
  13. ^ Boycott-Brown, pp 167-168. Boycott-Brown lists Austrian organization, regiments, numbers of battalions and squadrons, and locations. Though Kerpen, Schübirz, and Pittoni are given as division commanders, their commands were brigade-sized and they held the rank of General-Major, i.e., brigadiers. Therefore they are listed here as unattached brigades.
  14. ^ Fiebeger, p 8. Fiebeger gives a total of 28,000, which may be more accurate than the theoretical numbers shown here. Fiebeger lists Argenteau (Liptay, Ruccavina, Pittoni, Sallich) and Sebottendorf (Kerpen, Schubirz, Nicoletti, Roselmini) as having four brigades each.
  15. ^ Fiebeger, p 8. Boycott-Brown lists no commander for this brigade. Fiebeger lists 'Sallich' as the brigade commander at Tortona.
  16. ^ Boycott-Brown, p 348. There were about 1,500 cavalry, not included in the Austrian total.
  17. ^ Smith, pp 113-114. Neapolitan units are listed in the Lodi and Borghetto orders of battle.
  18. ^ Smith, p 112. This is listed in the Millesimo order of battle. Smith incorrectly lists the freikorps as Gyulai IR # 32.
  19. ^ Boycott-Brown, pp 260-261. Boycott-Brown's order of battle for Ceva is used here.
  20. ^ Smith, p 112. La Marina and Monferrat fought at Dego.
  21. ^ Smith, p 112. The 3rd Grenadiers fought at Millesimo.

External links Edit

  • Full names of Austrian generals by Digby Smith, compiled by Leopold Kudrna
  • Fortezze Savonesi (Italian)

August 25, 2023
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In the Montenotte campaign between 10 and 28 April 1796 General Napoleon Bonaparte s French Army of Italy broke the link between Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu s Austrian army and Feldmarschallleutnant Michelangelo Alessandro Colli Marchi s Sardinian army In subsequent engagements the French defeated the Austrians pursued Colli to the west and forced the Sardinians to withdraw from the First Coalition against France Actions were fought at Voltri now a suburb of Genoa on 10 April Monte Negino Legino on 11 April Montenotte on 12 April Millesimo on 13 April Second Battle of Dego on 14 15 April Ceva on 16 April San Michele Mondovi on 19 April and Mondovi on 21 April 1 Rampon defending Monte Legino painting by Rene Berthon Contents 1 French Army order of battle 1 1 French Army on April 9 1 2 Key 2 Allied Army order of battle 2 1 Austrian Army on April 1 2 2 Sardinian Army 2 3 Key 3 References 3 1 Printed materials 3 2 Footnotes 3 3 External linksFrench Army order of battle EditFrench Army on April 9 Edit Army of Italy France Napoleon Bonaparte 42 717 in the field 64 356 total 2 3 4 Cavalry General of Division Henri Christian Michel de Stengel 1st Cavalry Division Henri Stengel 3 090 General of Brigade Marc Antoine de Beaumont 1st Hussar Regiment 4 squadrons 10th Chasseur Regiment 4 squadrons 22nd Chasseur Regiment 4 squadrons 25th Chasseur Regiment 3 squadrons 5th Dragoon Regiment 3 squadrons 20th Dragoon Regiment 3 squadrons 2nd Cavalry Division General of Division Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine 1 778 7th Hussar Regiment 4 squadrons 13th Hussar Regiment 3 squadrons 24th Chasseur Regiment 4 squadrons 8th Dragoon Regiment 3 squadrons 15th Dragoon Regiment 3 squadrons Advance Guard General of Division Andre Massena 1st Division General of Division Amedee Emmanuel Francois Laharpe 8 614 Generals of Brigade Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon Philippe Romain Menard 17th Light Demi Brigade 3 battalions 22nd Light Demi Brigade 3 battalions 32nd Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions 75th Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions 2nd Division General of Division Jean Baptiste Meynier 9 526 Generals of Brigade Elzear Auguste Cousin de Dommartin Barthelemy Catherine Joubert Jean Baptiste Cervoni 5 11th Light Demi Brigade 2 battalions 25th Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions 51st Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions 27th Light Demi Brigade 1 battalion old 51st Line Demi Brigade 1 battalion old 55th Line Demi Brigade 1 battalion Not organized into corps 3rd Division General of Division Pierre Augereau 10 117 Generals of Brigade Martial Beyrand Claude Perrin Victor Pierre Banel Jean Baptiste Dominique Rusca 6 4th Light Demi Brigade 2 battalions 29th Light Demi Brigade 2 battalions 4th Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions 18th Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions 14th Line Demi Brigade 1 battalion 4th Division General of Division Jean Mathieu Philibert Serurier 9 448 Generals of Brigade Jean Joseph Guieu Pascal Antoine Fiorella Louis Pelletier Sextius Alexandre Francois de Miollis 7 8 9 69th Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions 39th Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions 85th Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions 5th Division General of Division Francois Macquard 3 690 Generals of Brigade Jean David Claude Dallemagne old 22nd Line Demi Brigade 1 battalion old 100th Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions 6th Division General of Division Pierre Dominique Garnier 3 136 Generals of Brigade Jean Davin Guilin Laurent Bizanet Joseph Colomb old 20th Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions old 7th Provisional Demi Brigade 2 battalions 7th Division General of Division Andre Mouret 4 808 10 Generals of Brigade Emmanuel de Serviez Gaspard Amedee Gardanne Pierre Verne 11 old 83rd Line Demi Brigade 3 battalions old 13th Line Demi Brigade 1 battalion old 10th Provisional Demi Brigade 2 battalions Grenadiers 1 bn 8th Division General of Division Raphael Casabianca 3 125 Generals of Brigade Francois Parra Francois Guillot old 15th Light Demi Brigade 3 battalions old Jura and Herault Demi Brigade 1 battalion 9th Division General of Division Antoine Casalta 1 045 old 12th Line Demi Brigade 1 battalion old 56th Line Demi Brigade 1 battalion Reserve 1 900 5 battalionsKey Edit Note It is unknown which brigadiers to whom the demi brigades were assigned old The old numbers of the infantry units In March 1796 the French army reorganized the demi brigades and assigned new numbers Boycott Brown gives the new numbers while Smith gives the old ones For example the new 51st Line Demi Brigade was formerly the 99th Line 12 Allied Army order of battle EditAustrian Army on April 1 Edit Austrian Army Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu 32 000 infantry 5 000 cavalry 148 guns 13 14 Division Feldmarschallleutnant Eugene Guillaume Argenteau Brigade General Major Mathias Rukavina von Boynograd Dego Carlstadt Grenz Infantry Regiment 1st battalion Preiss Infantry Regiment Nr 24 1 battalion Toscana Infantry Regiment Nr 23 1 battalion Brechainville Infantry Regiment Nr 25 1 battalion Brigade General Major Anton Lipthay de Kisfalud Acqui Terme Ovada Carlstadt Grenz Infantry Regiment 2nd battalion Pellegrini Infantry Regiment Nr 49 1 battalion Alvinczi Infantry Regiment Nr 19 1 battalion Erdody Hussar Regiment Nr 9 2 squadrons Division Feldmarschallleutnant Karl Philipp Sebottendorf Brigade Oberst Colonel Karl Wetzel Tortona Wenzel Colloredo Infantry Regiment Nr 56 2 battalions Meszaros Uhlan Regiment Nr 1 2 squadrons Brigade Oberst Karl Salisch Alessandria 15 Terzi Infantry Regiment Nr 16 1 battalion Lattermann Infantry Regiment Nr 45 1 battalion Stein Infantry Regiment Nr 50 1 battalion Unattached brigades Brigade General Major Wilhelm Lothar Maria von Kerpen Pavia Archduke Anton Infantry Regiment Nr 52 2 battalions Wilhelm Schroder Infantry Regiment Nr 26 1 battalion Huff Infantry Regiment Nr 8 1 battalion Brigade General Major Franz Nicoletti Lodi Thurn Infantry Regiment Nr 43 3 battalions Michael Wallis Infantry Regiment Nr 11 1 battalion Jordis Infantry Regiment Nr 59 1 battalion Brigade General Major Gerhard Rosselmini Lodi Deutschmeister Infantry Regiment Nr 4 1 battalion Strassoldo Infantry Regiment Nr 27 2 battalions Cavalry Brigade General Major Anton Schubirz von Chobinin Pavia Archduke Joseph Hussar Regiment Nr 2 10 squadrons Meszaros Uhlan Regiment Nr 1 squadrons Brigade General Major Philipp Pittoni von Dannenfeld Near Novi Ligure Reisky Infantry Regiment Nr 13 3 battalions Nadasdy Infantry Regiment Nr 39 2 battalions Terzi Infantry Regiment Nr 16 1 battalion Lattermann Infantry Regiment Nr 45 1 battalion Szluiner Grenz Infantry Regiment 1 battalion Neapolitan Cavalry Brigade Prince di Cuto Lodi 16 Rey Cavalry Regiment 4 squadrons 17 Regina Cavalry Regiment 4 squadrons Principe Cavalry Regiment 4 squadrons Sardinian Army Edit Sardinian Army Feldmarschallleutnant Michelangelo Alessandro Colli Marchi Austrian Auxiliary Corps Feldmarschallleutnant Giovanni Marchese di Provera 18 Belgiojoso Infantry Regiment Nr 44 3 battalions Strassoldo Grenadier battalion Gyulai Freikorps Division at Ceva General Brempt 19 Colonel Colli Ricci s Light Infantry 1 battalion Genevois Infantry Regiment Royal Grenadiers Infantry Regiment 1 battalion Royal Allemand Infantry Regiment Acqui Infantry Regiment 1 battalion Division at Ceva General Giuseppe Felice Count Vital Foot Chasseurs Savoy Infantry Regiment 1 battalion Stettler Infantry Regiment 3 battalions Royal Grenadiers Infantry Regiment 1 battalion Oneglia Infantry Regiment 2 battalion Piedmontese Freikorps Mondovi Infantry Regiment 1 battalion Division at Ceva General Count di Torneforte Tortona Infantry Regiment 1 battalion Mondovi Infantry Regiment 1 battalion Acqui Infantry Regiment 1 battalion Others in the campaign Commanders General Jean Dichat de Toisinge General Count de la Chiusa La Marina Infantry Regiment 2 battalions 20 Montferrat Infantry Regiment 1 battalion 3rd Grenadiers 1 battalion 21 Key Edit Note that Colli Marchi was an Austrian fighting in the Sardinian army References EditPrinted materials Edit Boycott Brown Martin The Road to Rivoli London Cassell amp Co 2001 ISBN 0 304 35305 1 Chandler David The Campaigns of Napoleon New York Macmillan 1966 Fiebeger G J 1911 The Campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte of 1796 1797 West Point New York US Military Academy Printing Office Smith Digby The Napoleonic Wars Data Book London Greenhill 1998 ISBN 1 85367 276 9Footnotes Edit Smith p 112 There is some dispute over the date of this battle Smith lists 22 April David G Chandler and Boycott Brown 21 April and Fiebeger 20 April Fiebeger p 8 Total army strength is from Fiebeger His divisional strengths are not used but his brigade commanders generally agree with Smith Boycott Brown pp 195 196 Boycott Brown lists the new demi brigade numbers and strengths for the 1st through 4th Divisions but no brigade commanders His strengths are the same as Smith s Smith p 113 Smith s Borghetto order of battle appears to present an accurate state from early April Smith lists the old demi brigade numbers numbers of battalions brigade commanders and division strengths These were used except as noted Fiebeger p 8 Fiebeger places Cervoni in Laharpe s division Fiebeger p 8 Fiebeger lists Rusca in place of Victor Smith p 113 Smith lists Serurier s brigadiers as Pelletier Fiorella and Miollis Fiebeger p 8 Fiebeger lists only Guieu and Pelletier Boycott Brown p 266 Boycott Brown only mentions Guieu and Fiorella in his account of the battle of Mondovi Smith p 113 The 7th 8th and 9th were rated as coast divisions Fiebeger p 8 Fiebeger places Verne in Garnier s division Boycott Brown p 142 Boycott Brown pp 167 168 Boycott Brown lists Austrian organization regiments numbers of battalions and squadrons and locations Though Kerpen Schubirz and Pittoni are given as division commanders their commands were brigade sized and they held the rank of General Major i e brigadiers Therefore they are listed here as unattached brigades Fiebeger p 8 Fiebeger gives a total of 28 000 which may be more accurate than the theoretical numbers shown here Fiebeger lists Argenteau Liptay Ruccavina Pittoni Sallich and Sebottendorf Kerpen Schubirz Nicoletti Roselmini as having four brigades each Fiebeger p 8 Boycott Brown lists no commander for this brigade Fiebeger lists Sallich as the brigade commander at Tortona Boycott Brown p 348 There were about 1 500 cavalry not included in the Austrian total Smith pp 113 114 Neapolitan units are listed in the Lodi and Borghetto orders of battle Smith p 112 This is listed in the Millesimo order of battle Smith incorrectly lists the freikorps as Gyulai IR 32 Boycott Brown pp 260 261 Boycott Brown s order of battle for Ceva is used here Smith p 112 La Marina and Monferrat fought at Dego Smith p 112 The 3rd Grenadiers fought at Millesimo External links Edit Full names of Austrian generals by Digby Smith compiled by Leopold Kudrna Fortezze Savonesi Italian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Montenotte 1796 campaign order of battle amp 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