The II Corps of the '' Grande Armée'' was a French military unit that existed during the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

Campaigns

At its formation in 1805, General

Auguste de Marmont Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont (20 July 1774 – 22 March 1852) was a French general and nobleman who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire and was awarded the title (french: duc de Raguse). In the Peninsular War Marmont succeede ...

was appointed commander of the II Corps. Batavian Division, commanding officer Général de Division Count Jean-Baptiste DumonceauGeorge Nafziger,
Batavian Division French II Corps 29 November 1805
', United States Army Combined Arms Center * 1st Batavian Dragoon Regiment (2 Squadrons) * 1st Batavian Hussar Regiment (2 Squadrons) * 1st & 2nd Battalions, 1st Batavian Regiment * 1st & 2nd Battalions, 2nd Batavian Regiment * 1st & 2nd Battalions, 6th Batavian Regiment * 1st & 2nd Battalions, Waldeck Regiment * 1st Battalion, 1st Batavian Light Regiment * 2nd Battalion, 2nd Batavian Light Regiment * 1st Foot Artillery

War of the Third Coalition

The corps participated in the Ulm campaign before advancing southeast to serve as a flank guard. Still under Marmont, the troops then served as the garrison of the Illyrian Provinces until 1809 when they became the ''Army of Dalmatia'' and later

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War of the Fifth Coalition

Meanwhile, a parallel II Corps was created in 1809 to fight against Austria. The formation was led first by Marshal Nicolas Oudinot, then by Marshal

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who was fatally wounded at Aspern-Essling. Oudinot then took over II Corps again and won his marshal's baton at

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in July 1809.

Order of battle, 1809

Russian campaign

Still commanded by Oudinot, the corps took part in the invasion of Russia in 1812, at which point its size was roughly 40,000 men. 6th Division (Legrand) * Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert Brigade ** 26th Light Infantry Regiment (4 battalions) * Moreau Brigade ** 56th Line Infantry Regiment (4 battalions) * Nicolas Joseph Maison Brigade ** 19th Line Infantry Regiment (4 battalions) * Pamplona Brigade ** 128th Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 3rd Portuguese Regiment (2 battalions) 8th Division

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* Raymond-Vivies Brigade ** 11th Light Infantry Regiment (4 battalions) ** 2nd Line Infantry Regiment (5 battalions) * Pouget Brigade ** 37th Line Infantry Regiment (4 battalions) ** 124th Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) 9th Division (Swiss) Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle *

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Brigade ** 4th Swiss Regiment (3 battalions) ** 3rd Provisional Croatian Regiment (2 battalions) * Condras Brigade ** 1st Swiss Regiment (2 battalions) ** 2nd Swiss Regiment (3 battalions) * Coustard Brigade ** 3rd Swiss Regiment (3 battalions) ** 123rd Line Infantry Regiment (4 battalions) Corps Cavalry * Bertrand Pierre Castex Brigade ** 23rd ''Chasseurs-à-Cheval'' Regiment (4 squadrons) ** 24th ''Chasseurs-à-Cheval'' Regiment (4 squadrons) * Jean-Baptiste Juvénal Corbineau Brigade ** 7th ''Chasseurs-à-Cheval'' Regiment (4 squadrons) ** 20th ''Chasseurs-à-Cheval'' Regiment (4 squadrons) ** 8th ''Chevau-Légers-Lanciers'' (4 squadrons) ''Sources:'' ''Les effectifs de la Grande-armée pour la campagne de Russe de 1812'' - Paris 1913 ''Adjutant's Call'' of the Military Historical Society Vol. III - U.S.A.

War of the Sixth Coalition

The II Corps was reorganized in Germany in 1813, with Marshal

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appointed to lead it.

War of The Seventh Coalition

The corps was headed by General

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in 1815 and took part in the

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