X Corps (Grande Armée)

The X Corps of the ''Grande Armée'' was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps was first formed in 1807 and placed under the command of Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre. The corps was responsible for bringing the 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 a Prussian contingent that went on to form the core of the reformed Prussian Army in 1813.Steven Smith, ''The Napoleon Series'', 2004
Following the retreat from Russia, the X Corps was given the assignment of holding Danzig under the leadership of General Jean Rapp. The Siege of Danzig lasted from January until November 1813 when the garrison surrendered.

Order of battle

Russia, 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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