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

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. It was formed in 1805 and assigned to

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Pierre Augereau. From 1805 to 1807, Augereau led the VII Corps in the

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and the

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. It was disbanded after being nearly wiped out at the

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in February 1807 and its surviving troops were distributed to other corps. In 1812, a new VII Corps composed of soldiers from

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was created for the invasion of Russia and General

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took command. This formation survived to fight during the

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, but ceased to exist after the

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in October 1813 due to the defection of the Saxons. The VII Corps was recreated during the 1814 campaign in France and assigned to Marshal

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. The formation consisted of one Young Guard division and two regular divisions of

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veterans.

Order of battle

October 1806

Marshal Pierre Augereau (17,672, 36 guns)Chandler (2005), 37 * Chief of Staff: General of Brigade Claude Marie Joseph Pannetier * 1st Division: General of Division Jacques Desjardin (8,242, 8 guns) ** Brigade: General of Brigade Pierre Belon Lapisse *** 16th Light Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th battalions ** Brigade: General of Brigade Jacques Lefranc *** 14th Light Infantry Regiment, 2nd battalion *** 44th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions *** 105th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions ** Artillery: Two 12-pound guns, four 6-pound guns, two 6-inch howitzers *** 3rd Foot Artillery Regiment, 4th company *** 6th Horse Artillery Regiment, 2nd company (-) * 2nd Division: General of Division Étienne Heudelet de Bierre ** Brigade: General of Brigade François Pierre Joseph Amey *** 7th Light Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions *** Hesse-Darmstadt Guard Fusilier Battalion *** Hesse-Darmstadt 1st Life Fusilier Battalion ** Brigade: General of Brigade Jacques Thomas Sarrut *** 24th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions *** 63rd Line Infantry Regiment, 1st and 2nd battalions ** Brigade: unknown *** Nassau Infantry Regiment, 3rd battalion ** Artillery: Two 12-pound guns, four 6-pound guns, two 6-inch howitzers *** 3rd Foot Artillery Regiment, 3rd company *** 6th Horse Artillery Regiment, 2nd company (-) * Cavalry Brigade: General of Brigade Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel (1,290, 4 guns) ** 7th ''Chasseurs-à-Cheval'' Regiment, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th squadrons ** 20th ''Chasseurs-à-Cheval'' Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd squadrons ** 6th Horse Artillery Regiment, 5th company, four 4-pound guns * Corps Artillery: unknown commander (1,323 gunners and train) ** Four 12-pound guns, 12 8-pound guns, four 4-pound guns, four 6-inch howitzers ** 1st Foot Artillery Regiment, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th companies ** 2nd Horse Artillery Regiment, 1st and 5th companies

April 1809

Marshal

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* Artillery Reserve: Colonel Calonge ** Three 12-pound position batteries, 18 guns * 1st Bavarian Division: ''General-Leutnant'' Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria ** Brigade: ''General-Major'' Rechberg *** 1st ''Habermann'' Light Battalion *** ''Leib'' Regiment (2 battalions) *** 2nd ''Prince Royal'' Regiment (2 battalions) ** Brigade: General-Major Stengel *** 4th ''Salern'' Regiment (2 battalions) *** 8th ''Duc Pius'' Regiment (2 battalions) ** Cavalry Brigade: ''General-Major'' Zandt *** ''Minuzzi'' Dragoon Regiment (2 squadrons) *** ''Prince Royal'' ''

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'' Regiment (4 squadrons) ** Artillery: Two 6-pound foot batteries, 6-pound horse battery, 18 guns * 2nd Bavarian Division: ''General-Leutnant''

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** Brigade: ''General-Major'' Minuzzi *** 6th ''Laroche'' Light Battalion *** 3rd ''Prince Karl'' Regiment (2 battalions) *** 13th Regiment (2 battalions) ** Brigade: ''General-Major'' Beckers *** 6th ''Duc Wilhelm'' Regiment (2 battalions) *** 7th ''Löwenstein'' Regiment (2 battalions) ** Cavalry Brigade: ''General-Major'' Preysing *** ''König'' ''Chevau-léger'' Regiment (4 squadrons) *** ''Leiningen'' ''Chevau-léger'' Regiment (4 squadrons) ** Artillery: Two 6-pound foot batteries, 6-pound horse battery, 18 guns * 3rd Bavarian Division: ''General-Leutnant'' Bernhard Erasmus von Deroy ** Brigade: ''General-Major'' Siebein *** 5th ''Buttler'' Light Battalion *** 9th ''Isenburg'' Regiment (2 battalions) *** 10th ''Juncker'' Regiment (2 battalions) ** Brigade: ''General-Major'' Vincenti *** 7th ''Günter'' Light Battalion *** 5th Regiment (2 battalions) *** 14th ''Preysing'' Regiment (2 battalions) ** Cavalry Brigade: ''General-Major'' Seydewitz *** ''Taxis'' Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons) *** ''Bubenhoven'' ''Chevau-léger'' Regiment (4 squadrons) ** Artillery: Two 6-pound foot batteries, 6-pound horse battery, 18 guns

August 1812

Philippoteaux - General Jean Louis Ebenezer

General of Division

(15,008 infantry in 18 battalions, 2,186 cavalry in 16 squadrons) * Artillery: 50 guns * 21st Division (Saxon): ''General-Leutnant'' Karl Christian Erdmann von Le Coq ** 1st Brigade: ''General-Major'' von Steindel *** ''Liebenau'' Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion) *** ''Prinz Friedrich'' Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) *** ''Prinz Clemens'' Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 2nd Brigade: ''General-Major'' von Nostitz *** ''Prinz Anton'' Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) *** 1st Light Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** Cavalry Brigade: ''General-Major'' von Gablenz *** ''Prinz Clemens''

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Regiment (4 squadrons) *** ''Polenz'' ''Chevau-léger'' Regiment (4 squadrons) * 22nd Division (Saxon): ''General-Leutnant'' von Funck ** 2nd Brigade: ''General-Major'' von Sahr *** ''Anger'' Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion) *** ''Spiegel'' Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion) *** 2nd Light Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 1st(?) Brigade: ''General-Major'' von Klengel *** ''König'' Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) *** ''Niesemeuschel'' Infantry Regiment (1 and a half battalions) * 32nd Division (French): General of Division Pierre François Joseph Durutte ** 35th Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 131st Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) ** 132nd Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) ** 133rd Line Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) ** ''Belle-Isle'' Infantry Regiment (3 battalions) ** Würzburg Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)

October 1813

General of Division Jean Reynier (12,837, 48 guns)Smith (1998), 463-464. The Saxon troops defected to the Allies on 18 October. * Corps Artillery: ** One Saxon foot artillery battery (6 12-pound guns) ** One French foot artillery battery (6 12-pound guns) ** One Saxon horse artillery battery (4 guns) * 13th Division (French): General of Division Armand Charles Guilleminot ** Brigade: General of Brigade Antoine Gruyer *** 1st Light Infantry Regiment (4 battalions) *** 18th Light Infantry Regiment (1st and 2nd Battalions) *** 7th Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion) *** 156th Line Infantry Regiment (1st and 2nd Battalions) ** Brigade: General of Brigade Louis-Francois, Baron Lejeune *** 52nd Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion) *** 67th Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion) *** 101st Line Infantry Regiment (2nd and 3rd Battalions) *** ''Illyrian'' Infantry Regiment (2nd Battalion) ** Artillery: One foot artillery battery (6 guns) * 24th (Saxon) Division: ''General-Leutnant'' von Zeschau ** 1st Brigade: ''Oberst'' von Brause *** ''Lecoq'' Light Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) *** ''Spiegel'' Grenadier Battalion Nr. 1 (1 battalion) *** ''Prinz Friedrich August'' Line Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) *** ''Rechten'' Line Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) *** ''Steindel'' Line Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) ** 2nd Brigade: ''General-Major'' von Ryssel *** ''Sahr'' Light Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) *** ''Anger'' Grenadier Battalion Nr. 2 (1 battalion) *** ''Niesemueschel'' Line Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) *** ''Prinz Anton'' Line Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) *** ''Feldjager'' company ** Artillery: Two foot artillery batteries (16 guns) * 32nd Division (French): General of Division Pierre François Joseph Durutte ** Brigade: General of Brigade Marie Jean Baptiste Urbain Devaux *** 35th Light Infantry Regiment (1st Battalion) *** 131st Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion) *** 132nd Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion) ** Brigade: General of Brigade Antoine Anatole Gedeon Jarry *** 36th Light Infantry Regiment (4th Battalion) *** 133rd Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion) *** Würzburg Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion) ** Artillery: *** One foot artillery battery (6 guns) *** One horse artillery battery (6 guns) * 27th (Saxon) Light Cavalry Brigade: ''Oberst'' von Lindenau ** Hussar Regiment (8 squadrons) ** ''Prinz Clemens'' Uhlan Regiment (5 squadrons) ** One horse artillery battery (4 guns)

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References

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:VII Corps Grande Armee 1805 establishments in France GAI07