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

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. The corps was formed in the spring of 1813 and

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was appointed as its commander. The corps included three French infantry divisions and attached cavalry. During the German campaign, the XIII Corps was assigned to defend northern Germany. Accordingly, Davout seized

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and prepared to defend it against the Allies. In September 1813, one brigade was defeated at the Battle of the Göhrde. After Emperor

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's decisive defeat at the

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in October, the XIII Corps became isolated in Hamburg. An Allied army under Russian General Count von Bennigsen initiated the Siege of Hamburg in December.

Order of battle

Hamburg, 1814

XIII Corps: Marshal

(40,000) * 3rd Division: General of Division Louis Henri Loison ** 15th Light Infantry Regiment ** 44th Line Infantry Regiment ** 48th Line Infantry Regiment ** 108th Line Infantry Regiment * 40th Division: General of Division Marc Nicolas Louis Pécheux ** 33rd Light Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 30th Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 61st Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 111th Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) * 50th. Division: General of Division Paul Thiébault ** 24th Light Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 3rd Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 29th Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 105th Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) *Danish Auxiliary Division: General Prince

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*Avant Garde Brigade:

** 2nd Battalion Schleswig Jaeger Corps ** 1st & 2nd Battalions Holstein Sharpshooter Corps ** 1st Battalion 3rd (Jutland) Infantry Regiment ** Holstein Heavy Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons) ** 17th Lithuanian Uhlan Regiment (2 squadrons) ** 6pdr Foot Battery von Gerstenberg (8 guns) *1st Brigade: General Graf Schulenburg ** 1st & 4th Battalions Oldenburg Infantry Regiment ** 3 Companies 2nd Battalion Oldernburg Infantry Regiment ** 3rd & 4th Battalions Holstein Infantry Regiment ** 2nd & 6th Squadrons Danish Hussar Regiment ** 3pdr Foot Battery von Gonner (8 guns) ** 6pdr Foot Battery Koye (8 guns) *2nd. Brigade General Christian Friedrich Abercron ** 1st & 2nd Battalions Funen Infantry Regiment ** 1st & 2nd Battalions Schleswig Infantry Regiment ** Funen Light Dragoon Regiment (3 squadrons) ** 6pdr Foot Battery Friis (10 guns) * Cavalry Brigade: ** 28th ''Chasseurs-à-Cheval'' Regiment ** 17th Lithuanian Uhlan Regiment * Other infantry elements: ** 26th Light, 18th Line, 93rd Line, and 155th Line Infantry Regiments * Other cavalry elements: ** 4th, 8th, and 15th Cuirassier and 13th and 20th Dragoon Regiments ** 5th Hussar and 2nd and 25th ''Chasseurs-à-Cheval'' Regiments Source:

References

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Chakoten
(2013). Collection of Danish military history
the Danish Auxiliary regiment in North Germany
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