Order of battle of the Armée d'Orient (1798)
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[edit] Land forces
- Commander in chief: Général Napoléon Bonaparte
- Chef d'état-major : Général Berthier
- Numbers: 45,000 of which 33,000 in Egypt
[edit] Compagnie des guides
- Numbers: 500 men on foot and on horseback
[edit] Division Desaix
- Commander: Général Louis Charles Antoine Desaix
- Numbers: 5600 men
- Made up of the following regiments:
- 21e demi-brigade d'infanterie légère : 3 batallions, 2100 men in total
- 61e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 batallions, 1900 men in total
- 88e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 batallions, 1600 men in total
[edit] Division Reynier
- Commander: Général Reynier
- Numbers: 3450 men
- Made up of the following regiments:
- 9e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 batallions, 1620 men in total
- 85e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 batallions, 1840 men in total
[edit] Division Kleber
- Commander: Jean-Baptiste Kléber
- Numbers: 4900 men
- Made up of the following regiments:
- 2e demi-brigade d'infanterie légère : 3 batallions, 1450 men in total
- 25e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 batallions, 1650 men in total
- 75e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 batallions, 1800 men in total
[edit] Division Menou
- Commander: Général Jacques-Francois Menou
- Numbers: 5200 men
- Made up of the following regiments:
- 22e demi-brigade d'infanterie légère : 3 batallions, 1100 men in total
- 13e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 batallions, 2500 men in total
- 69e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 batallions, 1600 men in total
[edit] Division Bon
- Commander: Général Louis André Bon
- Numbers: 4700 men
- Made up of the following regiments:
- 4e demi-brigade d'infanterie légère : 2 batallions, 1100 men in total
- 18e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 batallions, 1650 men in total
- 32e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 batallions, 1950 men in total
[edit] Division Dumas (cavalry)
- Commander: Général Dumas
- Numbers: 3050 men
- Made up of the following regiments:
- 7e régiment bis de hussards : 3 squadrons, 630 men in total
- 22e régiment de chasseurs à cheval : 3 squadrons, 280 men in total
- 3e régiment de dragons : 2 squadrons, 390 men in total
- 14e régiment de dragons : 3 squadrons, 640 men in total
- 15e régiment de dragons : 2 squadrons, 230 men in total
- 18e régiment de dragons : 4 squadrons, 330 men in total
- 20e régiment de dragons : 3 squadrons, 530 men in total
[edit] Division Dommartin (Artillery)
- Commander of the artillery: Général Dommartin
- Firepower: 171 artillery pieces, including:
- Numbers: 3150 men
- Split between:
- 5 cavalry companies
- 14 infantry companies
- 9 companies of demi-brigades
[edit] Division Caffarelli (engineers)
- Commander (engineers): Général Caffarelli du Falga
- Numbers: 1200 men
- Split between:
- 775 sappers
- 190 miners
- 165 workers
- 25 balloonists
[edit] Garrison troops
- Corsica: 3600 men of:
- 23e demi-brigade d'infanterie légère: 3 batallions, totalling 2500 men
- 1er bataillon de la 86e demi-brigades d'infanterie de ligne: 1 batallion, totalling 1100 men
- Malta: 8000 men
- Division Chabot: 4000 men of:
- 6e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne: 3 batallions, totalling 1000 men
- 79e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne: 3 batallions, totalling 3000 men
- Division Vaubois: 4000 men of
- 3e bataillon de la 7e demi-brigade d'infanterie légère: 1 batallion, totalling 1150 men
- 19e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne: 2 batallions, totalling 1050 men
- 1er bataillon de la 80e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne: 1 batallion, totalling 550 men
- Various elements drawn from 6e and 41e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne as well as from 23e demi-brigade d'infanterie légère: 1200 men
- Division Chabot: 4000 men of:
[edit] Sea forces
Known as the Escadre d'Orient, the ships of the taskforce transported the land troops and at times during the campaign operated in tandem with them.
[edit] Ships of the line
15, of which 2 were armed "en flûte"
- Flagship : L'Orient, 120 guns
- Hospital ship : Le Causse, 70 guns (captured at Venice)
- 80 guns :
- 74 guns :
- 64 guns :
- Le Conquérant
- Le Dubois (captured at Venice)
[edit] Frigates
13 (7 armed "en flûte")
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- 40 guns :
- La Justice
- La Diane
- La Junon
- L'Artémise
- 36 guns :
- L'Alceste
- La Sérieuse
- La Sensible
- La Courageuse
- La Carrère
- La Muiron
- La Leoben
- 30 guns :
- La Mantoue
- La Montenotte
- 40 guns :
[edit] Others
- 1 corvette, the 30 gun La Badine
- 79 brigs (of which 5 were armed)
- 38 bomb vessels (of which 4 were armed)
- 3 avisos armés
- 75 tartanes (of which 6 were armed)
- 6 chaloupes-canonnières
- 2 felouques canonnières
- 1 schooner
- 9 pinques
- 82 polacres
- 11 trois-mats à hunes (three-masters)
[edit] Source
- This page is a translation of its French equivalent.