French Army of Northern German

 

French Army (example of four corps)

Napoleon commands three armies

Each army has three corps

Each corps has four infantry, one cavalry and one artillery brigade

Each infantry brigade has 8 figures

Each cavalry brigade has 4 figures

Each corps artillery has 1 gun and 4 figures

 

These figures come from a collection  8 French and 8 allied corps

The French include 1 Old Guard, 1 Young Guard and 6 line corps

The allies include 3 Bavarian,  2 Polish, 1 Baden, 1 Westphalian, and 1 Italian corps

These are then organised in three armies of three corps each

The corps are then renumbered as necessary to provide the order of battle

1^st French Army               Napoleon     Gifted

1 Old Guard corps           Friant           Average

1 infantry brigade              CA      FB      SB

2 infantry brigade              CB      FC      SB

3 infantry brigade              CB      FC      SB

4 infantry brigade              CB      FC      SB

1 cavalry brigade               CA      light

1 corps artillery                 CB      12 pounders

 2 French corps               Dubreton     Poor

25 infantry brigade            CA      FB      SB

26 infantry brigade            CB      FC      SB

27 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SB

28 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SC

7 cavalry brigade               CB      dragoons

7 corps artillery                 CB      9 pounders

3 French corps                Vial              Average

29 infantry brigade            CA      FB      SB

30 infantry brigade            CB      FC      SB

31 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SB

32 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SC

8 cavalry brigade               CB      lancers

8 corps artillery                 CB      9 pounders

2^nd French Army              Victor           Average

4 French corps               Defour         Average

13 infantry brigade            CA      FB      SB

14 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SC

15 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SC

16 infantry brigade            CB      FC      SA

4 cavalry brigade               CB      cuirassiers

4 corps artillery                 CB      12 pounders

5 French corps               Boyer           Poor

21 infantry brigade            CA      FB      SB

22 infantry brigade            CB      FC      SC

23 infantry brigade            CB      FC      SA

24 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SC

6 cavalry brigade               CB      light

6 corps artillery                 CB      9 pounders

6 Westphalian corps        Ricard          Average

 5 infantry brigade             CA      FB      SB

6 infantry brigade              CB      FB      SB

7 infantry brigade              CC     FC      SC

8 infantry brigade              CC     FC      SC

14 cavalry brigade             CB      lancers

3 corps artillery                 CB      9 pounders

3^rd French Army               Murat           Poor

7 French corps                Brayer          Average

17 infantry brigade            CA      FB      SB

18 infantry brigade            CB      FC      SA

19 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SC

20 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SC

5 cavalry brigade               CB      cuirassier

5 corps artillery                 CB      12 pounders

8 French corps                Delmas         Poor

9 infantry brigade              CA      FB      SB

10 infantry brigade            CB      FC      SA

11 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SB

12 infantry brigade            CC     FC      SC

3 cavalry brigade               CB      dragoons

3 corps artillery                 CB      9 pounders

9 Polish  corps                 Morand        Average

1 infantry brigade              CA      FB      SB

2 infantry brigade              CB      FB      SB

3 infantry brigade              CC     FC      SC

4 infantry brigade              CC     FC      SC

13 cavalry brigade             CB      lancers

2 corps artillery                 CB      9 pounders

Abbreviations

C – Class                          A elite, B average, C poor

F – Firing                          A good, B average, C poor

S – Skirmish                     A good, B average, C poor