Battle of Monte Settepani order of battle

The Monte Settepani order of battle is a detailed list of the Austrian and French forces that fought in the Battle of Monte Settepani from 24 June to 7 July 1795. The combined forces of Habsburg Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont attacked the Republican French army and compelled it to retreat to a more defensible position. There are no sources for a Sardinian order of battle for 1795, so only the Austrian and French armies are listed.

Photo shows a lake in the foreground and a mountain in the background.
Monte Settepani as viewed from Lake Osiglia

Abbreviations

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Austrian Army

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  • 23,380 infantry, 2,788 cavalry, 772 artillery[2]
Austrian Army of Italy on 20 June 1795[2][3]
Division Brigade Units Battalions Squadrons
Division
FML Johann von Wenckheim
GM Mathias Rukavina Karlstadter Grenz Regiment[note 1] 2 0
Szluiner Grenz Regiment Nr. 63 1 0
Strassoldo Infantry Regiment Nr. 27 2 0
Meszaros Uhlan Regiment 0 2
GM Michael von Ternyey Nadasdy Infantry Regiment Nr. 39 2 0
Archduke Anton Infantry Regiment Nr. 52 2 0
GM Philipp Pittoni Brechainville Infantry Regiment Nr. 25 1 0
Lattermann Infantry Regiment Nr. 45 2 0
Alvinczi Infantry Regiment Nr. 19 2 0
GM Anton Lipthay Reisky Infantry Regiment Nr. 13 3 0
Terzi Infantry Regiment Nr. 16 3 0
Division
GM Karl von Türkheim
GM Joseph Canto d'Irles Thurn Infantry Regiment Nr. 43 3 0
Jordis Infantry Regiment Nr. 59 1 0
Wilhelm Schröder Infantry Regiment Nr. 26 1 0
GM Wilhelm Fischer Meszaros Uhlan Regiment 0 6
Erdödy Hussar Regiment Nr. 9 0 2
Alessandro Filangieri,
Prince of Cuto
(Neapolitans)
King's Dragoon Regiment 0 4
Queen's Dragoon Regiment 0 4
Prince Royal Dragoon Regiment 0 4

Sardinian Army

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  • Chief of Staff: Col Joseph Henri Costa de Beauregard[4]
Austrian Auxiliary Corps in January 1796[5]
Division Units Battalions Squadrons
Auxiliary Corps
GM Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau[6][note 2]
Strassoldo Infantry Regiment Nr. 27 1 0
Belgiojoso Infantry Regiment Nr. 44 2 0
Schmidtfeld Infantry Regiment Nr. 48[note 3] 2 0
Garrison Infantry Regiment[note 4] 1 0
Giulay Freikorps 2 0
Staff Dragoons 0 1

French Army

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French Army of Italy on 19 June 1795[9]
Division Brigade Units Strength
1st Subdivision
Right Wing
GD François Freytag
9,476 men
GB Jean-Baptiste Cervoni
4,839 men
2/70th Line Demi-Brigade 429
3/84th Line Demi-Brigade 292
103rd Line Demi-Brigade 211
99th Line Demi-Brigade 324
1/101st Line Demi-Brigade 393
118th Line Demi-Brigade 1,100
5/Corrèze Volunteers 382
1st Grenadier Battalion 459
6th Grenadier Battalion 531
7th Grenadier Battalion 531
Artillery, sappers, miners 187
GB Amédée Laharpe
4,637 men
3/99th Line Demi-Brigade 275
1/100th Line Demi-Brigade 369
1/117th Line Demi-Brigade 391
129th Line Demi-Brigade 1,152
4/Ardeche Volunteers 417
Chasseurs des Hautes-Alpes 437
2/Haute-Loire Volunteers 508
3rd Grenadier Battalion 499
14th Grenadier Battalion 284
Artillery, sappers 305
2nd Subdivision
Right Wing
GD André Massena
5,308 men
GB Louis Jean-Baptiste Gouvion
2,029 men
3/56th Line Demi-Brigade 274
2/ and 3/101st Demi-Brigade 760
1/166th Demi-Brigade 322
9th Grenadier Battalion 526
Sappers 147
Adjutant-General Pardon
1,626 men
2/3rd Light Demi-Brigade 298
16th Light Demi-Brigade 679
2/103rd Line Demi-Brigade 89
11th Grenadier Battalion 490
Corsican Franche companies 70
GB Jean Nicolas
1,311 men
1/ and 3/70th Line Demi-Brigade 727
1/99th Line Demi-Brigade 272
3/166th Line Demi-Brigade 312
Other: 342 men Artillery 257
Gendarmes 85
3rd Subdivision
Right Wing
GD Jean Sérurier
5,148 men
Unknown
1,542
19th Line Demi-Brigade 1,083
52nd Line Demi-Brigade 397
Artillery, sappers 62
GB Louis Pelletier
1,192
56th Line Demi-Brigade 857
2/46th Line Demi-Brigade[note 5] 261
Artillery 74
GB Sextius Miollis
2,414
51st Line Demi-Brigade 944
1/ and 3/46th Line Demi-Brigade 604
3/3rd Light Demi-Brigade 355
5th Grenadier Battalion 439
Artillery 72
Center Division
GD François Macquard
6,397 men
GB François Léon Lebrun
690
3/165th Line Demi-Brigade 438
4/Vaucluse Volunteers 135
3/20th Dragoon Regiment 117
GB Claude Dallemagne
3,288
1/3rd Light Demi-Brigade 378
165th Line Demi-Brigade 773
1st Tirailleur Battalion 229
Montferme Battalion 457
4th Grenadier Battalion 451
13th Grenadier Battalion 469
Artillery 183
Sappers 348
GB Joseph David de Barquier
2,419
2/102nd Line Demi-Brigade 389
2/117th Line Demi-Brigade 499
1/Paris Volunteers 471
8/Saone-et-Loire Volunteers 274
10/Ain Volunteers 243
10th Grenadier Battalion 509
Artillery 34
Left Division
GD Pierre Garnier
4,367 men
GB Pierre François Verne
1,587
1/ and 3/20th Line Demi-Brigade 979
1/24th Line Demi-Brigade 46
2/102nd Line Demi-Brigade 406
5/Herault Volunteers 68
Artillery, sappers 88
GB François Rambeaud
1,320
15th Light Demi-Brigade 594
2nd Grenadier Battalion 492
2nd Franche Company 95
Marseille Chasseurs 28
Artillery, sappers 111
GB Jean Ignace Pierre
361
Det. 20th Line Demi-Brigade 306
Artillery 55
GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet
1,099
2/20th Line Demi-Brigade 221
84th Line Demi-Brigade 878

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Notes

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Footnotes
  1. ^ The list did not specify which of the Karlstadter Grenz regiments this was.
  2. ^ In January 1796, the Auxiliary Corps was led by GM Giovanni Marchese di Provera, but at Monte Settepani it was led by Argenteau.
  3. ^ This was sometimes known as the Caprara Regiment (Pivka, p. 84).
  4. ^ It was not specified whether this was 1st Garrison Regiment Nr. 5 or 2nd Garrison Regiment Nr. 6 (Pivka, p. 82).
  5. ^ Nafziger's list says "2/56th". Since the 2nd Battalion is already included in the 56th Line Demi-Brigade, it seems reasonable to conclude it is a typographical error for the missing "2/46th" in Miollis' brigade.
Citations
  1. ^ Phipps 2011, p. 240.
  2. ^ a b Nafziger 2024a.
  3. ^ Pivka 1979, pp. 82–91. This source provided the Austrian unit numbers.
  4. ^ a b Phipps 2011, p. 246.
  5. ^ Nafziger 2024c.
  6. ^ Phipps 2011, p. 243.
  7. ^ Phipps 2011, p. 238.
  8. ^ a b Phipps 2011, p. 239.
  9. ^ a b Nafziger 2024b.

References

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  • Nafziger, George (2024a). "Austrian Army of Italy, 20 June 1795" (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  • Nafziger, George (2024b). "French Army of Italy, 19 June 1795" (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  • Nafziger, George (2024c). "Austro-Sardinian Army, January 1796" (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  • Phipps, Ramsay Weston (2011) [1931]. The Armies of the First French Republic and the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I: The Armies in the West 1793 to 1797 and The Armies in the South 1793 to March 1796. Vol. 3. Pickle Partners Publishing. ISBN 978-1-908692-26-9.
  • Pivka, Otto von (1979). Armies of the Napoleonic Era. New York, N.Y.: Taplinger Publishing. ISBN 0-8008-5471-3.

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