Siege of Genoa 1800 order of battle

The following units fought in the Siege of Genoa (6 April – 4 June 1800) during the War of the Second Coalition. The first order of battle shows the French Army of Italy at the beginning of the campaign. The second order of battle shows the Austrian forces during the siege. The third order of battle shows the British Royal Navy squadron assisting the siege. The fourth order of battle shows the French forces at the end of the siege.

Key[edit]

Military rank[edit]

GD = French General of Division or division commander
GB = French General of Brigade or brigade commander
FML = Austrian Feldmarschall-Leutnant or division commander
GM = Austrian Generalmajor or brigade commander
OB = Austrian Oberst or regimental commander

Other[edit]

wc = wounded and captured
Nr. = Number

Orders of battle[edit]

French Army of Italy[edit]

GD André Massena, commander^[1]

List of French Army of Italy units on 5 April 1800^[1]
Corps	Divisions	Units	Strength
GD Jean-de-Dieu Soult (wc) 19,790	GD Sextius Miollis	5th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade	600
		24th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	800
		74th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,100
		106th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,700
	GD Honoré Gazan	Piedmont Grenadiers	90
		30th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade	500
		2nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,600
		3rd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,300
		78th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,300
	GD Jean-Antoine Marbot Died 19 April 1800.^[2]	3rd Light Infantry Demi-Brigade	900
		62nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,500
		63rd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	500
		97th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,300
	Reserve	25th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,700
	Reserve	92nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	500
	Genoa Garrison	2nd Polish Legion	1,200
		41st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	3,000
		73rd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
		93rd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
GD Louis-Gabriel Suchet 15,607	GD Bertrand Clausel	20th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade	853
		10th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,409
		34th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,122
		87th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	460
	GD Jean Pierre Pouget	7th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade	965
		11th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	454
		99th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,352
	GD Pierre Garnier	33rd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	487
		39th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	422
		55th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	213
		68th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	620
		104th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,050
	GD Philippe Roman Ménard	16th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade	800
		30th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,200
		105th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	1,400
		1st Polish Legion	800
	Garrisons	17th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade	?
	Garrisons	14th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade	?
Corps of the Alps 8,000	GD Louis Turreau	15th & 28th Light Infantry Demi-Brigades	8,000
		12th & 21st Line Infantry Demi-Brigades
		26th & 80th Line Infantry Demi-Brigades
		88th & 107th Line Infantry Demi-Brigades
		Piedmontese Patriot Battalion
Antibes Garrison	GD Jean-Charles Monnier	8th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade	?
		16th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade	?
		1st Roman Legion	1,200

Austrian order of battle[edit]

FML Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz, siege commander^[3]

These subordinate officers served during the siege. This list is not comprehensive.

FML Ludwig von Vogelsang^[4]
GM Friedrich Heinrich von Gottesheim^[5]
OB Johann Maria Philipp Frimont^[6]

List of Austrian units at the Siege of Genoa^[3]
Units	Battalions
Reisky Infantry Regiment Nr. 13	3
Klebek Infantry Regiment Nr. 14	3
Terzy Infantry Regiment Nr. 16	3
Stuart Infantry Regiment Nr. 18	3
Alvinczi Infantry Regiment Nr. 19	3
Kray Infantry Regiment Nr. 34	3
Nádasdy Infantry Regiment Nr. 39	3
Splényi Infantry Regiment Nr. 51	3
Jellacic Infantry Regiment Nr. 53	1
Archduke Joseph Infantry Regiment Nr. 55	3
Joseph Colloredo Infantry Regiment Nr. 57	3
Jordis Infantry Regiment Nr. 59	3
vacant Infantry Regiment Nr. 61	1
Oguliner Grenz Infantry Regiment Nr. 3	2
Warasdiner-Creutzer Grenz Infantry Regiment Nr. 5	2
2nd Banal Grenz Infantry Regiment Nr. 11	1
Bach Light Battalion Nr. 3	1
Am Ende Light Battalion Nr. 4	1
Schmelzern Light Battalion Nr. 7	1
Mihanovic Light Battalion Nr. 15	1
Bussy Jägers zu Pferde	Number of squadrons not given.
vacant Hussar Regiment Nr. 5
Nauendorf Hussar Regiment Nr. 8

British squadron[edit]

Vice-Admiral George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith^[7]

List of British Royal Navy ships at the Siege of Genoa^[7]
Ships	Guns
HMS Minotaur	74
HMS Phoenix	36
HMS Mondovi	16
HMS Entreprenante	10
Victoire, tender	-
HMS Phaeton^[3]	38

French order of battle[edit]

GD André Massena, siege commander^[3]

List of French units at the end of the Siege of Genoa^[3]
Divisions	Units
1st Division GD Sextius Miollis 4,500	3rd Light Infantry Demi-Brigade
	8th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade
	21st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
	22nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
	63rd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
	74th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
	78th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
2nd Division GD Honoré Gazan 3,500	5th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade
	25th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade
	44th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
	55th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
	92nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
	97th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
	106th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
3rd Division GB Pierre Poinsot 1,600	2nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade
	3rd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Smith 1998, p. 177.
^ Broughton 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Smith 1998, p. 185.
^ Arnold 2005, p. 72.
^ Arnold 2005, p. 73.
^ Arnold 2005, p. 71.
^ ^a ^b "No. 15262". The London Gazette. 1 June 1800. p. 561.

References[edit]

Arnold, James R. (2005). Marengo & Hohenlinden: Napoleon's Rise to Power. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword. ISBN 1-84415-279-0.
Broughton, Tony (2007). "Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815: MacDonald to Mayer". The Napoleon Series. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
"No. 15262". The London Gazette. 1 June 1800. p. 561.