The Second Western Army was created during 1810 as part of the reform of the Imperial Russian Army as a whole and was intended to defend the central western region of the Russian border with Poland (Duchy of Warsaw) to the Austrian border during the expected French invasion of Russia.
Commanders
editCommander-in-Chief General of the Infantry Prince P.I. Bagration
Chief of Staff – Major General Graf E.F. de Saint-Priest
General-quartermaster – Major General M.S. Vistitskiy 2nd
Duty General – Fligel-adjutant Colonel S.N. Marin
Chief of Artillery – Major General Baron K.F. Levenshtern
Chief of Engineers – Major General E.Kh. Ferster
- 7th Infantry Corps – Lieutenant General N.N. Raevsky
- 8th Infantry Corps – Lieutenant General M.M. Borozdin
- 4th Cavalry Corps – Major General Graf K.K. Sivers
Order
editThe total strength of the army was 46 infantry battalions, 52 cavalry squadrons, 9 Cossack regiments, and 180 cannon. The Second Western Army had approximately 45,000−49,423 men, and during the time of June-July, 1812, according to generals Barclay de Tolly, Bagration and Tormasov, was positioned along a 50-mile long front near the areas of Volkovysk and Belostok (now Białystok).[1][2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Mikaberidze, Alexander. "Russian Army in 1812". The Napoleon Series. Robert Burnham.
- ↑ "Battle of Mogilev, 23 July 1812".
- ↑ "Russian Armed Forces 1700-1917: The Battle of Saltanovka (Mogilev)". 26 May 2015.
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