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    Immo Frese
    Feb 14, 2020

    Personnel of a french divisionial staff

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    Hello, I followed the Napoleon Series discussion forum for quite a long time but wasn't able to join the discussion for some technical problems....

    Glad to have the chance to join via thenapoleonicwars.net forum!


    I'm currently trying to track down the personnel of a french divisonal staff. What I have is: A général de division as commanding general with up to three aides de camps, an adjudant commandant as chief of staff with three or more officiers adjudants and one officier d'ordonance of the light cavallery brigade attached to the corps d'armée. Furthermore the commandant of artillery (Chef de batallion) supported by another officer and perhaps a conducteur of the train d'artillerie, one or two officers of the génie, the vaguemestre, the commanding officer (or NCO) of the gendarmes, the commanding officer (or NCO) of the reconnaisance patrol (ca 10 men taken from a regiment of the light cavalry...) and of course the générals de brigade with their aides de camp. For the administative part there are a commissaire des guerres and a sous-inspecteur des revues... Are there any other officers who belonged to a divisional staff that I forgot to mention?

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    Hans - Karl Weiß
    Feb 15, 2020

    consult of a concise over view


    https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k377089c.image



    also


    De Philip : Le Service d'État.Major Pendant Les Guerres du Premier Empire


    seeminlgy not available on line but please check also


    https://www.napoleon.org/magazine/livres/le-service-detat-major-pendant-les-guerres-du-premier-empire/



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    Hans - Karl Weiß
    Feb 15, 2020
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    @Immo Frese


    strange messages disappear but here again


    Another book which may be of interest

    Coutanceau : La Campagne De 1794 A L'Armée Du Nord - ier Patrie : Organisation, Paris 1903

    page 152 following - might be of interest, I have a hard copy but is should be available on Gallica.

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    Immo Frese
    Feb 15, 2020
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    @Hans - Karl Weiß


    Foucart! I first heard about his work, when I read Lettow-Vorbecks work "Der Krieg von 1806/7". Thank you for guiding me to page 905 ff. Great information about the personnel of an état major d'un corps d'armée. Since a few weeks I'm trying to find out about "components" of the different french staff formations...


    Thanks for mentioning the work by Coutanceau. I didn't know him until now. I found the volumes on gallica!

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    Hans - Karl Weiß
    Feb 15, 2020
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    Let me know what you think about it.

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    Hans - Karl Weiß
    Feb 15, 2020

    Also check


    Foucart : Campagnes de Prusse et de Pologne, Tome II, p. 905 ff

    He covers the EM but also the staff of corps d'armée

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