French Military mobilisation during the Hundred Days

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by end of may, napoleon had deployed forces follows:



i corps (d erlon) cantoned between lille , valenciennes.
ii corps (reille) cantoned between valenciennes , avesnes.
iii corps (vandamme) cantoned around rocroi.
iv corps (gerard) cantoned @ metz.
vi corps (lobau) cantoned @ laon.
cavalry reserve (grouchy) cantoned @ guise.
imperial guard (mortier) @ paris.

the preceding corps formed l armée du nord (the army of north ) , led napoleon bonaparte participate in waterloo campaign.


armies of observation

for defence of france, bonaparte deployed remaining forces within france observing france s enemies, foreign , domestic, intending delay former , suppress latter. june, organised follows:


v corps – armée du rhin (rapp), cantoned near strassburg.



15th infantry division;
16th infantry division;
17th infantry division;
7th cavalry division;
national guard division;
46 guns;
total 20,000–23,000 men.

vii corps – armée des alpes (suchet). based @ lyons, army charged defence of lyons , observe austro-sardinian army of frimont. composition in june was:



22nd infantry division
23rd infantry division
15th cavalry division
6th national guard division
7th national guard division
8th national guard division
42–46 guns
total 13,000–23,500 men

i corps of observation – armée du jura based @ belfort , commanded general claude lecourbe, army observe austrian movement through switzerland , observe swiss army of general bachmann. composition in june was:



18th infantry division
8th cavalry division
3rd national guard division
4th national guard division
38 guns
total 5,392–8,400 men

ii corps of observation – armée du var. based @ toulon , commanded marshal guillaume marie anne brune, army charged suppression of potential royalist uprisings , observe general bianchi s army of naples. composition in june was:



24th infantry division;
25th infantry division;
14th chasseurs à cheval cavalry regiment;
22 guns;
total 5,500–6,116 men.

iii corps of observation – army of pyrenees orientales. based @ toulouse , commanded general charles mathieu isidore decaen, army observed eastern spanish frontier. composition in june was:



26th infantry division;
5th chasseurs à cheval cavalry regiment;
24 guns;
total 3,516–7,600 men.

iv corps of observation – army of pyrenees occidentales. based @ bordeaux , commanded general bertrand clauzel, army observed western spanish frontier. composition in june was:



27th infantry division
15th chasseurs à cheval cavalry regiment
24 guns
total 3,516–6,800 men

army of west - armée de l ouest (also known army of vendée , army of loire). commanded general jean maximilien lamarque, army formed suppress royalist insurrection in vendée region of france, remained loyal king louis xviii during hundred days. army contained young guard infantry brigade consisting of 2nd tirailleur , 2nd voltigeur regiments , line units detached other armies gendarmes , volunteers. composition in june was:



one un-numbered infantry division under general brayer;
one un-numbered infantry division under general travot;
24 guns;

total 10,000–27,000 men.








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