Battle of Monte Settepani order of battle

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

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.

Abbreviations

GD = French General of Division
GB = French General of Brigade
FZM = Austrian Feldzeugmeister
FML = Austrian Feldmarschall-Leutnant
GM = Austrian Generalmajor
Col = Sardinian Colonel

Austrian Army

Army of Italy Commander: FZM Joseph Nikolaus de Vins^[1]

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
	GM Michael von Ternyey	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
	GM Anton Lipthay	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
	GM Wilhelm Fischer	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

Sardinian Army commander: FML Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi^[4]

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

Army of Italy commander: GD François Christophe de Kellermann. Note: Kellermann commanded both the Army of Italy and the Army of the Alps.^[7]

Kellermann's Chief of staff: GB Louis-Alexandre Berthier^[8]
Army of Italy Chief of staff: GD Paul Louis Gaultier de Kervéguen^[8]
GD André Massena commanded the three divisions of the Right Wing.^[9]

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
	Other: 342 men	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
	GB Jean Ignace Pierre 361	Artillery	55
	GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet 1,099	2/20th Line Demi-Brigade	221
	GB Guilin Laurent Bizanet 1,099	84th Line Demi-Brigade	878

Notes

Footnotes

^ The list did not specify which of the Karlstadter Grenz regiments this was.
^ In January 1796, the Auxiliary Corps was led by GM Giovanni Marchese di Provera, but at Monte Settepani it was led by Argenteau.
^ This was sometimes known as the Caprara Regiment (Pivka, p. 84).
^ It was not specified whether this was 1st Garrison Regiment Nr. 5 or 2nd Garrison Regiment Nr. 6 (Pivka, p. 82).
^ 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

^ Phipps 2011, p. 240.
^ ^a ^b Nafziger 2024a.
^ Pivka 1979, pp. 82–91. This source provided the Austrian unit numbers.
^ ^a ^b Phipps 2011, p. 246.
^ Nafziger 2024c.
^ Phipps 2011, p. 243.
^ Phipps 2011, p. 238.
^ ^a ^b Phipps 2011, p. 239.
^ ^a ^b Nafziger 2024b.

References

Nafziger, George (2024a). "Austrian Army of Italy, 20 June 1795" (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
Nafziger, George (2024b). "French Army of Italy, 19 June 1795" (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
Nafziger, George (2024c). "Austro-Sardinian Army, January 1796" (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2023. 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.