Messkirch 1800 Order of Battle

Votive icon of the Battle of Messkirch

The Battle of Messkirch on 5 May 1800 was the second major engagement of the Rhine Campaign of 1800. It followed the Battle of Stockach on 3 May. The campaign began on 25 April when a French force emerged from the Kehl bridgehead. This marked the start of the offensive of Jean Victor Marie Moreau's Army of the Rhine against Paul Kray's army of Habsburg Austria and its Bavarian, Württemberg and other German allies.

French Army

Headquarters

Jean Victor Moreau

Commanding General: General-in-Chief Jean Victor Marie Moreau

Source: Nafziger, George. "French Army in Germany, 10 May 1800". US Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

Right Wing

Black and white print of a hatless man with shoulder-length hair. He wears a dark military uniform of the late Revolutionary era with a high collar and two rows of buttons.
Claude Lecourbe

General of Division Claude Lecourbe in Zurich

Source: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. p. 177. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

Center

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Laurent Saint-Cyr

General of Division Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr in Basel

Source: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. p. 178. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

Left Wing

Black and white print with the label Ste SUSANNE and an oval portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair. He wears a simple French Revolution era dark military coat with only a small amount of lace on the collar.
Gilles Sainte-Suzanne

General of Division Gilles Joseph Martin Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne in Strasbourg

Source: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. p. 178. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

Reserve

General-in-Chief Moreau

Source: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. p. 178. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

Detached

Source: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. p. 178. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

Notes

  1. ↑ Nafziger, George. "The Army of the Rhine, 1 May 1800". US Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 29 December 2014. Nafziger rendered the name "Drouet" while Smith made it "Devent".

References

See also

The following are excellent sources for the full names and ranks of French and Austrian generals of the French Revolution and Napoleonic periods.

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