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14 June
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PRUSSIAN ARMY

Commander-in- Chief:
Field- Marshal Prince Blücher von Wahlstadt

Quatermaster General and Chief of The Staff:
General Count von Gneisenau

 Chief of the General Staff:
General von Grölmann

First Corps:
Commander, Lieut.-General von Ziethen

Brigades:
    Major-General von Steinmetz
    Major-General von Pirch II
    Major-General von Jagow
    Major-General Count von Henckel Donnersmark

Cavalry Corps, commanded by Lieut.-General von Röder
    Major-General von Treskow
    Major-General von Lützow

Artillery, commanded by Colonel von Lehmann;
    3 horse artillery, 
    3, 12pdr. And 
    5, 6pdr. Field batteries,  
    1 howitzer battery

 Total First Corps, 31,129 men, 80 guns

Second Corps:
Commanded by Major-General von Pirch I

Brigades
    Major-General von Tippelskirch
    Major-General von Kraft
    Major-General von Brause
    Major-General von Bose

Cavalry Corps, commanded by Major-General von Wahlen-Jurgass
    Colonel von Thümen
    Colonel von Schulenburg
    Lieut.-Colonel von Sohr

Artillery, commanded by Colonel von Röhl; 
    3 horse artillery, 
    2, 12 pdr. And 
    5, 6pdr. Field batteries.

Total Second Corps, 31,529 men, 80 guns

Third Corps:
Commanded by Lieut.-General von Thielemann

Brigades
    Major-General von Borcke
    Colonel von Kämpfen
    Colonel von Luck
    Colonel von Stülpnägel

Cavalry Corps, commanded by General von Hobe
    Colonel von Ryssel
    Colonel von Lottum

Artillery, commanded by Colonel von Mohnhaupt; 
    3 horse artillery; 
    1, 12pdr. and 
    2, 6pdr Field Batteries.

 Total Third Corps, 24,141 men, 48 guns

 

Fourth Corps:
Commanded by General Count Bülow von Dennewitz

Brigades
    Lieut-General von Hacke
    General von Ryssel
    General von Losthin
    Colonel von Hiller

 Cavalry Corps, commanded by General Prince William of Prussia
    General von Sidow
    Colonel Count von Schwerin
    Lieut.-General von Watsdorf

 Artillery, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel von Bardeleben;
    3 horse artillery; 
    3, 12pdr. and 
    5, 6pdr. Field Batteries

 Total Fourth Corps, 30,862 men, 88 guns

 

TOTAL STRENGTH PRUSSIAN ARMY: 117,661 men, 296 guns

 (These figures do not include musicians or officers, which give a grand total of approximately 124,000 men)

  

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