Commander in Chief: Wilhelm I (King of Prussia)
von Kamecke
Chief of the General Staff: General Helmuth von
Moltke
Quarter-Master General: Generalleutnant Eugen Anton
Theophil von Podbielski
Inspector-General of Artillery: General der Artillerie
Gustav Eduard von Hindersin
Inspector-General of Engineers: Generalleutnant von
Kleist
Commissary-General: Generalleutnant Albrecht von
Stosch
Staff Department Chiefs: Oberstleutnant Paul Bronsart
von Schellendorff; Oberstleutnant Julius von Verdy du
Vernois; Oberstleutnant von Brandenstein
First Army[edit]
General Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (later General
von Manteuffel)
 VII Army Corps (VII. Armeekorps)
(Westphalia) : General der Infanterie Heinrich
von Zastrow
o 13th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Glümer.
 25th Brigade: Generalmajor :
Baron von der Osten-Sacken
 1st Westphalian Infantry
Regiment, No. 13
 Hanoverian Fusilier
Regiment, No. 73
 26th Brigade: Generalmajor :
Baron von der Goltz
 2nd Westphalian Infantry
Regiment, No. 15
 6th Westphalian Infantry
Regiment, No. 55
 Attached to Division
 7th Westphalian Jäger
Battalion
 1st Westphalian Hussar
Regiment, No. 8
 Five batteries (two heavy,
two light, and one horse-
artillery) of the 7th Field-
artillery Regiment
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 7th Corps,
with entrenching tool-
column
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 7th Corps
o 14th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
 27th Brigade : Generamajor von
François
 Lower Rhine Fusilier
Regiment, No. 39
 1st Hanoverian Infantry
Regiment, No. 74
 28th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Woyna
 5th Westphalian Infantry
Regiment, No. 53
 2nd Hanoverian Infantry
Regiment, No. 77
 Attached to Division
 Four batteries (two heavy
and two light) of the 7th
Westphalian field-
artillery Regiment
 Hanoverian Hussar
Regiment, No. 15
 1st Field-pioneer
Company, 7th Corps,
with light bridging-train
o Corps Artillery : Oberst von Helden-
Sarnowski
 Two Horse artillery, two light,
and two heavy field-batteries of
the 7th Field-artillery regiment
 Artillery Ammunition columns
 Infantry Ammunition columns
 Pontoon columns
 7th Westphalian Train Battalion
 VIII Army Corps (VIII. Armeekorps) (Rhine
Provinces) : General der Infanterie August Karl
von Goeben
o 15th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Weltzien
 29th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Wedell
 East Prussian Fusilier
Regiment, No. 33
 7th Brandenburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 60
 30th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Strubberg
 2nd Rhine Province
Infantry Regiment, No.
28
 4th Magdeburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 67
 Attached to Division
 8th Rhine Province Jäger
Battalion
  King's Hussar Regiment
(1st Rhine), No. 7
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of 8th Field-
Artillery Regiment
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 8th Corps,
with entrenching tool-
column
o 16th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Barnekow
 31st Brigade : Generalmajor
Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau
 3rd Rhine Province
Infantry Regiment, No.
29
 7th Rhine Province
Infantry Regiment, No.
69
 32nd Brigade : Oberst von Rex
 Hohenzollern Fusilier
Regiment, No. 40
 4th Thüringian Infantry
Regiment, No. 72
 Attached to Division
 2nd Rhine Hussar
Regiment, No. 9
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of 8th Field-
artillery Regiment
 1st Field-pioneer
Company, 8th Corps,
with light bridging-train
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 8th Corps
o Corps Artillery : Oberst von Broecker
 Two batteries of horse-artillery,
two heavy and two light field
batteries of the 8th Field-artillery
Regiment
 Artillery and Infantry
ammunition columns and
pontoon columns belonging to
the 8th Field-artillery Regiment
 8th Rhenish Train Battalion
 3rd Cavalry Division : Generalleutnant Count
von der Gröben
o 6th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor von
Mirus
 Rhine Provinces Cuirassier
Regiment, No. 8
 Rhine Provinces Uhlan
Regiment, No. 7
o 7th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor
Count zu Dohna
 Westphalian Uhlan Regiment,
No. 5
 2nd Hanoverian Uhlan Regiment,
No. 14
o One battery of horse-artillery of the 7th
Westphalian Field-artillery Regiment
 I Army Corps (I. Armeekorps) (East Prussia) :
General der Kavallerie Edwin Freiherr von
Manteuffel[nb 1]
o 1st Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Bentheim
 1st Brigade : Generalmajor von
Gayl
 Crown Prince's Grenadier
Regiment (1st East
Prussian), No. 1
 5th East Prussian Infantry
Regiment, No. 41
 2nd Brigade : Generalmajor von
Falkenstein
 2nd East Prussian
Grenadier Regiment, No.
3
 6th East Prussian Infantry
Regiment, No. 43
 Attached to Division
 East Prussian Jäger
Battalion, No. 1
 Lithuanian Dragoon
Regiment, No. 1
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of 1st East
Prussian Field-artillery
Regiment
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 1st Corps, with
entrenching tool-column
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 1st Corps
o 2nd Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Pritzelwitz
 3rd Brigade : Generalmajor
Albert von Memerty
 3rd East Prussian
Grenadier Regiment, No.
4
 7th East Prussian Infantry
Regiment, No. 44
 4th Brigade : Generamajor von
Zzlinitzki
  4th East Prussian
Grenadier Regiment, No.
5 o 1st Guards Infantry Division
 8th East Prussian Infantry
Regiment, No. 45
 Attached to Division
 East Prussian Dragoon
Regiment, No. 10
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of 1st, East
Prussian, Field-artillery
Regiment
 1st Field-pioneer
Company, 1st Corps, with
light bridging-train
o Corps-Artillery : Oberst Junge
 Two horse artillery batteries, two
light field batteries, two heavy
field batteries of 1st (East
Prussian) Field-artillery
Regiment
 Artillery and Infantry
ammunition, and pontoon
columns belonging to 1st Field-
artillery Regiment
 The 1st East Prussian Train
Battalion
 1st Cavalry Division : Generalleutnant von
Hartmann
o 1st Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor von
Lüderitz
 2nd (Pomeranian) Cuirassiers
“Queen”, No. 2
 1st Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment,
No. 4
 2nd Pomeranian Uhlan
Regiment, No. 9
o 2nd Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor
Baumgarth
 East Prussian Cuirassier
Regiment, No. 3
 East Prussian Uhlan Regiment,
No. 8
 Lithuanian Uhlan Regiment, No.
12
o One battery of horse-artillery of the 1st,
East Prussian, Field-artillery regiment
Second Army[edit]
General der Kavallerie Prince Frederick Charles of
Prussia
 Guards Corps (Gardekorps) : General der
Kavallerie Prince August of Württemberg
 1st Guards Infantry Brigade
 1st Foot Guards
 3rd Foot Guards
 Guards Fusiliers
 2nd Guards Infantry Brigade
 2nd Foot Guards
 4th Foot Guards
 Divisional Troops
 Guards Jäger Battalion
 Guards Hussars
 1st Foot Battalion,
Guards Artillery
o 2nd Guards Infantry Division
 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade
 1st Guards Grenadiers
 3rd Guards Grenadiers
 4th Guards Infantry Brigade
 2nd Guards Grenadiers
 4th Guards Grenadiers
 Divisional Troops
 Guards Rifles Battalion
 2nd Guards Uhlans
 3rd Foot Battalion,
Guards Artillery
o Guards Cavalry Division
 1st Guards Cavalry Brigade
 Gardes du Corps
 Guards Cuirassiers
 2nd Guards Cavalry Brigade
 1st Guards Uhlans
 3rd Guards Uhlans
 3rd Guards Cavalry Brigade
 1st Guards Dragoons
 2nd Guards Dragoons
o Corps Artillery
 2nd Foot Battalion, Guards
Artillery
 Horse Artillery Battalion, Guards
Artillery
 Guards Train Battalion
 Guards Engineer Battalion
 III Army Corps (III. Armeekorps)
(Brandenburg) : Generalleutnant Constantin
von Alvensleben
o 5th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Stülpnagel
 9th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Döring
 Leib-Grenadier Regiment
(1st Brandenburg), No. 8
  5th Brandenburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 48
 10th Brigade : Generalmajor
General von Schwerin
 2nd Brandenburg
Grenadier Regiment, No.
12
 6th Brandenburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 52
 Attached to Division
 Brandenburg Jäger
Battalion, No. 3
 2nd Brandenburg
Dragoon Regiment, No.
12
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of the
Brandenburg Field-
artillery Regiment, No. 3
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 3rd Corps
o 6th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
Baron von Buddenbrock
 11th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Rothmaler
 3rd Brandenburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 20
 Brandenburg Fusilier
Regiment, No. 35
 12th Brigade : Oberst von
Bismarck
 4th Brandenburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 24
 8th Brandenburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 64
 Attached to Division
 1st Brandenburg Dragoon
Regiment, No. 2
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of the
Brandenburg Field-
artillery Regiment, No. 3
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 3rd Corps,
with entrenching tool-
column
o Corps-Artillery: Oberst von Dresky
 Two horse artillery batteries, two
ligt field batteries, two heavy
field batteries of the Brandenburg
Field-artillery Regiment, No. 3
 1st Field-pioneer Company, 3rd
Corps, with light bridging-train
 Artillery ammunition, Infantry
ammunition, and pontoon
columns of the Brandenburg
Field-artillery Regiment, No. 3
 Brandenburg Train Battalion
 IV Army Corps (IV. Armeekorps) (Saxon
provinces and Anhalt) : General der Infanterie
Gustav von Alvensleben
o 7th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Grosz von Schwarzhoff
 13th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Vorries
 1st Magdeburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 26
 3rd Magdeburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 66
 14th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Zychlinski
 2nd Magdeburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 27
 Anhalt Infantry
Regiment, No. 93
 Attached to Division
 Magdeburg Jäger
Battalion, No. 4
 Westphalian Dragoon
Regiment, No. 7
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of the
Magdeburg Field-artillery
Regiment
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 4th Corps,
with entrenching tool-
column
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 4th Corps
o 8th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Schöler
 15th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Kessler
 1st Thüringian Infantry
Regiment, No. 31
 3rd Thüringian Infantry
Regiment, No. 71
 16th Brigade : Oberst von
Scheffler
 Schleswig-Holstein
Fusilier Regiment, No. 86
 7th Thüringian Infantry
Regiment, No. 96
 Attached to Division
 Thüringian Hussar
Regiment, No. 12
  Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of the
Magdeburg Field-artillery
Regiment, No. 4
 1st Field-pioneer
Company, 4th Corps,
with light bridge-train
o Corps-Artillery : Oberst Crusius
 Two horse artillery batteries, two
light field batteries, two heavy
field batteries of the Magdeburg
Field-artillery Regiment, No. 4
 Artillery ammunition, infantry
ammunition, and pontoon
columns belonging to
Magdeburg Field-artillery
Regiment, No. 4
 Magdeburg Train Battalion, No.
4  2nd Reiter Regiment
 IX Army Corps (IX. Armeekorps) (Schleswig-
Holstein and Hesse) : General der Infanterie
Albrecht Gustav von Manstein
o 18th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
Baron von Wrangel
 35th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Blumenthal
 Magdeburg Fusilier
Regiment, No. 36
 Schleswig Infantry
Regiment, No. 84
 36th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Below
 2nd Silesian Grenadier
Regiment, No. 11
 Holstein Infantry
Regiment, No. 85
 Attached to Division
 Lauenburg Jäger
Battalion, No. 9
 Magdeburg Dragoon
Regiment, No. 6
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of Schleswig-
Holstein Field-artillery
Regiment, No. 9
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 9th Corps,
with entrenching tool-
column
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 9th Corps
o Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Infantry
Division : Generalleutnant Prince Louis
of Hesse
 49th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Wittich
 1st Infantry Regiment
(Body Guard)
 2nd Infantry Regiment
(Grand Duke's)
 1st (Guard) Jäger
Battalion
 50th Brigade : Oberst von
Lynker
 3rd Infantry Regiment
 4th Infantry Regiment
 2nd Jäger Battalion
 (25th) Cavalry Brigade :
Generalmajor Baron von
Schlotheim
 1st Reiter Regiment
(Guard Cheveauxlegers)
(Leib Chevauxlegers)
 One battery of horse-
artillery, five field-
batteries (two heavy,
three light)
 Pioneer company with
light field bridge-train
o Corps-Artillery : Oberst von Jagemann
 One horse artillery battery, two
light field batteries, two heavy
field batteries of the Schleswig-
Holstein Field-artillery
Regiment, No. 9
 X Army Corps (X. Armeekorps) (Hanover,
Oldenburg and Brunswick) : General der
Infanterie Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-
Rhetz
o 19th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Schwartzkoppen
 37th Brigade : Oberst Lehmann
 East Frisian Infantry
Regiment, No. 78
 Oldenburg Infantry
Regiment, No. 91
 38th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Wedell
 3rd Westphalian Infantry
Regiment, No. 16
 8th Westphalian Infantry
Regiment, No. 57
 Attached to Division
 1st Hanoverian Dragoon
Regiment, No. 9
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of Hanoverian
 Field-artillery Regiment,
No. 10
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 10th Corps,
with entrenching tool-
column
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 10th Corps
o 20th Infantry Division : Generalmajor
von Kraatz-Koschlan
 39th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Woyna
 7th Westphalian Infantry
Regiment, No. 56
 3rd Hanoverian Infantry
Regiment, No. 79
 40th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Diringshofen
 4th Westphalian Infantry
Regiment, No. 17
 Brunswick Infantry
Regiment, No. 92
 Attached to Division
 Hanoverian Jäger
Battalion, No. 10
 2nd Hanoverian Dragoon
Regiment, No. 16
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of Hanoverian
Field-artillery Regiment,
No. 10
 1st Field-pioneer
Company, 10th Corps,
with light bridge-train
o Corps Artillery : Oberst Baron von der
Goltz
 Two horse artillery batteries, two
light field batteries, two heavy
field batteries of Hanoverian
Field-artillery Regiment, No. 10
 Artillery and Infantry
ammunition columns belonging
to Hanoverian Field-artillery
Regiment, No. 10
 Hanoverian Train Battalion, No.
10
 XII. (Royal Saxon) Army Corps (XII. (Kgl.
Sächs.) Armeekorps) - Crown Prince Albert of
Saxony
o 23rd (Royal Saxon) Infantry Division :
Generalleutnant H.R.H. Prince George
of Saxony, afterwards Generalmajor von
Montbé
 1st Brigade, No. 45 :
Generalmajor von Craushaar
 1st (Leib) Grenadier
Regiment, No. 100
 2nd (King William of
Prussia) Grenadier
Regiment, No. 101
 Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment,
No. 108
 2nd Brigade, No. 46 : Oberst von
Montbé
 3rd Infantry Regiment
(Crown Prince's), No. 102
 4th Infantry Regiment
No. 103
 Attached to Division
 1st Reiter Regiment
(Crown Prince's)
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of 12th Field-
artillery Regiment
 2nd Company of 12th
Pioneer Battalion with
entrenching tool-column
 4th Company of 12th
Pioneer Battalion
o 24th (Royal Saxon) Infantry Division :
Generalmajor Nehrhoff von Holderberg
 3rd Brigade, No. 47:
Generalmajor Tauscher
 5th Infantry Regiment
(Prince Frederic
August's), No. 104
 6th Infantry Regiment,
No. 105
 1st Jäger Battalion
(Crown Prince's), No. 12
 4th Brigade, No. 48 : Oberst von
Schulz
 7th Infantry Regiment
(Prince George's), No.
106
 8th Infantry Regiment,
No. 107
 2nd Jäger Battalion, No.
13
 Attached to Division
 2nd Reiter Regiment
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of 12th Field-
artillery Regiment
 3rd company of 12th
Pioneer Battalion with
light bridge-train
 o 12th Cavalry Division : Generalmajor
Count Lippe
 1st Cavalry Brigade, No. 23 :
Generalmajor Krug von Nidda
 Guard Reiter Regiment
 1st Uhlan Regiment, No.
17
 2nd Cavalry Brigade, No. 24 :
Generalmajor Senfft von Pilsach
 3rd Reiter Regiment
 2nd Uhlan Regiment, No.
18
 Attached to Division
 One battery of horse-
artillery of 12th Field-
artillery Regiment
o Corps Artillery : Oberst Funcke
 One horse artillery battery, three
light field batteries, three heavy
field batteries of the 12th Field
Artillery Regiment
 Artillery and Infantry
ammunition, and pontoon
columns of the 12th Field-
artillery Regiment
 12th Train Battalion
 5th Cavalry Division : Generalleutnant Baron
von Rheinbaben
o 11th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor
von Barby
 Westphalian Cuirassier
Regiment, No. 4
 1st Hanoverian Uhlan Regiment,
No. 13
 Oldenburg Dragoon Regiment,
No. 19
o 12th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor
Adalbert von Bredow
 Magdeburg Cuirassier Regiment,
No. 7
 Altmark Uhlan Regiment, No. 16
 Schleswig-Holstein Dragoon
Regiment, No. 13
o 13th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor
von Redern
 Magdeburg Hussar Regiment,
No. 10
 2nd Westphalian Hussar
Regiment, No. 11
 Brunswick Hussar Regiment, No.
17
o Attached to Division
 Two batteries horse-artillery
 6th Cavalry Division : Generalleutnant H.S.H.
Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
o 14th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor
Baron von Diepenbroick-Grüter
 Brandenburg Cuirassier
Regiment, No. 6 (Emperor
Nicholas I. of Russia)
 1st Brandenburg Uhlan
Regiment, No. 3 (Emperor of
Russia)
 Schleswig-Holstein Uhlan
Regiment, No. 15
o 15th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor
von Rauch
 3rd Hussars “von Zieten”
 16th Hussars
o Attached to Division
 One battery of horse-artillery
 II Army Corps (II. Armeekorps) -
(Pomerania) : General der Infanterie Eduard
von Fransecky[nb 2]
o 3rd Infantry Division : Generalmajor
von Hartmann
 5th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Koblinski
 Grenadier Regiment King
Frederic William IV. (1st
Pomeranian), No. 2
 5th Pomeranian Infantry
Regiment, No. 42
 6th Brigade : Oberst von der
Decken
 3rd Pomeranian Infantry
Regiment, No. 14
 7th Pomeranian Infantry
Regiment, No. 54
 Attached to Division
 Pomeranian Jäger
Battalion, No. 2
 Neumark Dragoon
Regiment, No. 3
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of the 2nd
Pomeranian Field-
artillery Regiment
 1st Field-pioneer
Company, 2nd Corps,
with light bridge-train
o 4th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
Hann von Weyhern
 7th Brigade : Generalmajor du
Trossel
  Colberg Grenadier
Regiment (2nd
Pomeranian), No. 9
 6th Pomeranian Infantry
Regiment, No. 49
 8th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Kettler
 4th Pomeranian Infantry
Regiment, No. 21
 8th Pomeranian Infantry
Regiment, No. 61
 Attached to Division
 Pomeranian Dragoon
Regiment, No. 11
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of Pomeranian
Field-artillery Regiment,
No. 2
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 2nd Corps,
with entrenching tool-
column
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 2nd Corps
o Corps Artillery : Oberst Petzel
 Two horse artillery batteries, two
light field batteries, two heavy
field batteries of the Pomeranian
Field-artillery Regiment, No. 2
 Artillery and infantry
ammunition and pontoon
columns of Pomeranian Field-
artillery Regiment, No. 2
 Pomeranian Train Battalion, No.
2  3rd Lower Silesian
Third Army[edit]
Commander: Crown Prince of Prussia
Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Leonhard von
Blumenthal
 V Army Corps (V. Armeekorps) (Posen and
Liegnitz) : Generalleutnant Hugo von
Kirchbach
o 9th Infantry Division : Generalmajor
Karl Gustav von Sandrart
 17th Brigade : Oberst von
Bothmer
 3rd Posen Infantry
Regiment, No. 58
 4th Posen Infantry
Regiment, No. 59
 18th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Voigts-Rhetz
 King's Grenadier
Regiment (2nd West
Prussian), No. 7
 2nd Lower Silesian
Infantry Regiment, No.
47
 Attached to Division:
 1st Silesian Jäger
Battalion, No. 5
 1st Silesian Dragoon
Regiment, No 4
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of the Lower
Silesian Field-artillery
Regiment, No. 5
 1st Field-pioneer
Company, 5th Corps,
with light bridge-train
o 10th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Schmidt
 19th Brigade : Oberst von
Henning auf Schönhoff
 1st West Prussian
Grenadier Regiment, No.
6
 1st Lower Silesian
Infantry Regiment, No.
46
 20th Brigade : Generalmajor
Walther von Montbary
 Westphalian Fusilier
Regiment, No. 37
Infantry Regiment, No.
50
 Attached to Division:
 Kurmark Dragoon
Regiment, No. 14
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of Field-
artillery Regiment, No. 5
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 5th Corps,
with entrenching tool-
column
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 5th Corps
o Corps-Artillery : Oberstleutnant Köhler
 Two horse artillery batteries, two
light field batteries, two heavy
field batteries of the Lower
 Silesian Field-artillery Regiment,
No. 5
 Artillery and infantry
ammunition, and pontoon
columns of Field-artillery
Regiment, No. 5
 Lower Silesian Train Battalion,
No. 5
 XI Army Corps (XI. Armeekorps) (Hesse,
Nassau, Saxe-Weimar etc.) : Generalleutnant
Julius von Bose
o 21st Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Schachtmeyer
 41st Brigade : Oberst von
Koblinski
 Hessian Fusilier
Regiment, No. 80
 1st Nassau Infantry
Regiment, No. 87
 42nd Brigade : Generalmajor
von Thiele
 2nd Hessian Infantry
Regiment, No. 82
 2nd Nassau Infantry
Regiment, No. 88
 Attached to Division:
 Hessian Jäger Battalion,
No. 11
 2nd Hessian Hussar
Regiment, No. 14
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of Hessian
Field-artillery Regiment
No. 11
 1st Field-pioneer
Company, 11th Corps,
with light bridge-train
o 22nd Infantry Division :
Generalleutnant von Gersdorff
 43rd Brigade : Oberst von
Kontzki
 2nd Thüringian Infantry
Regiment, No. 32
 6th Thüringian Infantry
Regiment, No. 95
 44th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Schkopp
 3rd Hessian Infantry
Regiment, No. 83
 5th Thüringian Infantry
Regiment, No. 94
 Attached to Division:
 1st Hessian Hussar
Regiment, No. 13
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of Hessian
Field-artillery Regiment
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 11th Corps,
with entrenching tool-
column
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 11th Corps
o Corps-Artillery : Oberst von Oppeln-
Bronikowski
 Two horse artillery batteries, two
light field batteries, two heavy
field batteries of Hessian Field-
artillery Regiment, No. 11
 Artillery and Infantry
ammunition, and pontoon
columns of 11th Field-artillery
Regiment
 Hessian Train Battalion, No. 11
 I Royal Bavarian Corps (Kgl. Bayer. I.
Korps) : General der Infanterie Ludwig Freiherr
von der Tann
o 1st Royal Bavarian Division :
Generalleutnant von Stephan
 1st Brigade : Generalmajor Dietl
 Royal Bavarian Infantry
Lifeguards Regiment
 Two battalions of 1st
Infantry Regiment
(King's)
 2nd Jäger Battalion
 2nd Brigade : Generalmajor von
Orff
 2nd Infantry Regiment
(Crown Prince's)
 Two battalions of 11th
Infantry Regiment (v. d.
Tann)
 4th Jäger Battalion
 Attached to Division:
 9th Jäger Battalion
 3rd Chevauxlegers
Regiment (Duke
Maximilian's)
 Two 4-pounder and two
6-pounder batteries
o 2nd Royal Bavarian Division :
Generalleutnant Count Pappenheim
 3rd Brigade : Generalmajor
Schumacher
 3rd Infantry Regiment
(Prince Charles of
Bavaria)
  Two battalions of 12th
Infantry Regiment
(Queen Amalie of
Greece)
 1st Jäger Battalion
 4th Brigade : Generalmajor
Baron von der Tann
 10th Infantry Regiment
(Prince Louis)
 Two battalions of 13th
Infantry Regiment
(Emperor Francis Joseph
of Austria)
 7th Jäger Battalion
 Attached to Division:
 4th Chevauxlegers
Regiment (King's)
 Two 4-pounder and two
6-pounder batteries
o Cuirassier Brigade : Generalmajor von
Tausch
 1st Cuirassier Regiment (Prince
Charles of Bavaria)
 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (Prince
Adalbert)
 6th Chevauxlegers Regiment
(Grand Duke Constantine
Nicolajusitch)
 One battery of horse-artillery
o Brigade of Reserve-Artillery : Oberst
Bronzetti
 1st Division. Two 6-pounder, one
4-pounder battery
 2nd Division. Two 6-pounder
batteries
 3rd Division. Two 6-pounder
batteries
 1st Field-Engineer Division
 II Royal Bavarian Corps (Kgl. Bayer. II.
Korps) - General der Infanterie Jakob von
Hartmann
o 3rd Royal Bavarian Division :
Generalleutnant von Walther
 5th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Schleich
 6th Infantry Regiment
(King William of Prussia)
 Two battalions of 7th
Infantry Regiment
(Hohenhausen)
 8th Jäger Battalion
 6th Brigade : Oberst Borries von
Wissell
 Two battalions of 14th
Infantry Regiment
(Hartmann)
 15th Infantry Regiment
(King John of Saxony)
 3rd Jäger Battalion
 Attached to Division:
 1st Chevauxlegers
Regiment (Emperor
Alexander of Russia)
 Two 4-pounder and two
6-pounder batteries
o 4th Royal Bavarian Division :
Generallleutnant Count von Bothmer
 7th Brigade : Generalmajor von
Thiereck
 Two battalions of 5th
Infantry Regiments
(Grand Duke of Hesse)
 9th Infantry Regiment
(Werde)
 6th Jäger Battalion
 8th Brigade : Generalmajor
Joseph Maillinger
 3rd battalion of 1st
Infantry Regiment
 3rd battalion of 5th
Infantry Regiment
 1st battalion of 7th
Infantry Regiment
 3rd battalion of 11th
Infantry Regiment
 3rd battalion of 14th
Infantry Regiment
 5th Jäger Battalion
 Attached to Division:
 10th Jäger Battalion
 2nd Chevauxlegers
Regiment
 Two 4-pounder and two
6-pounder batteries
 Uhlan Brigade : Generalmajor
Baron von Mulzer
 1st Uhlan Regiment
(Archduke Nicholas of
Russia)
 2nd Uhlan Regiment
(King's)
 5th Chevauxlegers
Regiment (Prince Otto's)
 One battery of horse-
artillery
o Brigade of Reserve Artillery : Oberst
von Pillement
  1st Division: One 4-pounder
horse-artillery battery, two 6-
pounder field batteries
 2nd Division: Two 6-pounder
field batteries
 3rd Division: Two 6-pounder
field batteries
 2nd Field-Engineer Division
 Combined Württemberg-Baden Corps
(Kombiniertes Württembergisch-Badisches
Korps)
o Württemberg Field Division :
Generallleutnant von Obernitz
 1st Infantry Brigade :
Generalmajor von Reitzenstein
 1st Infantry Regiment
(Queen Olga) (two
battalions)
 7th Infantry Regiment
(two battalions)
 2nd Jäger Battalion
 2nd Infantry Brigade :
Generalmajor von Strakloff
 2nd Infantry Regiment
(two battalions)
 5th Infsntry Regiment
(King Charles's battalion)
 3rd Jäger Battalion
 3rd Infantry Brigade :
Generalmajor Baron von Hügel
 3rd Infantry Regiment
(two battalions)
 8th Infantry Regiment
(two battalions)
 1st Jäger Rattalion
 Cavalry Division (Reiter-
Division) : Generalmajor Count
von Scheler
 1st Reiter Regiment
(King Charles) (four
squadrons)
 2nd Reiter Regiment
(King William) (two
squadrons)
 4th Reiter Regiment
(Queen Olga) (four
squadrons)
 1st Field-artillery Division:
 Two 4-pounder and one
6-pounder batteries
 2nd Field-artillery Division
 Two 4-pounder and one
6-pounder batteries
 3rd Field-artillery Division
 Two 4-pounder and one
6-pounder batteries
o Baden Field Division : Generalleutnant
von Beyer
 1st Infantry Brigade :
Generalleutnant du Jarrys Baron
La Roche
 1st Leib Grenadier
Regiment
 Fusilier battalion of 4th
Infantry Regiment
 2nd Grenadier Regiment
(King of Prussia)
 Combined (3rd) Infantry
Brigade : Generalmajor Keller
 3rd Infantry Regiment
 5th Infantry Regiment
 Attached to Division:
 3rd Dragoon Regiment
(Prince Charles)
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light)
 Company of pontooners
with light bridge-train
and entrenching tool-
column
 Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor
Baron La Roche-Starkenfels
 1st Leib Dragoon
Regiment
 2nd Dragoon Regiment
(Margrave Maximilian)
 One battery of horse-
artillery
o Corps-Artillery
 Two heavy and two light field
batteries
 4th Cavalry Division : General der Kavallerie
H.R.H. Prince Albert of Prussia
o 8th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor von
Hontheim
 West Prussian Cuirassier
Regiment, No. 5
 Posen Uhlan Regiment, No. 10
o 9th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor von
Bernhardi
 West Prussian Uhlan Regiment,
No. 1
 Thüringian Uhlan Regiment, No.
6
o 10th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor
von Krosigk
 2nd Leib Hussar Regiment, No. 2
  Rhine Province Dragoon
Regiment, No. 5
o Two batteries of horse-artillery
 VI Army Corps (VI. Armeekorps) (Silesia) :
General der Kavallerie Wilhelm Georg von
Tümpling[nb 3]
o 11th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Gordon
 21st Brigade : Generalmajor von
Malachowski
 1st Silesian Grenadier
Regiment, No. 10
 1st Posen Infantry
Regiment, No. 18
 22nd Brigade : Generalmajor
von Eckartsberg
 Silesian Fusilier
Regiment, No. 38
 4th Lower Silesian
Infantry Regiment, No.
51
 Attached to Division:
 2nd Silesian Jäger
Battalion, No. 6
 2nd Silesian Dragoon
Regiment, No. 8
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of the Silesian
Field-artillery Regiment,
No. 6
 3rd Field-pioneer
Company, 6th Corps
o 12th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant
von Hoffmann
 23rd Brigade : Generalmajor
Gündell
 1st Upper Silesian
Infantry Regiment, No.
22
 3rd Upper Silesian
Infantry Regiment, No.
62
 24th Brigade: Generalmajor von
Fabeck
 2nd Upper Silesian
Infantry Regiment, No.
23
 4th Upper Silesian
Infantry Regiment, No.
63
 Attached to Division:
 3rd Silesian Dragoon
Regiment, No. 15
 Four batteries (two heavy,
two light) of the Silesian
Field-artillery Regiment,
No. 6
 1st Field-pioneer
Company, 6th Corps,
with light bridge-train
 2nd Field-pioneer
Company, 6th Corps,
with entrenching tool-
column
o Corps-Artillery: Oberst Arnold
 Two horse artillery batteries, two
light field batteries, two heavy
field batteries of the Silesian
Field-artillery Regiment, No. 6
 Artillery and Infantry
ammunition, and pontoon
columns of Silesian Field-
artillery Regiment
 Silesian Train Battalion, No. 6
 2nd Cavalry Division : Generalleutnant Count
Stolberg-Wernigerode
o 3rd Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor von
Colomb
 Silesian Leib Cuirassier
Regiment, No. 1
 Silesian Uhlan Regiment, No. 2
o 4th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor
Baron von Barnekow
 1st Leib Hussar Regiment, No. 1
 Pomeranian Hussar Regiment
(Blucher's Hussars), No. 5
o 5th Cavalry Brigade : Generalmajor von
Baumbach
 1st Silesian Hussar Regiment,
No. 4
 2nd Silesian Hussar Regiment,
No. 6
o Two batteries of horse-artillery
Reserve[edit]
 General Command over mobile troops in the I,
II, IX, and X Corps Areas
o 17th Infantry Division
o Guard Landwehr Infantry Division
 1st Guard Landwehr Brigade
 1st Guard Landwehr
Regiment
 2nd Guard Landwehr
Regiment
 2nd Guard Landwehr Brigade
  1st Guard Grenadier
Landwehr Regiment
 2nd Guard Grenadier
Landwehr Regiment Belgium[edit]
o 1st Landwehr Division
 1st Pomeranian Landwehr Though not a belligerent in the conflict, the Belgian
Brigade army was mobilized and placed on readiness at the
 1st Combined country's borders in fear of a preemptive attack by
Pomeranian Landwehr either party through the neutral territory during the
Regiment Franco-Prussian War. (See Belgium and the Franco-
 2nd Combined Prussian War).
Pomeranian Landwehr
Regiment Commander-in-Chief: King Leopold II
 2nd Pomeranian Landwehr
Brigade Chief of Staff: Lieutenant General Bruno Renard
 3rd Combined
Pomeranian Landwehr Minister of War: Major General Henri Guillaume
Regiment
 4th Combined Army of Observation[edit]
Pomeranian Landwehr
Regiment The Army of Observation (Armée d'Observation)
o 2nd (Brandenburg) Landwehr Division numbered approximately 55,000 men. Its role was to
 1st Brandenburg Landwehr defend the country's borders.
Brigade
 1st Combined Commander: Lieutenant-General Baron Félix Chazal
Brandenburg Landwehr
Regiment Chief of Staff: Colonel Monoyer
 2nd Combined
Brandenburg Landwehr  1st Army Corps (Ier corps d'armée)
Regiment o Commanded by Lieutenant-General
 2nd Brandenburg Landwehr Sapin
Brigade  2nd Army Corps (IIe corps d'armée)
 3rd Combined o Commanded by Prince Philippe
Brandenburg Landwehr
 Artillery
Regiment
 Reserve Cavalry
 4th Combined
Brandenburg Landwehr  Auxiliary units (Railway, logistics, telegraphic
Regiment etc.)
o 3rd Combined Landwehr Division
 West Prussian Landwehr Brigade Army of Antwerp[edit]
 West Prussian Combined
Landwehr Regiment The Army of Antwerp (Armée d'Anvers), based in the
 Lower Silesian Combined "National Redoubt" fortress in Antwerp, numbered
Landwehr Regiment approximately 15,000. It was a defensive force,
 Posen Landwehr Brigade designed to hold the city of Antwerp alone.
 1st Combined Posen Approximately 8,000 additional men served as guards
Landwehr Regiment at other fortresses around the country, including Liège.
 2nd Combined Posen
Landwehr Regiment Commander: Lieutenant-General Alexis-Michel Eenens
 16 Landwehr Cavalry Regiments
 Reserve Foot Battalions of the Guard and 11 Chief of Staff: Colonel Henri Alexis Brialmont
Line Artillery Regiments