Editing Battle of Novi (1799) (section)

==Forces==
===Allied Army===

[[File:Miloradovich.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|alt=Painting of a middle-aged man with curly hair and sideburns. He wears a dark military coat with a high collar and epaulettes and a number of decorations.|Mikhail Miloradovich]]

Kray's corps was divided into two Austrian divisions under Bellegarde and [[Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz]]. The brigade commanders were Friedrich Joseph Anton von Bellegarde, [[Friedrich Heinrich von Gottesheim]], Ferdinand Minckwitz and Alexander Friedrich von Seckendorff. Except for the last-named, it is not clear in which division the brigadiers served. Ott's left division included three battalions each of the ''Deutschmeister'' Nr. 4, ''Terzy'' Nr. 16 and ''Mittrowsky'' Nr. 40 Infantry Regiments, two battalions of the ''[[Josef Philipp Vukassovich|Vukassovich]]'' Nr. 48 Infantry Regiment, one battalion of the ''Szluiner'' [[Grenz Infantry]] Regiment Nr. 4, and six squadrons of the ''Archduke John'' [[Dragoon]] Regiment Nr. 3. Ott commanded 9,979 infantry and 906 cavalry for a total of 10,885.<ref name=Duffy136>Duffy (1999), pp. 136–137</ref><ref name=Smith163a>Smith (1998), p. 163. Smith gave the Austrian regiment numbers and brigadiers.</ref>

[[File:Pal Kray.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|alt=Black and white oval print of a serious young man in a white military coat with wide lapels. His hair comes down to his collar.|Baron Paul Kray]]

Bellegarde's division consisted of three battalions each of the ''Sztáray'' Nr. 33 and ''Nádasdy'' Nr. 39 Infantry Regiments, two battalions each of the ''Huff'' Nr. 8, ''Kheul'' Nr. 10, ''Gyulai'' Nr. 32 and ''Lattermann'' Nr. 45 Infantry Regiments, six squadrons of the ''Kaiser'' Dragoon Regiment Nr. 1 and eight squadrons of the ''Archduke Joseph'' Hussar Regiment Nr. 2. This force numbered 11,796 foot and 1,724 horse or a strength of 13,520 troops. To Bellegarde's right was a screening force under Seckendorff which was made up of two battalions of the ''Oranien'' Nr. 15 Infantry Regiment, one battalion of the ''Szluiner'' Grenz and three squadrons of the Hussar Regiment Nr. 5. The screening force counted 2,491 infantry and 524 cavalry or a total of 3,015 soldiers. Kray wielded a total of 27,420 troops in his large corps.<ref name=Duffy136/><ref name=Smith163a/>

On the Allied left, Melas commanded [[Michael von Fröhlich]]'s 8,575-strong Austrian division. The division consisted of more than 3,660 grenadiers in nine battalions, six squadrons each of the ''Lobkowitz'' Nr. 10 and ''Levenehr'' Nr. 14 Dragoon Regiments, 1,258 sabers, three battalions of the ''Fürstenberg'' Infantry Regiment Nr. 36, 2,081 men, and two battalions of the ''Stuart'' Infantry Regiment Nr. 18, 1,576 troops. One brigadier was [[Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein]], though the troops under his command are not given.<ref name=Duffy136/><ref name=Smith163a/> [[Franz Joseph, Marquis de Lusignan]] led the ''Fürstenberg'', ''Morzin'', ''Paar'', ''Pertusi'' and ''Weber'' Grenadier Battalions and [[Johann Ludwig Alexius von Loudon]] commanded the ''[[Hohenfeld_(surname)|Hohenfeld]]'', ''Goeschen'', ''Schiaffinatti'' and ''Weissenwolff'' Grenadier Battalions. [[Anton Ferdinand Mittrowsky]] directed two of the ''Fürstenberg'' infantry battalions and two squadrons of the ''Lobkowitz'' Dragoons while Johann Benedikt Nobili led the two ''Stuart'' infantry battalions and two more squadrons of the ''Lobkowitz'' Regiment.<ref name=Duffy144>Duffy (1999), pp. 144–145</ref>

[[File:Marechal-Gouvion.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|alt=Painting shows a young man with long brown hair. He wears a dark blue military coat with wide white lapels.|Laurent Saint-Cyr]]

Derfelden's 15,552-man Russian corps was divided into a division under Derfelden himself, a second division led by [[Mikhail Miloradovich]] and an Advance Guard led by Bagration. The Advance Guard consisted of two battalions each of the ''Bagration'' and ''Miller'' [[Jäger (military)|Jäger]] Regiments, 1,189 foot, the ''Dendrygin'', ''Lomonosov'', ''Sanaev'' and ''Kalemin'' Combined Grenadier Battalions, 1,728 foot, the ''[[Adrian Karpovich Denisov|Denisov]]'', ''Sychov'', ''Grekov'' and ''Semernikov'' [[Cossack]] Regiments, 1,948 horse, and six squadrons of the Austrian ''[[Andreas Karaczay|Karaczay]]'' Dragoon Regiment Nr. 4, 840 horse. Altogether, the 5,705-man Advance Guard counted 2,917 infantry and 2,788 cavalry. Derfelden's 6,127-strong infantry division included two battalions each of the ''[[Yakov Ivanovich Povalo-Shveikovsky|Schveikovsky]]'', ''Förster'', ''Tyrtov'' and ''Baranovsky'' Musketeer Regiments and two battalions of the ''Rosenberg'' Grenadier Regiment. Miloradovich's 3,720-man infantry division had two battalions each of the ''Jung-Baden'', ''Dalheim'' and ''Miloradovich'' Musketeer Regiments. The strength of Suvorov's Austro-Russian army was 44,347 foot and 7,200 horse, a total of 51,547 soldiers, not counting gunners and sappers.<ref name=Duffy136/><ref name=Smith163a/>

===French Army===
[[File:Dominique-Catherine Pérignon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|alt=Black and white print of a bald man with a cleft chin. He wears a dark military uniform of a later period with much gold lace. The deep scar over his left eye was from a saber cut during the Battle of Novi.|Dominique Pérignon]]

According to one authority Joubert's army numbered 32,843 infantry and 2,087 cavalry for a total of 34,930 men. Saint-Cyr stated the army was 34,000-strong but in another place gave a strength of 35,487 foot and 1,765 horse, or a total of 37,252 men not counting artillery. According to [[Spencer C. Tucker]], the total French force amounted 35,000.{{sfn|Tucker|2009|page=1008}} The French supply arrangements had collapsed and the troops were tired, thirsty and starving. Some soldiers were reduced to eating grass and leaves.<ref name=Duffy138>Duffy (1999), p. 138</ref> Pérignon's wing consisted of the infantry divisions of Grouchy and [[Louis Lemoine]] plus a two-brigade infantry reserve and [[Antoine Richepanse]]'s cavalry reserve. All [[demi brigade]]s had two battalions each except where otherwise noted. Grouchy's 5,620-man division had a first brigade under [[Charles Louis Dieudonné Grandjean]] made up of the 39th and 92nd [[Line Infantry]] Demi Brigades and one battalion of the 26th Light Infantry Demi Brigade. The second brigade of [[Henri François Marie Charpentier]] consisted of the 93rd and 99th Line Demi Brigades. Lemoine's 6,410-strong division included a first brigade under Louis Garreau with the 26th Line and 80th Line and one battalion of the 5th Light and a second brigade under [[Jean Mathieu Seras]] counting the 20th Light and 34th Line. The three squadron strong 1st Hussar Regiment was attached to Lemoine. The 4,875-man reserve included [[Bertrand Clausel]]'s brigade with the 29th Light and 74th Line and [[Louis Partouneaux]]'s brigade with the 105th Line and one battalion of the 26th Light. Richepanse commanded 1,002 sabers in the 2nd [[Chasseurs à Cheval]], 12th Dragoon, and the 1st, 3rd and 18th Cavalry Regiments. Each regiment counted two squadrons.<ref name=Duffy137>Duffy (1999), p. 137</ref><ref name=Smith163b>Smith (1998), p. 163. Smith provided the numbers of battalions and squadrons in the French army.</ref>

Saint-Cyr's wing comprised the infantry divisions of [[Pierre Garnier de Laboissière]], [[François Watrin]] and [[Jean Henri Dombrowski]], a strong independent brigade under Louis Léonard Colli-Ricci, plus infantry and cavalry reserves. Laboissière's division numbered between 3,645 and 3,976 men in six battalions and had the three squadron strong 6th Hussar Regiment attached. [[François Jean Baptiste Quesnel]]'s brigade included the 17th Light and 63rd Line Demi Brigades while [[Gaspard Amédée Gardanne]]'s brigade counted the 18th Light and 21st Line Demi Brigades. Watrin's division had between 4,535 and 6,040 soldiers in 10 battalions including the attached 25th Chasseurs à Cheval of two squadron strength. André Calvin's advanced guard counted the 8th, 15th and 27th Light and 2nd Line, Antoine Arnaud's brigade consisted of the 12th and 30th Light and {{ill|Pierre Étienne Petitot|lt=Pierre Étienne Petitot's|fr|Pierre Étienne Petitot|vertical-align=sup}} brigade had the 62nd and 78th Line. Dombrowski's division counted between 2,130 and 2,340 troops in seven battalions. Dombrowski's units were the 17th and 55th Line, the [[Polish Legions (Napoleonic period)|Polish Legion]] including a cavalry squadron and two battalions of the 1st (Italian) Cisalpine. Colli commanded from 3,878 to 4,260 men consisting of two battalions each of the 14th, 24th and 68th Line plus a battalion of Poles. The infantry reserve had 2,420 soldiers in four battalions of the 3rd and 106th Line. {{ill|François Guérin d'Etoquigny|lt=François Guérin d'Etoquigny's|fr|François Guérin d'Etoquigny|vertical-align=sup}} cavalry reserve numbered 425 sabers in five squadrons of the 16th and 19th Dragoons and 19th Chasseurs à Cheval.<ref name=Duffy137/><ref name=Smith163b/>