Editing Battle of Montereau (section)

===Forces===
[[File:König Wilhelm I Württ.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|Prince Frederick William]]

The Crown Prince's IV Corps consisted of an infantry division led by Christian Johann Gottgetreu von Koch and a cavalry division under Prince Adam von Württemberg. Ludwig Stockmeyer's brigade consisted of two battalions of King Frederick Jäger Regiment Nr. 9 and one battalion of Light Infantry Regiment Nr. 10. Christoph Friedrich David Döring's brigade was made up of two battalions each of Infantry Regiments Duke Wilhelm Nr. 2, Nr. 3 and Nr. 7. Prince Karl von Hohenlohe-Kirchberg's brigade included two battalions each of Infantry Regiments Nr. 4 and Crown Prince Nr. 6. Walsleben's cavalry brigade comprised four squadrons each of Duke Louis Jäger zu Pferde Regiment Nr. 2 and Crown Prince Dragoon Regiment Nr. 3. Karl August Maximillian Jett's cavalry brigade had four squadrons of Prince Adam Jäger zu Pferde Regiment Nr. 4. Attached to each cavalry brigade was one [[horse artillery]] battery while Döring's and Hohenlohe's brigades each had a foot artillery battery. All four batteries were armed with four 6-pound cannons and two howitzers.{{sfn|Nafziger|1994}}

Attached to the IV Corps was Joseph Schäffer's Austrian brigade. This unit consisted of two battalions each of Infantry Regiments Gyulai Nr. 21, Esterhazy Nr. 32 and Josef Colloredo Nr. 57, three battalions of Infantry Regiment Zach Nr. 15, six squadrons of Archduke Ferdinand Hussar Regiment Nr. 3 and two-foot artillery batteries. Altogether there were 11,000 Württembergers and 4,000 Austrians present.{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=498}} A second source credited the Allies with 18,000 troops in Montereau.{{sfn|Alison|1842|p=83}}

[[File:Пажоль.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|Pierre Claude Pajol]]

Victor's II Corps had the divisions of Louis Huguet-Chateau and [[Guillaume Philibert Duhesme]]. Chateau's 1st Division was made up of 1st Battalions of the 11th and 24th Light and the 2nd, 19th, 37th and 56th Line Infantry Regiments. Duhesme's 2nd Division included 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 4th, 18th and 46th Line and 1st Battalions of the 72nd and 93rd Line and 26th Light.{{sfn|Nafziger|2009a}} Chateau's division numbered only 1,536 officers and men, since all units except the 477-strong 19th were sadly understrength, while Duhesme had 2,442 effectives. The 1st Division was supported by five 6-pound cannons and one howitzer while the 2nd Division counted eight 6-pound cannons and four howitzers. With 475 gunners and 135 sappers, Victor's total strength was 4,588 soldiers.{{sfn|Nafziger|2009b}} Gérard's Reserve of Paris included the divisions of [[Georges Joseph Dufour]] and Jacques Félix Jan de La Hamelinaye.{{sfn|Petre|1994|p=86}} The 1st Division was made up of one battalion each of the 5th, 12th, 15th and 29th Light and the 32nd, 58th and 135th Line. The 2nd Division comprised the 26th, 82nd, 86th, 121st, 122nd and 142nd Line.{{sfn|Nafziger|2009a}} Gérard's force had 214 artillerists from three companies attached.{{sfn|Nafziger|2009b}}

Pajol led a provisional cavalry corps consisting of three small brigades, 460 Chasseurs à Cheval under [[Jacques-Antoine-Adrien Delort]], 476 Dragoons under François Grouvel and 400 Hussars under Charles Yves César Du Coetlosquet.{{sfn|Nafziger|2009a}} Pacthod commanded 3,000 National Guards and there were 800 gendarmes (military police) with this column.{{sfn|Petre|1994|p=83}} MacDonald's XI Corps counted three divisions led by Joseph Jean Baptiste Albert, [[François Pierre Joseph Amey]] and Michel Sylvestre Brayer. Lhéritier commanded the [[V Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée)|V Cavalry Corps]] which was formed from three mounted divisions. [[Hippolyte Piré]]'s 3rd Light Cavalry Division included the 14th, 26th and 27th Chasseurs à Cheval and the 3rd Hussars, André Louis Briche's 3rd Heavy Cavalry Division the 2nd, 6th, 11th, 13th and 15th Dragoons and Lhéritier's 4th Cavalry Division the 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd and 25th Dragoons. Bordesoulle's detachment numbered 500 horsemen from depot squadrons.{{sfn|Nafziger|2009a}}

The Imperial Guard consisted of the Old Guard Division of [[Louis Friant]], the 1st Young Guard Division of Claude Marie Meunier, the 2nd Young Guard Division of [[Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial]], and the 2nd and 3rd Guard Cavalry Divisions. Marshal [[Michel Ney]] led the two Young Guard divisions while [[Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty]] led the Guard cavalry divisions. The 2nd Guard Cavalry was made up of the [[1st Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard|1st Polish Guard Lancer]], [[Dragons de la Garde Impériale|Empress Dragoon]] and Polish and 3rd [[Éclaireurs of the Guard|Éclaireur]] Regiments. The 3rd Guard Cavalry Division had the [[Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale|Guard Horse Grenadier]] and [[Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale|Guard Chasseurs à Cheval]] Regiments.{{sfn|Nafziger|2009a}} According to one authority, units that fought in the battle included most of the regiments from the corps of Victor and Gérard, the Guard artillery, Guard Chasseurs à Cheval and 2nd Guard Lancers, 3rd Hussars from [[Jacques Gervais, baron Subervie]]'s brigade, 18th Dragoons of Auguste Lamotte's brigade, 25th Dragoons from [[Jean Antoine de Collaert]]'s brigade, 9th Lancers and 22nd Chasseurs à Cheval from Kellermann's [[VI Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée)|VI Cavalry Corps]] and the 7th Lancers, 9th Chasseurs à Cheval and 7th Hussars from unidentified corps. MacDonald's corps and the Guard infantry were not engaged.{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=498}}