• Source: Second Western Army

      • The Second Western Army was created during 1810 as part of the reform of the Imperial Russian Army as a whole and was intended to defend the central western region of the Russian border with Poland (Duchy of Warsaw) to the Austrian border during the expected French invasion of Russia.
      Commander-in-Chief General of the Infantry Prince P.I. Bagration
      Chief of Staff - Major General Graf E.F. de Saint-Priest
      General- quartermaster - Major General M.S. Vistitskiy 2nd
      Duty General - Fligel-Adjutant Colonel S.N. Marin
      Chief of Artillery - Major General Baron K.F. Levenshtern
      Chief of Engineers - Major General E.Kh. Ferster

      7th Infantry Corps - Lieutenant General N.N. Raevskiy
      8th Infantry Corps - Lieutenant General M.M. Borozdin
      4th Cavalry Corps - Major General Graf K.K. Sivers
      The total strength of the army was 46 infantry battalions, 52 cavalry squadrons, 9 cossack regiments, and 180 cannon. The Second Western Army had approximately 45,000−49,423 men, and during the time of June-July, 1812, according to generals Barclay de Tolly, Bagration and Tormasov, was positioned along a 50-mile long front near the areas of Wolkovysk and Belostock.


      See also


      First Western Army
      Third Reserve Army of Observation


      References

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