The VII Corps of the Grande Armée was the name of a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. It was formed in 1805 and assigned to Marshal Pierre Augereau. From 1805 through 1807, Augereau led the army corps in the War of the Third Coalition and the War of the Fourth Coalition. It was disbanded after being nearly wiped out at the Battle of Eylau in February 1807 and its surviving troops were distributed to other army corps. At the end of 1808, the VII Corps was reconstituted in Catalonia during the Peninsular War and Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr was given command. The corps fought in Spain until 1811, when it was renamed the Army of Catalonia. At that time it was again led by Augereau.
A parallel VII Corps was created for the War of the Fifth Coalition in 1809 and assigned to Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre. This formation was entirely made up of troops from the Kingdom of Bavaria. In 1812, a new VII Corps composed of soldiers from the Kingdom of Saxony was created for the invasion of Russia and Jean Reynier took command. This formation survived to fight during the War of the Sixth Coalition but ceased to exist after the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813 due to the defection of the Saxons. The VII Corps was recreated during the 1814 Campaign and assigned to Marshal Nicolas Oudinot. The formation consisted of one Young Guard division and two regular divisions of Peninsular War veterans.
Marshal Pierre Augereau (17,672, 36 guns)
Chief of Staff: General of Brigade Claude Marie Joseph Pannetier1st Division: General of Division Jacques Desjardin (8,242, 8 guns)Brigade: General of Brigade Pierre Belon Lapisse16th Light Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th battalionsBrigade: General of Brigade Jacques Lefranc14th Light Infantry Regiment, 2nd battalion44th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions105th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalionsArtillery: Two 12-pound guns, four 6-pound guns, two 6-inch howitzers3rd Foot Artillery Regiment, 4th company6th Horse Artillery Regiment, 2nd company (-)2nd Division: General of Division Étienne Heudelet de BierreBrigade: General of Brigade François Pierre Joseph Amey7th Light Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalionsBrigade: General of Brigade Jacques Thomas Sarrut24th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions63rd Line Infantry Regiment, 1st and 2nd battalionsBrigade: unknownHesse-Darmstadt Fusilier Regiment, 1st and 2nd battalionsNassau Infantry Regiment, 3rd battalionArtillery: Two 12-pound guns, four 6-pound guns, two 6-inch howitzers3rd Foot Artillery Regiment, 3rd company6th Horse Artillery Regiment, 2nd company (-)Cavalry Brigade: General of Brigade Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel (1,290, 4 guns)7th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th squadrons20th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd squadrons6th Horse Artillery Regiment, 5th company, four 4-pound gunsCorps Artillery: unknown commander (1,323 gunners and train)Four 12-pound guns, 12 8-pound guns, four 4-pound guns, four 6-inch howitzers1st Foot Artillery Regiment, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th companies2nd Horse Artillery Regiment, 1st and 5th companiesGeneral of Division Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr (42,382)
1st Division: General of Division Joseph Chabran2nd Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)7th Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)10th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)37th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)56th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)93rd Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)2nd Swiss Infantry Regiment (one battalion)2nd Division: General of Division Giuseppe Lechi2nd Italian Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)4th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)5th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)Italian Chasseurs Infantry Regiment (one battalion)1st Neapolitan Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)3rd Division: General of Division Honoré Charles Reille32nd Light Infantry Regiment (one battalion)16th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)113th Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)Provisional Infantry Regiment of Perpignan (four battalions)5th Legion of the Reserve (one battalion)Chasseurs de Montagne (one battalion)Battalion of the Valais (one battalion)4th Division: General of Division Joseph Souham1st Light Infantry Regiment (three battalions)3rd Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)7th Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)42nd Line Infantry Regiment (three battalions)67th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)5th Division: General of Division Domenico Pino1st Italian Light Infantry Regiment (three battalions)2nd Italian Light Infantry Regiment (three battalions)4th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)5th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)6th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (three battalions)7th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)6th Division: General of Division Louis François Jean ChabotChasseurs de la Pyrenees Orientales (one battalion)2nd Neapolitan Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)Corps Cavalry:Brigade: General of Brigade Bertrand Bessières3rd Provisional Cuirassier Regiment3rd Provsional Chasseurs à Cheval RegimentBrigade: General of Brigade François Xavier de SchwarzPrince Royal Italian Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment2nd Neapolitan Chasseurs à Cheval RegimentBrigade: General of Brigade Jacques FontaneRoyal Italian Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment7th Italian Dragoon RegimentUnattached:24th Dragoon RegimentMarshal François Joseph Lefebvre
Artillery Reserve: Colonel CalongeThree 12-pound position batteries, 18 guns1st Bavarian Division: General-Leutnant Crown Prince Ludwig of BavariaBrigade: General-Major Rechberg1st Habermann Light battalionLeib Regiment, 2 battalions2nd Prince Royal Regiment, 2 battalionsBrigade: General-Major Stengel4th Salern Regiment, 2 battalions8th Duc Pius Regiment, 2 battalionsCavalry Brigade: General-Major ZandtMinuzzi Dragoon Regiment, 2 squadronsPrince Royal Chevau-léger Regiment, 4 squadronsArtillery: Two 6-pound foot batteries, 6-pound horse battery, 18 guns2nd Bavarian Division: General-Leutnant Karl Philipp von WredeBrigade: General-Major Minuzzi6th Laroche Light battalion3rd Prince Karl Regiment, 2 battalions13th Regiment, 2 battalionsBrigade: General-Major Beckers6th Duc Wilhelm Regiment, 2 battalions7th Löwenstein Regiment, 2 battalionsCavalry Brigade: General-Major PreysingKönig Chevau-léger Regiment, 4 squadronsLeiningen Chevau-léger Regiment, 4 squadronsArtillery: Two 6-pound foot batteries, 6-pound horse battery, 18 guns3rd Bavarian Division: General-Leutnant Bernhard Erasmus von DeroyBrigade: General-Major Siebein5th Buttler Light battalion9th Isenburg Regiment, 2 battalions10th Juncker Regiment, 2 battalionsBrigade: General-Major Vincenti7th Günter Light battalion5th Regiment, 2 battalions14th Preysing Regiment, 2 battalionsCavalry Brigade: General-Major SeydewitzTaxis Dragoon Regiment, 4 squadronsBubenhoven Chevau-léger Regiment, 4 squadronsArtillery: Two 6-pound foot batteries, 6-pound horse battery, 18 gunsMarshal Pierre Augereau (1,338 officers, 33,145 men present for duty, 1,172 detached, 15,250 sick)
Artillery, Train, Engineers: (44 officers, 1,346 men)1st Division: General of Division Joseph Souham (169 officers, 5,213 men)1st Light Infantry Regiment (three battalions)42nd Line Infantry Regiment (three battalions)3rd Light Infantry Regiment (one battalion)7th Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)93rd Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)24th Dragoon Regiment3rd Provsional Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment2nd Division: General of Division Domenico Pino (238 officers, 6,326 men)1st Italian Light Infantry Regiment (two battalions)2nd Italian Light Infantry Regiment (two battalions)4th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)5th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)6th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)7th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)Napoleone Italian Dragoon Regiment3rd Division: General of Division Jean-Antoine Verdier (334 officers, 6,009 men)This division included the remnants of the divisions of Generals of Division Annet Morio de L'isle and Giuseppe Lechi after the Siege of Gerona.32nd Light Infantry Regiment (one battalion)2nd Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)16th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)56th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)1st Neapolitan Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)2nd Neapolitan Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)2nd Westphalian Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)3rd Westphalian Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)4th Westphalian Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)1st Berg Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)2nd Berg Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)Würzburg Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)Valais Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)Ducal Saxon Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)La Tour d'Auvergne Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)2nd Neapolitan Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment4th Division: General of Division Guillaume Philibert Duhesme (240 officers, 5,971 men)7th Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)37th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)112th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)2nd Swiss Infantry Regiment (one battalion)5th Italian Line Infantry Regiment (two battalions)Chasseurs de Montagne (one battalion)Departmental Battalion (one battalion)3rd Provisional Cuirassier RegimentOther:Headquarters: 67th Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion) (17 officers, 527 men)Drafts en route: (32 officers, 1,608 men)Drafts in Perpignan: (127 officers, 6,125 men)General of Division Jean Reynier (15,008 infantry in 18 battalions, 2,186 cavalry in 16 squadrons)
Artillery: 50 guns21st Division (Saxon): General-Leutnant Karl Christian Erdmann von Le Coq1st Brigade: General-Major von SteindelLiebenau Grenadier Battalion (one battalion)Prinz Friedrich Infantry Regiment (two battalions)Prinz Clemens Infantry Regiment (two battalions)2nd Brigade: General-Major von NostitzPrinz Anton Infantry Regiment (two battalions)1st Light Infantry Regiment (two battalions)Cavalry Brigade: General-Major von GablenzPrinz Clemens Uhlan Regiment (four squadrons)Polenz Chevau-léger Regiment (four squadrons)22nd Division (Saxon): General-Leutnant von Funck2nd Brigade: General-Major von SahrAnger Grenadier Battalion (one battalion)Spiegel Grenadier Battalion (one battalion)2nd Light Infantry Regiment (two battalions)1st(?) Brigade: General-Major von KlengelKönig Infantry Regiment (two battalions)Niesemeuschel Infantry Regiment (one and a half battalions)32nd Division (French): General of Division Pierre François Joseph Durutte35th Line Infantry Regiment (2 battalions)131st Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)132nd Line Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)133rd Line Infantry Regiment (1 battalion)Belle-Isle Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)Würzburg Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)General of Division Jean Reynier (12,837, 48 guns)
Corps Artillery:One Saxon foot artillery battery (Six 12-pound guns)One French foot artillery battery (Six 12-pound guns)One Saxon horse artillery battery (Four guns)13th Division (French): General of Division Armand Charles GuilleminotBrigade: General of Brigade Antoine Gruyer1st Light Infantry Regiment (4 battalions)18th Light Infantry Regiment (1st and 2nd Battalions)7th Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion)156th Line Infantry Regiment (1st and 2nd Battalions)Brigade: General of Brigade Louis-Francois, Baron Lejeune52nd Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion)67th Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion)101st Line Infantry Regiment (2nd and 3rd Battalions)Illyrian Infantry Regiment (2nd Battalion)Artillery: One foot artillery battery (6 guns)24th (Saxon) Division: General-Leutnant von Zeschau1st Brigade: Oberst (colonel) von BrauseLecoq Light Infantry Regiment (one battalion)Spiegel Grenadier Battalion Nr. 1 (one battalion)Prinz Friedrich August Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)Rechten Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)Steindel Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)2nd Brigade: General-Major von RysselSahr Light Infantry Regiment (one battalion)Anger Grenadier Battalion Nr. 2 (one battalion)Niesemueschel Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)Prinz Anton Line Infantry Regiment (one battalion)Feldjager companyArtillery: Two foot artillery batteries (16 guns)32nd Division (French): General of Division Pierre François Joseph DurutteBrigade: General of Brigade Marie Jean Baptiste Urbain Devaux35th Light Infantry Regiment (1st Battalion)131st Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion)132nd Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion)Brigade: General of Brigade Antoine Anatole Gedeon Jarry36th Light Infantry Regiment (4th Battalion)133rd Line Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion)Würzburg Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion)Artillery:One foot artillery battery (6 guns)One horse artillery battery (6 guns)27th (Saxon) Light Cavalry Brigade: Oberst von LindenauHussar Regiment (8 squadrons)Prinz Clemens Uhlan Regiment (5 squadrons)One horse artillery battery (4 guns)
