"Italian Guard 1809" Topic

Hi all, I'm doing up the little Italian Gd division for Wagram. Just wondering if anyone knows how many companies the Gd Grenadier, Chasseurs and Velites had per battalion?

For the system I play it makes a difference. It may be, they had 4 large companies per battalion as in the Frech Gd (from memory). I could find info for the uniform the but the organisation has proved more difficult…

Thanks for any help.

Try here:
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It's a long url I dont'know if it will work.
Resume of Order of battle 8th may 1809 at Piave:

1 battalion of grenadiers
1 battalion of chasseur (cacciatori)
1 battalion of velites

Same units at Raab 14th June and Wagram:

Or if you can read French here:
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Roughly Translated with Google:
- Grenadiers (Granatieri): 1 battalion formed in 1805, 5 companies of 100 men. He became a regiment in 1813 to 2 battalions to be disbanded in 1814.
- Hunters/Chasseurs (Cacciatori): 1 battalion formed in 1805 to 5 company of 100 men. Renamed in 1813 Carabinieri. Dissolved early 1813 to return to Russia.
- Velites (Velite): 1 regiment of 2 batallions, equivalent to the average Guard Française. 1st Granatieri battalion, 2nd Battalion Cacciatori (or Carabinieri from 1810).
- Conscripts (Coscritti), "Young Guard" Italian created in October 1810, first at 2 then 4 battalions. They resumed in 1813 on behalf of Hunters (Cacciatori).
- The Guard also understand a regiment of dragoons to 2 squads and 1 regiment of guards of honor in 4 companies (a fifth was created in 1806).

Hope this helps.
Ciao

My understanding at the time I "built" them was four companies for the Grenadiers and Chasseurs, but five for the Velites. All from memory so caveat emptor. :-)

Thanks for the help guys.