"Structure of a French Corps 1816-1838" Topic
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dogtail | 22 Mar 2019 2:17 a.m. PST |
During the Napoleonic Wars, there was no rigid structure of a Corps dŽArmee. Did the French Army formalize it like the Prussian Army after that era? |
Saber6 | 22 Mar 2019 1:43 p.m. PST |
I don't recall seeing anything that was standardized above Division. Why this particular window? |
dogtail | 22 Mar 2019 2:34 p.m. PST |
I am reading a german book from 1841 about the french army. The number of batteries are quite similar to a prussian army corps structure as seen in Deckers "Die Taktik der drei Waffen" from 1833. I used that as a modell for my generic prussian corps and i would like to do that for a generic french corps, too. If there was any standart before 1859 for a brigade or a division the information would be helpfull, too. cheers |
Martin Rapier | 23 Mar 2019 1:15 a.m. PST |
French Corps weren't standardised in 1870, so I'd be surprised if they were in 1836. Not sure when they adopted a standard division structure (they had by 1859) |
Lilian | 23 Mar 2019 10:24 a.m. PST |
No, it didn't exist similar organization, the French Army after 1815 has been reduced for obvious reasons, so it would be difficult to maintain "Army Corps" there were 5 Corps organized in 1823 for Spain but not as permanent basis for this period 1816-1838, militarly and chronogically not coinciding with something in French history in 1832 the Army of the North didn't have any "Corps" level |
Jcfrog | 24 Mar 2019 8:11 a.m. PST |
Find oob for Belgian independance and Spain campaign. Prety sure no standardisation. Then later corps in peace time became holding org, territorial, till war. |
dogtail | 29 Mar 2019 2:59 a.m. PST |
Thank you for all the usefull information. As a German I understand that people are fed with military matters after a war, but it eludes me why some military developments get lost along the way. cheers |
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