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From Viskavatov
this relates to 1805 onwards.Artillery Regiments [Artilleriiskie polki]:
There were 9 Field Artillery [Polevaya Artilleriya] Regiments numbered 1st to 9th with 2 battalions each. A battalion had two Battery [Batareinaya, meaning Heavy or Positional] companies and two Light [Legkaya] companies.
On 31 August 1805– Two more Artillery regiments were formed: the 10th and 11th, on the same basis as the previous ones
There was 1 Horse Artillery [Konno-Artilleriiskii] Regiment with two battalions - each battalion had 5 companies.
Note:
Positional Battery comprised 4 x 20pdr Licornes, 4 x medium 12pdr, 4 x light 12pdr.
Light Company comprised 4 x 10pdr Licornes, 4 x medium 6pdr, 4 x light 6pdr.
Horse Company comprised 6 x 10pdr Licornes, 6 x light 6pdr.
23 August 1806– The Artillery regiments and Horse battalions disbanded, and replaced by brigades [brigady] with the following numbers of companies (and assigned to divisions with the same numerical designation - see next post for troop composition of Divisions):
1st Brigade: included 4 Foot and 1 Horse company of Guards Artillery, and from the Line 2 Battery and, 3 Light.
2nd Brigade: 2 Battery, 2 Light, and 1 Horse.
3rd Brigade: 2 Battery, 3 Light and 1 Horse.
4th Brigade: 2 Battery, 3 Light and 1 Horse.
5th Brigade: 1 Battery, 2 Light, and 1 Horse.
6th Brigade: 2 Battery, 3 Light, and 1 Horse.
7th Brigade: 2 Battery, 3 Light and 1 Horse.
8th Brigade: 2 Battery, 2 Light, and 1 Horse.
9th Brigade: 2 Battery, 3 Light, and 1 Horse.
10th Brigade: 1 Battery, 3 Light, and 1 Horse.
11th Brigade: 2 Battery, 3 Light and 1 Horse.
12th Brigade: 3 Battery, 1 Light and 1 Horse.
13th Brigade: 1 Battery and 4 Light.
14th Brigade: 1 Battery and 2 Light.
15th Brigade: 3 Battery and 1 Horse.
Georgia Brigade: 2 Battery and 3 Light.
Caucasus Brigade: 2 Battery and 2 Light.
Siberia Brigade: 2 Battery and 2 Light.
11 September 1806– Five more brigades were established:
16th Brigade: 1 Battery, 2 Light, and 1 Horse.
17th Brigade: 1 Battery, 2 Light and 1 Horse.
18th Brigade: 1 Battery, 2 Light and 1 Horse.
St.-Petersburg Reserve Brigade: 6 Battery companies.
Kiev Reserve Brigade: 6 Battery companies.
11 February 1807– The Moscow Reserve Brigade [Moskovskaya Rezervnaya brigada] established with 3 Battery companies.
16 February 1807– The 19th and 20th Brigades formed from the companies of the Georgia and Caucasus Brigades.
1 June 1807– All brigades were brought to the same number of companies: 2 Battery, 2 Light and 1 Horse, except for the 19th, 20th, and Siberia Brigades, which did not have Horse companies. An additional new brigade was formed, receiving the number 22nd, while the non-Guard companies of the 1st Brigade formed the 21st Brigade.
23 February 1808– The Siberia Brigade was renamed the 23rd.
31 January 1811– Artilleriiskiya Rekrutskiya Depo [Artillery Recruit Depots] established in Pskov, Smolensk, Starodub (transferred to Bryansk on 7 February), and Konotop (transferred to Glukhov on 7 February).
14 February 1811– 26 new Field [Polevaya], 10 Reserve [Rezervnaya], and 4 Replacement [Zapasnaya] brigades with the following numbers of companies:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 26th Field Brigades — each of 1 Battery company and 2 Light companies.
6th and 21st Field Brigades: each of 1 Battery company and 1 Light company.
25th Field Brigade: 1 Battery and 3 Light half-companies, located with the Marine regiments.
1st Reserve Brigade: 3 Horse, 2 Battery, and 2 Pontoon companies.
2nd and 4th Reserve Brigade: 3 Horse, 2 Battery, and 1 Pontoon companies.
3rd Reserve Brigade: 4 Horse, 2 Battery, and 1 Pontoon companies.
5th Reserve Brigade: 1 Battery, 1 Light, and 1 Pontoon company.
6th and 7th Reserve Brigade: 2 Horse, 2 Battery, 1 Light, and 1 Pontoon company.
8th Reserve Brigade: 1 Horse and 2 Battery companies.
9th Reserve Brigade: 2 Battery companies.
10th Reserve Brigade: 2 Battery and 1 Light company.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Replacement Brigades: each of 1 Horse, 1 Battery, and four Pontoon companies.
15 October 1811– A new Field brigade was established, made up of 1 Battery company and 2 Light companies and named the 27th Field Brigade on 7 November.
18 November 1811 Artillery Recruit Depots were divided into companies:
Pskov and Smolensk depots: each with 6 Foot and 1 Horse company.
Bryansk depot: 4 Foot and 3 Horse companies.
Glukhov depot: into 5 Foot and 2 Horse companies.
13 March 1812 Active companies were formed at the Artillery Recruit Depots and assigned to Replacement brigades [Zapasnyya brigady]:
1st Replacement Brigade: 1 Battery, 4 Light, and 1 Horse company.
2nd Replacement Brigade: 1 Battery, 4 Light, and 1 Horse company.
3rd Replacement Brigade: 3 Light and 3 Horse companies.
4th Replacement Brigade: 1 Battery, 3 Light, and 3 Horse companies.
Guards Artillery:
Leib-Gvardii Artilleriiskii batalion (Life Guards Artillery battalion) – two Battery companies, two Light companies, and one Horse company [konnaya rota].
On 25 March 1805 – The horse company was detached and designated as independent, under the title of Leib-Gvardii Konnaya Artilleriiskaya rota (Life-Guards Horse Artillery Company).
2 September 1811 The Life-Guards Horse Artillery company was divided into two.
October 1811 The Life-Guards. Artillery Battalion was named the Life-Guards Artillery Brigade [Leib-Gvardi Artilleriiskaya brigada].
13 April 1813 Guards Artillery companies were assigned to the Old Guard.
21 October 1813 Three more Guards Artillery companies were formed: 1 Battery, 1 Light, and 1 Horse.
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Ian
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