Organisation des bataillons d'infanterie et de Jägers bavarois 1809
Osprey : pas de détail chronologique mais distinctives pour grenadiers (élite pour les jagers) et 5 cies de fusiliers (ou jagers).
Le même auteur (O. von Pivka) dans "armies in the napoleonic erea" décrit les distinctives de 4 cies de fusiliers en sus des grenadiers et d'une cie légère apparue en 1804 (?), identique pour les jagers.
Scott Bowden "Armies on the Danube 1809" compose les bataillons de ligne d'une compagnie de grenadiers et de 4 de fusiliers.
Les autres sources écrites n'indiquent pas d'élements.
Une recherche sur le net m'a fourni les informations ci-dessous :
1) "a Line Batallion had five companies. One Grenadier, Four Fusilier Batallions.(One fusilier served as depot, giving a batallion in the field 4 companies). Each Company contained 20 Schützen who where supposed to be armed with "Stutzen" (Rifles). In March 1809 this organization was slightly changed. The number of Schützen was increased up to one fifth of every company, wich resulted in 36 Schützen per company. (Of whom only 7 were armed with rifles.) The existance of a seperate Schützen Company is unknown to me. But 36 x 5 Schützen gives us 180 schützen for a batallion, which if you like, is the strength of a company."
2) "In 1809, each line battalion had one grenadier and three fusilier companies; the light battalions just had four ordinary companies (I guess they were called fusiliers also) and no elite company. It was only in 1811 that light battalions had flank/elite companies.
AFAIK, the 1809 light battalions used the majority of the third rank as schutzen, just like the line."
3) "Organization for the Bavarian Army 1809:
Regiments consist of two battalions per regiment,one grenadier company, four fusilier companies per batallion. One fusilier company served as depot. Company strength was 180 men.
Light Infantry battalion consists of 5 companies, each 180 men. The fifth company served as depot or reserve company. "
Les informations glanées sur le net semblent plus précises mais pourraient être d'une même et unique source agisant dans plusieurs forums.
Il faudrait alors composer les bataillons de 4 cies chacun dont une d'élite ou de grenadiers. Les schutzens composant 1/5 de chaque compagnie. Mais 1 cie de dépôt pour chaque bataillon çà semble beaucoup !
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