This is an order of battle of the French and German Armies at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.
France
Order of battle at the beginning of the war:
Army of the Rhine
Commander in Chief: Emperor Napoléon III Chief of Staff: Marshal Edmond Le Bœuf
Imperial Guard Corps (Garde impériale) : Gen. Charles Denis Bourbaki 1st Infantry Division : Gen. Édouard-Jean-Étienne Deligny 1st Brigade : Gen. Auguste Henri Brincourt 1st Voltigeurs of the Guard 2nd Voltigeurs of the Guard Chasseurs of the Guard 2nd Brigade : Gen. Garnier 3rd Voltigueurs of the Guard 4th Voltigueurs of the Guard 1st Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Gerbaut 2 Guard Foot batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Guard Mitrailleuse battery 3rd Engineer Regiment (1 company) 2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Joseph Alexandre Picard 1st Brigade : Gen. Pierre Joseph Jeanningros Zouaves of the Guard 1st Grenadiers of the Guard 2nd Brigade : Gen. Le Poittetin de la Croix 2nd Grenadiers of the Guard 3rd Grenadiers of the Guard 2nd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. de Cevilly 2 Guard Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Guard Mitrailleuse battery 3rd Engineer Regiment (1 company) Cavalry Division : Gen. Desvaux 1st Brigade : Gen. Halna du Fretay Guides Chasseurs of the Guard 2nd Brigade : Gen. De France Lancers of the Guard Dragoons of the Guard 3rd Brigade : Gen. du Preuil Cuirassiers of the Guard Carabiniers of the Guard 2 Horse Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1st Corps (1er corps) : Marshal Patrice de MacMahon 1st Infantry Division : Gen. Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot 1st Brigade : Gen. Wolff 18th Line Infantry Regiment 96th Line Infantry Regiment 13th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. de Postis du Houlbec 45th Line Infantry Regiment 1st Regiment of Zouaves 1st Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Lecoeutre 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) 2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Abel Douay 1st Brigade : Gen. Pelletier de Montmarie 50th Line Infantry Regiment 74th Line Infantry Regiment 16th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Pelle 78th Line Infantry Regiment 1st Regiment of Turcos 2nd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Cauvet 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) 3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Raoult 1st Brigade : Gen. L'Heriller 2nd Zouave Regiment 36th Line Infantry Regiment 8th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Lefebvre 2nd Regiment of Turcos 48th Line Infantry Regiment 3rd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Cheguillaume 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) 4th Infantry Division : Gen. Lartigue 1st Brigade : Gen. Fraboulet de Kerleade 3rd Zouave Regiment 56th Line Infantry Regiment 1st Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Charles Nicolas Lacretelle 3rd Regiment of Turcos 87th Line Infantry Regiment 4th Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Lamande 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4 pdr guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) Cavalry Division : Gen. Duhesme 1st Brigade : Gen. de Septeuil 3rd Hussar Regiment 11th Chasseur Regiment 2nd Brigade : Gen. de Nansouty 2nd Lancer Regiment 3rd Lancer Regiment 10th Dragoon Regiment 3rd Brigade : Gen. Michel 8th Cuirassiers Regiment 9th Cuirassiers Regiment Reserve Artillery : Col. de Vassart 2 Foot batteries (4-pdr. guns) 2 Foot batteries (12-pdr. guns) 4 Horse Artillery batteries 1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) 2nd Corps (2e corps) : Gen. Charles Auguste Frossard 1st Infantry Division : Gen. Verge 1st Brigade : Gen. Letellier Valaze 32nd Line Infantry Regiment 55th Line Infantry Regiment 3rd Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Jolivet 76th Line Infantry Regiment 77th Line Infantry Regiment 1st Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Chavaudret 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 3rd Engineer Regiment (1 company) 2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Henri Jules Bataille 1st Brigade : Gen. Pouget 8th Line Infantry Regiment 23rd Line Infantry Regiment 12th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Fauvart-Bastoul 66th Line Infantry Regiment 67th Line Infantry Regiment 2nd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. de Maintenant 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 3rd Engineer Regiment (1 company) 3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Jules de Laveaucoupet 1st Brigade : Gen. Doens 2nd Line Infantry Regiment 63rd Line Infantry Regiment 10th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Michelet 24th Line Infantry Regiment 40th Line Infantry Regiment 3rd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Larrogue 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 3rd Engineer Regiment (1 company) Cavalry Division : Gen. Marmier 1st Brigade : Gen. de Valabregue 4th Chasseur Regiment 5th Chasseur Regiment 2nd Brigade : Gen. Bachelier 7th Dragoon Regiment 12th Dragoon Regiment Reserve Artillery : Col. Beaudouin 2 Foot batteries (4-pdr. guns) 2 Foot batteries (12-pdr. guns) 4 Horse Artillery batteries 3rd Engineer Regiment (2 companies) 3rd Corps (3e corps) : Marshal Achille Bazaine 1st Infantry Division 1st Brigade : Gen. Montaudon 51st Line Infantry Regiment 62nd Line Infantry Regiment 18th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Justin Clinchant 81st Line Infantry Regiment 95th Line Infantry Regiment 1st Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Fourgous 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Armand Alexandre de Castagny 1st Brigade : Gen. Nayral 19th Line Infantry Regiment 41st Line Infantry Regiment 15th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Duplessis 69th Line Infantry Regiment 90th Line Infantry Regiment 2nd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Delange 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) 3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Metman 1st Brigade : Gen. de Potier 7th Line Infantry Regiment 29th Line Infantry Regiment 7th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Eugène Arnaudeau 59th Line Infantry Regiment 71st Line Infantry Regiment 3rd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Sempe 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) 4th Infantry Division : Gen. Claude Théodore Decaen 1st Brigade : Gen. de Brauer 44th Line Infantry Regiment 60th Line Infantry Regiment 11th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Sanle-Ferriere 80th Line Infantry Regiment 85th Line Infantry Regiment 4th Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Maucoutant 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 1st Engineer Regiment (1 company) Cavalry Division : Gen. de Cleraembault 1st Brigade : Gen. de Bruchard 2nd Chasseur Regiment 3rd Chasseur Regiment 10th Chasseur Regiment 2nd Brigade : Gen. Maubranches 2nd Dragoon Regiment 4th Dragoon Regiment 3rd Brigade : Baron de Juniac 5th Dragoon Regiment 8th Dragoon Regiment Reserve Artillery : Col. de Lajaille 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 2 Foot Artillery batteries (12-pdr. guns) 4 Horse Artillery batteries 2nd Engineer Regiment (1 and 1/2 companies) 4th Corps (4e corps) : Gen. Paul de Ladmirault 1st Infantry Division : Gen. Ernest Courtot de Cissey 1st Brigade : Gen. Count Brayer 1st Line Infantry Regiment 6th Line Infantry 20th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. de Golberg 57th Line Infantry Regiment 73rd Line Infantry Regiment 1st Division Artillery : Lt. Col. de Narp 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 2nd Engineer Regiment (1 company) 2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Grenier 1st Brigade : Gen. Bellecourt 13th Line Infantry Regiment 43rd Line Infantry Regiment 5th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Pradier 64th Line Infantry Regiment 98th Line Infantry Regiment 2nd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. de Larminat 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 2nd Engineer Regiment (1 company) 3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Count Latrille de Lorencez 1st Brigade : Gen. Pajol 15th Line Infantry Regiment 33rd Line Infantry Regiment 2nd Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Berger 54th Line Infantry Regiment 65th Line Infantry Regiment 3rd Division Artillery : Lt. Col. Legardeur 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 1 Mitrailleuse battery 2nd Engineer Regiment (1 company) Cavalry Division : Gen. Legrand 1st Brigade : Gen. de Montaigu 2nd Hussar Regiment 7th Hussar Regiment 2nd Brigade : Gen. de Gondrecourt 3rd Dragoon Regiment 11th Dragoon Regiment Reserve Artillery : Col. de Solille 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 2 Foot Artillery batteries (12-pdr. guns) 4 Horse Artillery batteries 2nd Engineer Regiment (1 company) 5th Corps (5e corps) : Gen. Pierre Louis Charles de Failly 1st Infantry Division : Gen. Goze 1st Brigade : Gen. Grenier 11th Line Infantry Regiment 46th Line Infantry Regiment 4th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Nicolas 61st Line Infantry Regiment 86th Line Infantry Regiment 1st Division Artillery 2 4-pounder batteries 1 Mitrailleuse battery 2nd Infantry Division : Gen. de l'Abadie d'Aydroin 1st Brigade : Gen. Lapasset 49th Line Infantry Regiment 84th Line Infantry Regiment 14th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. de Maussion 88th Line Infantry Regiment 97th Line Infantry Regiment 2nd Division Artillery 2 4-pounder batteries 1 Mitrailleuse battery 3rd Infantry Division : Gen. Guyot de Lespart 1st Brigade : Gen. Abbatucci 17th Line Infantry Regiment 27th Line Infantry Regiment 19th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. de Fontanges de Couzan 30th Line Infantry Regiment 68th Line Infantry Regiment 3rd Division Artillery 2 4-pounder batteries 1 Mitrailleuse battery Cavalry Division : Gen. Brahaut 1st Brigade : Gen. Pierre de Bernis 5th Chasseur Regiment 12th Chasseur Regiment 2nd Brigade : Gen. de la Mortière 3rd Lancer Regiment 5th Lancer Regiment Cavalry Division Artillery 1 Horse Artillery battery Reserve Artillery : Col. de Salignac-Fénelon 2 Foot Artillery batteries (4-pdr. guns) 2 Foot Artillery batteries (12-pdr. guns) 2 Horse Artillery batteries 6th Corps (6e corps) : Marshal François Certain Canrobert 1st Infantry Division : Gen. Tixier 1st Brigade : Gen. Péchot 4th Line Infantry Regiment 10th Line Infantry Regiment 9th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Le Roy de Dais 12th Line Infantry Regiment 100th Line Infantry Regiment 1st Division Artillery 2 4-pounder batteries 1 Mitrailleuse battery 2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Bisson 1st Brigade : Gen. Noël 9th Line Infantry Regiment 14th Line Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade : Gen. Maurice 20th Line Infantry Regiment 30th Line Infantry Regiment 2nd Division Artillery 2 4-pounder batteries 1 Mitrailleuse battery 3rd Infantry Division : Gen. La Font de Villiers 1st Brigade : Gen. Becquet de Sonnay 75th Line Infantry Regiment 91st Line Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade : Gen. Colin 93rd Line Infantry Regiment 3rd Division Artillery 2 4-pounder batteries 1 Mitrailleuse battery 4th Infantry Division : Gen. Levassor-Sorval 1st Brigade : Gen. Julius Richardson de Marguenat 25th Line Infantry Regiment 26th Line Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade : Gen. de Chanaleilles 28th Line Infantry Regiment 70th Line Infantry Regiment 4th Division Artillery 2 4-pounder batteries 1 Mitrailleuse battery Cavalry Division : Gen. de Salignac-Fénelon 1st Brigade : Gen. Tilliard 1st Hussar Regiment 6th Chasseur Regiment 2nd Brigade : Gen. Savaresse 1st Lancer Regiment 7th Lancer Regiment 3rd Brigade : Gen. de Béville 5th Cuirassier Regiment 6th Cuirassier regiment Cavalry Division Artillery 2 Horse Artillery batteries Reserve Artillery : Col. de Montluisant 2 4-pounder batteries 2 12-pounder batteries 4 Horse Artillery batteries 7th Corps (7e corps) : Gen. Félix Charles Douay 1st Infantry Division : Gen. Conseil-Dumesnil 1st Brigade : Gen. Le Norman de Bretteville 3rd Line Infantry Regiment 21st Line Infantry Regiment 17th Chasseur Battalion 2nd Brigade : Gen. Maire 47th Line Infantry Regiment 99th Line Infantry Regiment 1st Division Artillery 2 4-pounder batteries 1 Mitrailleuse batteries 2nd Infantry Division : Gen. Liébert 1st Brigade : Gen. Guiomar 5th Line Infantry Regiment