The Second Western Army was created during 1810 as part of the reform of the Imperial Russian Army as a whole and was intended to defend the central western region of the Russian border with Poland (Duchy of Warsaw) to the Austrian border during the expected French invasion of Russia.
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief General of the Infantry Prince P.I. Bagration
Chief of StaffMajor General Graf E.F. de Saint-Priest
General-quartermasterMajor General M.S. Vistitskiy 2nd
Duty GeneralFligel-adjutant Colonel S.N. Marin
Chief of ArtilleryMajor General Baron K.F. Levenshtern
Chief of EngineersMajor General E.Kh. Ferster 7th Infantry CorpsLieutenant General N.N. Raevsky 8th Infantry CorpsLieutenant General M.M. Borozdin 4th Cavalry CorpsMajor General Graf K.K. Sivers
Order
The total strength of the army was 46 infantry battalions, 52 cavalry squadrons, 9 Cossack regiments, and 180 cannon. The Second Western Army had approximately 45,000−49,423 men, and during the time of June-July, 1812, according to generals Barclay de Tolly, Bagration and Tormasov, was positioned along a 50-mile long front near the areas of Volkovysk and Belostok (now Białystok).
See also First Western Army Third Reserve Army of Observation
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