History
Under the command of Marshal Michel Ney, the VI Corps crossed the Rhine River near Karlsruhe on the evening of 24–25 September, 1805 at the start of the War of the Third Coalition. On 2 October, Napoleon's advancing Grande Armée began to wheel to the right, aiming for the Danube River, with Ney's corps on the right as the pivot. The army reached the Danube near Donauwörth and the troops began to cross to the south bank on 7 October. However, the VI Corps remained on the north bank. On 9 October, Ney's 3rd Division under Jean-Pierre Firmin Malher defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Günzburg. Two days later, Pierre Dupont de l'Etang's 1st Division found itself facing 25,000 Austrians in the Battle of Haslach-Jungingen. Surprisingly, the badly outnumbered French fended off their enemies all day. Finally, the discouraged Austrians retreated. On 14 October Ney fought Johann Sigismund Riesch's small corps at the Battle of Elchingen. Using Louis Henri Loison's 2nd Division, supported by Malher, Ney crushed Riesch's command with heavy losses.
Under the command of Marshal Michel Ney, the VI Corps crossed the Rhine River near Karlsruhe on the evening of 24–25 September, 1805 at the start of the War of the Third Coalition. On 2 October, Napoleon's advancing Grande Armée began to wheel to the right, aiming for the Danube River, with Ney's corps on the right as the pivot. The army reached the Danube near Donauwörth and the troops began to cross to the south bank on 7 October. However, the VI Corps remained on the north bank. On 9 October, Ney's 3rd Division under Jean-Pierre Firmin Malher defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Günzburg. Two days later, Pierre Dupont de l'Etang's 1st Division found itself facing 25,000 Austrians in the Battle of Haslach-Jungingen. Surprisingly, the badly outnumbered French fended off their enemies all day. Finally, the discouraged Austrians retreated. On 14 October Ney fought Johann Sigismund Riesch's small corps at the Battle of Elchingen. Using Louis Henri Loison's 2nd Division, supported by Malher, Ney crushed Riesch's command with heavy losses.
The VI Corps fought at the Battle of Jena on 14 October 1806 in the War of the Fourth Coalition. Ney's troops were engaged in the Siege of Magdeburg beginning on 22 October. Franz Kasimir von Kleist surrendered on 11 November with 22,000 Prussian soldiers, 800 officers, 20 generals, and 700 artillery pieces. On 25 December, Marchand with 6,000 men and 12 guns defeated 3,000 Prussians and eight guns at Soldau. The corps arrived at 7:15 PM on 8 February 1807 at the Battle of Eylau. Ney's 17,000 men held off 63,000 Russians in a brilliant rear guard action in the Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen on 5 and 6 June. The corps led the successful counterattack at the Battle of Friedland on 14 June 1807.
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4e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
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1er Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde
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87ème Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
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6e régiment de voltigeurs de la Garde
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8e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
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~~1er Brigade EU ~~
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47e Bohemian Grenadiers de la Garde
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17e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
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