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THE RUSSIAN ATTACKING FORMATIONS
Commander-in-Chief: Prince A S Menschikov
Operational Commander: General of Infantry P A Dannenberg
TOWN COLUMN
Commander: Lieut. General F I Soimonov
FROM 10th DIVISION
Ist Brigade:
Ekaterinburgsky Regiment
2nd Brigade:
Tomsky Regiment
Kolyvansky Regiment
FROM 16th DIVISION
1st Brigade:
Vladimirsky Regiment
Suzdalsky Regiment
2nd Brigade:
Uglitzky Jaeger Regiment
FROM 17th DIVISION
1st Brigade:
Butyrsky Regiment
6 Rifle Battalion (2 Companies)
57th Don Cossacks (1 Sotnya)
20th Company Sappers
ARTILLERY
From 10th Artillery Brigade
No.2 Heavy Battery
From 16th Artillery Brigade
No.1 Heavy Battery
From 17th Artillery Brigade
No.4 Light Battery
No.5 Light Battery
RIVER COLUMN
Commander:Lieut. General P Ia Pavlov
FROM 11th DIVISION
1st Brigade:
Selenginsky Regiment
Iakutsky Regiment
2nd Brigade:
Okhotsky Regiment
FROM 17th DIVISION
2nd Brigade
Borodinsky Regiment
Tarutinsky Regiment
4 Rifle Battalion (2 Companies)
ARTILLERY
From 10th Artillery Brigade
No.1 Heavy Battery
No.1 Light Battery
No.2 Light Battery
From 11th Artillery Brigade
No.3 Heavy Battery
No.3 Light Battery
No.4 Light Battery
From 17th Artillery Brigade
No.3 Heavy Battery
Additional
No.2 Don Cossack Light Battery
Reserve Battery
DIVERSION FROM TOWN
Commander:Major General M D Timofeev
FROM 14th DIVISION
Minsky Regiment (4 Battalions)
Brestsky Regiment (1 Battalion)
Vilensky Regiment (1 Battalion)
ARTILLERY
From 14th Artillery Brigade
Two Light Batteries
DIVERSION FROM CHORGUN
Note:-Not directly engaged - only a few units suffered minimal exposure to artillery fire
Commander:Prince P D Gorchakov
12th INFANTRY DIVISION
Commander: General of Infantry Prince P D Gorchakov
Azovsky Regiment
Dneprovsky Regiment
Ukrainsky Regiment
Odessky Regiment
CAVALRY
52 x Squadrons
ARTILLERY
88 x guns
Source:
Albert Seaton 1977 The Crimean War - a Russian Chronicle - B T Batsford
THE BRITISH FORCES
Note: In the British and French Orbats which follow, all combat units present in the Crimea on 5th November are shown. All units were affected by the battle to different levels of involvement - those engaged in close combat are identified in the battle narratives
Commander-in-Chief: General Sir Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
CAVALRY DIVISION
Commander: Lieut. General George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan
Light Cavalry Brigade
Commander: Brevet Colonel Lord George Paget then Major General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
4th Light Dragoons - Major A Low then Col Lord Paget
8th Hussars - Lieut Col (Brevet Col) F Shewell
11th Hussars - Lieut Col J Douglas
13th Light Dragoons - Lieut Col C Doherty
17th Lancers - Capt G Morgan
Heavy Cavalry Brigade
Commander: Brig. Gen. James Scarlett
4th Dragoon Guards - Lieut Col E Hodge
5th Dragoon Guards - Capt A Burton
1st Dragoons - Major R Wardlaw
2nd Dragoons - Lieut Col H Griffith
6th Dragoons - Lieut Col H White
Royal Horse Artillery
'I' Troop - 2nd Capt J Shakespear
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