Second Western Army


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 to the Austrian border during the expected French invasion of Russia.

Commanders

Commander-in-Chief General of the [Infantry (Imperial Russia)|General of the Infantry] Prince P.I. Bagration
Chief of StaffMajor General Graf Guillaume [Emmanuel Guignard, vicomte de Saint-Priest|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
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.