Order of battle for the Balaclava campaign

This is the complete order of battle of opposing forces at the Battle of Balaclava.

Allied Army
The Allied Army consisted of British and French troops as well as Turkish formations under British command.

British Army
Commanded by Field Marshal Lord Raglan.

Cavalry Division - under Lieutenant-General the Earl of Lucan with a total force of 1,500 sabres and 6 field guns.
Heavy Brigade - Brigadier James Scarlett
4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards - Lt. Col. Edward Hodge
5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards - Maj. Adolphus Burton
1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons (The Royals) - Lt. Col. John Yorke
2nd (Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons (The Scots Greys) - Lt. Col. Henry Griffith
6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons - Lt. Col. Henry White
Light Brigade - Maj. Gen. the Earl of Cardigan
4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons - Lt. Col. Lord George Paget
8th (The King's Royal Irish) Regiment of Hussars - Lt. Col. Frederick Shewell
11th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of Hussars - Lt. Col. John Douglas
13th Regiment of Light Dragoons - Capt. John Oldman
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers) - Capt. William Morris

1st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. The Duke of Cambridge with 4,000 men.
Guards Brigade - Maj. Gen. H.J. Bentinck
3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
1st Battalion Scots Fusiliers Guards
Highland Brigade
42nd Regiment
79th Regiment
4th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Sir George Cathcart with 5,000 men.
1st Brigade - Brigadier Thomas Leigh Goldie
20th Regiment
21st Regiment
57th Regiment
68th Regiment
2nd Brigade - Brigadier A. Torrens
63rd Regiment
46th Regiment
1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade
Balaclava defences - Maj. Gen. Sir Colin Campbell with 4,000 men and 35 naval and field guns.
Causeway Heights - 3 Turkish battalions plus 9 naval guns.
Kadikoi Area - 93rd Regiment and 1 battalion of Turks
Eastern Heights - 1,200 Marines plus 2 companies from 93rd Regiment.

French Army
Commanded by General François Certain Canrobert.

1re Brigade de Cavalerie - General d'Allonville with 1,500 sabres.

Corps d'Observation - General Pierre Bosquet
1re Brigade d'Infanterie - General Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse

2e Brigade d'Infanterie - General Joseph Vinoy with 4,000 men.

Russian Army
Commanded by Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov with a total of 25,000 men and 78 guns.

Cavalry - Lt. Gen. I.I. Ryzhov with 3,000 sabres and 16 guns.
Kiev Regiment
Ingermanland Regiment
(No.)1 Ural Cossacks
North Column - Col. A.P. Skiuderi with 4,000 men and 12 guns.
Odessa Regiment
(No.)53 Don Cossacks
(No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
Left Center Column - Maj. Gen. K.R. Semiakin with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
Azov Regiment
Dnieper Regiment
(No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
Right Center Column - Maj. Gen. F.G. Levutski with 3,000 men and 8 guns.
Ukraine Regiment
South Column - Maj. Gen. S.I. Gribbe with 3,000 men and 10 guns
Dnieper Regiment
Composite Uhlan Regiment
Ingermanland Regiment
(No.)60 Don Cossacks
Forward Reserves - Maj. Gen. O.P. Zhaboritski with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
Vladimir Regiment
Susdal Regiment
(No.)6 Rifle Battalion
Ingermanland Regiment (two squadrons)
(No.)60 Don Cossacks (two sotnias)
Reserves - total of 2,000 men and 12 guns.
Ukraine Regiment (1 squadron)
(No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
Composite Uhlan Regiment

Category:Orders of battle
Category:Crimean War