VII Corps

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VII Corps was a major French military formation of the Napoleonic Wars, composed of multiple divisions and frequently engaged in key campaigns across Europe.

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instanceOf Napoleonic military formation
army corps
military unit
allegiance France
alsoKnownAs 7e corps d’armée
commandLevel corps-level command
corpsNumber 7
country First French Empire
engagedInBattle Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Eylau
Battle of Friedland
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
Campaign of 1814 in France
German campaign of 1813
linked to: Leipzig campaign

Peninsular War operations
Russian campaign
Waterloo campaign
linked to: Waterloo Campaign
formedPartOf Napoleon I’s field army
linked to: Grande Armée
function maneuver and combat formation in major campaigns
garrisonOrTheater Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
historicalRegion Europe
languageOfName French
militaryBranch French Army
namedAfter Roman numeral VII
notableCommander Dominique Vandamme
Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta
Jean Reynier
Jean-Andoche Junot
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
partOf Grande Armée
role operational-level formation
subordinateTo Emperor Napoleon I
linked to: Napoleon I

French Army high command
timePeriod early 19th century
typicalComposition artillery batteries
cavalry units
multiple infantry divisions
usedInConflict Napoleonic Wars
War of the Fifth Coalition
War of the Fourth Coalition
War of the Seventh Coalition
War of the Sixth Coalition
War of the Third Coalition

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Battle of Dennewitz FrenchForce VII Corps