I. Army: / (I. corps, v. Manteuffel) General v. Steinmetz < VII. " v. Zastrow (C. of S., v. Sperling) | VIII. " v. Goeben \ (1st) and 3rd cavalry divisions Total 85,000 / Guard Pr. August of Wuerttemberg | (II. corps, v. Fransecky) | III. " v. Alvensleben II. II. Army: | IV. " v. Alvensleben I. Prince Frederick Charles < IX. " v. Manstein (C. of S., v. Stiehle) | X. " v. Voigts-Rhetz | XII. " (Saxons) crown prince | of Saxony \ 5th and 6th cavalry divisions Total 210,000 / V. corps, v. Kirchbach | (VI.) " v. Tuempling | XI. " v. Bose III. Army: | I. Bavarian, v. der Tann crown prince of Prussia < II. " v. Hartmann (C. of S., v. Blumenthal) | Wuerttemberg div. \ v. Werder | Baden div. / \ (2nd) and 4th cavalry divisions Total 180,000 ------- Grand Total 475,000 (The units within brackets were those at first retained in Germany.) Positions of the French forces. On the French side no such plan of operations was in existence when on the night of the 15th of July _Krieg mobil_ was telegraphed all over Prussia. An outline scheme had indeed been prepared as a basis for agreement with Austria and Italy, but practically no details were fixed, and the troops were without transport and supplies. Nevertheless, since speed was the essence of the contract, the troops were hurried up without waiting for their reserves, and delivered, as Moltke had foreseen, just where the lie of the railways and convenience of temporary supply dictated, and the Prussian Intelligence Department was able to inform Moltke on the 22nd of July (seventh day of mobilization) that the French stood from right to left in the following order, on or near the frontier: 1st corps Marshal MacMahon, duke of Magenta, Strassburg 5th corps General de Failly, Saargemuend and Bitche 2nd corps General Frossard, St Avold 4th corps General de Ladmirault, Thionville With, behind them: 3rd corps Marshal Bazaine, Metz Guard General Bourbaki, Nancy 6th corps Marshal Canrobert, Chalons 7th corps General Felix Douay, Belfort