title: Second Western Army
text: # 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 (Duchy of Warsaw) to the Austrian border during the expected French invasion of Russia.
  
  Commander-in-Chief General of the Infantry Prince P.I. Bagration
  
  Chief of Staff - Major General Graf E.F. de Saint-Priest
  
  General- quartermaster - Major General M.S. Vistitskiy 2nd
  
  Duty General - Fligel-Adjutant Colonel S.N. Marin
  
  Chief of Artillery - Major General Baron K.F. Levenshtern
  
  Chief of Engineers - Major General E.Kh. Ferster
  
  * 7th Infantry Corps - Lieutenant General N.N. Raevskiy
  * 8th Infantry Corps - Lieutenant General M.M. Borozdin
  * 4th Cavalry Corps - Major General Graf K.K. Sivers
  
  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 Wolkovysk and Belostock.
  
  