| Unlike infantry or cavalry regiments, artillery regiments were never employed on the field of battle as integral tactical entities, except by pure chance. The regiment was an administrative organization; the tactical unit was the company or battery. It is not possible here to determine each engagement that the 18eme co, was involved in but, the regiment as a whole had elements present in the Napoleonic engagements which follow:- In 1805, the battle of Caldiero; 10 November 1805. The siege of Gaete during 1806. In 1807 it participated in the clash at Ostrolenka; 16 February 1807 and the battle of Friedland; 14 June 1807. Fought in the clash at Messina; 16 June 1808. In 1809 it saw service at the skirmish at Castillon; 2 January 1809, the clash at Neumarkt; 24 April 1809, the battle of Raab; 14 June 1809 and the battle of Wagram; 5-6 July 1809, the battle of Znaim; 11 July 1809 and the siege of Girona; 27 June - 22 July 1809. In 1810 it operated in the defence of Capri. 1811 saw no actions of note. In 1812, elements of the regiment were present at the clash at Ostrovno; 26 July 1812, the defence of Corfu; 3 August 1812, the battle of Borodine; 7 September 1812, the battle of Malojaroslavetz; 24 October 1812, the clash at Viazma; 3 November 1812, the skirmish at smolensk; 10 November 1812, the battle of Krasnoi; 18 November 1812, the battle of the Berezina; 28 November 1812 and the skirmishes around Vilna; 9-11 December 1812. In 1813, it fought in a skirmish at Konigsberg; 5 January 1813, the battle of Lutzen; 2 May 1813, the battle of Bautzen; 20 May 1813, the battle of Wurschen; 21 May 1813, the clash at Halberstadt; 30 May 1813, the battle of Dresden; 26 August 1813, the battle of Juterbogk; 6 September 1813, the battle of Wachau; 16 October 1813, the battle of Leipzig; 18 October 1813 and the clash at Caldiero; 19 November 1813. In 1814, it was represented at the battle of La Rothiere; 1 February 1814 and the defence of Thionville; 20 May 1814. The hundred days saw the regiment in action at the battle of Ligny; 16 June 1815, and the clash at Namur; 20 June 1815. | |
