Russian BO at Narva on 19/30 Nov, 1700 by Fer & Wolff.

There is no any Russian documents about Russian BO at Narva on 19/30 Nov, 1700. The only available data are from Swedish side. As far as I know the earliest plan with Russian BO was made by Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720) in 1701 in Paris.

Plan de Narva... 30 Novembre 1700
by N. de Fer, Paris, 1701
(Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal)

The best known map is from Adlerfeld’s The military history of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1740). It was was made by Zacharias Wolff (1667-1726), an engineer in the Holstein army. In 1700 he was Oberstleutnant and Vice-Commandant of Tonning fortress. So, he didn’t participate in the Narwa battle. The sources he based on are unknown. The exact date of his map is also unknown.

Plan de la ville de Narva... 20 de November 1700
by Z. von Wolff, no data

Comparison of the Fer’s & Wolff’s BOs with list of Russian troops participated in the Narva campaign.

Important note: troops in Fer’s & Wolff’s plans are given in battle order; Russian sources don’t have any BO, only a list of troops

#	N. de Fer		Z. Wolff’s BO	Russian sources	Comments
		Right flank (Golovin’s Division)
1	Preobrazenskiy		Preobrazenskiy	Preobrazenskiy	In beg. Of 1700: 1st half of 3rd Moscow Vyborni regiment
2	Semenovskiy		Semenovskiy	Semenovskiy	In beg. Of 1700: 2ndt half of 3rd Moscow Vyborni regiment
3	Fliverck		Fliverck	Fliverck
4	Schnevens		Schnevens	Schnevens	Dragoons
5	Ivanicki		Ivanicki	Ivanicki
6	Meves		Meves	Meves
7	Bilts		Bilts	Bilts
8	Pohlman		Pohlman	Bolman
9	Deuniz Sohn
			Treyden	Treyden	There were 2 Treydens, Ivan & Matvei (=Mathew)
10			Gordon	?	Gordon was in Weide’s Division
11				Treyden	Second Treyden not mentioned by Wolff
12			Dewits	Dewson
	9 regiments		11 regiments	11 regiments	= 2 Guards, 8 foot & 1 dragoon
		Center (Trubetskoi’s Division)
13	Columb			Culom (=Colomn)	Foot regiment raised in 1700 in Novgorod
14	Westhof		Weltheff	Westov (=Westgof)	There were 2 Westovs: Zakhariy was a colonel of Novgorod Streltzy, Yuri – Pskov Streltzy
15	Briech		Britsch	Bruce	Foot regiment raised in 1700 in Novgorod
16	Amirof		Amirof	Baishev, Miron	Novgorod Streltzy
17	Baihoff		Beyhoff	?	? The same troop, Novgorod Streltzy of Miron Baishev?
18	Schneven				?
19	Strakaloff		Strakaloff		Strekalov Stepan, Belgorod Streltzy
20	Gelchaninoff		Gelchaninoff		Elchaninov Vasiliy, Belgorod Streltzy
21	Sukaref		Sukaref		Sukharev Martemian, Belgorod Streltzy
22				Westov, Yuri	Pskov Streltzy
23				Kosodavlev	Pskov Streltzy
	9 regiments		7 regiments	6 regiments	= 2 foot, 2 Novgorod & 2 Pskov Streltzy
		Left flank (Weide’s Division)
23	Lima		Lima	Lim, Yuri	2nd Moscow Vyborni regiment, also known as Lefortovskiy
24	Gordon		Gordon	Gordon, Alexander
25	Gulits		Gulits	Gulits, Efim	Dragoons
26	Dreden		Dreden	?	Second Treyden from Golovin’s Division?
27	Werden		Werden	Werden, Irik
28	Balck jun.		Balck jun.	Balck, Fedor
29	Schweiden		Schweiden	Schweiden, Vilim
30	Junger		Junger	Junger
31	Balck senior		Balck senior	Balck, Nikolai
32	Delden, Wilhelm		Delden	Delden, Vilim
33	Delden, Geh.		Delden	Delden, Ivan
	11 regiments		11 regiments	10 regiments	= 9 foot & 1 dragoon
		Positions opposite Ivangorod (right bank of Narova river)
				Strekalov Stepan	Belgorod Streltzy
				Elchaninov Vasiliy	Belgorod Streltzy, wounded on a sally from Ivangorod, later captured by Swedes & died
				Sukharev Martemian	Belgorod Streltzy, killed on a sally from Ivangorod
	0		0	3 regiments
	29 regiments		29 regiments	30 regiments	= 2 Guards, 1 “old” & 18 “new” foot, 7 Streltzy, 2 Dragoons

 Also Russian army includes 3 mounted Corps/troops:

1. Gosudarev Polk = mounted levy of Moscow nobles (real strength & organization in Narva campaign 1700 are unknown, I will return to this question soon)

2. Polk Smolenskoy Szliahty = mounted levy of Smolensk nobles, 7 coys, 897 men (without servants)

3. Regiment of Novgorod reitars (in fact feudal levy) under Ivan Kokoshkin

First & second corps were on the left Russian flank under Sheremetev. Wolff placed Novgorod horses on the right bank of Narowa river opposite Ivangorod. Russian sources don’t mention their place.

My main concerns about Fer’s & Wolff’s BO are:

1. Place of Dragoons in the line of Russian infantry

2. Composition of the Trubetskoy’s Division

3. No troops on the positions on the right bank of Narowa river

So, I am not sure that Fer’s or Wolff’s battle order are 100% accurate.