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Page 250 et seq of John H. Gill's " Broken Eagles - Napoleon's German Allies and the campaign of 1813 Volum 2 (Wurttemberg, Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, Westphalia and the Smaller States" says:
"........ the new 9th Westphalian Infantry was consigned to the Magdeburg garrison. Arriving early in the Spring campaign, it was combined with the 3rd Infantry and placed under the command of Westphalian GB Georg Julius von Langenschwarz to form a small Westphalian brigade. Langenschwarz found the 9th incomplete, not fully armed and 'very behind' in discipline, but earnest effort on the part of the regimental officers brought the regiment to 'fit for duty' status as far as training was concerned, at least in Langenschwarz's eyes. GD Haxo evidently felt sufficiently confident in the 9th's condition to use it in chasing off probing cossacks in May, but the armistice brought changes in command and organisation. In command, Haxo set out for Hamburg to be replaced as the fortress governor by GD Le Marois. Organisationally, the 3rd Westphalian Line left for Dresden, while large numbers of additional French troops arrived along with Rheinbund contingents from the Thurungian states. With these additional forces, Le Marois was directed to divide his command into two components : a field division under GD Lanusse that could operate beyond the fortress under the overall command of GD Jean-Baptiste Girard and a formal garrison to hold the city. These were titled 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Government of Magdeburg respectively. Curiously, Le Marois was instructed to divide the 9th Westphalians as well, selecting six companies to serve with the field formation (the French would record this as the 1st battalion or the 'elite battalion') and leaving the other six companies (2nd battalion) in the garrison......."
"........ the new 9th Westphalian Infantry was consigned to the Magdeburg garrison. Arriving early in the Spring campaign, it was combined with the 3rd Infantry and placed under the command of Westphalian GB Georg Julius von Langenschwarz to form a small Westphalian brigade. Langenschwarz found the 9th incomplete, not fully armed and 'very behind' in discipline, but earnest effort on the part of the regimental officers brought the regiment to 'fit for duty' status as far as training was concerned, at least in Langenschwarz's eyes. GD Haxo evidently felt sufficiently confident in the 9th's condition to use it in chasing off probing cossacks in May, but the armistice brought changes in command and organisation. In command, Haxo set out for Hamburg to be replaced as the fortress governor by GD Le Marois. Organisationally, the 3rd Westphalian Line left for Dresden, while large numbers of additional French troops arrived along with Rheinbund contingents from the Thurungian states. With these additional forces, Le Marois was directed to divide his command into two components : a field division under GD Lanusse that could operate beyond the fortress under the overall command of GD Jean-Baptiste Girard and a formal garrison to hold the city. These were titled 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Government of Magdeburg respectively. Curiously, Le Marois was instructed to divide the 9th Westphalians as well, selecting six companies to serve with the field formation (the French would record this as the 1st battalion or the 'elite battalion') and leaving the other six companies (2nd battalion) in the garrison......."
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