1756 - Prussian invasion of Saxony – Keith OOB Sept 24

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Description

Prussian Army of Observation under Field-Marshal Keith in and around the camp of Johnsdorf (present-day Habrovice) on September 24 1756

First Line under F. M. Keith	Behind the First Line	Second Line under F. M. Gessler
Right Wing under Lieutenant-General Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick Major-General Baron von Quadt Braunschweig Infantry (2 bns) Quadt Infantry (2 bns) Major-General von Blanckensee Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (3 bns) Hülsen Infantry (2 bns)	Flank Guard Major-General von Manstein Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Ramin (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Grumbkow (1 bn)	Right Wing under Lieutenant-General von Katte Major-General Count Truchsess Markgraf Friedrich von Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns) Major-General von Penavaire Garde du Corps (1 sqn) Gens d'Armes (5 sqns) Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
Centre under Lieutenant-General von Kleist Major-General von Hülsen Münchow Fusiliers (2 bns) Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns) I./Blanckensee Infantry (1 bn)	Field Artillery Regiment (detachment) 30 x 12-pdrs 8 x 24-pdrs 10 x 10-pdr howitzers 4 x 50-pdr mortars	Lieutenant-General Baron von Kyau Major-General von Driesen Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns) Rochow Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Lieutenant-General von Katzler Major-General Baron von Schönaich Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Major-General von Lüderitz Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
Left Wing under Lieutenant-General Duke of Bevern Major-General von Itzenplitz II./Blanckensee Infantry (1 bn) Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns) Braunschweig-Bevern Infantry (2 bns)		Left Wing under Lieutenant-General von Schwerin Major-General von Oertzen Truchseß Dragoons (5 sqns) Oertzen Dragoons (5 sqns) Zieten Hussars (2 sqns)

At Türmitz (present-day Trmice)

• Szekely Hussars (10 sqns)
• Zieten Hussars (2 sqns)

In and around Aussig (present-day Ústí nad Labem) under Major-General von Zastrow

• on the heights near Aussig
  • Zastrow Infantry (2 bns)
  • Kleist Infantry (2 bns)
• in Aussig
  • III. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion Gemmingen (1 bn)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Kleist (1 bn)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II, Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 1 Pirna und Lobositz, Berlin, 1901, Appendix 11