1756 - Prussian invasion of Saxony – Prussian OOB August 26
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Description
On August 26, when Frederick gave orders to the Prussian Army to enter into Saxony, his army consisted of 3 columns, each about 130 km from one another.
Summary: 47,817 foot, 14,495 horse, 82 field pieces, 140 battalion pieces, 90 pontoons (excluding supernumeraries who counted 2,322 foot and 1,740 horse)
Staff
- Commander-in-chief: Frederick II King of Prussia assisted by Field-Marshal Keith
- General-Adjutant: D. von Wobersnow
- Aides: D. Baron von Lentulus, M. von Grant, M. Krusemark, M. von Stutterheim, Colonel Friedrich Count von Anhalt, Colonel von Wartenberg, Captain von Speyer, P. L. von der Schulenburg, P. L. von Wendessen
- General-Quartermaster: Lieutenant-General Count Schmettau
- Adjutant: F. Count Schmettau
- Lieutenant-Quartermaster: M. von der Oelsnitz
- Captain of the guides: Captain von Gaudi
- Brigadiers-Majors: Captain von Stentzsch, Lieutenant von Wenher, Lieutenant-Colonel von Seherr
- Engineers: Lieutenant-Colonel Johann Friedrich von Balbi, Captain Le Febvre, Lieutenant Henning, Lieutenant Marquardt, Lieutenant Schlot, Captain Daries
- Feldjäger zu Pferde under Captain von Choteck and Captain von Bayar
- Secret Cabinet: Eichel, Coeper and Laspeyres with 2 clerks
- Field-Postmaster: Edelmann
- Artillery Train: Major von Arnstedt
- Artillery Equerry: Major von Hertzberg
- Hospital Director: R. a. D. von der Marwotz
- General-Surgeon: Bonnetz
- Supply: Colonel von Arnstedt
Right wing under Lieutenant-General Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick assisted by Prince L. von Bärenfels (about 15,000 men)
- Infantry (25 bns)
- Braunschweig (2 bns)
- Quadt (2 bns)
- Kleist (2 bns)
- Knobloch (2 bns)
- Hülsen (2 bns)
- Zastrow (2 bns)
- Wied Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Wietersheim Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Anhalt-Dessau (3 bns)
- II. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Ingersleben) (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 5/20 Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 21/27 Lengefeld (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 3/6 Kleist (1 bn)
- III. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Gemmingen) (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 9/10 Möllendorff (1 bn)
- Cavalry (24 sqns)
- Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
- Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Zieten Hussars (9 sqns)
- Field Artillery (18 field pieces)
- 10 x 12-pdr guns
- 6 x 24-pdr guns
- 2 x 50-pdr mortars
- 34 x battalion guns
Centre column under King Frederick II
- Keith's Corps
- Infantry (13 bns)
- I.Leibgarde Bataillon (1 bn)
- II. and III. Garde Bataillon (2 bns)
- Retzow (1 bn)
- Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Prinz Ferdinand von Preußen (2 bns)
- Münchow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion 15/18 Bülow (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 35/36 Schenckendorff (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 47/G-VII Wangenheim (1 bn)
- Cavalry (12 sqns)
- Garde du Corps (1 sqn)
- Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Zieten Hussars (1 sqn)
- Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)
- Infantry (13 bns)
- Margrave Karl's Corps
- Infantry (12 bns)
- von Kalckstein (2 bns)
- Markgraf Carl (2 bns)
- Prinz von Preußen (2 bns)
- Winterfeldt (2 bns)
- von Forcade de Biaix (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion 1/23 Bandemer (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 19/25 Ramin (1 bn)
- Cavalry (5 sqns)
- Gens d'Armes (5 sqns)
- Supply Train
- Artillery Train
- Infantry (12 bns)
- Prince Moritz's Corps
- Infantry (2 bns)
- Prinz Moritz von Anhalt (2 bns) (including its 2 grenadier coys)
- Cavalry (10 sqns)
- Infantry (2 bns)
- Field Artillery (64 field pieces)
- 30 x 12-pdr guns
- 10 x 24-pdr guns
- 10 x 10-pdr howitzers
- 10 x 25-pdr mortar
- 4 x 50-pdr mortars
- 72 x battalion guns
- Pontoons (50)
- Feldjäger zu Fuß von Aweyde
- Feldjäger zu Pferde
Left column under the Duke of Braunschweig-Bevern assisted by Prince L. von Prittwitz
- Infantry (17 bns)
- Braunschweig-Bevern (2 bns)
- von Schwerin (2 bns)
- von Manteuffel (2 bns)
- Brandes Fusiliers (2 bns)
- von Meyerinck (2 bns)
- von Itzenplitz (2 bns)
- von Blanckensee (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion 24/34 Grumbkow (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 13/26 Finck (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 7/30 Kanitz (1 bn)
- Cavalry (50 sqns)
- Rochow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Markgraf Friedrich von Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
- Oertzen Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Truchseß Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Szekely Hussars (10 sqns)
- Puttkamer Hussars (10 sqns)
- 34 x battalion guns
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, pp. 119, 192-194, Attachment 6
Großer Generalstab, Die Kriege Friedrichs des Großen. Dritter Teil: Der Siebenjährige Krieg 1756–1763, Vol. 5, Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II, Berlin, 1901-1914
