1756 - Prussian invasion of Saxony – Prussian OOB August 26 Prussia

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Detailed order of battle of Prussian troops garrisoning Prussia in August 1756

• In the March of Brandenburg (4,764 foot excluding 491 supernumeraries)
  • Infantry (4 garrison bns, 5 garrison coys, 2 detachments, Unrangirte of the Garde, Invalids)
    • Garrison Regiment VII. von Lange (2 bns) in Berlin
    • Land Regiment 1. von Lüderitz (2 bns) in Berlin
    • Foreigners under 20 years old (1 detachment) in Berlin
    • Garde (Unrangirte and supernumeraries) in Berlin
    • Invalids in Berlin
    • Garde (invalids) in Werder and Potsdam
    • New Garrison Regiment (1 coy in Peitz, 2⅔ coys in Spandau, 2 coys in Cüstrin)
  • Artillery (1 garrison artillery detachment) in Cüstrin
• In Pomerania (2,376 foot excluding 94 supernumeraries)
  • Infantry (3 garrison bns, 1 garrison coy)
    • Land Regiment 4. von Stockhausen (2 bns) in Stettin
    • New Garrison Regiment (1 coy) in Stettin
    • Garrison Regiment III. von Hellermann (1 bn) in Colberg
    • Foreigners under 20 years old (1 detachment) in Stettin
  • Garrison Artillery (1 coy in Stettin and 1 detachment in Colberg)
• In Magdeburg and Halberstadt (1,829 foot excluding 131 supernumeraries)
  • Infantry (2 garrison bns, 1 garrison coy)
    • Garrison Regiment IV. von Grape (1 bn) in Magdeburg
    • Land Regiment 3. Ahlimb (1 bn) in Magdeburg
    • Foreigners under 20 years old (1 detachment) in Magdeburg
    • New Garrison Regiment (1 coy) in Regenstein
  • Garrison Artillery (1 coy) in Magdeburg
• In Westphalia (5,468 foot excluding 246 supernumeraries)
  • Infantry (6 infantry bns, 2 garrison bns, 1 garrison coy)
    • Dossow Fusiliers (2 bns) in Wesel
    • Jungkenn Müntzer Fusiliers (2 bns) in Wesel
    • Erbprinz von Hessen-Cassel Fusiliers (2 bns) in Wesel
    • Garrison Regiment IX. de la Chevallerie de La Motte (1 bn) in Geldern
    • Garrison Regiment XII. von Kalckreuth (1 bn) in Emden
    • New Garrison Regiment (1 coy) in Mörs and Altena
  • Garrison Artillery (1 coy) in Wesel
• In Silesia (13,162 foot excluding 1,263 supernumeraries; 160 horse)
  • Infantry (1 grenadier bn, 18 garrison bns, 2 battalion guns)
    • Garrison Regiment VII. von Lange (1 bn) in Breslau
    • Garrison Regiment VI. von Lattorf (1 bn) in Breslau
    • Foreigners under 20 years old (1 detachment) in Breslau
    • Depot of recruits in Breslau
    • Garrison Regiment VI. von Lattorf (1 bn) in Brieg
    • Grenadier Battalion 28/32 Kreytzen (1 bn) in Cosel
    • Garrison Regiment VI. von Lattorf (2 bns) in Cosel
    • Garrison Regiment VIII. von Nettelhorst (4 bns) in Glatz
    • Garrison Regiment VII. von Lange (1 bn) in Glogau
    • Garrison Regiment X. von Blanckensee (4 bns) in Neisse
    • Garrison Regiment V. von Mützschefahl (4 bns) in Schweidnitz
  • Cavalry (4 hussar detachments: 1 in Cosel, 1 in Glatz, 1 in Neisse, 1 in Schweidnitz)
  • Garrison Artillery (4 coys and 3 detachments
  • Mineurs (2 coys)
    • Garrison Artillery (1 detachment in Breslau; 1 detachment in Brieg, 1 coy in Cosel, 1 coy in Glatz, 1 detachment in Glogau, 1 coy in Neisse, 1 coy in Schweidnitz)
    • Mineurs (1 detachment in Cosel, 1 coy in Glatz, 1 coy in Neisse)
• In Prussia (2,268 foot excluding 120 supernumeraries)
  • Infantry (3 garrison bns)
    • Foreigners under 20 years old (1 detachment) in Königsberg
    • Garrison Regiment I. von Luck (9 coys) in Memel
    • Garrison Regiment I. von Luck (1 coy) in Gumbinnen
    • Land Regiment 2. Polentz (1 bn) in Tilsit
  • Garrison Artillery (1 coy: 1 detachment in Pillau, 1 detachment in Friedrichsburg)

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, p. 195