1756 - Prussian invasion of Saxony – Prussian OOB Sept 11
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Description
By September 11, the Prussian army campaigning in Saxony was deployed in several corps.
Commander-in-chief: Frederick II
Summary: 69 bns, 5 grenadier coys, 1 foot jäger coy, 101 sqns, 82 pieces of heavy artillery
Right wing under Lieutenant-General Ferdinand of Brunswick (17 bns, 10 sqns, 18 pieces of heavy artillery)
- in camp near Cotta
- Braunschweig Infantry (2 bns)
- Hülsen Infantry (2 bns)
- Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (3 bns)
- Zastrow Infantry (2 bns)
- Kleist Infantry (2 bns)
- Grenadier-Battalion Kleist (1 bn)
- Field Artillery Regiment (detachment)
- 10 x 12-pdr guns
- 6 x 24-pdr guns
- 2 x 50-pdr mortars
- in Gross-Cotta
- in Hellendorf
- in outposts
- Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
- near Cunnersdorf (1 sqn)
- near Johannisdorf (1 sqn)
- near Hellendorf (2 sqns)
- near Gross-Gotta (6 sqns)
- Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
Centre near Pirna under Frederick II (16 bns, 3 grenadier coys, 10 sqns, 14 pieces of heavy artillery)
- in camp at Gross-Sedlitz
- Winterfeldt Infantry (2 bns)
- Prinz von Preußen Infantry (2 bns)
- Grenadier Garde (1 bn)
- II. and III. Garde (2 bns)
- Prinz Moritz Infantry (2 bns) including its 2 grenadier coys
- Forcade Infantry (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Bülow (½ bn)
- Quadt Infantry (2 bns)
- Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Field Artillery Regiment (detachment)
- 4 x 50-pdr mortars
- 10 x 25-pdr mortars
- in Gross-Sedlitz
- I.Leibgarde Bataillon (1 bn including its grenadier coy)
- in Zehista
- Grenadier Battalion Bülow (½ bn)
- at the bridge of boats at Pratzschwitz
- Grenadier Battalion Bandemer (1 bn)
- Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
- 41 pontoons forming the bridge
Left wing under the Duke of Braunschweig-Bevern (17 bns, 20 sqns)
- in camp at Doberzeit
- Schwerin Infantry (2)
- Meyerinck Infantry (2 bns)
- Blanckensee Infantry (2 bns)
- I./Brandes Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns)
- Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns)
- Braunschweig-Bevern Infantry (2 bns)
- Puttkamer Hussars (5 sqns)
- in Pratzschwitz and other villages
- Szekely Hussars (10 sqns)
- along the Elbe between Rathen and Schandau and along the border with Bohemia
- Puttkamer Hussars (5 sqns) excluding a detachment of 100 men)
- in Schandau
- Grenadier Battalion Kanitz (1 bn)
- near Schandau
- Grenadier Battalion Grumbkow (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Finck (1 bn)
- Puttkamer Hussars (detachment of 100 men)
- in Stolpen
- II./Brandes Fusiliers (1 bn)
In and around Dresden under Margrave Karl
- in camp near Dresden (16 bns, 2 grenadier coys, 1 foot jäger coy, 61 sqns)
- Grenadier Battalion Ramin (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Möllendorff (1 bn)
- Kalckstein Infantry (2 bns)
- Markgraf Carl Infantry (2 bns)
- Knobloch Infantry (2 bns)
- Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Münchow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Prinz Ferdinand Infantry (2 bns) including its 2 grenadier coys
- Grenadier Battalion Schenckendorff (1 bn)
- II. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion Ingersleben (1 bn)
- Garde du Corps (1 sqn)
- Gens d'Armes (5 sqns)
- Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Rochow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)
- Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
- Markgraf Friedrich von Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
- Truchseß Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Oertzen Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Feldjäger zu Fuß (1 coy)
- Field Artillery Regiment (detachment)
- 30 x 12-pdr guns
- 10 x 24 pdr guns
- 10 x 10-pdr howitzers
- 28 pontoons
- garrison of Dresden (4 bns)
- Wietersheim Fusiliers (2 bns)
- I./Wied Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Wangenheim (1 bn)
- garrison of Torgau (1 bn)
- II./Wied Fusiliers (1 bn)
- covering the communications between Torgau and Dresden (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 No. 17, p. 338
