1756 - Prussian invasion of Saxony – Prussian OOB September 30
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Description
By the end of September, Frederick had left a blockading force at Pirna in Saxony and advanced to the Bohemian border to confront Browne's Austrian Army.
The following order of battle dated September 30 1756, includes the Prussian Army assembled on the Bohemian border but excludes the Prussian blockading force around Pirna.
Frederick's vanguard (7 bns, 11 sqns)
- staff: Lieutenants-Generals Duke von Bevern, Count Schwerin and Count Schmettau; and Majors-Generals von Quadt and von Oertzen
- Szekely Hussars (400 men)
- Truchseß Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn)
- Garde du Corps (1 sqn)
- I.Leibgarde Bataillon (1 grenadier coy)
- Braunschweig Infantry (2 bns)
- Quadt Infantry (2 bns)
- I. and II./Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (2 bns)
- Oertzen Dragoons (5 sqns)
Main body
- 1st column under Field-Marshal Keith (6 bns, 30 sqns, 30 field pieces)
- Infantry under Lieutenant-General Duke of Brunswick assisted by Major-General Itzenplitz
- Grenadier Battalion Puttkamer (1 bn)
- III./Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (1 bn)
- Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns)
- Münchow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Cavalry under Lieutenant-General Kyau
- Major-General Pennavaire's Brigade
- Gens d'Armes (5 sqns)
- Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Major-General Driesen's Brigade
- Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)
- Rochow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Lieutenant-General Katte assisted by Major-General Truchsess
- Markgraf Friedrich von Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
- Major-General Pennavaire's Brigade
- Field Artillery Regiment
- 20 field guns
- 10 howitzers
- all the caissons of the army
- Infantry under Lieutenant-General Duke of Brunswick assisted by Major-General Itzenplitz
- 2nd column under the Prince of Prussia assisted by Lieutenant-General Kleist and Major-General Hülsen (10 bns, 20 field pieces)
- Hülsen Infantry (2 bns)
- Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns)
- Blanckensee Infantry (2 bns)
- Braunschweig-Bevern Infantry (2 bns)
- Kleist Infantry (2 bns)
- 20 x 12-pdr guns
- 3rd column under Field-Marshal Gessler (2 bns, 20 sqns)
- Major-General Schönaich
- Grenadier-Battalion Kleist (1 bn)
- Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Major-General Lüderitz
- Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
- I./Zastrow Infantry (1 bn)
- Major-General Schönaich
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. 254, 256
