1757 - Austrian invasion of Silesia – Prussian OOB August 15

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Description

By August 15 1757, Frederick II had assembled the various corps of his army operating in Lusatia and advanced on the Austrian positions around Zittau.

Commander-in-chief: King Frederick II of Prussia seconded by Field-Marshal Keith

Units are listed from right to left.

First Line	Second Line	Third Line
Cavalry right wing under Lieutenant-General Kyau Major-General Driesen's Brigade Garde du Corps (3 sqns) Gens d'Armes (5 sqns) Major-General Seydlitz's Brigade Rochow Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns) Major-General Plettenberg's Brigade Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	Cavalry right wing under Lieutenant-General Kyau Major-General Meinicke's Brigade Katte Dragoons (5 sqns) Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns) Major-General Stechow's Brigade Stechow Dragoons (5 sqns) Blanckensee Dragoons (5 sqns)	Lieutenant-General Zieten Zieten Hussars (10 sqns) Puttkamer Hussars (10 sqns)
Right Flank Guard Major-General von Grumbkow III/Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Lubath (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Kremzow (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Östenreich (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Burgsdorff (1 bn)
Infantry Centre Prince Ferdinand von Braunschweig Major-General Kleist's Brigade Grenadier Battalion 15/18 Kleist (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion 21/27 Diringshofen (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion 3/6 Hacke (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion 24/34 Anhalt (1 bn) Major-General Prince Franz von Braunschweig's Brigade Markgraf Carl Infantry (2 bns) Meyerinck Infantry (2 bns) Lieutenant-General Forcade Major-General Retzow's Brigade II. and III. Garde (2 bns) Grenadier Garde (1 bn) Major-General Bülow's Brigade Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns) Prinz Ferdinand Infantry (2 bns) Prince Heinrich von Preussen Major-General Geist's Brigade Hagen Infantry (2 bns) aka Geist Asseburg Infantry (2 bns) Major-General Ingersleben's Brigade Kannacher Infantry (2 bns) Prinz von Preußen Infantry (2 bns) Grenadier Battalion 35/36 Schenkendorff (1 bn)	Infantry Centre Lieutenant-General Lestwitz Major-General Wied's Brigade Winterfeldt Infantry (2 bns) Hautcharmoy Infantry (2 bns) Tresckow Infantry (2 bns) Major-General Rohr's Brigade Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns) Kurssell Fusiliersl (2 bns) I. And II/Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (2 bns reduced to 1 bn) Hülsen Infantry (1 bn) Lieutenant-General Brandes Major-General Prince Ferdinand von Preussen's Brigade Bornstedt Infantry (1 bn) II./Kalckreuth Fusiliers (1 bn) Fouqué Fusiliers (1 bn) Münchow Fusiliers (1 bn) Schultze Infantry (1 bn) Lieutenant-General Winterfeldt Major-General Kannacher's Brigade Kreytzen Fusiliers (2 bns) Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns) Pannewitz Infantry (2 bns)	Lieutenant-General Zieten Frei-Infanterie de Angelelli (1 bn) Frei-Infanterie le Noble (1 bn) Frei-Infanterie von Kalben (1 bn) Feldjäger zu Fuß von Aweyde (2 coys)
Left Flank Guard Major-General von Kurssell Grenadier Battalion Benckendorff (1 bn) Kahlden (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Nimschöfsky (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Unruh (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Manteuffel (1 bn)
Cavalry Left Wing under Lieutenant-General Pennavaire Major-General Krockow's Brigade Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Krockow Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Major-General Prince Eugen von Württemberg's Brigade Geßler Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	Cavalry Left Wing under Lieutenant-General Pennavaire Major-General Meyer's Brigade Markgraf Friedrich von Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns) Major-General Normann's Brigade Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns) Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)	Lieutenant-General Zieten Wartenberg Hussars (10 sqns) Werner Hussars (10 sqns)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 3 Kolin, Berlin, 1901, Appendix 12

Cogswell, Neil, Journal of Horace St. Paul 1757: The Advance to Nismes, Seven Years War Association Journal Vol. XI No. 2