1757 - Austrian invasion of Silesia – Prussian OOB August 20
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Description
Detailed order of battle of the various corps of the Prussian Army deployed in Lusatia and Saxony on August 20 1757
Commander-in-chief: King Frederick II of Prussia
Corps of General of Infantry Prince Moritz von Anhalt Dessau at Cotta
Summary: 15 bns, 20 sqns and 17 heavy pieces.
Infantry (15 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Wedel (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Finck (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Ramin (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Jung Billerbeck (1 bn)
- Goltz Infantry (2 bns) at Dresden from August 13 to 23
- Forcade Infantry (2 bns)
- Darmstadt Infantry (2 bns)
- Kleist Infantry (2 bns)
- Alt-Braunschweig Infantry (2 bns)
- Frei-Infanterie von Mayr (1 bn)
Cavalry (20 sqns)
- Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
- Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Szekely Hussars (10 sqns)
Artillery
- 9 x 12-pdr guns
- 6 x 24-pdr guns
- 2 x 10-pdr howitzers
Corps of Major-General von Rebentisch at Bautzen
Summary: 10 bns, 8 sqns and 4 heavy guns.
Infantry (10 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Plötz (1 bn)
- Kalckstein Infantry (1 bn)
- Brandes Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Markgraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Wied Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Jung Braunschweig Fusiliers (1 bn)
- I./Alt-Württemberg Fusiliers (1 bn)
- I./Sers Fusiliers (1 bn)
Cavalry (8 sqns)
- Seydlitz Hussars (8 sqns)
Artillery
- 4 x 12-pdr guns
Corps of Frederick II at Bernstadt
Summary: 21½ bns, 53 sqns and 16 heavy pieces.
Infantry (21½ bns)
- Grenadier Garde (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Lubath (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Kremzow (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Ostenreich (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Burgsdorff (1 bn)
- Winterfeldt Infantry (2 bns)
- Markgraf Carl Infantry (2 bns)
- Meyerinck Infantry (2 bns)
- Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns)
- II. and III. Garde (2 bns)
- Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (3 bns reduced to 2 bns)
- Hülsen Infantry (1 bn)
- Frei-Infanterie von Kalben (1 bn)
- Frei-Infanterie de Angelelli (1 bn)
- Frei-Infanterie le Noble (1 bn)
- Feldjäger zu Fuß von Aweyde (2 coys)
Cavalry (53 sqns)
- Garde du Corps (3 sqns)
- Gens d'Armes (5 sqns)
- Rochow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)
- Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Blanckensee Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Stechow Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Katte Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Puttkamer Hussars (10 sqns)
Artillery
- 12 x 12-pdr guns
- 2 x 24-pdr guns
- 2 x 10-pdr howitzers
Corps of Lieutenant-General Duke of Bevern at Schönau
Summary: 17 bns, 25 sqns, 30 heavy pieces and 36 pontoons.
Infantry (17 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Nimschöfsky (1 bn)
- Hautcharmoy Infantry (2 bns)
- Bornstedt Infantry (1 bn)
- II./Kalckreuth Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Münchow Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Schultze Infantry (1 bn)
- Prinz Ferdinand Infantry (2 bns)
- Hagen Infantry (2 bns) aka Geist
- Asseburg Infantry (2 bns)
- Prinz von Preußen Infantry (2 bns)
- Kannacher Infantry (2 bns)
Cavalry (25 sqns)
- Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Krockow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Geßler Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
Artillery
- 14 x 12-pdr guns
- 8 x 24-pdr guns
- 8 x 10-pdr howitzers
Pontoons (36)
Corps of Lieutenant-General von Winterfeldt at Radmeritz
Summary: 17 bns, 40 sqns, 14 heavy pieces.
Infantry (17 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Schenckendorff (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Benckendorff (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Kahlden (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Unruh (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Manteuffel (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Anhalt (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Diringshofen (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Kleist (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Hacke (1 bn)
- Pannewitz Infantry (2 bns)
- Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns)
- Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns)
- Tresckow Infantry (2 bns)
Cavalry (40 sqns)
- Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
- Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
- Werner Hussars (10 sqns)
Artillery
- 14 x 12-pdr guns
Corps of Major-General von Grumbkow at Görlitz
Summary: 5 bns, 15 sqns, 12 heavy pieces.
Infantry (5 bns)
- Fouqué Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Kreytzen Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Kurssell Fusiliers (2 bns)
Cavalry (15 sqns)
- Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Wartenberg Hussars (10 sqns)
Artillery
- 2 x 12-pdr guns
- 10 x 25-pdr mortars
Garrisons in various places along the Elbe
Summary: 10 bns, 2 sqns.
Infantry (10 bns)
- in Pirna
- Garrison Regiment IV von Grape (2 bns)
- in Dresden under Major-General von Bornstedt
- Rohr Fusiliers (2 bns)
- III. and IV./Garrison Regiment VII von Lange (2 bns)
- in Meißen
- in Torgau
- Garrison Regiment III von Grolmann (2 bns)
- I.Leibgarde (1 bn) from August 4 to 30
Cavalry (2 sqns)
- in Dresden under Major-General von Bornstedt
- Seydlitz Hussars (2 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 13
