1757 - Austrian invasion of Silesia – Prussian OOB August 25
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Description
Detailed order of battle of the Prussian Army left in Lusatia and Silesia on August 25 1757 after the departure of Frederick II for Saxony.
Commander-in-chief: Lieutenant-General August Wilhelm, Duke of Braunschweig-Bevern
Field Army
Summary: 54½ bns, 118 sqns
On average, each grenadier battalion had 450 men fit for duty; each musketeer battalion, 650; each Freibataillon, 450; each cavalry squadron, 120; and each hussar squadron, 100.
Near Bernstadt (11½ bns, 30 sqns)
- Infantry (11½ bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Burgsdorff (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Ostenreich (1 bn)
- Feldjäger zu Fuß von Aweyde (2 coys for a total of 200 men)
- Freibataillon von Kalben (1 bn)
- Freibataillon de Angelelli (1 bn)
- Freibataillon le Noble (1 bn)
- Hautcharmoy Infantry (2 bns) from August 25
- Asseburg Infantry (2 bns) from August 25
- Münchow Fusiliers (1 bn) from August 25
- Grenadier Battalion Nimschöfsky (1 bn) from August 25
- Cavalry (30 sqns)
- Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)
- Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Blanckensee Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Stechow Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Puttkamer Hussars (10 sqns)
Near Schönau (11 bns, 25 sqns)
- Infantry (11 bns)
- Bornstedt Infantry (1 bn)
- II./Kalckreuth Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Schultze Infantry (1 bn)
- Prinz Ferdinand Infantry (2 bns)
- Hagen Infantry (2 bns) aka Geist
- 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)
Near Radmeritz (15 bns, 45 sqns)
- Infantry (15 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Benckendorff (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 (45 sqns)
- Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
- Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
- Werner Hussars (10 sqns)
In Görlitz (2 bns)
- Infantry (2 bns)
Near Bautzen (10 bns, 8 sqns)
- Infantry (10 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Plötz (1 bn)
- I./Sers Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Brandes Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Kalckstein Infantry (1 bn)
- 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)
- Cavalry (8 sqns)
- Seydlitz Hussars (8 sqns)
In Silesia (5 bns, 10 sqns) Infantry (5 bns)
- Fouqué Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Kreytzen Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Kurssell Fusiliers (2 bns)
Cavalry (10 sqns)
- Warnery Hussars (10 sqns)
Garrisons
Summary: 24 bns
In Breslau (3 bns)
- II.Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Garrison Regiment VII von Lange (1 bn)
- Garrison Regiment VII von Lattorf (1 bn)
In Neisse (6 bns)
- Garrison Regiment X von Blanckensee (4 bns)
- II./Sers Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Kreytzen (1 bn)
In Schweidnitz (6 bns)
- I.Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Diezelsky (1 bn) former Saxon unit
- Garrison Regiment V von Mützschefahl (3 bns)
- I./Garrison Regiment VIII Quadt von Wickeradt (1 bn)
In Glogau (1 bn)
In Brieg (1 bn)
In Glatz (3 bns)
In Cosel (3 bns)
- Garrison Regiment VII von Lattorf (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Rath (1 bn)
In Liegnitz (1 bn)
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 4 Groß-Jägersdorf und Breslau, Berlin, 1902, Appendix 8, 9
