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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: [[Braunschweig-Bevern, August Wilhelm, Duke of|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)
**[[38/43 Burgsdorff Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Burgsdorff]] (1 bn)
**[[29/31 Östenreich Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Ostenreich]] (1 bn)
**[[Prussian Feldjäger zu Fuß|Feldjäger zu Fuß von Aweyde]] (2 coys for a total of 200 men) 
**[[Frei-Infanterie von Kalben|Freibataillon von Kalben]] (1 bn)
**[[Frei-Infanterie de Angelelli|Freibataillon de Angelelli]] (1 bn) 
**[[Frei-Infanterie le Noble|Freibataillon le Noble]] (1 bn) 
**[[Hautcharmoy Infantry]] (2 bns) ''from August 25''
**[[Kleist Infantry|Asseburg Infantry]] (2 bns) ''from August 25''
**[[Münchow Fusiliers]] (1 bn) ''from August 25''
**[[33/42 Nimschöfsky Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Nimschöfsky]] (1 bn) ''from August 25''
*Cavalry (30 sqns)
**[[Prussian Leib-Carabiniers|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)
**[[Zastrow Infantry|Bornstedt Infantry]] (1 bn)
**[[Kalsow Fusiliers|II./Kalckreuth Fusiliers]] (1 bn)
**[[Schultze Infantry]] (1 bn)
**[[Prinz Ferdinand Infantry]] (2 bns) 
**[[Amstell Infantry|Hagen Infantry]] (2 bns) ''aka Geist''
**[[Prinz von Preußen Infantry]] (2 bns) 
**[[Blanckensee Infantry|Kannacher Infantry]] (2 bns)
*Cavalry (25 sqns)
**[[Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns)
**[[Buddenbrock Cuirassiers|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)
**[[41/44 Gemmingen Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Benckendorff]] (1 bn)
**[[45/G-XIII/G-IX Ingersleben Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Unruh]] (1 bn)
**[[37/40 Manteuffel Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Manteuffel]] (1 bn)
**[[24/34 Grumbkow Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Anhalt]] (1 bn) 
**[[21/27 Lengefeld Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Diringshofen]] (1 bn) 
**[[15/18 Bülow Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Kleist]] (1 bn) 
**[[3/6 Kleist Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Hacke]] (1 bn)
**[[Knobloch Infantry|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) 
**[[Markgraf Friedrich von Bayreuth Dragoons|Bayreuth Dragoons]] (10 sqns)
**[[Zieten Hussars]] (10 sqns) 
**[[Wechmar Hussars|Werner Hussars]] (10 sqns) 

In Görlitz (2 bns)
*Infantry (2 bns)
**[[35/36 Schenckendorff Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Schenckendorff]] (1 bn)
**[[G-NG/G-III/G-IV Kahlden Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Kahlden]] (1 bn)

Near Bautzen (10 bns, 8 sqns)
*Infantry (10 bns)
**[[G-VI/G-VIII Plötz Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Plötz]] (1 bn)
**[[Sers Fusiliers|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)
**[[Duke von Württemberg Fusiliers|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)
*[[Wartenberg Hussars|Warnery Hussars]] (10 sqns)

===Garrisons===

Summary: 24 bns

In Breslau (3 bns)
*[[Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers|II.Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers]] (1 bn)
*[[Prussian Garrison Regiment VII|Garrison Regiment VII von Lange]] (1 bn)
*[[Prussian Garrison Regiment VI|Garrison Regiment VII von Lattorf]] (1 bn)
In Neisse (6 bns)
*[[Prussian Garrison Regiment X|Garrison Regiment X von Blanckensee]] (4 bns)
*[[Sers Fusiliers|II./Sers Fusiliers]] (1 bn)
*[[28/32 Kreytzen Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Kreytzen]] (1 bn)

In Schweidnitz (6 bns)
*[[Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers|I.Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers]] (1 bn)
*[[53/57 Diezelsky Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Diezelsky]] (1 bn) ''former Saxon unit''
*[[Prussian Garrison Regiment V|Garrison Regiment V von Mützschefahl]] (3 bns)
*[[Prussian Garrison Regiment VIII|I./Garrison Regiment VIII Quadt von Wickeradt]] (1 bn)

In Glogau (1 bn)
*[[Prussian Garrison Regiment VII|Garrison Regiment VII von Lange]] (1 bn)

In Brieg (1 bn)
*[[Prussian Garrison Regiment VI|Garrison Regiment VII von Lattorf]] (1 bn)

In Glatz (3 bns)
*[[Prussian Garrison Regiment VIII|II., III. And IV./Garrison Regiment VIII Quadt von Wickeradt]] (3 bns)

In Cosel (3 bns)
*[[Prussian Garrison Regiment VI|Garrison Regiment VII von Lattorf]] (2 bns)
*[[G-V/G-X Rath Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Rath]] (1 bn)

In Liegnitz (1 bn)
*[[Prussian Garrison Regiment V|Garrison Regiment V von Mützschefahl]] (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

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