1757 - Austrian invasion of Silesia – Prussian OOB July 31 - Keith

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Description

By July 31 1757, Flied-Marshall Keith had detached Prince Moritz von Anhalt Dessau to the region of Berggießhübel and Cotta in Saxony and was marching with the rest of his corps to effect a junction with Frederick's Army in Silesia.

Commander: Flied-Marshall Keith

Summary: 10 bns, 40 sqns and eight 12-pdr guns.

Infantry (10 bns)

• Grenadier Battalion Hacke (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Schenckendorff (1 bn)
• Kannacher Infantry (2 bns)
• Pannewitz Infantry (2 bns)
• Asseburg Infantry (2 bns)
• III./Anhalt Infantry (1 bn)
• Frei-Infanterie von Kalben (1 bn)

Cavalry (40 sqns)

• Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)
• Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
• Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Seydlitz 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, pp. 115-196, Anhang 45