1757 - Franco-Imperial invasion of Saxony – Prussian OOB Frederick October

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Description

Detailed order of battle of Frederick's Prussian corps near Leipzig on October 17 1757.

Commander-in-Chief: King Frederick II of Prussia

Summary: 10 bns, 8 sqns

Infantry (10 bns)

• I.Leibgarde Bataillon (1 bn) arrived at Leipzig on October 16
• II. and III. Garde (2 bns)
• Grenadier Garde Retzow (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Finck (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Wedell (1 bn)
• Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns)
• Winterfeldt Infantry (2 bns)

Cavalry (8 sqns)

• Garde du Corps (3 sqns)
• Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 5 Hastenbeck und Roßbach, Berlin, 1903, Anhang 62