1757 - Franco-Imperial invasion of Saxony – Soubise OOB July
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Description
Detailed order of battle of Soubise's French army on July 3 1757.
Commander-in-Chief: Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise
- Corps under MM. de Nicolaï, de Planta and Nugent (12 bns, 4 sqns)
- Piémont (4 bns)
- Wittmer (2 bns)
- Castellas (2 bns)
- Cossé Brissac (2 bns)
- Beauvoisis (2 bns)
- Volontaires Liégeois (2 sqns)
- Fitz-James (2 sqns)
- Corps under MM. de Rougé and des Salles (8 bns, 6 sqns)
- Royal Lorraine (1 bn)
- Royal Barrois (1 bn)
- I./Royal Roussillon (1 bn)
- Royal Deux Ponts (3 bns)
- Planta (2 bns)
- Lastic de Saint-Jal (2 sqns)
- Volontaires de Nassau-Sarrebruck (2 sqns)
- Poly Saint-Thiébault (2 sqns)
- Corps under MM. de Custine, de la Chetardie and de Crillon (10 bns, 12 sqns)
- La Viefville Saint-Chamond (2 bns)
- Diesbach (2 bns)
- Touraine (2 bns)
- Rohan Montbazon (2 bns)
- V./Corps Royal de l'Artillerie - Aumale (1 bn)
- Miner Company of Boisgnerelle (1 coy)
- Worker Company of M. de Dugué (1 coy)
- 6,000 artillery horses and 20 guns
- Royal Comtois (2 bns)
- Tournaisis (1 bn)
- Penthièvre (2 sqns)
- Apchon Dragons (4 sqns)
- Montcalm (2 sqns)
- Grammont (2 sqns)
- Bezons (2 sqns)
References
Pajol, Charles P. V.: Les Guerres sous Louis XV, vol. IV, Paris, 1891, pp. 129-130
