1757 - French invasion of Hanover – French OOB September 28

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Introduction

The following order of battle is extracted from the work of Christian Rogge: "The French & Allied Armies in Germany during the Seven Years War".

French Army of the Lower Rhine - September 28, 1757

From September 28 to November 5 1757, the French Army of the Lower Rhine under the Maréchal Richelieu was encamped at Halberstadt in Prussia. It consisted of 74 infantry bns, 61 sqns and 3 artillery bns. Its order of battle during this period was as follows:

• First Line
  • Right Wing Cavalry
    • Colonel Général (3 sqns)
    • Bourbon-Busset (2 sqns)
    • Clermont-Tonnerre (2 sqns)
    • Royal-Pologne (2 sqns)
    • Harcourt (2 sqns)
    • Descars (2 sqns)
    • Cuirassiers du Roy (2 sqns)
  • Infantry Centre
    • de Ligne (Austria) (1 bn)
    • Sachsen-Gotha (Austria) (1 bn)
    • La Marine (4 bns)
    • du Roi (4 bns)
    • Orléans (2 bns)
    • Chartres (2 bns)
    • Gardes Lorraines (2 bns)
    • Provence (2 bns)
    • Lyonnais (2 bns)
    • Brancas (2 bns)
    • La Tour-du-Pin (4 bns)
    • Picardie (4 bns)
  • Left Wing Cavalry
    • Royal-Roussillon (2 sqns)
    • Saluces (2 sqns)
    • Talleyrand (2 sqns)
    • Dauphin (2 sqns)
    • Condé (2 sqns)
    • Marcieux (2 sqns)
    • Mestre de camp Général (2 sqns)
• Second Line
  • Right Wing Cavalry
    • Commissaire général (2 sqns)
    • Bellefonds (2 sqns)
    • Bourgogne (2 sqns)
    • Rochefoucauld-Langeac (2 sqns)
    • Conti (2 sqns)
    • Royal-Piémont (2 sqns)
  • Infantry Centre
    • Navarre (4 bns)
    • Auvergne (4 bns)
    • Dauphin (2 bns)
    • Enghien (2 bns)
    • Alsace (3 bns)
    • Saint-Germain (1 bn)
    • Reding (2 bns)
    • Salis de Mayenfeld (2 bns)
    • Vastan (2 bns)
    • Aquitaine (2 bns)
    • Belzunce (4 bns)
    • Champagne (4 bns)
  • Left Wing Cavalry
    • Royal-Allemand (2 sqns)
    • Nassau-Sarrebruck (2 sqns)
    • Wurtemberg (2 sqns)
    • Charost (2 sqns)
    • Royal (2 sqns)
• Reserve
  • Royal-Carabiniers (10 sqns)
  • Grenadiers
    • Grenadiers de France (4 bns)
    • Grenadiers Royaux de Chantilly (2 bns)
    • Grenadiers Royaux de Bergeret (2 bns)
    • Grenadiers Royaux d'Aulans (2 bns)
    • Grenadiers Royaux de Modène (2 bns)
• Artillery
  • II./Corps Royal de l'Artillerie – La Motte (1 bn)
  • IV./Corps Royal de l'Artillerie – Menouville (1 bn)
  • V./Corps Royal de l'Artillerie – Cosme (1 bn)

References

Rogge, Christian, The French & Allied Armies in Germany during the Seven Years War, Frankfurt, 2006