1757 - Prussian invasion of Bohemia – Prussian OOB April – Schwerin

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Description

On April 18 1757, the Prussian Army of Silesia, under the command of Field-Marshal Count Schwerin, came out of Silesia in four columns and entered into Bohemia.

Summary: 32,000 foot in 35 bns, 12,000 horse in 60 sqns

Commander-in-chief of the Army of Silesia: Field-Marshal Count Schwerin

• first column (4 bns, 10 sqns) under Major-General Manteuffel marching from Schmiedeberg (present-day Kowary) by Schatzlar (present-day Žacléř)
  • Meyerinck Infantry (2 bns)
  • Brandes Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Blanckensee Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • Seydlitz Hussars (5 sqns)
  • part of the provisions
• second column (13 bns, 25 sqns) under Lieutenant-General von Winterfeldt (accompanied by Field-Marshal Schwerin), marching from Landeshut (present-day Kamienna Góra) by Liebau (present-day Lubawka) and Goldenöls (present-day Zlatá Olešnice)
  • vanguard (2 bns, 10 sqns) under Major-General von Saldern
    • Grenadier-Battalion Östenreich (1 bn)
    • Grenadier-Battalion Burgsdorff (1 bn)
    • Wartenberg Hussars (5 sqns)
    • Seydlitz Hussars (5 sqns)
  • main body (7 bns, 15 sqns)
    • Schwerin Infantry (2 bns)
    • Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns)
    • Alt-Württemberg Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • Geßler Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Stechow Dragoons (5 sqns)
    • Field Artillery Regiment (2 coys for a total of 371 men)
    • Pontoons
    • Baggage escorted by Grenadier-Battalion Ingersleben (1 bn)
  • Rearguard under Major-General Kalckreuth
    • Tresckow Infantry (2 bns)
    • Unidentified hussar detachment
  • Provisions escorted by Manstein Fusiliers (2 bn)
• third column (8 bns, 10 sqns) under Lieutenant-General von Hautcharmoy, marching from Friedland (present-day Mieroszów) towards Starkstadt (present-day Stárkov)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Manteuffel (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Plötz (1 bn)
  • Hautcharmoy Infantry (2 bns)
  • Kreytzen Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Kalckreuth Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Krockow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Werner Hussars (5 sqns)
• fourth column (10 bns, 15 sqns) under Lieutenant-General Baron de la Motte Fouqué, marching from Tannhausen (present-day Jedlinka) and Wünschelburg (present-day Radków) towards Politz/Mettau (present-day Police nad Metují)
  • Markgraf von Brandenburg Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Nimschöfsky (1 bn)
  • Schultze Infantry (2 bns)
  • Fouqué Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Kurssell Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • I./Sers Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Werner Hussars (5 sqns)
  • Wartenberg Hussars (5 sqns)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 2 Prag, Berlin, 1901, pp. 60, 69