1757 - Prussian invasion of Bohemia – Prussian OOB March – Bevern

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Description

At the end of March 1757, a Prussian corps under the command of Lieutenant-General Duke of Bevern was deployed in and to the north of Zittau in Upper Lusatia.

Summary: 16,000 foot in 20 bns, 4,300 horse in 25 sqns, with 12 field pieces

Commander-in-chief: Lieutenant-General Duke of Bevern

First Line	Second Line
Right Wing
under Colonel von Puttkamer Puttkamer Hussars (5 sqns)	under von Kleist Münchow Fusiliers (2 bns) Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)
Centre under Lieutenant-General von Lestwitz
Grenadier-Battalion Kahlden (1 bn) as right flank guard Major-General von Schöning's Brigade Grenadier-Battalion Möllendorff (1 bn) Prinz von Preußen Infantry (2 bns) Forcade Infantry (2 bns) Kleist Infantry (2 bns) Major-General von Amstell's Brigade Amstell Infantry (2 bns) Erbprinz von Hessen-Darmstadt Infantry (2 bns) Grenadier-Battalion Waldau (1 bn) Grenadier-Battalion Alt-Billerbeck (1 bn) as left flank guard	I./Jung-Braunschweig Fusiliers (1 bn) as right flank guard Major-General Prinz Eugen von Württemberg's Brigade Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns) II./Jung-Braunschweig Fusiliers (1 bn) as left flank guard
Left Wing
under Lieutenant-Colonel Warnery Puttkamer Hussars (5 sqns)	Katte Dragoons (5 sqns) Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns)

References

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