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

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Description

At the end of March 1757, a Prussian corps under the command of Field-Marshal Count Schwerin was deployed in Silesia.

Summary: 35 bns, 60 sqns

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

First Line	Second Line
Cavalry Right Wing under Lieutenant-General Prinz Schönaich
Major-General von Blanckensee Geßler Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	Major-General von Plettenberg Blanckensee Dragoons (5 sqns)
Infantry Right Wing under Lieutenant-General von Winterfeldt
Grenadier-Battalion Ingersleben (1 bn) as right flank guard Major-General von Manteuffel Grenadier-Battalion Burgsdorff (1 bn) Grenadier-Battalion Östenreich (1 bn) Schwerin Infantry (2 bns) Meyerinck Infantry (2 bns)	Major-General von Brandes Brandes Fusiliers (2 bns) Alt-Württemberg Fusiliers (2 bns) I./Manstein Fusiliers (1 bn)
Infantry Centre under Lieutenant-General von Hautcharmoy
Major-General Tresckow Hautcharmoy Infantry (2 bns) Schultze Infantry (2 bns) Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns)	Major-General von Kalckreuth Markgraf von Brandenburg Fusiliers (2 bns) I./Sers Fusiliers (1 bn) Kalckreuth Fusiliers (2 bns)
Infantry Left Wing under Lieutenant-General Baron de la Motte Fouqué
Major-General von Kurssell Kurssell Fusiliers (2 bns) Fouqué Fusiliers (2 bns) Grenadier-Battalion Nimschöfsky (1 bn) Grenadier-Battalion Manteuffel (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Plötz (1 bn) as left flank guard	Major-General von Saldern II./Manstein Fusiliers (1 bn) Tresckow Infantry (2 bns) Kreytzen Fusiliers (2 bns)
Cavalry Left Wing under Lieutenant-General Prinz Schönaich
Major-General von Krockow Krockow Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	Major-General von Plettenberg Stechow Dragoons (5 sqns)

Hussar Corps under Major-General von Wartenberg (from right to left)

• Wartenberg Hussars (10 sqns)
• Seydlitz Hussars (10 sqns)
• Werner Hussars (10 sqns)

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.IV