1757 - Prussian invasion of Bohemia – Prussian OOB May – Keith

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Description

On May 4 1757, King Frederick II of Prussia split his army in two, confiding to Field-Marshal Keith command of the corps destined to remain on the Weisse Berg near Prague.

Summary: 30 bns, 38 sqns

Commander-in-chief: Field-Marshal Keith

• Infantry (30 bns)
  • Grenadier Garde aka Retzow (1 bn)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Bülow (1 bn)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Grumbkow (1 bn)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Ramin (1 bn)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Dieringshofen (1 bn)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Kleist (1 bn)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Schenckendorff (1 bn)
  • I.Leibgarde Bataillon (1 bn)
  • II. and III. Garde (2 bns)
  • Braunschweig-Bevern Infantry (2 bns)
  • Asseburg Infantry (2 bns)
  • Prinz Moritz Infantry (2 bns)
  • Hülsen Infantry (2 bns)
  • Alt-Braunschweig Infantry (2 bns)
  • Knobloch Infantry (2 bns)
  • Kalckstein Infantry (2 bns)
  • Prinz Ferdinand Infantry (2 bns)
  • Zastrow Infantry (2 bns)
  • Frei-Infanterie le Noble (1 bn)
• Cavalry (38 sqns)
  • Gens d'Armes (5 sqns)
  • Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)
  • Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Rochow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
  • Szekely Hussars (8 sqns)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 2 Prag, Berlin, 1901, App. 28