1757 - Prussian invasion of Bohemia – Prussian garrisons March
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Description
At the end of March 1757, Prussian garrisons in Saxony and Silesia were deployed as follows:
Saxony and Lusatia (21 bns for a total of 15,200 men)
- in Leipzig
- Hauss Fusiliers (2 bns) former Saxon rgt
- Oldenburg Fusiliers (2 bns) former Saxon rgt
- in Bautzen
- Kahlenberg Grenadiers (1 bn) former Saxon unit
- in Dresden
- Rohr Fusiliers (2 bns)
- in Pirna
- Wylich Fusiliers (2 bns) former Saxon rgt
- Garrison Regiment IV Grape (2 bns)
- in Freiberg
- Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns) former Saxon unit
- in Chemnitz
- Bornstädt Grenadiers (1 bn) former Saxon unit
- in the North and West of Saxony
- Former Saxon infantry rgts (5 bns)
- unidentified Prussian garrison infantry unit (1 bn)
- Frei-Infanterie de Angelelli (1 bn)
Silesia (23 bns, 2 miner coys and 5 garrison artillery coys for a total of 17,300 men)
- in Liegnitz
- Diezelsky Grenadiers (1 bn) former Saxon unit
- Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers (2 bns) former Saxon rgt
- in Breslau
- Garrison Regiment VII Lange (1 bn)
- Garrison Regiment VI Lattorf (1 bn)
- Garrison Artillery (⅓ coys)
- in Brieg
- Garrison Regiment VI Lattorf (1 bn)
- Garrison Artillery (⅓ coys)
- in Schweidnitz
- Garrison Regiment V Mützschefahl (4 bns)
- Garrison Artillery (1 coys)
- in Neisse
- Rath Grenadiers (1 bn)
- II./Sers Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Garrison Regiment X Blanckensee (4 bns)
- Garrison Artillery (1 coys)
- Miners (1 coy)
- in Glatz
- Garrison Regiment VIII Nettelhorst (4 bns)
- Garrison Artillery (1 coys)
- Miners (1 coy)
- in Cosel
- Kreytzen Grenadiers (1 bn)
- Garrison Regiment VI Lattorf (2 bns)
- Garrison Artillery (1 coys)
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 2 Prag, Berlin, 1901, Map 9.2