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