1757 - Swedish campaign in Pomerania – Swedish OoB October

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Description

At the end of October 1757, the Royal Swedish Army operating in Pomerania under the command of Mathias Alexander Baron von Ungern Sternberg and Count Hamilton consisted of (listed from right to left):

Summary: 33 battalions and 32 squadrons

First Line	Second Line
Right Wing Cavalry under baron Åferhield assisted by count Horn
Upplands Liv Regiment (4 sqns) at Ferdinandshof Smålands Horse (4 sqns) on the Uecker river Norra Skånska Horse (4 sqns) on the Uecker river	Norra Skånska Horse (4 sqns) 2 sqns at Ferdinandshof 2 sqns in the islands of Usedom and Wollin
Infantry Centre under count Ferien and baron Lantingshausen
Ehrensvärd brigade Kungl Livgardet (10 coys in 2 bns) Åboläns (6 coys in 2 bns) Dalarnas (1 bn) Hälsinge (6 coys in 2 bns) count Hessenstein brigade Västmanlands (6 coys in 2 bns) Nylands (6 coys in 2 bns) Västerbottens (6 coys in 2 bns) Västgöta-Dals (1 bn) count Liemen brigade Östgöta (6 coys in 2 bns) Södermanlands (6 coys in 2 bns) Upplands (6 coys in 2 bns) serving on the galleys and the Oder islands	von Lingen brigade Drottningens Livregemente (2 bns) 1 bn at Stralsund and on the Peene 1 bn on the Oder islands Närke-Värmlands (1 bn) supporting the cavalry on the Uecker river Spenska (2 bns) Kronprinsens (6 coys in 2 bns) 1 bn at Stralsund and on the Peene 1 bn serving on the galleys and the Oder islands von Lybeder brigade Löwenfelska (2 bns) at Stralsund and on the Peene Posseska (2 bns) at Stralsund and on the Peene Österbottens (6 coys in 2 bns)
Left Wing Cavalry under count Lieven assisted by count Sparre
Södra Skånska Horse (4 sqns) on the Uecker river Östgöta Horse (4 sqns) on the Uecker river Västgöta Horse (4 sqns) 3 sqns at Ferdinandshof 1 sqn on the Uecker river	Södra Skånska Horse (4 sqns)

Field Artillery Regiment (12 coys) under the command of Lieutenant-colonel Joshua Adlerbjelke, consisting of:

• Artillerymen (1,131 men)
  • Stockholm Regiment (194 men)
  • Västgöta Battalion (172 men)
  • Scania Battalion (122 men)
  • Gotland (244 men)
  • Finnish Battalion (203 men)
  • Stralsund Artillery-Battalion (196 men)
• Artillery pieces (in August)
  • 12 x 12-pdrs guns
  • 12 x 6-pdrs guns
  • 36 x 3-pdrs guns (regimental pieces)
  • 2 x 16-pdrs howitzers
  • 8 x 8-pdrs howitzers

References

Großer Generalstab, Die Kriege Friedrichs des Großen - Dritter Teil: Der Siebenjährige Krieg 1756–1763. Vol. 6 Leuthen, Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II (Publisher), Berlin 1904, pp.92-107, Annex pp. 11-16

Acknowledgments

Gunnar W. Bergman for additional information on the Swedish artillery