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
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Right Wing Cavalry under baron Åferhield assisted by count Horn | |
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Infantry Centre under count Ferien and baron Lantingshausen | |
Ehrensvärd brigade
count Hessenstein brigade
count Liemen brigade
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von Lingen brigade
von Lybeder brigade
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Left Wing Cavalry under count Lieven assisted by count Sparre | |
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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