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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Campaigns]] &gt;&gt; [[1758 - Austrian invasion of Saxony]] &gt;&gt; Detailed order of battle of the Prussian Army of Prince Heinrich around April 1 1758</small> ==Description== At the beginning of April 1758, the Prussian army operating in Saxony under the command of [[Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig|Prince Heinrich]] consisted of 45 bns and 40 sqns. More precisely: *Keith’s former Corps (10 bns, 10 sqns) **[[13/26 Finck Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Bornstedt]] (1 bn) **[[5/20 Jung-Billerbeck Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck]] (1 bn) **[[7/30 Kanitz Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion Lubath]] (1 bn) **[[Quadt Infantry|Puttkamer Infantry]] (2 bns) **[[Hülsen Infantry]] (2 bns) **[[Schwerin Infantry|Goltz Infantry]] (2 bns) **[[Frei-Infanterie von Mayr|Freibataillon Mayr]] (1 bn) **[[Truchseß Dragoons|Meinicke Dragoons]] (5 sqns) **[[Szekely Hussars|I./Szekely Hussars]] (5 sqns) *Garrisons (16nbs) **in Dresden ***[[Erbprinz von Hessen-Darmstadt Infantry|Finck Infantry]] (2 bns) ***[[Wietersheim Fusiliers|Grabow Fusiliers]] (2 bns) ***[[Prussian Garrison Regiment VII|III./Garrison Regiment VII Lange]] (1 bn) ***[[Prussian Garrison Regiment VII|V./Garrison Regiment VII Lange]] (1 bn) **in Leipzig ***[[Hauss Fusiliers]] (2 bns) **in Pirna ***[[Prussian Garrison Regiment IV|Garrison Regiment IV Grape]] (2 bns) **in Torgau ***[[Prussian Garrison Regiment III|Garrison Regiment III Grolman]] (2 bns) *in Magdeburg ***[[Saldern Fusiliers]] (2 bns) ***[[Loen Fusiliers|Kalckreuth Fusiliers]] (2 bns) *troops sent to the Bishopric of Hildesheim (10 bns, 5 sqns) **[[Anhalt-Dessau Infantry|Kahlden Infantry]] (3 bns) **[[Jungkenn Müntzer Fusiliers|Jungkenn Fusiliers]] (2 bns) returned to Dresden on May 13 **[[Dossow Fusiliers|Hessen-Cassel Fusiliers]] (2 bns) **[[Erbprinz von Hessen-Cassel Fusiliers|Salmuth Fusiliers]] (2 bns) **[[Frei-Infanterie von Wunsch|Freibataillon Wunsch]] (1 bn) **[[Prussian Leibregiment|Leibregiment zu Pferde]] (5 sqns) *Reinforcements sent from Frederick’s main army in Silesia (2 bns, 20 sqns) **[[Kalsow Fusiliers|Bredow Fusiliers]] (2 bns) arrived at Dresden on April 30 **[[Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) arrived at Dresden on May 2 **[[Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) arrived at Dresden on May 2 **[[Driesen Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) arrived at Dresden on May 2 **[[Szekely Hussars|II./Szekely Hussars]] (5 sqns) arrived at Dresden on May 2 *Reinforcements sent from Berlin (6 bns) **[[Schultze Infantry|Knobloch Infantry]] (2 bns) arrived at Dresden on May 2 **[[Lestwitz Infantry]] (2 bns) arrived at Dresden on May 11 **[[Brandes Fusiliers]] (2 bns) arrived at Dresden on May 26 *New unit **[[Frei-Infanterie de Chossignon|Freibataillon Chossignon]] (1 bn) rebuilt in Dresden after its capitulation at Bautzen in September 1757 **[[Belling Hussars]] (5 sqns) *Artillery **10 x light 12-pdr guns **20 x heavy 12-pdr guns **4 x 10 pdr howitzers **5 x 7-pdr howitzers *Bridging Train (86 pontoons) ==References== Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: ''Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen'', Part 3 ''Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763'', Vol. 7 ''Olmütz und Crefeld'', Berlin, 1909, Anhang 46 [[Category:Campaign]]

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