1758 - Russian invasion of Brandenburg – Dohna’s Prussian Army OOB August 22
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Description
Commander-in-chief: Lieutenant-General zu Dohna
By August 22, 1758, the Prussian army of Lieutenant-General zu Dohna assembled near Gorgast counted 21 bns, 35 sqns, and 77 field pieces.
Main Body
Infantry (21 bns for a total of 14,588 men and an average of 659 men per bn)
- Kanitz Infantry (2 bns)
- I./Rautter Infantry (1 bn)
- Below Infantry (2 bns)
- Braunschweig-Bevern Infantry (2 bns)
- Bülow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Alt-Kreytzen Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Kurssell Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Sers Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Lehwaldt Infantry (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Burgsdorff (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Kleist (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Nesse (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Petersdorff (1 bn)
Cavalry (35 sqns for a total of 3,990 men and an average of 114 men per sqn)
- Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Alt-Platen Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Plettenberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Malachowski Hussars (8 sqns)
- Ruesch Hussars (7 sqns)
- Boskiak Lancers (41 men) belonging to Ruesch Hussars
- 47 x 12-pdr guns
- 30 howitzers
Other Detachments
Infantry (5 bns) they would join Dohna’s Army before the Battle of Zorndorf
- Graf zu Dohna Infantry (2 bns)
- Prinz Moritz Infantry (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Lossow (1 bn)
Cavalry (10 sqns) they would join Dohna’s Army before the Battle of Zorndorf
- Schorlemmer Dragoons (10 sqns)
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 8 Zorndorf und Hochkirch, Berlin, 1910, Anhang 22
