1759 - Allied spring offensive in Western Germany – Ferdinand OOB End March
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Description
Detailed order of battle of Ferdinand of Brunswick' Army operating against the Reichsarmee and the French Army of the Main at the end of March 1759.
Summary: 29 bns, 43 sqns. 16 light troops coys, 21 heavy artillery pieces for a total of approx. 27,000 men
Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick
Vanguard under Lieutenant-General Hereditary Prince of Brunswick
Infantry (15 bns)
- Hanoverian Linstrow (1 bn)
- Hanoverian Post (1 bn)
- Hanoverian Fersen (1 bn)
- Hanoverian Marschalk (1 bn)
- Hanoverian Wrede (1 bn)
- Hessian Hessen-Hanau (1 bn)
- Hessian Prinz Ysenburg (1 bn)
- Hessian Canitz (1 bn)
- Hessian Prinz Karl (1 bn)
- Hessian Toll (1 bn)
- Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Mirbach (1 bn)
- Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Papenheim (1 bn)
- Brunswicker I./Zastrow (1 bn)
- Brunswicker Converged Grenadier Battalion Dehn (1 bn)
- Brunswicker Converged Grenadier Battalion Cramm (1 bn)
Cavalry (16 sqns)
- Hanoverian Hammerstein Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Hanoverian Dachenhausen Dragoons (4 sqns)
- Hessian Leib-Regiment (2 sqns)
- Hessian Pruschenk Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Hessian Prinz Wilhelm (2 sqns)
- Hessian Prinz Friedrich Dragoons (4 sqns)
Hussars (3 sqns)
- Prussian Ruesch Hussars (2 sqns)
- Hessian Husaren-Corps (1 sqn)
Light troops (9 coys)
- Hanoverian Freytag Jägers (6 foot coys and 3 mounted coys)
Right Column under Lieutenant-General Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Infantry (5 bns)
- Hessian Garde (1 bn)
- Hessian Grenadier-Regiment (1 bn)
- Hessian Leib-Regiment (1 bn)
- Hessian Erbprinz (1 bn)
- Hessian Gilsa (1 bn)
Cavalry (12 sqns)
- Prussian Finckenstein Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Prussian Holstein Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Hessian Miltitz Cavalry (2 sqns) transferred to Hardenberg’s detachment on April 5
Hussars (1 sqn)
- Prussian Ruesch Hussars (1 sqn)
Light Troops (3 coys)
- Hessian Jägers (3 coys)
Left Column under Lieutenant-General Prinz zu Ysenburg
Infantry (9 bns)
- Brunswicker Leib-Regiment (2 bns)
- Brunswicker Behr (2 bns)
- Brunswicker Imfoff (2 bns)
- Hessian Prinz Anhalt (1 bn)
- Hessian Mansbach (1 bn)
- Bückeburg (1 bn)
Cavalry (11 sqns)
- British Royal Horse Guards (aka The Blues) (3 sqns)
- British 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (aka Scots Greys) (2 sqns)
- British 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (2 sqns)
- Hessian Leib-Dragoner (4 sqns)
Light Troops (4 light coys)
- Hessian Jägers (1 coy)
- Hanoverian Stockhausen Freikorps (3 coys)
Artillery (21 heavy pieces)
- 4 x 6-pdr guns
- 14 x 12-pdr guns
- 3 x howitzers
- Pontoon Train
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 9 Bergen, Berlin, 1911, Anlage 4
