1759 - Austrian campaign in Upper Silesia and Lusatia – Austrian Army Loudon OOB end July

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Loudon’s Corps

Loudon had been instructed to make a junction with the main Russian army in Brandeburg.

Commander: FML Baron Loudon

Summary: 14 bns, 12 grenadier coys, 35 sqns, 3 elite cavalry coys, 5,186 Grenzer troops, 10 heavy field pieces, 54 regimental guns, 300 artillerymen, for a total of approx. 19,200 men

• Infantry (14 bns, 12 grenadier coys)
  • Arenberg (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys for a total of 1,455 men)
  • Baden-Baden (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys for a total of 1,164 men)
  • Bethlen (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys for a total of 1,438 men)
  • Leopold Pálffy (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys for a total of 1,370 men)
  • Los Rios (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys for a total of 1,256 men)
  • Waldeck (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys for5 a total of 1,586 men)
  • Grün Loudon Grenadiers (2 bns for a total of 698 men)
• Light troops (5,186 men)
  • Warasdiner-Creutzer Grenzer (811 men)
  • Karlstädter-Lykaner Grenzer (1,058 men)
  • Karlstädter-Oguliner Grenzer (483 men)
  • Karlstädter-Ottochaner Grenzer (575 men)
  • Slavonisch-Peterwardeiner Grenzer (2,259 men)
• Cavalry (35 sqns, 3 elite cavalry coys)
  • Kolowrat-Krakowski Dragoons (5 sqns, 1 horse grenadier coy for a total of 750 men)
  • Liechtenstein Dragoons (5 sqns, 1 horse grenadier coy for a total of 662 men)
  • Herzog Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns, 1 horse grenadier coy for a total of 683 men)
  • Löwenstein Chevauxlegers (10 sqns for a total of 1,139 men)
  • Kálnoky Hussars (5 sqns for a total of 770 men)
  • Nádasdy Hussars (5 sqns for a total of 745 men)
• Artillery
  • Artillerymen (approx. 300 men)
  • 2 x 12-pdr guns
  • 6 x 6-pdr guns
  • 2 x howitzers
  • 54 x 3-pdr regimental guns

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 10 Kunersdorf, Berlin, 1912, Anlage 2