1759 - Prussian incursion in Franconia – Austro-Imperial Army OOB May
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Description
At the beginning of May 1759, a large Austro-Imperial army was posted in Franconia and on the Bohemian frontier.
Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal Prince Friedrich von Zweibrücken
Main Army
Summary: 39 bns, 38 grenadier coys, 47 sqns, 5 elite cavalry coys)
Troops belonging to the Reichsarmee (23 bns, 23 grenadier coys, 22 sqns)
- Infantry (23 bns, 23 grenadier coys)
- Palatine II./Garde Regiment zu Fuss (1 bn and 1 grenadier coy)
- Palatine Effern (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Franconian Cronegk (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Franconian Hohenlohe (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Franconian Varell (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Bavarian Kurbayern (3 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Bavarian Salzburg (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy)
- Swabian Alt-Württemberg (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys)
- Swabian Fürstenberg (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Swabian Baden-Durlach (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys)
- Swabian Baden-Baden (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Upper-Rhine Hessen-Darmstadt (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy)
- Upper-Rhine Nassau-Weilburg (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys)
- Saxon Ernestinisch Sachsen Infantry (2 bns)
- Cavalry (22 sqns)
- Palatine Kurpfalz Cuirassiers (3 sqns)
- Palatine Kurfürstin Leib-Dragoner (5 sqns)
- Franconian Bayreuth Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Franconian Ansbach Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Swabian Hohenzollern Cuirassiers (4 sqns)
Austrian Troops (14 bns, 15 grenadier coys, 25 sqns, 5 elite cavalry coys)
- Infantry (14 bns, 15 grenadier coys)
- Botta (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Jung-Colloredo (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Gyulay (1 bn and 1 grenadier coy)
- Harrach (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Hildburghausen (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Marschall (1 bn and 1 grenadier coy)
- Salm (1 bn and 1 grenadier coy)
- Thürheim (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Blau-Würzburg (1 bn and 2 grenadier coys)
- Cavalry (25 sqns, 5 elite coys)
- Bretlach Cuirassiers (5 sqns and 1 carabinier coy)
- Trautmansdorf Cuirassiers (5 sqns and 1 carabinier coy)
- Liechtenstein Dragoons (5 sqns and 1 horse grenadier coy)
- Prinz Savoyen Dragoons (5 sqns and 1 horse grenadier coy)
- Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Dragoons (5 sqns and 1 horse grenadier coy)
- Artillery (2 bns)
- Upper-Rhine Nassau-Weilburg Infantry (1 bn) used as pioneers
- Bavarian Salzburg Infantry (1 bn) used as handlers for the artillery
Detached Corps
Corps of FML Count Maquire near Asch (present-day Aš/CZ) (9 bns, 5 grenadier coy, 10 sqns, 1 elite cavalry coy, 600 picked troopers)
- Infantry (9 bns, 5 grenadier coy)
- Cavalry (10 sqns, 1 elite cavalry coy, 600 picked troopers)
- Austrian Alt-Modena Cuirassiers (5 sqns and 1 carabinier coy)
- Austrian Baranyay Hussars (5 sqns)
- Imperial picked troops (600 men)
Corps of FML von Pálffy near Pirk and Hof (9 sqns, ??? light troops)
- Cavalry (9 sqns)
- Imperial Sachsen-Gotha Dragoons (2 sqns)
- Imperial Württemberg Dragoons (2 sqns)
- Austrian hussars (5 sqns) from Hadik Hussars or Splényi Hussars
- Grenzer light troops
- unidentified units (??? men)
Corps of Major-General von Ried near Lichtenberg and Nordhalben (5 sqns, ??? light troops)
- Cavalry (5 sqns)
- Austrian hussars (5 sqns) from Hadik Hussars or Splényi Hussars
- Grenzer light troops
- unidentified units (??? men)
Corps of Major-General von Vecsay between Taun and Bischofsheim (5 sqns, 400 light troops)
- Cavalry (5 sqns)
- Austrian Szechényi Hussars (5 sqns)
- Grenzer light troops
- unidentified units (400 men)
In Erfurt and Kronach (4 bns)
- Infantry
- Imperial Pfalz-Zweibrücken (2 bns)
- Imperial Kurmainz (1 bn) the 4 bns of the regiment are already listed as part of Maquire’s Corps!?!
- Austrian III./Gaisruck (1 bn)
In Plassenburg and Königshofen (800 picked Imperial troops)
N.B.: overall there were 2,000 Grenzer light troops attached to the Austro-Imperial army
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 9 Bergen, Berlin, 1911, Anlage 8
