1759 - Reich and Austrian invasion of Saxony – Austro-Imperial Army OOB August
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Description
In mid-August 1759, an Austro-Imperial army was operating in Saxony. The order of battle of this army is detailed in the present article.
Reichsarmee and Austrian Contingent
Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal von Pfalz-Zweibrücken
The order of battle is taken from the work of the Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II and from Boehm and Rottgardt.
Reichsarmee: 27 bns, 23 grenadier coys, 23 sqns, 35 guns.
Austrian Contingent (k. k.): 28 sqns, 4 grenzers bns.
All together 13,493 foot, 5,870 horse and 2,647 grenzers for a total of some 22,010 men. In addition, there were about 2,313 men in garrison in Leipzig, Konigshofen and Schmakalden.
Field Marshal Prince Friedrich von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (17 bns, 12 grenadier coys, 16 sqns; for a total of 8,367 foot and 1,957 horse)
- Infantry ( 17 bns, 12 grenadier coys, for a total of 8,367 foot)
- Kurmainz (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Kurtrier (2 bns)
- Kurköln Wildenstein (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy)
- Kurköln Mengersen (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy)
- Kurbayern (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Ernestinisch Sachsen (2 bns)
- Varell (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Hohenhole (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Baden-Durlach (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys)
- Pfalz-Zweibrücken (2 bns)
- Cavalry (16 sqns for a total of 1,957 horse)
- Trautmansdorf Cuirassiers (4 sqns) (KK)
- Prinz Savoyen Dragoons (6 sqns) (KK)
- Bayreuth Cuirassiers (3 sqns)
- Ansbach Dragoons (3 sqns)
FML Prinz von Stolberg (6 bns, 6 grenadier coys, 7 sqns 2,940 foot, 811 horse plus 2 Grenzer bns, 1,292 men)
- Infantry (6 bns, 6 grenadier coys, for a total of 2,940 foot)
- Pfalz-Effern (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Fürstenberg (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Baden-Baden (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Light Infantry (2 bns for a total of 1,292 men)
- unidentified Grenzer light troops (2 bns)
- Cavalry (7 sqns for a total of 811 horse)
- Kurpfalz Cuirassiers (3 sqns)
- Hohenzollern Cuirassiers (4 sqns)
FML von Rosenfeld (4 bns, 5 grenadier coys, 11 sqns 2,186 foot, 2,248 horses plus 2 Grenzer bns, 1,076 men)
- Infantry (4 bns, 5 grenadier coys, for a total of 2,186 foot)
- Kurmainz (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Kurpfalz Garde zu Fuss (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy)
- Alt-Württemberg Fusiliers (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys)
- Light Infantry (2 bns for a total of 1,076 men under Major-General Baron von Ried)
- unidentified Grenzer light troops (2 bns)
- Cavalry (11 sqns for a total of 2,248 horse)
- Trautmansdorf Cuirassiers (2 sqns) (KK)
- Bayreuth Cuirassiers (2 sqns)
- Ansbach Dragoons (2 sqns)
- Szechényi Hussars (5 sqns) (KK)
Major-General von Luzinsky, (9 sqns, 854 horse plus 279 Grenzers)
- Light Infantry (279 men)
- unidentified Grenzer light troops (279 men)
- Cavalry ( 9 sqns for a total of 854 horse)
- Sachsen-Gotha Dragoons (2 sqns)
- Württemberg Dragoons (2 sqns)
- Baranyay Hussars (5 sqns) (KK)
in Leipzig: 1,013 foot
- Nassau-Weilburg (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys)
- Hessen-Darmstadt (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy)
in Konigshofen: 600 foot
- Cronegk (1 bn)
in Schmakalden: 700 foot
- Salzburg (2 bns, 1 grenadier coys)
Artillery (35 artillery pieces)
- 16 x 3-pdr guns
- 5 x 6-pdr guns
- 6 x 12-pdr guns
- 4 x 24-pdr guns
- 4 x 12-pdr howitzers
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 11 Minden und Maxen, Berlin, 1912, Anlage 8
Boehm, E.; Rottgardt, D.: Die Reichsarmee 1757-1763 I. Teil. Zusammensetzung und Organisation, Manuskript, KLIO - Arbeitsgruppe 7jähriger Krieg, 1979
Boehm, E.; Rottgardt, D., Weirich, W.-D.: Die Reichsarmee 1757-1763 II. Teil. Die einzelnen Einheiten, ihre Stärke, Zusammensetzung, Uniform und Feldzeichen, Manuskript, KLIO - Arbeitsgruppe 7jähriger Krieg, o.J.
