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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Campaigns]] &gt;&gt; [[1759 - Reich and Austrian invasion of Saxony]] &gt;&gt; Detailed order of battle of Zweibrücken’s Austro-Imperial on September 18, 1759</small> ==Description== On September 18, 1759, when Field Marshal von Pfalz-Zweibrücken heard of the advance of Finck’s Prussian army on Dresden, he threw 16 bns into Dresden under FML von Kolb and set off from Wilsdruff with the rest of the Austro-Imperial army to support Hadik and attack the Prussians. ===Field Army=== Commander-in-Chief: [[Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Friedrich Michael von|Field Marshal von Pfalz-Zweibrücken]] Summary: 20 bns, 22 grenadier coys, 32 sqns (including [[Maquire, Count Johann Sigismund|FML Count Maquire]]’s Corps). Infantry (20 bns, 22 grenadier coys) *[[Harrach Infantry|Harrach]] (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Hildburghausen Infantry|Hildburghausen]] (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Piccolomini Infantry|Thürheim]] (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Kreisinfanterieregiment Pfalz-Zweibrücken|Pfalz-Zweibrücken|Zweibrücken]] (2 bns) *[[Kurbayern Infantry|Kurbayern]] (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Kurköln Wildenstein Infantry|Kurköln Wildenstein]] (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy) *[[Mengersen Infantry|Kurköln Mengersen]] (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy) *[[Effern Infantry|Pfalz-Effern]] (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Varell Infantry|Varell]] (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Cronegk Infantry|Cronegk]] (2 grenadier coys) *[[Ferntheil Infantry|Hohenlohe]] (1 bs and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Kreisinfanterieregiment Baden-Durlach|Baden-Durlach]] (1 bn and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Kreisinfanterieregiment Fürstenberg|Fürstenberg]] (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys) Cavalry (32 sqns) *[[Trautmansdorf Cuirassiers]] (6 sqns) *[[Prinz Savoyen Dragoons]] (6 sqns) *[[Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Dragoons]] (6 sqns) *[[Kreisregiment Hohenzollern Cuirassiers|Hohenzollern Cuirassiers]] (3 sqns) ''soon joined Hadik’s Corps'' *[[Bayreuth Cuirassiers]] (4 sqns) *[[Kurpfalz Cuirassiers]] (3 sqns) *[[Ansbach Dragoons]] (4 sqns) N.B.: the [[Bretlach Cuirassiers]] had been sent to Hadik’s Corps in exchange for the [[Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Dragoons]] ===Garrison of Dresden=== Commander: FML von Kolb Summary: 16 bns Infantry (16 bns) *[[Salm Infantry]] (2 bns) *[[Kurmainz Infantry|Kurmainz]] (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys) *[[Kurtrier Infantry|Kurtrier]] (2 bns) *[[Ernestinisch Sachsen Infantry|Ernestinisch Sachsen]] (2 bns) *[[Kreisinfanterieregiment Baden-Baden|Baden-Baden]] (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys) *[[Garde-Grenadier-Regiment|Kurpfalz Garde zu Fuss]] (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy) *[[Kreisinfanterieregiment Württemberg|Alt-Württemberg Fusiliers]] (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys) *[[Prinz Georg Infantry|Hessen-Darmstadt]] (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy) *[[Cronegk Infantry|Cronegk]] (1 bn) *[[Salzburg Infantry|Salzburg]] (2 bns, 1 grenadier coys) N.B.: the garrison of Dresden has been “reconstructed” by simple elimination, based on the Austro-Imperial army order of battle at the beginning of August (all infantry rgts not specifically mentioned in the field army on September 18 with the exception of those captured at Leipzig). ==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, pp. 127-128 [[Category:Campaign]] [[Category:Order of Battle]]

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