1760 - Austrian campaign in Saxony – Austro-Imperial OOB August
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Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal von Pfalz-Zweibrücken
36 bns, 26 grenadier coys, 43 sqns for a total of 25,000 men.
N.B.: Luszinsky's Corps is excluded from this total, because it joined the Austro-Imperial army only at the end of September.
Main Corps
Commander: Field Marshal von Pfalz-Zweibrücken
Infantry (22 bns)
- Kurpfalz Garde zu Fuss (1 bn)
- Hessen-Darmstadt (1 bn)
- Kurmainz (4 bns)
- Kurköln (2 bns)
- Effern (2 bns)
- Kurbayern (3 bns)
- Alt-Württemberg Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Fürstenberg (2 bns) aka Rodt
- Baden-Baden (2 bns)
- Lamberg (2 bns)
- Roth Würzburg (2 bns)
Cavalry (18 sqns)
- Bayreuth Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Kurpfalz Cuirassiers (3 sqns)
- Bretlach Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- De Ville Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
Grenadier and Carabinier Corps
Commander: FML Count Guasco
Infantry (4 bns and 24 grenadier coys in 6 bns)
- Kurmainz (2 coys)
- Kurköln (2 coys)
- Effern (2 coys)
- Kurbayern (2 coys)
- Alt-Württemberg Fusiliers (2 coys)
- Roth (2 coys) unidentified unit
- Baden-Baden (2 coys)
- Lamberg (2 coys)
- Roth Würzburg (2 coys)
- Sachsen-Gotha (2 coys)
- Pallavicini (2 coys)
- Kurpfalz Garde zu Fuss (1 coy)
- Hessen-Darmstadt (1 coy)
- Sachsen-Gotha (2 bns)
- Pallavicini (2 bns)
Cavalry (4 sqns and 3 carabinier coys)
- Bretlach Cuirassiers (1 coy)
- De Ville Cuirassiers (1 coy)
- Zweibrücken Chevauleger (1 coy)
- Hohenzollern Cuirassiers (3 sqns)
Reserve Corps
Commander: FML Prince von Stolberg
Infantry (8 bns)
- Kurtrier (1 bn) another bn garrisoned Meissen
- Pfalz-Zweibrücken (2 bns)
- Macquire (1 bn)
- Nikolaus Esterházy (2 bns)
- Luzzara (1 bn) aka Luzan
- Converged Grenadier Battalion (1 bn)
Cavalry (5 sqns)
- Leib-Dragoner Regiment Kurfürstin (5 sqns) it is a guess: the original text says “Kurpfalz Dragoner” but an unit with that name doesn’t exist
Kleefeld's Corps
Commander: Major-General von Kleefeld
Infantry (4 bns and 4 grenadier coys)
- Blau Würzburg (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- unidentified Grenzer light troops (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys) probably Banal-Grenzinfanterieregiment nr. 1 (1 bn) and Karlstädter-Szluiner Grenzer (1 bn)
Cavalry (10 sqns)
- Zweibrücken Chevauleger (5 sqns)
- Baranyay Hussars (5 sqns)
Veczay's Corps
Commander: Major-General von Vecsay
Cavalry (6 sqns)
- Hadik Hussars (5 sqns)
- Slavonisches Grenz-Hussars (1 sqn)
Zedtwitz's Detachment
Commander: Colonel; von Zedtwitz
- selected Grenzer light troops (? bns)
- selected hussars (? sqns)
- selected chevaulegers (? bns)
Luszinsky's Corps
Commander: FML von Luszinsky (this corps joined the Austro-Imperial army only at the end of September)
Infantry (6 bns, 7 grenadier coys, 160 jägers, 100 Grenzers)
- Salzburg (2 bns, 1 grenadier coys)
- Cronegk (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys)
- Hohenlohe (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys)
- Varell (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys)
- Baden-Durlach (1 bn)
- Free-Jäger Corps Otto (160 men)
- unidentified Grenzer light troops (100 men)
Cavalry (11 sqns)
- Ansbach Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Württemberg Dragoons (2 sqns)
- Sachsen-Gotha Dragoons (2 sqns)
- Slavonisches Grenz-Hussars (2 sqns)
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 13 Torgau, Berlin, 1914, Anlage 8
