1760 - Austro-Russian campaign in Silesia – Prussian OoB mid January

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Description

In mid-January 1760, the Prussian forces stationed in Upper Silesia where subdivided in several detachments.

In the vicinity of Löwenberg under General of Infantry Fouqué

Infantry 6 bns

• Grenadier Battalion 24/34 Naumeister (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion G-V/G-X Rath (1 bn)
• Fouqué Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Ramin Infantry (2 bns)

Cavalry (8 sqns)

• Bayreuth Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Werner Hussars (3 sqns)

In Upper Silesia under Major-General von der Goltz

Infantry (5 bns)

• Grenadier Battalion G-NG/G-III/G-IV Carlowitz (1 bn)
• Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns)
• II./Mosel Infantry (1 bn) from Neisse
• Garrison Regiment Jung-Sydow (1 bn) from Cosel

Cavalry (7 sqns)

• Bayreuth Dragoons (3 sqns)
• Werner Hussars (4 sqns)

Along the border of Upper Silesia near Landeshut and Hirschberg under Major-General von Schenckendorf

• in and around Landeshut (9 bns, 8 sqns)
  • Grenadier Battalion 45/G-XIII/G-IX Unruh (1 bn)
  • Prinz Heinrich Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Bülow Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Braun Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Bredow Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Queiss Infantry (2 bns)
  • Freibataillon de Angelelli (1 bn)
  • Freibataillon Lüderitz (1 bn)
  • Alt-Platen Dragoons (3 sqns)
  • Malachowski Hussars (5 sqns)
• in Hirschberg
  • IMarkgraf Friedrich Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Bredow Fusiliers (a detachment of 300 men)
  • IV./Garrison Regiment No. VI Lattorf (1 bn)
  • Alt-Platen Dragoons (1 sqn)
  • Malachowski Hussars (40 men)

Near Görlitz under Major-General von Schmettau

Infantry (13 bns)

• Grenadier Battalion Buddenbrock (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Tann-Busche (1 bn)
• Jung-Stutterheim Infantry (2 bns)
• Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Alt-Stutterheim Infantry (2 bns)
• Kalckstein Infantry (2 bns)
• IMarkgraf Friedrich Fusiliers (1 bn)
• Volunteers (1 bn) under Major von Bietinghoff
• Freibataillon Le Noble (1 bn)

Cavalry (25 sqns)

• Spaen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Schlabrendorff Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Alt-Platen Dragoons (1 sqn)
• Dingelstedt (10 sqns)
• Werner Hussars (2 sqns)
• Malachowski Hussars (2 sqns)

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, p. 231, 238-239