1760 - Austro-Russian campaign in Silesia – Prussian OoB mid March
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Description
By mid-March, after Schmettau's return, the Prussian army posted in the vicinity of Lauban, Löwenberg, Greiffenberg and Hirschberg consisted of:
Infantry (23 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Busche (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Buddenbrock (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Wobersnow (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Sobeck (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Koschenbahr (1 bn)
- Alt-Stutterheim Infantry (2 bns)
- Ramin Infantry (2 bns)
- Jung-Stutterheim Infantry (2 bns)
- Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Queiss Infantry (2 bns)
- Fouqué Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Markgraf Friedrich Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Volunteers (1 bn) under Major von Bietinghoff
- Freibataillon Le Noble (1 bn)
- I./Garrison Regiment Mellin (1 bn) from Schweidnitz
- II./Garrison Regiment Mellin (1 bn) from Schweidnitz
Cavalry (29 sqns)
- Schlabrendorff Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Spaen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Bayreuth Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Alt-Platen Dragoons (2 sqns)
- Dingelstedt (10 sqns)
- Malachowski Hussars (2 sqns)
Meanwhile, Major-General von Schenckendorff was posted near Landeshut with the following units:
Infantry (11 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Unruh (1 bn)
- Braun Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Prinz Heinrich Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Bülow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Zieten Fusiliers (2 bns)
- I./Garrison Regiment Alt-Sydow (1 bn) from Breslau
- Freibataillon de Angelelli (1 bn)
Cavalry (8 sqns)
- Alt-Platen Dragoons (3 sqns)
- Malachowski Hussars (5 sqns)
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 12 Landeshut und Liegnitz, Berlin, 1913, p. 49