1761 - Allied campaign in Hesse – French OOB February 9
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Order of battle of the French armies on February 9 1761
Army of the Duc de Broglie
- Lieutenant-general de Saint-Pern
- 1st line under M. de Stainville
- MM. de Scey, Siccard, Bruggen (6 bns) in the area of Gotha
- Castellas (2 bns)
- Rochow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Graf Brühl (1 bn)
- Prince de Clermont (1 bn) (probably a militia unit)
- M. de Klingenberg (3 bns) at Langensalza
- Grenadierbataillon Kurprinzessin (2 bns)
- Prinz Sachsen-Gotha (1 bn)
- M. de Boisclaireau (5 bns) at Mulhausen
- Champagne (4 bns)
- Volontaires d'Austrasie et de Nassau (1 bn)
- MM. de Scey, Siccard, Bruggen (6 bns) in the area of Gotha
- 2nd line under Lieutenant-general de Solms
- M. de Galbert (15 bns) at Eisenach
- Prinz Anton (1 bn)
- Prinz Karl Maximilian (1)
- Prinz Joseph (1)
- Prinz Friedrich August (2 bns)
- Prinz Xaver (2 bns)
- Picardie (4 bns)
- Volontaires Étrangers de Clermont Prince
- Grenadiers de France (4 bns)
- Chevalier de Modène (5 bns) at Allendorf
- Grenadiers Royaux de Modène (2 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux de le Camus (1 bn)
- Grenadiers Royaux de Chantilly (2 bns)
- M. de Galbert (15 bns) at Eisenach
- 1st line under M. de Stainville
- Göttingen garrison under Lieutenant-general M. de Vaux seconded by M. de Belzunce
- 12 grenadier companies
- 70 piquets
- 700 horse
- Lieutenant-general M. de Rooth (21 bns) assisted by MM. de Laborde, de Verteuil, de Montfort, de Rochechouart, Diesbach, de Narbonne, du Mouchet d'Oyse in the neighbourhood of Kassel
- Lieutenant-general de Rougé (24 bns) assisted by MM. de Sheldon and de Saint-Germain in the area of Marburg
- Nassau Prince Louis (3 bns)
- La Marck (3 bns)
- Bulkeley (1 bn)
- Royal Écossais (1 bn)
- Ogilvy (1 bn)
- Dillon (1 bn)
- Bourbonnais (4 bns)
- Berwick (1 bn)
- O'Brien de Clare (1 bn)
- Rooth (1 bn)
- Jenner (2 bns)
- Courten (2 bns)
- Ornans Militia (3 bns)
- Lieutenant-general de Maupéou (6 bns, 40 sqns) assisted by MM. de Moustiers, de Nauclas, de Montaigu in the area of Siegen
- Boccard (2 bns)
- Reding (2 bns)
- Salis de Mayenfeld (2 bns)
- Turpin Hussards (6 sqns)
- Carabiniers (10 sqns)
- Royal (2 sqns)
- Orléans (2 sqns)
- Damas (2 sqns)
- Rochefoucauld-Langeac (2 sqns)
- du Roy (2 sqns)
- Moustiers (2 sqns)
- Ray (2 sqns)
- Lusignan (2 sqns)
- Cuirassiers du Roy (2 sqns)
- Noë (2 sqns)
- Chabrillan (2 sqns)
- des Salles (2 sqns)
- Lieutenant-general de Soupire (2 bns, 8 sqns) assisted by the maréchal de camp Bourbon-Busset in the area of Fulda
- Dauphin (2 bns)
- Commissaire général (2 sqns)
- d'Hericy (2 sqns)
- Bourbon-Busset (2 sqns)
- Seyssel (2 sqns)
- Volontaires du Hainaut
- Lieutenant-general des Salles (16 bns) assisted by MM. du Bousquet, Saint-Chamant, d'Asfeld, Fleury and Obenheim in the area of Frankfurt
- Du Roi (4 bns)
- VI./Corps Royal de l'Artillerie - brigade de Mouy (1 bn)
- V./Corps Royal de l'Artillerie - brigade de Villepatour (1 bn)
- Laon Militia (1 bn)
- Royal Suédois (3 bns)
- Royal Deux-Ponts (3 bns)
- Waldner (2 bns)
- Volontaires de Saint-Denis (1 bn)
- a cordon of 10 bns and 9 sqns from Frankfurt to Hanau
- Apchon Dragons (4 sqns)
- Beaufremont Dragons (4 sqns)
- Dauphin-Étranger (2 sqns)
- Condé (2 sqns)
- Fleury (2 sqns)
- Toustain (2 sqns)
- Royal-Allemand (2 sqns)
- Wurtemberg (2 sqns)
- Nassau-Sarrebruck (2 sqns)
- Fitz-James (2 sqns)
- Volontaires de Schomberg (3 sqns)
- Orléans Dragons (4 sqns)
- Caraman Dragons (4 sqns)
Army of the Lower Rhine
Commander-in-chief: under the command of Lieutenant-general de Muy assisted by Aides-majors d'Auger, de Granville, and de Saint-Sauveur
- Lieutenant-general de Torcy (10 bns, 6 sqns) assisted by MM. d'Aubigny, de Blot and Duplouy in the area of Cologne
- Paris Militia (1 bn)
- La Tour-du-Pin (4 bns)
- Orléans (2 bns)
- Comte de La Marche (1 bn)
- Bretagne (2 bns)
- Bourgogne (2 sqns)
- Trasseigny (2 sqns)
- Beauvilliers (2 sqns)
- Lieutenant-general de Grollier (9 bns) assisted by MM. de Rochambeau, de Chabo, d'Invilliers and Fischer in the area of Düsseldorf
- Auvergne (4 bns)
- La Marche (1 bn)
- Sarreguemines Militia (1 bn)
- Corps Royal de l'Artillerie (1 bn)
- Mantes Militia (1 bn)
- Châlons Militia (1 bn)
- Chasseurs de Fischer
- Lieutenant-general de Roquepine (8 bns, 6 sqns) assisted by Brigadier de Courcy in the area of Moers
- Alençon Militia (1 bn)
- Touraine (2 bns)
- Enghien (2 bns)
- Tournaisis (1 bn)
- La Couronne (2 bns)
- Aquitaine (2 sqns)
- Royal Dragons (4 sqns)
- Lieutenant-general de Castella (10 bns) assisted by MM. de Pereuse and Boisclaireau in the area of Wesel
- Normandie (4 bns)
- Briqueville (2 bns)
- Forez and Amiens (1 bn)
- Joigny Militia and Lons-le-Saulnier Militia (3 bns)
- Lieutenant-general d'Auvet (9 bns, 6 sqns) assisted by MM. de Cursay, Crussol and d'Amboise in the area of Kleve
- Saint-Lô and Rhedon Militia (2 bns)
- Bouillon (2 bns)
- La Reine (1 bn)
- Vaubécourt (2 bns)
- Vastan (2 bns)
- Thianges Dragons (4 sqns)
- Preyssac Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Lieutenant-general de Beausobre (1 bn, 2 sqns) in the area of Gueldre
- Vernon Militia (1 bn)
- Escouloubre (2 sqns)
- Marquis de Polignac (4 bns, 2 sqns) in the area of Ruremonde
- Rouergue (2 bns)
- Rohan Rochefort (2 bns)
- Charost (2 sqns)
- Lieutenant-general d'Andlau (8 bns, 30 sqns) assisted by MM. de Scheffer, Courvarouviers, Poly and Saint-André in the area of Liège
- Alsace (4 bns)
- Horion (2 bns)
- Vierzet (2 bns)
- Balincourt (2 sqns)
- La Reine (2 sqns)
- Espinchal (2 sqns)
- Fumel (2 sqns)
- Clermont (2 sqns)
- Royal-Piémont (2 sqns)
- Descars (2 sqns)
- Poly Saint-Thiébault (2 sqns)
- Royal-Cravate (2 sqns)
- Saint-Aldegonde (2 sqns)
- Royal-Étranger (2 sqns)
- Bourbon (2 sqns)
- Royal-Pologne (2 sqns)
References
This article is a compilation of texts from the following book which is now in the public domain:
- Pajol, Charles P. V., Les Guerres sous Louis XV, vol. V, Paris, 1891, pp. 132-133
