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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Campaigns]] &gt;&gt; [[1761 - Austro-Russian campaign in Silesia]] &gt;&gt; Detailed order of battle of Loudon's Army in August 1761</small> ==Description== Order of battle of the Austrian army under the command of [[Loudon, Baron Ernst Gideon|Feldzeugmeister Ernst Gideon Loudon]] encamped near Bunzelwitz (present-day Bolesławice) in Lower Silesia in August 1761. *Feldmarshall Lieutenant O'Kelly commanded the right wing *Feldmarshall Lieutenant d'Argenteau commanded the left wing {| border="1" cellspacing="0" |- !First Line!!Second Line!!Third Line |- valign="top" | colspan="3" align="center"|'''Cavalry Right Wing''' |- valign="top" |FML Pellegrini's Division *GFWM Voghera's Brigade **[[Erzherzog Joseph Dragoons]] (5 sqns) **[[Herzog Württemberg Dragoons]] (5 sqns) *GFWM Gourci's Brigade **[[Pálffy Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) **[[Anhalt-Zerbst Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) ||FML Martigny's Division *GFWM Lobkowitz's Brigade **[[Liechtenstein Dragoons]] (5 sqns) **[[Infant von Portugal Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) *GFWM Banowsky's Brigade **[[Buccow Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) **[[Sachsen-Teschen Cuirassiers]] aka Prinz Albrecht Cuirassiers (5 sqns) ||GFWM Rebach seconded by Colonel Prince of Saxe-Coburg *Converged Carabiniers and Horse Grenadiers (5 sqns) **[[Erzherzog Joseph Dragoons]] (1 coy) **[[Hessen-Darmstadt Dragoons]] (1 coy) **[[Kolowrat-Krakowski Dragoons]] (1 coy) **[[Saint-Ignon Dragoons]] (1 coy) **[[Herzog Württemberg Dragoons]] (1 coy) **[[Infant von Portugal Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) **[[Pálffy Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) **[[Buccow Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) **[[Anhalt-Zerbst Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) **[[Sachsen-Teschen Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) |- valign="top" | colspan="3" align="center"|'''Infantry Centre''' |- valign="top" |FML [[Drašković von Trakošćan, Josip Kazimír Count|Drašković]]'s Division *GFWM Zigan's Brigade **Converged grenadiers (1 bn) **[[Botta Infantry|Botta]] (2 bns) **[[Erzherzog Carl Infantry|Erzherzog Ferdinand]] (2 bns) **[[Los Rios Infantry|Los Rios]] (1 bn) *GFWM Naselli's Brigade **[[Königsegg Infantry|Königsegg]] (2 bns) **[[Leopold Pálffy Infantry|Leopold Pálffy]] (2 bns) **[[Baden-Durlach Infantry|Baden-Durlach]] (2 bns) *GFWM Murray's Brigade **[[Kheul Infantry|Angern]] (2 bns) **[[Batthyányi Infantry|Batthyányi]] (2 bns) **[[Gyulay Infantry|Gyulay]] (2 bns) FML Wolfersdorff' Division *GFWM Amadei's Brigade **[[Joseph Esterházy Infantry|Joseph Esterházy]] (2 bns) **[[Heinrich Daun Infantry|O’Kelly]] (2 bns) **[[Starhemberg Infantry|Starhemberg]] (2 bns) *GFWM Baumbach's Brigade **[[Platz Infantry|Platz]] (2 bns) **[[Kolowrat Infantry|Kolowrat]] (2 bns) *GFWM Vogelgesang's Brigade **[[Waldeck Infantry|Waldeck]] (2 bns) **[[Carl Lothringen Infantry|Carl Lothringen]] (2 bns) *GFWM Brincken's Brigade **[[Alt-Wolfenbüttel Infantry|Loudon]] (2 bns) **Converged grenadiers (1 bn) ||FML Buttler's Division *GFWM Simbschen's Brigade **[[Deutschmeister Infantry|Deutschmeister]] (2 bns) **[[Wallis Infantry|Wallis]] (2 bns) **[[Marschall Infantry|Marschall]] (2 bns) *GFWM Pfuhl **[[Arberg Infantry|d'Arberg]] (2 bns) **[[Sachsen-Gotha Infantry|Sachsen-Gotha]] (1 bn) **[[Forgách Infantry|Forgách]] (2 bns) *GFWM Callenberg's Brigade **[[Nikolaus Esterházy Infantry|Nikolaus Esterházy]] (2 bns) **[[Andlau Infantry|Andlau]] (2 bns) *GFWM Braun **[[Mercy-Argenteau Infantry|Mercy-Argenteau]] (2 bns) **[[Moltke Infantry|Moltke]] (2 bns) **[[Harrach Infantry|Harrach]] (2 bns) ||FML Unruhe's Division *GFWM Botta **Converged Grenadiers (10 bns) GFWM Liechtensten seconded by Colonel Kinsky *Converged Carabiniers and Horse Grenadiers (5 sqns) **[[Anspach Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) **[[Trautmansdorf Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) **[[Benedikt Daun Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) **[[Schmerzing Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) **[[Modena Cuirassiers|Alt-Modena Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) **[[Erzherzog Maximilian Cuirassiers]] (1 coy) **[[Jung-Modena Dragoons]] (1 coy) **[[Althann Dragoons]] (1 coy) **[[Liechtenstein Dragoons]] (1 coy) **[[Prinz Savoyen Dragoons]] (1 coy) *GFWM Luzinsky's Brigade **[[Splényi Hussars]] (5 sqns) **[[Dessewffy Hussars]] (5 sqns) *GFWM Esterházy's Brigade **[[Althann Dragoons]] (5 sqns) **[[Jung-Modena Dragoons]] (5 sqns) **[[Nádasdy Hussars]] (5 sqns) **[[Hessen-Darmstadt Dragoons]] (5 sqns) *GFWM Brentano's Brigade **Warasdiner Grenzer (3 bns) **[[Grün Loudon Grenadiers]] (2 bns) **[[Simbschen Infantry|Simbschen]] (2 bns) **''Unidentified Grenzer units'' (2 bns) |- valign="top" | colspan="3" align="center"|'''Cavalry Left Wing''' |- valign="top" |FML Potstatsky's Division *GFWM Roth's Brigade **[[Trautmansdorf Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) **[[Schmerzing Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) *GFWM Bettoni's Brigade **[[Erzherzog Maximilian Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) **[[Prinz Savoyen Dragoons]] (5 sqns) ||FML Berlichingen's Division *[[Saint-Ignon, Jean-Antoine-Joseph Comte de|GFWM Saint-Ignon]]'s Brigade **[[Anspach Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) **[[Benedikt Daun Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) *GFWM Belligioso **[[Modena Cuirassiers|Alt-Modena Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) **[[Kolowrat-Krakowski Dragoons]] (5 sqns) ||FML Ullrichshausen's Division *GFWM Caramelli's Brigade **[[Karlstädter Grenz-Hussars]] (5 coys*) **[[Saint-Ignon Dragoons]] (5 sqns) **[[Pálffy Hussars]] (5 sqns) **[[Kálnoky Hussars]] (5 sqns) |} (*) ''more probably a converged unit of various Grenz-Hussars sqns'' '''Other detachments''' Under GFWM Lacy, Beck and [[Jahnus von Eberstädt, Franz Maximilian Baron|Jahnus]] *[[Splényi Hussars]] (1 sqn) *[[Nádasdy Hussars]] (1 sqn) *[[Kolowrat-Krakowski Dragoons]] (1 sqn) *[[Jung-Modena Dragoons]] (1 sqn) *[[Karlstädter-Oguliner Grenzer]] (1 bn) *[[Beck's Volunteers]] (1 bn) (1 bn) *[[Baden-Baden Infantry]] (2 bns) *[[Bayreuth Infantry]] (2 bns) *[[Arenberg Infantry]] (1 bn) *[[Slavonisch-Peterwardeiner Grenzer]] (2 bns) *[[Althann Dragoons]] (1 sqn) *[[Pálffy Hussars]] (1 sqn) ==References== Tielke, Johann Gottlieb: ''Beyträge zur Kriegs-Kunst und Geschichte des Krieges von 1765 bis 1763: mit Plans und Charten'', 2nd edition, Freyberg, 1776, [24], 130 s., I. V [[Category:Campaign]]

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