1761 - Austro-Russian campaign in Silesia – Prussian OOB August
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Description
Order of battle of the Prussian army under the command of King Frederick II of Prussia encamped in the entrenched camp of Bunzelwitz (present-day Bolesławice) near Schweidnitz in Lower Silesia in August 1761.
- General Zieten commanded the cavalry
- General Margrave Karl commanded the infantry
First Line | Second Line | Third Line |
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Cavalry Right Wing | ||
Lieutenant-General Platen's Division
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Major-General Zastrow's Brigade
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Infantry Centre | ||
Lieutenant-General Treskow's Division
Lieutenant-General Wied's Division
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Cavalry Left Wing | ||
Lieutenant-General Platen's Division
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Reserve
- Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
- Möhring Hussars (10 sqns)
- Unidentified Mosel Freikorps (1 bn)
- Frei-Infanterie von Wunsch (1 bn)
- Frei-Infanterie de Salenmon (1 bn)
- Feldjäger zu Fuß von Aweyde (4 coys)
- Malachowski Hussars (8 sqns)
- Ruesch Hussars (7 sqns)
- Bosniaken (1 sqn)
- Unidentified garrison unit Siegroth from Schweidnitz (1 bn)
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