1761 - Austro-Russian campaign in Silesia – Russian OOB August

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Description

Order of battle of the Russian army under the command of Field Marshall Alexander Borissovitch Buturlin encamped near Bunzelwitz (present-day Bolesławice) in Lower Silesia in August 1761.

• General Gallitsin commanded the left wing of the first line
• General Fermor commanded the right wing of the first line
• General Chernichev commanded the left wing of the second line
• General Dolgorukov commanded the right wing of the second line

N.B.: in the following order of battle, we have used a more normalized spelling than the Germanized forms (ex: Volguski instead of Wolguski) used by Tielke. However, for the names of the various generals, this spelling could be improved. Suggestions are welcome.

First Line	Second Line
Cavalry Right Wing
Lieutenant-General Volguski's Cuirassier Division Major-General Gauvraven's Brigade Lifeguards (6 sqns) His Imperial Highness Cuirassiers (5 sqns) 3rd Cuirassier (5 sqns) Major-General Tolstoy's Brigade Kazanskiy Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Novotroitskiy Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Kievskiy Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	Nizegorodskiy Dragoons (5 sqns)
Infantry Centre
Lieutenant-General Martuinov's Division (seconded by Major-General Palmbach) Unidentified Gernadier Regiment (2 bns) probably 3rd Grenadier Butyrskiy (2 bns) Schlusselburgskiy (2 bns) Smolenskiy (2 bns) Rostovskiy (2 bns) Lieutenant-General Pannin's Division (seconded by Major-General Yakoblev) Vologodskiy (2 bns) Keksgolmskiy (2 bns) Kurinskiy (2 bns) Nasheburgskiy (2 bns)	Lieutenant-General Leontiev Major-General Rosen Uglitskiy (2 bns) Sibyrskiy (2 bns) Nizovskiy (2 bns) Troitskiy (2 bns) Major-General Hanser Kazanskiy (2 bns) Permskiy (2 bns) Suzdalskiy (2 bns) Chernigovskiy (2 bns)
Cavalry Left Wing
Narvskiy Horse Grenadiers (5 sqns) Tverskoy Dragoons (5 sqns)	Major-General Melgunov's Brigade Sankt-Peterburgskiy Horse Grenadiers (5 sqns) Rizhskiy Horse Grenadiers (5 sqns) Ryazanskiy Horse Grenadiers (5 sqns)
Extreme Left Wing Infantry
Major-General Plemenikov's Brigade 2nd Grenadier (2 bns) Ladozhskiy (2 bns) Koirgskiy probably Koporskiy (2 bns) Major-General Chovanski's Brigade Nizhegorodskiy (2 bns) Riazanskiy (2 bns) Major-General Fullerton Arkhangelogorodskiy (2 bns) Narvskiy (2 bns) Azovskiy (2 bns)	Lieutenant-General Fast seconded by Major-General Nummers 4th Grenadier (2 bns) Sankt-Peterburgskiy (2 bns) Nevskiy (2 bns) Lieutenant-General Lubomirsky seconded by Major-General Beneckendorff 2nd Moscowskiy (2 bns) Vyborgskiy (2 bns) 1st Grenadier (2 bns) Apsheronskiy (2 bns)

Major-General Berg's Corps (listed from right to left)

• Kargopolskiy Horse Grenadiers (5 sqns)
• Vengerskiy Hussars (5 sqns)
• Serbskiy Hussars (5 sqns)
• Moldavskiy Hussars (5 sqns)
• Slaviano-Serbian Hussars (Shevich or Preradovich) (5 sqns)
• 1st Novoserbskiy Hussars aka Horvat (5 sqns)
• Gruzinskiy Hussars (6 sqns)
• Don Cossacks (11 rgts for a total of 44 pulks)

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