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 |
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Cavalry Right Wing | |
Lieutenant-General Volguski's Cuirassier Division
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Infantry Centre | |
Lieutenant-General Martuinov's Division (seconded by Major-General Palmbach)
Lieutenant-General Pannin's Division (seconded by Major-General Yakoblev)
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Lieutenant-General Leontiev
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Cavalry Left Wing | |
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Major-General Melgunov's Brigade
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Extreme Left Wing Infantry | |
Major-General Plemenikov's Brigade
Major-General Chovanski's Brigade
Major-General Fullerton
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Lieutenant-General Fast seconded by Major-General Nummers
Lieutenant-General Lubomirsky seconded by Major-General Beneckendorff
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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