1761 - French campaign in West Germany – French Upper-Rhine Army OOB April 15
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Broglie's Army of the Upper Rhine on April 15 1761
- MM. de Rooth and Montchenu
- from Württemberg to Vertheim: Saxon contingent (9 bns)
- at Fulda and Schlitz (9 bns):
- Légion Royale (2 bns)
- Picardie (4 bns)
- Provence (3 bns)
- in Gemünden and the country of Fulda (14 sqns):
- Cuirassiers (2 sqns)
- Noë (2 sqns)
- Chabrillan (2 sqns)
- Commissaire général (2 sqns)
- Hericy (2 sqns)
- Bourbon-Busset (2 sqns)
- Seyssel (2 sqns)
- at Rothenburg and in the neighbourhood, under M. de Caraman (10 bns)
- Dauphin (2 bns)
- Nassau (Prince Louis) (3 bns)
- Royal Deux-Ponts (3 bns)
- Waldner (2 bns)
- in Hersfeld (2 sqns)
- du Roy (2 sqns)
- in Kassel, Ziegenhain, Marburg and Hanau (12 bns) under M. de Rochechouart
- Durfort (2 bns)
- Navarre (4 bns)
- Bourbonnais (4 bns)
- Neufchâtel (1 bn)
- in Aschaffenburg and Hanau on the right bank
- Beaufremont Dragons (4 sqns)
- Du Roy Dragons (4 sqns)
- La Ferronnaye Dragons (4 sqns)
- at Vilbel, Offenbach,and Bergen
- Grenadiers Royaux de Chantilly (2 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux Le Camus (2 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux de Puységur (2 bns)
- Laon Militia (2 bns)
- Ornans Militia (2 bns)
- Grenadiers de France (4 bns)
- in Trebur, Wiesbaden Bingen, Ellfeld, etc.
- Orléans Dragons (4 sqns)
- Dauphin-Étranger (2 sqns)
- Toulouse-Lautrec (2 sqns)
- Toustain (2 sqns)
- Royal-Allemand (2 sqns)
- Wurtemberg (2 sqns)
- Nassau-Ussingen (2 sqns)
- Fitz-James (2 sqns)
- Aquitaine (2 sqns)
- at Friedberg, Butzbach and Assenheim under M. de Gantès (15 bns)
- at Giessen and Echzell under M. de Poyanne (10 bns)
- at Limburg, Weilburg, Alzey, Karlstadt am Main
- Carabiniers (10 sqns)
- Royal-Nassau Hussards (4 sqns)
- Volontaires de Schomberg (3 sqns)
- Volontaires du Hainaut
- Volontaires d'Austrasie
- Volontaires de Flandre
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. 170-171