1761 - Russian campaign in Pomerania – Württemberg OOB December

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Order of battle of the Prussian corps leaving Eastern Pomerania in December 1761

In December 1761, after a very tough campaign, the various Prussian corps operating in Eastern Pomerania took their winter quarters.

Corps of prince Eugen von Württemberg

This corps took its winter quarters in Mecklenburg.

• Infantry (93 officers and 3583 NCOs and privates)
  • Grenadier Battalion 13/26 Schwerin (1 bn) (or Grenadier Battalion 19/25 Woldeck)
  • IR2 Kanitz (2 bns)
  • IR14 Lehwaldt (2 bns)
  • IR16 Dohna (2 bns)
  • IR47 Grabow Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • IR45 Hessen-Kassel Fusiliers (1 bn)
• Wunsch Frei-Infanterie (1 bn)
• Cavalry
  • DR12 Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • DR7 Plettenberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • HR6 Werner Hussars (10 sqns)

Corps of generals Schenckendorff and Platen

These corps marched by Schwedt and Berlin and took their winter quarters in Saxony.

• Infantry (6,420 men including non-combatants)
  • Grenadier Battalion 29/31 Falkenhayn (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 35/36 Schwartz (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 12/39 Görne (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 17/22 Rothenburg (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion G-V/G-X Hachenberg (1 bn)
  • IR25 Ramin (2 bns)
  • IR34 Prinz Ferdinand (2 bns)
  • IR39 Jung Braunschweig Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • IR12 Finck (2 bns)
  • IR9 Jung Schenckendorff (2 bns)
  • IR37 Braun Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • IR42 Markgraf von Brandenburg Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Cavalry (1236 men)
  • DR10 Finckenstein Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • DR9 Pomeiske Dragoons (3 sqns)
  • HR7 Malachowski (7 sqns)

Corps of general Thadden

This corps took its winter quarters in Lausig (probably Lusatia).

• Infantry (1,006 men)
  • Converged Grenadier Battalions 4/16/41/44 Beneckendorf (1 bn)
  • Converged Grenadier Battalions 21/27/37/40 Kleist (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 47/GVII Bock (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion GVI/GVIII Busch (1 bn)
• Cavalry
  • HR5 Ruesch Hussars (216 men)
  • Freihussaren von Schony (25 men)

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Acknowledgments

Tomasz Karpiński from Gniezno/Poznań for the initial version of this article