1757 - Allied counter-offensive in Hanover – Allied OOB November 30

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Description

By November 30, 1757, Ferdinand of Brunswick was at the head of the following Allied troops.

Summary (excluding detachments): 43 bns, 45 sqns, 6 Jäger coys, 100 hussars for a total of 39,800 men, including 13,700 horse.

Hanoverian Contingent

Infantry (23 bns)

• Garde (2 bns)
• Brunck - 12B (1 bn)
• von Hardenberg - 6A (1 bn)
• Fabrice - 2B (1 bn)
• Stolzenberg - 4B (1 bn)
• Halberstadt aka Fusiliers - 13A (1 bn)
• Dreves - 11A (1 bn)
• Druchtleben - 3B (1 bn)
• Grote - 5A (1 bn)
• Hauß - 7B (1 bn)
• Spörcken - 2A (1 bn)
• Block - 8B (1 bn)
• Kielmannsegg - 12A (1 bn)
• Diepenbroick - 8A (1 bn)
• Zandre de Caraffa - 6B (1 bn)
• Scheither - 1A (1 bn)
• Sachsen-Gotha - 9A (1 bn)
• Behr - 5B (1 bn)
• Knesebeck - 3A (1 bn)
• Wangenheim - 7A (1 bn)
• Ledebour - 4A (1 bn)
• Oberg - 11B (1 bn)

Cavalry (33 sqns)

• Busche Dragoons - 7C (4 sqns)
• Dachenhausen Dragoons - 5C (4 sqns)
• Breidenbach Dragoons - 6C (4 sqns)
• Bock Dragoons - 8C (3 sqns)
• Gilten Cavalry - 4C-B (2 sqns)
• Hodenberg Cavalry - 3C-B (2 sqns)
• Dachenhausen Cavalry - 2C-A (2 sqns)
• Hammerstein Cavalry - 2C-B (2 sqns)
• Leib-Regiment - 1C-A (2 sqns)
• Grothaus Cavalry - 3C-A (2 sqns)
• Reden Cavalry - 4C-A (2 sqns)
• Sckölln Cavalry - 1C-B (2 sqns)
• Leibgarde zu Pferde - C-A (1 sqn)
• Grenadier zu Pferde - C-B (1 sqn)

Light troops

• Fuss Jäger (4 companies)
• Jäger zu Pferde (2 companies)
• Luckner's Hussars (100 men)

Hessian Contingent

Infantry (12 bns)

• Garde (1 bn)
• Mansbach (1 bn)
• Kanitz (1 bn)
• Fürstenberg (1 bn)
• Prinz Karl (1 bn)
• Grenadier-Regiment (1 bn)
• Erbprinz (1 bn)
• Prinz Ysenburg (1 bn)
• Capellan (1 bn)
• Hanau (1 bn)
• Prinz von Anhalt (1 bn)
• Leib-Regiment (1 bn)

Cavalry (12 sqns)

• Leib Dragoner (4 sqns)
• Leib Regiment (2 sqns)
• Prinz Wilhem Erbprinz Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Pruschenk Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Miltitz (2 sqns)

Brunswicker Contingent

Infantry (7 bns)

• Leib-Regiment (2 bns)
• Behr (2 bns)
• Imhoff (2 bns)
• Zastrow (1 bn)

Schaumburg-Lippe Contingent

Infantry (1 bn)

• Buckeburg Battalion (1 bn)

Allied Artillery and Train

• 86 x 3-pdr guns (2 guns per battalion)
• 10 x 6-pdr guns
• 12 x 12=pdr guns
• 18 pontoons

Detachments

In Stade (2 bns)

• Hanoverian Post Infantry - 10A (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Alt Zastrow Infantry - 1B (1 bn)

In Buxtehude (1 bn)

• Hanoverian Jung Zastrow Infantry - 9B (1 bn)

Müller’s Detachment

• Schaumburg-Lippe Buckeburg Grenadiers (2 coys)
• Schaumburg-Lippe Buckeburg Carabiniers (1 sqn)
• Commandeered Infantry (300 men) from various regiments
• Hanoverian Bock Dragoons - 8C (1 sqn)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 5 Hastenbeck und Roßbach, Berlin, 1903, Anhang 25