1756 - Prussian invasion of Saxony – Browne OOB August 20

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Description

Order of battle of the Austrian army under the command of Field Marshall Maximilian Ulysses Count von Browne encamped at Kolin in Bohemia on August 20 1756.

Summary: 28 bns, 28 grenadier coys, 24 sqns and 4 carabinier or horse grenadier coys.

First Line Second Line
Cavalry Right Wing under FML Buccow seconded by Major-General Hedwiger
Infantry Right Wing under FML Starhemberg
Major-General Wied Major-general Krottendorf (absent)
Infantry Left Wing under FML Durlach (absent)
Major-General Maquire Major-General Wolfersdorf
Cavalry Left Wing under FML Buccow seconded by Major-General Hedwiger

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II, Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 1 Pirna und Lobositz, Berlin, 1901, Appendix 7