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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Campaigns]] &gt;&gt; [[1756 - Prussian invasion of Saxony]] &gt;&gt; Detailed order of march of the Saxon Army at Pirna on October 12 1756</small> ==Description== On October 12 1756, when the Saxon Army retired from its entrenched camp at Pirna and crossed the Elbe, its order of march was as follows: 1st Grenadier Brigade under Major-General von Crousaz (1,101 men) *Grenadier Battalion Bennigsen (2 coys Garde & 2 coys Graf Brühl) *Grenadier Battalion Kavannagh (2 coys Prinz Friedrich August & 2 coys Lubormirsky) *Grenadier Battalion Pforte (2 coys Prinz Xaver & 2 coys Gotha) *Ammunition carts *4 x [[Saxon Artillery Geschwindstück|Geschwindstück]] *Pack horses 2nd Grenadier Brigade under Major-General von Dieden (1,106 men) *Grenadier Battalion Götze (2 coys Prinz Maximilian & 2 coys Minckwitz) *Grenadier Battalion Milkau (2 coys Königin & 2 coys Rochow) *Grenadier Battalion Pfundheller (2 coys Prinz Clemenz & 2 coys 'wing grenadiers' of the Leibgrenadiergarde) *[[Grenadierbataillon Kurprinzessin]] (1 bn for a total of 516 men) *Ammunition carts *8 x [[Saxon Artillery Geschwindstück|Geschwindstück]] *Pack horses 4th Infantry Brigade under Major-General von Minchwitz *[[Prinz Gotha Infantry|Prinz Gotha]] (2 bns for a total of 860 men) *[[Rochow Fusiliers]] (2 bns for a total of 885 men) *[[Graf Brühl Infantry|Graf Brühl]] (2 bns for a total of 893 men) *Ammunition carts, cannon and pack horses 2nd Infantry Brigade under Major-General von Gersdorf *[[Prinz Xaver Infantry|Prinz Xaver]] (2 bns for a total of 889 men) *[[Prinz Friedrich August Infantry|Prinz Friedrich August]] (2 bns for a total of 897 men) *[[Saxon Garde zu Fuss|Garde zu Fuss]] (2 bns for a total of 885 men) *Ammunition carts, cannon and pack horses 1st Cavalry Brigade under Major-General von Rechenberg *[[Graf Rutowsky Light Dragoons]] (4 sqns for a total of 493 men and 418 horses) *Prince-Elector with his suite *[[Adeliges Kadettenkorps]] (1 coy for a total of 115 men) *[[Saxon Garde du Corps|Gardedukorps]] (4 sqns for a total of 589 men and 498 horses) *Ammunition carts, cannon and pack horses 3rd Infantry Brigade under Major-General von Bolderitz *[[Minckwitz Infantry|Minckwitz]] (2 bns for a total of 882 men) *[[Fürst Lubomirsky Infantry|Fürst Lubomirsky]] (2 bns for a total of 880 men) *[[Prinz Clemens Infantry|Prinz Clemenz]] (2 bns for a total of 897 men) *Ammunition carts, cannon, pack horses and wagons transporting timber 1st Infantry Brigade under Major-General Count von Stolberg *[[Prinz Maximilian Infantry|Prinz Maximilian]] (2 bns for a total of 875 men) *[[Königin Infantry|Königin]] (2 bns for a total of 889 men) *[[Saxon Leibgrenadiergarde|Leibgrenadiergarde]] (2 bns for a total of 1,323 men) *Ammunition carts, cannon, pack horses and wagons transporting timber 2nd Cavalry Brigade under Major-General von Vitzthum *[[Saxon Leibregiment Cuirassiers|Leibregiment]] (4 sqns for a total of 402 men and 357 horses) *[[Arnim Cuirassiers]] (4 sqns for a total of 399 men and 344 horses) 4th Cavalry Brigade under Major-General von Ronnow *[[Plötz Cuirassiers]] (4 sqns for a total of 409 men and 338 horses) *[[Vitzthum Cuirassiers]] (4 sqns for a total of 398 men and 347 horses) 3rd Cavalry Brigade under von Weissenstein *[[Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau Cuirassiers]] (4 sqns for a total of 409 men and 349 horses) *[[Königlicher Prinz Cuirassiers]] (4 sqns for a total of 408 men and 336 horses) *Baggage *Rearguard ==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, Anhang 56 p. 370, Appendix 17 [[Category:Campaign]] [[Category:Order of Battle]]

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