1756 - Prussian operations in Eastern Bohemia – Prussian OOB Schwerin 2

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Description

Army of Silesia under Field-Marshal Count Schwerin in Glatz on September 14 1756

First Line	Flank Guard	Second Line
Cavalry Right Wing under Lieutenant-General Prince Schönaich
Majors-General Wartenberg Wartenberg Hussars (5 sqns) Major-General von Krockow Buddenbrock Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)		Major-General von Stechow Wartenberg Hussars (5 sqns) Blanckensee Dragoons (5 sqns)
Infantry Right Wing under Lieutenant-General Baron de la Motte-Fouqué
Major-General von Tresckow Grenadier Battalion 29/31 Östenreich (1 bn) Kalsow Fusiliers (2 bns) Major-General von Kleist Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns) Schultze Infantry (2 bns)	Grenadier Battalion 37/40 Manteuffel (1 bn)	Major-General von Kreytzen V. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Rath) (1 bn) Markgraf von Brandenburg Fusiliers (2 bns) Kurssell Fusiliers (2 bns)
Infantry Right Wing under Lieutenant-General von Hautcharmoy
Major-General von Saldern Tresckow Infantry (2 bns) Hautcharmoy Infantry (2 bns) Major-General von Brandes Fouqué Fusiliers (2 bns) Grenadier Battalion 38/43 Burgsdorff (1 bn)	Grenadier Battalion 33/42 Nimschöfsky (1 bn)	Major-General von Kursell Pioniere (2 bns) Kreytzen Fusiliers (2 bns) VI. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Plötz) (1 bn)
Cavalry Left Wing under Lieutenant-General Prince Schönaich
Major-General von Blanckensee Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Geßler Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Major-General von Wechmar Wechmar Hussars (5 sqns)		Major-General von Plettenberg Stechow Dragoons (5 sqns) Wechmar Hussars (5 sqns)

Field Artillery

• 10 x 12-pdr guns
• 4 x 24-pdr guns
• 6 x 10-pdr howitzers

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 10