1757 - Austrian invasion of Silesia – Prussian OOB September 12

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Description

Detailed order of battle of the Prussian army in the camp of Bunzlau (present-day Bolesławiec) in Silesia on September 12 1757 after the junction of the corps of Lieutenant-General de la Motte Fouqué with the main Silesian army of Lieutenant-General August Wilhelm, Duke of Braunschweig-Bevern.

Bevern's Army

Commander-in-chief: Lieutenant-General August Wilhelm, Duke of Braunschweig-Bevern

Summary: 46½ bns, 108 sqns

Units are listed from right to left.

First Line	Flank Guard	Second Line
Right Wing Cavalry under Lieutenant-General Baron von Kyau
Major-General von Krockow Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns) Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Major-General von Stechow Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Krockow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)		Major-General von Meier Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns) Stechow Dragoons (5 sqns)
Right Wing Infantry
Lieutenant-General de la Motte Fouqué Major-General Count Wied Kalckstein Infantry (1 bn *) Schultze Infantry (1 bn *) Hautcharmoy Infantry (2 bns) Asseburg Infantry (2 bns) Major-General Prince Ferdinand of Prussia Bornstedt Infantry (2 bns) Hagen Infantry (2 bns) aka Geist	Major-General von Rohr Grenadier Battalion Kleist (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Hacke (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Ostenreich (1 bn)	Lieutenant-General von Schultze Major-General von Wietersheim Münchow Fusiliers (1 bn) Brandes Fusiliers (2 bns) Major-General von Rebentisch Wied Fusiliers (1 bn) II./Kalckreuth Fusiliers (1 bn) I./Sers Fusiliers (1 bn)
Left Wing Infantry
Lieutenant-General von Lestwitz Major-General von Ingersleben Kannacher Infantry (2 bns) Prinz Ferdinand Infantry (2 bns) Prinz von Preußen Infantry (2 bns) Major-General Prince Karl von Bevern Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns) Pannewitz Infantry (2 bns)	Grenadier Battalion Manteuffel (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Kahlden (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Schenckendorff (1 bn)	Lieutenant-General von Brandes Major-General Prinz Franz von Braunschweig I./Alt-Württemberg Fusiliers (1 bn) Jung Braunschweig Fusiliers (1 bn) Markgraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt Fusiliers (1 bn) Major-General von Kurssell Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (1 bn) Tresckow Infantry (1 bn **) Manteuffel Infantry (1 bn **)
Left Wing Cavalry under Lieutenant-General von Penavaire
Major-General von Normann Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Major-General von Driesen Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Geßler Cuirassiers (5 sqns)		Major-General Prince von Württemberg Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns) Blanckensee Dragoons (5 sqns) Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)

(*) Reestablished at two battalions on October 26 with the arrival of new recruits
(**) Recently reduced to a single battalion

Artillery

Lieutenant-General Zieten's Corps (seconded by Major-General von Bornstedt)

Right Wing Cavalry

• Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
• Seydlitz Hussars (8 sqns)

Infantry Centre

• Grenadier Battalion Burgsdorff (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Diringshofen and Grenadier Battalion Anhalt (temporarily combined in 1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Unruh and Grenadier Battalion Benckendorff (temporarily combined in 1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Nimschöfsky (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Plötz (1 bn)

Left Wing Cavalry

• Puttkamer Hussars (10 sqns)
• Werner Hussars (10 sqns)

Light Infantry

• Freibataillon de Angelelli (1 bn)
• Freibataillon von Kalben (1 bn)
• Freibataillon le Noble (1 bn)
• Feldjäger zu Fuß von Aweyde (2 coys for a total of 200 men)

Garrisons of the Silesian fortresses

In the Autumn of 1757, the Silesian fortresses were garrisoned as follows (note some of these units were still part of Bevern's main army on September 12 and were detached later):

In Breslau

• at the end of August
  • II.Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Garrison Regiment VII von Lange (1 bn)
  • Garrison Regiment VII von Lattorf (1 bn) left for Brieg on November 18
• arriving at the end of September
  • Warnery Hussars (1 sqn)
• arriving on November 19
  • Tresckow Infantry (1 bn)

In Neisse

• at the end of August
  • Garrison Regiment X von Blanckensee (4 bns)
  • II./Sers Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Kreytzen (1 bn)
• arriving on September 22
  • Seydlitz Hussars (1 sqn)
• arriving from Brieg on November 17
  • I./Sers Fusiliers (1 bn)

In Schweidnitz

• at the end of August
  • I.Jung-Braunschweig-Bevern Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Diezelsky (1 bn) former Saxon unit
  • Garrison Regiment V von Mützschefahl (3 bns) 1 bn left for Brieg at the beginning of September
  • I./Garrison Regiment VIII Quadt von Wickeradt (1 bn) left fo Glatz at the beginning of September
  • Commandeered hussars (2 sqns) under Captain von Klokotzky
• arriving on August 30 under Major-General Grumbkow
  • Kreytzen Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Warnery Hussars (9 sqns)
• arriving on September 23 under Major-General von Rebentisch
  • Hautcharmoy Infantry (2 bns)
  • II./Kurssell (1 bn)

In Glogau

• at the end of August
  • Garrison Regiment VII von Lange (1 bn)
• arriving at the end of September
  • I./Kurssell (1 bn)
• arriving on September 22
  • Seydlitz Hussars (1 sqn)
• arriving on September 23
  • Grenadier Battalion Diringshofen and Grenadier Battalion Anhalt (temporarily combined in 1 bn)
  • Garrison Regiment V von Mützschefahl (1 bn) arriving from Liegnitz)

In Brieg

• at the end of August
  • Garrison Regiment VII von Lattorf (1 bn)
• arriving at the beginning of September
  • Garrison Regiment V von Mützschefahl (1 bn)
• arriving at the end of September
  • I./Sers Fusiliers (1 bn) later left for Neisse
• arriving on September 22
  • Seydlitz Hussars (1 sqn)
• arriving on November 17 and 18
  • Wied Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Garrison Regiment VII von Lattorf (1 bn)

In Glatz

• at the end of August
  • II., III. And IV./Garrison Regiment VIII Quadt von Wickeradt (3 bns)
• arriving from Schweidnitz at the beginning of September
  • I./Garrison Regiment VIII Quadt von Wickeradt (1 bn)
• arriving on September 22
  • Markgraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Fouqué Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Nimschöfsky (1 bn)
  • Seydlitz Hussars (2 sqns)

In Cosel

• at the end of August
  • Garrison Regiment VII von Lattorf (2 bns)
  • Grenadier Battalion Rath (1 bn)
• arriving on September 22
  • Seydlitz Hussars (1 sqn)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 4 Groß-Jägersdorf und Breslau, Berlin, 1902, Appendix14