1757 - Austrian invasion of Silesia – Austrian OOB July 28

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Description

On July 28 1757, the combined armies of FM Charles de Lorraine and FM Leopold Count Daun were encamped near Zittau in Lusatia.

Units are listed from right to left.

First Line	Second Line	Reserve Corps
Cavalry right wing under General Lucchese Lieutenant-General Spada Major-General de Ville's Brigade Erzherzog Joseph Dragoons (6 sqns + 1 horse grenadier coy) Erzherzog Leopold Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Major-General Aspremont's Brigade Birkenfeld Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Lieutenant-General Trautmannsdorf Major-General Kolbel's Brigade Schmerzing Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) O'Donell Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Major-General La Reintrie's Brigade Anhalt-Zerbst Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy)	Cavalry right wing under General Prince Esterházy Lieutenant-General Kolowrat Major-General Lanthiery's Brigade Hessen-Darmstadt Dragoons (5 sqns) Benedikt Daun Dragoons (5 sqns) Major-General Hedewiger's Brigade Herzog Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns) Major-General Pellegrini's Brigade Infant von Portugal Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Major-General Martigny's Brigade Kalckreuth Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy)	Cavalry Right Wing under Lieutenant-General Wollwrath Major-General Claes (?)'s Brigade Batthyányi Dragoons (6 sqns + 1 horse grenadier coy) Major-General Le Fêvre's Brigade Carl Pálffy Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
Infantry under General Keuhl Lieutenant-General Andlau-Birseck Major-General Ursel's Brigade Kaiser (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Neipperg (2 bns + 1 grenadier coy) Major-General Plunkett's Brigade Botta (2 bns + 1 grenadier coy) Leopold Daun (3 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Lieutenant-General Sincère Major-General Otterwolf's Brigade Marschall (3 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Türheim (3 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Major-General Neuhoff's Brigade Sincère (2 bns + 1 grenadier coy) Lieutenant-General Angern Major-General Yolt(?)'s Brigade Alt-Wolfenbüttel (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Joseph Esterházy (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Major-General Los Rios's Brigade Nikolaus Esterházy (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Lieutenant-General Maquire Major-General Unruhe's Brigade Arenberg (3 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Major-General Campitelli's Brigade Kheul (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Lieutenant-General Puebla Major-General Reichlin's Brigade Moltke (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Major-General d'Aynse's Brigade Hildburghausen (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Erzherzog Carl (3 bns + 2 grenadier coys)	Infantry under General Marschall Lieutenant-General W. Starhemberg Major-General Wolffen's Brigade Carl Lothringen (Duke) (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Waldeck (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Major-General Mayern's Brigade Wallis (2 bns + 1 grenadier coy) Pallavicini (2 bns + 1 grenadier coy) Lieutenant-General Arberg Major-General Materni's Brigade Kolowrat (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Baden-Durlach (2 bns + 1 grenadier coy) Major-General Müffling's Brigade Deutschmeister (1 bn + 1 grenadier coy) Roth-Würzburg (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Lieutenant-General Browne Major-General Browne's Brigade Browne (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Major-General Lacy's Brigade Bethlen (1 bn + 1 grenadier coy) Harsch (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Lieutenant-General Sprecher Major-General Wolffersdorff's Brigade Baden-Baden (1 bn + 1 grenadier coy) Gaisruck (1 bn + 1 grenadier coy) Major-General Krottendorf's Brigade Jung-Wolfenbüttel (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys) Harrach (2 bns + 2 grenadier coys)	Infantry under General Colloredo Lieutenant-General Arenberg Major-General O'Kelly's Brigade Los Rios (1 bn + 2 grenadier coys) Salm (1 bn + 1 grenadier coy) Major-General Gemmingen's Brigade Mercy-Argenteau (1 bn + 2 grenadier coys) Alt-Colloredo (Anton) (1 bn + 2 grenadier coys) Lieutenant-General Wied-Runkel Major-General Buttler's Brigade Gyulay (1 bn + 1 grenadier coy) Sprecher (1 bn + 1 grenadier coy) Major-General Kinsky's Brigade Haller (1 bn + 1 grenadier coy) Jung-Colloredo (Karl) (1 bn + 1 grenadier coy) Lieutenant-General N. Esterházy Major-General Würben (?)'s Brigade Mainz (1 bn + 2 grenadier coys) Wied (1 bn + 2 grenadier coys) d'Arberg (1 bn + 2 grenadier coys) Andlau (1 bn + 2 grenadier coys) Lieutenant-General Clerici Major-General Stolberg's Brigade Sachsen-Gotha (1 bn + 2 grenadier coys) Platz (1 bn + 1 grenadier coy) Major-General Batthyànyi's Brigade Königsegg (1 bn + 2 grenadier coys) de Ligne (1 bn + 2 grenadier coys)
Cavalry Left Wing under General Serbelloni Lieutenant-General Starhemberg Major-General Podstatzky's Brigade Anspach Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Major-General Stampa's Brigade Löwenstein Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Stampach Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Lieutenant-General Benedikt Daun Major-General Schellenberg's Brigade Lucchesi Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Major-General Löwenstein's Brigade Erzherzog Ferdinand Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Prinz Savoyen Dragoons (5 sqns)	Cavalry Left Wing under General Stampach Lieutenant-General O'Donell Major-General Berlichingen's Brigade Gelhay Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Major-General Argout's Brigade Serbelloni Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Major-General Argenteau's Brigade Alt-Modena Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy) Major-General Lobkovitz's Brigade Kolowrat-Krakowski Dragoons (6 sqns + 1 horse grenadier coy) Liechtenstein Dragoons (5 sqns)	Cavalry Left Wing under Lieutenant-General Althann Major-General Gzeschwitz's Brigade Saxon Karabiniergarde (4 sqns) Major-General Castiglione's Brigade Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Dragoons (6 sqns + 1 horse grenadier coy)

References

Cogswell, Neil, Journal of Horace St. Paul 1757: The Advance to Nismes, Seven Years War Association Journal Vol. XI No. 2