1757 - Prussian invasion of Bohemia – Prussian OOB June 24 – Bevern

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Description

Detailed order of battle of Bevern's Prussian Corps (most of the rest of the Prussian army who had fought at Kolin) at Nimburg on June 24 1757.

Summary: 17 bns, 60 sqns

Commander: August Wilhelm Duke of Braunschweig-Bevern

Infantry (17 bns)

• Kalckstein Infantry (2 bns reduced to a single bn)
• Bornstedt Infantry (2 bns reduced to a single bn)
• I. and II./Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (2 bns reduced to a single bn)
• Hülsen Infantry (2 bns reduced to a single bn)
• Kreytzen Fusiliers (2 bns reduced to a single bn)
• Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns reduced to a single bn)
• Wied Fusiliers (2 bns reduced to a single bn)
• Schultze Infantry (2 bns reduced to a single bn) it also included the remnants of Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers
• Münchow Fusiliers (2 bns reduced to a single bn)
• Temporarily combined units (1 bn)
  • Prinz Moritz Infantry (2 bns reduced to half a bn)
  • Braunschweig-Bevern Infantry (2 bns reduced to half a bn)
• Temporarily combined grenadier units (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Kahlden (1 severely reduced bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Wangenheim (1 severely reduced bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Möllendorff (1 severely reduced bn)
• Temporarily combined grenadier units (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 13/26 Finck (1 severely reduced bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Waldow (1 severely reduced bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Nimschöfsky (1 severely reduced bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Gemmingen (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Manteuffel (1 bn)
• Tresckow Infantry (2 bns) sent from Neu-Lysa
• I./Manstein Fusiliers (1 bn) sent from Neu-Lysa

Cavalry (60 sqns)

• Rochow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Krockow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Stechow Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Blanckensee Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Werner Hussars (10 sqns)
• Puttkamer Hussars (10 sqns)
• Wartenberg Hussars (10 sqns)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 3 Kolin, Berlin, 1901, Anhang 29