1757 - Prussian invasion of Bohemia – Prussian OOB June 24 – Moritz
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Description
Detailed order of battle of Prince Moritz's Prussian Corps (formerly Frederick's Army) at Jung-Bunzlau and Brandeis on June 24 1757.
Summary: 30 bns, 15 sqns
Commander: Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau
Infantry (29 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Unruh (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Burgsdorff (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Kremzow (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Lubath (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Alt-Billerbeck (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Östenreich (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Plötz (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Kahlenberg (1 bn)
- Prinz von Preußen Infantry (2 bns)
- Winterfeldt Infantry (2 bns)
- Jung Braunschweig Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Kurssell Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Fouqué Fusiliers (reduced to only 1 bn after the Battle of Prague)
- Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns)
- Markgraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt Fusiliers (2 bns) aka Markgraf Heinrich
- Duke von Württemberg Fusiliers (2 bns) aka Alt-Württemberg
- Hautcharmoy Infantry (2 bns)
- Brandes Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Kalckreuth Fusiliers (2 bns)
Light troops
Cavalry (15 sqns)
- Geßler Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
N.B.: since the corps had no light cavalry, on June 25, II./Puttkamer Hussars (5 sqns) were transferred from Bevern's to Moritz's Corps while Geßler Cuirassiers (5 sqns) were sent to Bevern's.
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
