1757 - Prussian invasion of Bohemia – Prussian OOB June 28 – Frederick

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Description

Detailed order of battle of Frederick's Army on June 28 1757 at Leitmeritz.

Summary: 33 bns, 58 sqns

Commander: King Frederick II of Prussia seconded by Field-Marshall Keith

First Line	Second Line
Cavalry Right Wing under Lieutenant-General von Kyau
Major-General von Driesen Garde du Corps (3 sqns) Gens d'Armes (5 sqns) Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)	Major-General von Katte Katte Dragoons (5 sqns) Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)
Infantry Centre
Right flank guard under Major-General von Grumkow Grenadier Battalion Diringshofen (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Grumbkow (1 bn) Lieutenant-General Ferdinand von Braunschweig Major-General von Itzenplitz Grenadier Battalion Bülow (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Wedel (1 bn) Markgraf Carl Infantry (2 bns) Meyerinck Infantry (2 bns) Lieutenant-General von Meyerinck Major-General von Retzow II. and III. Garde Bataillon (2 bns) Grenadier Garde (1 bn) Kannacher Infantry (2 bns) Lieutenant-General Prince Heinchich Major-General von Geist Alt-Braunschweig Infantry (2 bns) Kleist Infantry (2 bns) Major-General von Ingersleben Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns) Grenadier Battalion Kleist (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn) Left flank guard under Major-General von Rohr Grenadier Battalion Ramin (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion Schenckendorff (1 bn)	Lieutenant-General Hereditary Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt Major-General Prince Ferdinand of Prussia Asseburg Infantry (2 bns) Prinz Ferdinand Infantry (2 bns) Major-General von Grabow I./Goltz Infantry (1 bn) III./Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (1 bn) Lieutenant-General von Forcade Major-General Prince Karl von Bevern Geist Infantry (2 bns) Forcade Infantry (2 bns)
Cavalry Left Wing under Lieutenant-General von Penavaire
Major-General Baron Schönaich Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns) Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	Major-General von Meier Markgraf Friedrich von Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)

In addition to this force, 11 bns and 28 sqns were distributed along the lines of communication.

Infantry (11 bns)

• Pannewitz Infantry (2 bns)
• Erbprinz von Hessen-Darmstadt Infantry (2 bns)
• Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Wylich Fusiliers (2 bns)
• II./Goltz Infantry (1 bn)
• I./Rohr Fusiliers (1 bn)
• Frei-Infanterie de Angelelli (1 bn)

Cavalry (28 sqns)

• Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
• Seydlitz Hussars (10 sqns)
• Szekely Hussars (8 sqns) the 2 other sqns had been detached to participate in Mayr's incursion in Franconia and Thuringia

On July 5, Grenadier Battalion Finck joined Frederick's Army at Leitmeritz.

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 3 Kolin, Berlin, 1901, Appendix 8 and Anhang 32