1757 - Prussian invasion of Bohemia – Prussian OOB May – Frederick

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Description

On May 4 1757, King Frederick II of Prussia split his army in two, taking command of the corps destined to make a junction with Schwerin's Army to the north of Prague.

Summary: 20 bns, 2 foot jäger coys, 38 sqns, with 50 field pieces

Commander-in-chief: King Frederick II of Prussia

• Infantry (20 bns)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Wangenheim (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Finck (1 bn)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Kanitz (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Wedell (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Wrede (1 bn)
  • Markgraf Carl Infantry (2 bns)
  • Winterfeldt Infantry (2 bns)
  • Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (3 bns)
  • Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns)
  • Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns)
  • Kannacher Infantry (2 bns)
  • Wied Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Fussjägers (2 coys)
• Cavalry (38 sqns)
  • Garde du Corps (3 sqns)
  • Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
  • Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
• Field Artillery Regiment (50 field pieces)
  • 24 x 12-pdr guns
  • 10 howitzers
  • 10 x 25-pdr mortars
  • 6 x 50-pdr mortars

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 2 Prag, Berlin, 1901, p. 108 , App. 28