1757 - Russian campaign in East Prussia – Prussian OOB May 13

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Description

Commander-in-chief: Field-Marshall Johann von Lehwaldt

On May 13, the Prussian army of Field-Marshall von Lehwaldt in East Prussia counted some 32,700 men and consisted of:

Infantry (14 bns)

• Kanitz Infantry (2 bns)
• Kalnein Infantry (2 bns)
• Below Infantry (2 bns)
• Lehwaldt Infantry (2 bns)
• Graf zu Dohna Infantry (2 bns)
• Grenadier Battalion Polentz (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Manstein (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Gohr (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Lossow (1 bn)

Garrison Infantry (13 bns)

• Garrison Regiment XI von Manteuffel
• Garrison Regiment II von Sydow
• Garrison Regiment I von Puttkamer
• Land Regiment 2 von Polentz

East Prussia Land Militia Battalion (2,214 men)

Cavalry (50 sqns)

• Schorlemmer Dragoons (10 sqns)
• Plettenberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Platen Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Finckenstein Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Holstein-Gottorp Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Malachowski Hussars (10 sqns)
• Ruesch Hussars (10 sqns) including Boskiak Lancers

Field Artillery (272 men)

Garrison Artillery (79 men)

Recruits (750 men)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 4 Groß-Jägersdorf und Breslau, Berlin, 1902, Anhang 13 p. 226