1758 - Austrian invasion of Saxony – Prussian Army OOB April 1

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Description

At the beginning of April 1758, the Prussian army operating in Saxony under the command of Prince Heinrich consisted of 45 bns and 40 sqns. More precisely:

• Keith’s former Corps (10 bns, 10 sqns)
  • Grenadier Battalion Bornstedt (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Lubath (1 bn)
  • Puttkamer Infantry (2 bns)
  • Hülsen Infantry (2 bns)
  • Goltz Infantry (2 bns)
  • Freibataillon Mayr (1 bn)
  • Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • I./Szekely Hussars (5 sqns)
• Garrisons (16nbs)
  • in Dresden
    • Finck Infantry (2 bns)
    • Grabow Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • III./Garrison Regiment VII Lange (1 bn)
    • V./Garrison Regiment VII Lange (1 bn)
  • in Leipzig
    • Hauss Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • in Pirna
    • Garrison Regiment IV Grape (2 bns)
  • in Torgau
    • Garrison Regiment III Grolman (2 bns)
• in Magdeburg
  • • Saldern Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • Kalckreuth Fusiliers (2 bns)
• troops sent to the Bishopric of Hildesheim (10 bns, 5 sqns)
  • Kahlden Infantry (3 bns)
  • Jungkenn Fusiliers (2 bns) returned to Dresden on May 13
  • Hessen-Cassel Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Salmuth Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Freibataillon Wunsch (1 bn)
  • Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
• Reinforcements sent from Frederick’s main army in Silesia (2 bns, 20 sqns)
  • Bredow Fusiliers (2 bns) arrived at Dresden on April 30
  • Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns) arrived at Dresden on May 2
  • Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns) arrived at Dresden on May 2
  • Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns) arrived at Dresden on May 2
  • II./Szekely Hussars (5 sqns) arrived at Dresden on May 2
• Reinforcements sent from Berlin (6 bns)
  • Knobloch Infantry (2 bns) arrived at Dresden on May 2
  • Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns) arrived at Dresden on May 11
  • Brandes Fusiliers (2 bns) arrived at Dresden on May 26
• New unit
  • Freibataillon Chossignon (1 bn) rebuilt in Dresden after its capitulation at Bautzen in September 1757
  • Belling Hussars (5 sqns)
• Artillery
  • 10 x light 12-pdr guns
  • 20 x heavy 12-pdr guns
  • 4 x 10 pdr howitzers
  • 5 x 7-pdr howitzers
• Bridging Train (86 pontoons)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 7 Olmütz und Crefeld, Berlin, 1909, Anhang 46