1758 - Austrian invasion of Saxony – Prussian Army OOB August 31

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Description

At the end of August 1758, the Prussian army operating in Saxony under the command of Prince Heinrich consisted of:

• near Gross Sedlitz
  • Grenadier Battalion Bornstedt (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Lubath (1 bn)
  • Finck Infantry (2 bns)
  • Goltz Infantry (2 bns)
  • III./Kahlden Infantry (1 bn)
  • Freibataillon Wunsch (1 bn)
  • Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • Commandeered Cuirassiers (400 men)
  • Szekely Hussars (7 sqns)
• between Maxen and Gamig
  • Puttkamer Infantry (2 bns)
  • Hülsen Infantry (2 bns)
  • Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns)
  • Hessen-Cassel Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Grabow Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Hauss Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • I./Kahlden Infantry (1 bn)
  • II./Kahlden Infantry (1 bn)
  • I./Brandes Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
  • Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Szekely Hussars (2 sqns)
  • Belling Hussars (2 sqns)
• on the Kohlberg
  • Commandeered troops (approx. 900 men)
• on the heights south-east of Pirna
  • Knobloch Infantry (2 bns)
  • Bredow Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Freibataillon Monjou (1 bn)

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 48