1758 - Austrian invasion of Silesia – Prussian Army OOB Margrave Karl August 11

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Description

In August 1758, when Frederick II left Silesia for Brandenburg, he confided command of the Army of Silesia to Margrave Karl.

This “Army of Silesia” numbered 33,000 men in 44½ bns and 80 sqns.

Commander-in-Chief: General of Infantry Margrave Karl zu Brandenburg-Schwedt

Infantry ( 44½ bns)

• Grenadier Battalion Östenreich (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Plotho (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Heyden (1 bn)
• I. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Wangenheim) (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Pieverlingk (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Dieringshofen (1 bn)
• III. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Benckendorff) (1 bn)
• II. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Unruh) (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Schenckendorff (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Kleist (1 bn) arrived on August 23 after having escorted the sick to Breslau
• Grenadier Battalion Bähr (1 bn) arrived on August 17 after having escorted the sick to Breslau
• Grenadier Battalion Manteuffel (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Nimschöfsky (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Retzow (1 bn)
• Markgraf Carl (2 bns)
• Geist (2 bns)
• Kannacher (2 bns)
• Itzenplitz (2 bns)
• Wedell (2 bns)
• II. and III. Garde Bataillon (2 bns)
• Lattorff (2 bns)
• Bornstedt (2 bns)
• Alt-Braunschweig (2 bns)
• Manteuffel (2 bns)
• Jung Braunschweig Fusiliers (1 bn)
• Pannewitz (2 bns)
• Münchow Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Prinz Ferdinand (2 bns) with Fouqué’s Corps until August 19
• Freibataillon de Angelelli (1 bn)
• Freibataillon Salenmon (1 bn)
• Freibataillon Le Noble (1 bn)
• Feldjäger zu Fuß (2 coys)

Cavalry (80 sqns)

• Bredow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Krockow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Schmettau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
• Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Jung-Platen Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Krockow Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Puttkamer Hussars (10 sqns)
• Möhring Hussars (10 sqns) 5 sqns with Fouqué’s Corps until August 19
• Werner Hussars (10 sqns)

References

Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 8 Zorndorf und Hochkirch, Berlin, 1910, Anhang 54