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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Campaigns]] &gt;&gt; [[1758 - Prussian invasion of Moravia]] &gt;&gt; Detailed order of battle of the Prussian Army on May 20 1758</small> ==Description== By May 20 1758, the Prussian Army operating in Moravia (65 bns, 2 foot jäger coys, 123 sqns for a total of 55,000 men) was deployed as follows: *the Siege Corps (18 bns, 15 sqns) under [[Keith, James Francis Edward|Field-marshal Keith]] (including the units detached to Horka and Chomottau) **Staff ***Lieutenant-general: Fouquet ***Major-generals: von Schenkendorf, Prince Franz of Brunswick, Rebentisch ***Colonel Johann Friedrich von Balbi (leading the siege works) **Infantry ***[[Markgraf von Brandenburg Fusiliers]] (2 bns) ***[[Knobloch Infantry|Pannewitz]] (2 bns) ***[[Fouqué Fusiliers]] (2 bns) ***[[Wied Fusiliers]] (2 bns) ***[[Jung Braunschweig Fusiliers]] (2 bns) ***[[Prinz Ferdinand Infantry|Prinz Ferdinand]] (2 bns) ***[[Zastrow Infantry|Bornstedt]] (2 bns) ***[[Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers]] (2 bns) ***[[Prussian Garrison Regiment VI|IV./Garrison Regiment VI von Lattorf]] (1 bn) ***[[24/34 Grumbkow Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 24/34 Naumeister]] (1 bn) **Cavalry ***[[Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons]] (5 sqns) ***[[Wartenberg Hussars|Möhring Hussars]] (10 sqns) **[[Prussian Field Artillery Regiment|Field Artillery Regiment]] under Colonel von Dieskau ***15 x 24-pdr guns ***66 x 12-pdr guns ***19 howitzers ***16 mortars ***Mineurs (2 coys) *a detachment (1 bn, 2 foot jäger coys, 12 sqns) under General von Mayr, blockading the left bank of the March River **[[33/42 Nimschöfsky Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 33/42 Nimschöfsky]] (1 bn) in Lodenitz **[[Prussian Feldjäger zu Fuß|Feldjäger zu Fuß]] (2 coys) in Drussowitz **[[Markgraf Friedrich von Bayreuth Dragoons|Bayreuth Dragoons]] (10 sqns) near Starnau (present-day Štarnov) and Bauniowitz (probably Bohuňovice) **[[Seydlitz Hussars]] (2 sqns) near Starnau and Baunowitz *a corps (21 bns, 76 sqns) under [[Frederick II]], in a camp near Schmirsitz (present-day Smržice) covering the siege **Staff ***Lieutenant-generals: Prince Ferdinand, Prince von Württemberg, [[Zieten, Hans Joachim von|Zieten]] and [[Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm von|Seydlitz]] ***Major-generals: Geist, Bülow, Kahlden, Wedel, Lentulus, Bredow, Schmettau, Krokow (Jung), Czetteritz and Puttkamer **Infantry ***[[3/6 Kleist Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 3/6 Hacke]] (1 bn) ***[[17/22 Puttkamer Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 17/22 Kremzow]] (1 bn) ***[[Markgraf Carl Infantry|Markgraf Carl]] (2 bns) ***[[Blanckensee Infantry|Kannacher]] (2 bns) ***[[Itzenplitz Infantry|Itzenplitz]] (2 bns) ***[[Meyerinck Infantry|Wedell]] (2 bns) ***[[Winterfeldt Infantry|Lattorf]] (2 bns) ***[[Braunschweig Infantry|Alt-Braunschweig]] (2 bns) ***[[II. and III. Garde|II. and III. Garde Bataillon]] (2 bns) ***[[Prussian Grenadier Garde|Retzow]] (1 bn) ***[[G-NG/G-III/G-IV Kahlden Grenadiers|I. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Wangenheim)]] (1 bn) ***[[1/23 Bandemer Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 1/23 Wedell]] (1 bn) ***[[21/27 Lengefeld Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 21/27 Diringshofen]] (1 bn) ***[[41/44 Gemmingen Grenadiers|III. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Beneckendorff)]] (1 bn) **Cavalry ***[[Prussian Garde du Corps|Garde du Corps]] (3 sqns) ***[[Prussian Gens d'Armes|Gens d'Armes]] (5 sqns) ***[[Prussian Leib-Carabiniers|Leib-Carabiniers]] (5 sqns) ***[[Buddenbrock Cuirassiers|Krockow Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) ***[[Geßler Cuirassiers|Schmettau Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) ***[[Rochow Cuirassiers|Seydlitz Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) ***[[Normann Dragoons]] (5 sqns) ***[[Oertzen Dragoons|Czettritz Dragoons]] (5 sqns) ***[[Blanckensee Dragoons|Krockow Dragoons]] (5 sqns) ***[[Stechow Dragoons|Jung-Platen Dragoons]] (5 sqns) ***[[Zieten Hussars]] (8 sqns) ***[[Puttkamer Hussars]] (10 sqns) ***[[Wechmar Hussars|Werner Hussars]] (10 sqns) *a corps (15 bns, 17 sqns) under [[Anhalt-Dessau, Moritz, prince von|Prince Moritz]], in a camp near Assmeritz (present-day Nasobůrky) covering the siege **Staff ***Lieutenant-generals: Forcade and Neuwied ***Major-generals: Prince Karl von Bevern, Lattorf, Saldern, Kreutz, Schönaich and Krockow **Infantry ***[[Prinz von Preußen Infantry|Prinz von Preußen]] (2 bns) ***[[Forcade Infantry|Forcade de Biaix]] (2 bns) ***[[Manteuffel Infantry|Manteuffel]] (2 bns) ***[[Kleist Infantry|Asseburg]] (2 bns) ***[[Münchow Fusiliers]] (2 bns) ***[[47/G-VII Wangenheim Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 47/G-VII Wangenheim]] (1 bn) ***[[35/36 Schenckendorff Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 35/36 Schenckendorff]] (1 bn) ***[[G-VI/G-VIII Plötz Grenadiers|VI. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Rohr)]] (1 bn) ***[[G-V/G-X Rath Grenadiers|V. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Rath)]] (1 bn) ***[[19/25 Ramin Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 19/25 Heyden]] (1 bn) **Cavalry ***[[Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) ***[[Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath Cuirassiers|Bredow Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) ***[[Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) ***[[Zieten Hussars]] (2 sqns) *a corps (7 bns, 3 sqns) under Margrave Karl, in a camp near Mährisch Neustadt (present-day Uničov) covering the siege **Staff ***Lieutenant-generals: Prince von Hessen-Kassel, Retzow ***Major-generals: Kannacher, Bornstedt and Golz **Infantry: ***[[12/39 Waldau Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 12/39 Pieverlingk]] (1 bn) ***[[37/40 Manteuffel Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 37/40 Manteuffel]] (1 bn) ***[[45/G-XIII/G-IX Ingersleben Grenadiers|II. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Unruh)]] (1 bn) ***[[Kalckstein Infantry|Kalckstein]] (2 bns) ***[[Amstell Infantry|Geist]] (2 bns) **Cavalry: ***[[Seydlitz Hussars]] (3 sqns) *a detachment (2 bns) in Sternberg (present-day Šternberk), covering the siege **[[Frei-Infanterie le Noble]] (1 bn) **[[Frei-Infanterie von Kalben|Frei-Infanterie Salenmon]] (1 bn) *a detachment (1 bn) in Troppau (present-day Opava) **[[15/18 Bülow Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 15/18 Kleist]] (1 bn) ==References== St.; E. v.: ''Zum Säcular-Gedächtniss von 1758 – Der Felzug in Mähren oder die Belagerung und der Entsatz von Olmütz'', Frankfurt am Main: Sauerländer's Verlag, 1858, pp. 39-45 [[Category:Campaign]]

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