1758 - Russian invasion of East Prussia – Russian Army OOB June
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Order of battle of the Russian army around June 17, 1758
Commander-in-chief: General en Chef Villim Vilimovich Count Fermor assisted by:
- General-Quartermaster von Stoffeln
- Commander of Artillery Major-General Nothelfer (also commanding the artillery of the 1st Division)
- Commander of Engineers Colonel du Moulin
- War Commissary Major-General von Karabanov
Main Army
(under Fermor’s direct command)
Summary
The main army counted
- 56 bns and 48 grenadier coys with 112 regimental pieces and 26 Shvalov Secret Howitzers
- 46 regular sqns with 22 regimental pieces
- 23 hussar sqns1,000
- 39 Cossack sotnias
- 80 field pieces and a number of pontoons
For a total of 51,000 men: 5,600 regular cavalry, 3,400 hussars, 1,200 artillerymen and engineers and 3,400 Cossacks (including a small number of Volga Kalmyks).
The exact distribution of the filed artillery among the various divisions is not known. Overall, there were 6 artillery brigades with a total of 80 field pieces.
1st Division
Lieutenant-General Yvan Saltykov, assisted by:
- Commander of Artillery Major-General Nothelfer
- Major-General Prince Lubomirski
- Major-General Panin
- Major-General Diez
- Major-General Yvan von Manteuffel-Zöge
- Brigadier Uvarov
- Brigadier Nikolai Leontiev
- Brigadier Kotoshkin
- Brigadier Siewers
Infantry (32 bns in 16 rgts, forming 4 brigades)
- 1st Grenadier (2 bns)
- 2nd Grenadier (2 bns)
- 3rd Grenadier (2 bns)
- 4th Grenadier (2 bns)
- Kazanskiy (2 bns)
- Muromskiy (2 bns)
- Nevskiy (2 bns)
- Novgorodskiy (2 bns)
- Sankt-Peterburgskiy (2 bns)
- Ryazanskiy (2 bns)
- Rostovskiy (2 bns)
- Schlusselburgskiy (2 bns)
- Smolenskiy (2 bns)
- Troitskiy (2 bns)
- Chernigovskiy (2 bns)
- Voronezhskiy (2 bns)
Light Troops (3 sqns and 7 sotnias)
- Shevich or Preradovich Slaviano-Serbian Hussars (2 sqns)
- 2nd Novoserbskiy (New Serbian) (1 sqn)
- Don Cossacks (700 men in 7 sotnias) under Colonel Sferabrakov
2nd Division
Lieutenant-General Prince Golitsyn, assisted by:
- Commander of Artillery Major-General Holmers
- Major-General Palmenbach
- Major-General Leontiev
- Major-General Plemmiannikov
- Brigadier Berg
- Brigadier Prince Dolgorukov
Infantry (24 bns in 12 rgts, forming 3 brigades)
- Apsheronskiy (2 bns)
- Butyrskiy Infantry (2 bns) previously attached to the Observation Corps
- Keksgolmskiy (2 bns) previously attached to the Observation Corps
- Kievskiy (2 bns)
- Ladozhskiy (2 bns)
- 2nd Moskovskiy (2 bns)
- Nizovskiy (2 bns)
- Pskovskiy (2 bns) previously attached to the Observation Corps
- Suzdalskiy (2 bns)
- Vyatskiy (2 bns)
- Vologodskiy (2 bns)
- Vyborgskiy (2 bns)
Light Troops (10 sqns and 5 sotnias)
- 1st Novoserbskiy aka Horvat (10 sqns)
- Don Cossacks (500 men in 5 sotnias) under Colonel Sferabrakov
N.B.: 9 sqns of horse grenadiers and 3 rgts of dragoons were temporarily attached to the 2nd Division from the end of June to the beginning of July before being transferred to Rumyantsev’s 3rd Division.
3rd Division
Lieutenant-General Count Rumyantsev, assisted by:
- Major-General Mordvinov
- Major-General Demiku
- Brigadier Stoyanov
Cuirassiers (19 sqns)
- His Imperial Highness (5 sqns)
- 3rd Cuirassier (5 sqns)
- Kazanskiy (3 sqns)
- Kievskiy (3 sqns)
- Novotroitskiy (3 sqns)
Horse Grenadiers (15 sqns)
- Kargopolskiy (3 sqns)
- Narvskiy (3 sqns)
- Sankt-Peterburgskiy (3 sqns)
- Rizhskiy (3 sqns)
- Ryazanskiy (3 sqns)
Dragoons (9 sqns)
- Arkhangelogorodskiy (3 sqns)
- Nizhegorodskiy (3 sqns)
- Tobolskiy (3 sqns)
Hussars
- Serbskiy (5 sqns)
- Gruzinskiy (5 sqns)
- Moldavskiy (5 sqns)
- Vengerskiy (5 sqns)
- Cossacks
- Chuguev Cossacks (about 500 men)
- Don Cossacks (about 2,200 men) under Brigadier Krasnotchokov
On the March to join the Main Army
- 20 copper pontoons (would reach Posen on July 7)
- Don Cossacks (3,400 men) under Major-General Yefremov (would join the army between August 23 and 25)
Observation Corps
By that time, the Observation Corps (15,000 men) had reached Thorn and would not effect a junction with the main army before the end of July.
General en Chef Browne, assisted by:
- Lieutenant-General Chernyshev
- Lieutenant-General Prince Dolgorukov
- Major-General Borosdin
- Major-General Olitz
- Brigadier Fast
- Brigadier von Thiesenhausen
Infantry (14 bns in 5 rgts with 78 regimental pieces)
- Grenadier Regiment (2 bns)
- 1st Musketeer (3 bns)
- 3rd Musketeer (3 bns)
- 4th Musketeer (3 bns)
- 5th Musketeer (3 bns)
Field Artillery (32 field pieces, 900 men including engineers)
Cossacks
- Don Cossacks (300 men) detached from the main army
Occupation Corps on the Vistula and in East Prussia
Lieutenant-General Resanov, assisted by:
- Brigadier Numers
- Brigadier Hartwig
- Brigadier von Treyden
- Brigadier von Essen
Infantry (16 bns in 8 rgts with 32 regimental pieces and probably 4 Shuvalov Secret Howitzers)
- near Dirschau
- Nizhegorodskiy (2 bns)
- Uglitskiy (2 bns)
- in the region of Marienwerder
- Belozerskiy (2 bns)
- Narvskiy (2 bns)
- Sibyrskiy (2 bns)
- in Königsberg
- Arkhangelogorodskiy (2 bns)
- Azovskiy (2 bns)
- in Memel
- Permskiy (1 bn)
- in Pillau
- Permskiy (1 bn)
- on their way from Riga
- III./Sibyrskiy (1 bn)
- III./Arkhangelogorodskiy (1 bn)
- III./Azovskiy (1 bn)
- III./Troitskiy (1 bn)
Cavalry (4 sqns, 3 sotnias)
- in Thorn
- Tverskoy Dragoons (3 badly mounted sqns)
- Hussar Replacements (1 sqn of approx. 100 men)
- Don Cossacks (300 men)
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 8 Zorndorf und Hochkirch, Berlin, 1910, Supplement 1