1759 – French offensive in West Germany – Contades OOB June
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Order of Battle of Contades' Army near Giessen and Marburg in June 1759
Commander-in-chief: Louis Georges Érasme, marquis de Contades
Main Army
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Reserve of the Main Army
- Grenadiers Reserve (12 bns)
- Grenadiers de France (4 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux de Modène (2 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux de Camus (2 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux de Narbonne (2 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux de Chantilly (2 bns)
- Gendarmerie and Carabiniers Reserve (18 sqns)
- Gendarmerie de France
- Gendarmes Écossais & Gendarmes de Bourgogne (1 sqn)
- Gendarmes Anglais & Chevau-légers de Bourgogne (1 sqn)
- Gendarmes Bourguignons & Gendarmes d'Aquitaine (1 sqn)
- Gendarmes de Flandres & Chevau-légers d'Aquitaine (1 sqn)
- Gendarmes de la Reine & Gendarmes de Berry (1 sqn)
- Chevau-légers de la Reine & Chevau-légers de Berry (1 sqn)
- Gendarmes du Dauphin & Gendarmes d'Orléans (1 sqn)
- Chevau-légers du Dauphin & Chevau-légers d'Orléans (1 sqn)
- Corps des carabiniers de Monsieur le Comte Provence (10 sqns)
- Gendarmerie de France
- Dragoons Reserve (12 sqns)
- Du Roy Dragons (4 sqns)
- La Ferronnaye Dragons (4 sqns)
- Caraman Dragons (4 sqns)
- Light Troops
- Bercheny Hussards (6 sqns)
- Turpin Hussards (6 sqns)
- Volontaires de Flandres (657 men)
- Volontaires de Hainault (657 men)
- Volontaires Liègeois (636 men)
- Volontaires Étrangers (751 men)
- Fischer Corps (2072 men)
- Volontaires du Dauphiné (608 men)
- Artillery
- Corps Royal de l'Artillerie
- 118 pieces
- 14 x 12-pdr guns
- 32 x 8-pdr guns
- 66 x 4-pdr long barreled guns
- 6 x howitzers
- 65 pontoons
- La Dauphine Infanterie (1 bn) serving with the artillery train
Right Reserve
Under the duc de Broglie at Friedberg in Hessen
- Infantry (18 bns)
- Piémont Brigade
- Royal Bavière Brigade
- Royal Bavière (2 bns)
- Nassau Prince Louis (2 bns)
- Royal Deux Ponts (2 bns)
- Waldner Brigade
- Cavalry (20 sqns)
- Commissaire Général Brigade
- Commissaire Général (2 sqns)
- Lameth (2 sqns)
- Montcalm (2 sqns)
- Des Salles (2 sqns)
- Penthièvre Brigade
- Penthièvre (2 sqns)
- D'Héricy (2 sqns)
- Toustain (2 sqns)
- Royal Allemand Brigade
- Wurttemberg (2 sqns)
- Nassau-Sarrebruck (2 sqns)
- Royal Allemand (2 sqns)
- Commissaire Général Brigade
- Dragoons (7 sqns)
- Apchon Dragoons (4 sqns)
- Volontaires de Schomberg (3 sqns)
- Artillery
- 12 or 16 pieces
- Light Troops
- Royal-Nassau (4 sqns)
- Volontaires de Clermont-Prince (1281 men)
- Volontaires d’Alsace (456 men)
N.B.: 2 bns of Royal Deux Ponts, the Saxon Garde zu Fuss and some dismounted cavalry were detached at Frankfurt; 2 bns of Eptingen at Hanau; and 1 bn of Royal Pologne at Giessen.
Left Reserve
Under the marquis d'Armentières on the Lower Rhine
- Infantry (18 bns)
- La Tour-du-Pin (4 bns)
- La Couronne Brigade
- La Couronne (2 bns)
- Provence (2 bns)
- Jenner Brigade
- Vaubécourt Brigade
- Durfort (2 bns)
- Vaubécourt (2 bns)
- Cavalry (12 sqns)
- La Reine Brigade
- La Reine (2 sqns)
- Saint-Aldegonde (2 sqns)
- Charost (2 sqns)
- Dauphin Étranger Brigade
- Orléans (2 sqns)
- Damas (2 sqns)
- Dauphin Étranger (2)
- La Reine Brigade
- Dragoons (8 sqns)
- Orléans Dragons (4 sqns)
- Thiange Dragons (4 sqns)
- Artillery
- II./Corps Royal de l'Artillerie - Invilliers Brigade
- 50 pieces (more probably 34 pieces)
- Light Troops
- Légion Royale (1920 men)
References
This article is entirely derived from the following work and published with the kind authorisation of its author:
- Rogge, Christian, The French & Allied Armies in Germany during the Seven Years War, Frankfurt, 2006