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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Campaigns]] &gt;&gt; [[1759 - French offensive in West Germany]] &gt;&gt; Ferdinand OoB early June 1759</small> ==Introduction== This article is derived from tables published by Christian Rogge in "The French & Allied Armies in Germany during the Seven Years War" which Christian has kindly authorised us to publish here. ==Description== ===Ferdinand's army=== Detailed order of battle of [[Ferdinand of Brunswick]]' army early in June 1759. Summary: 46 bns, 63 sqns and light troops *Main force under [[Ferdinand of Brunswick]] **Infantry (28 bns) ***British infantry (6 bns) ****[[12th Foot|12th Napier's Foot]] (1 bn) ****[[20th Foot|20th Kingsley's Foot]] (1 bn) ****[[23rd Foot|23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers]] (1 bn) ****[[25th Foot|25th Edinburgh's Foot]] (1 bn) under the command of William Home ****[[37th Foot|37th Stuart's Foot]] (1 bn) ****[[51st Foot|51st Brudenell's Foot]] (1 bn) ***Hanoverian infantry (15 bns) ****[[Hanoverian Foot Guards]] (2 bns) ****[[Hardenberg Infantry|Hardenberg]] (1 bn) ****[[Cheusses Infantry|Dreves]] (1 bn) ****[[Knesebeck Infantry|Reden]] (1 bn) ****[[Fabrice Infantry|Schele]] (1 bn) ****[[Wangenheim Infantry|Wangenheim]] (1 bn) ****[[Block Infantry|Block]] (1 bn) ****[[Alt Zastrow Infantry|Alt Zastrow]] (1 bn) ****[[Diepenbroick Infantry|Diepenbroick]] (1 bn) ****[[Hodenberg Infantry|Behr]] (1 bn) ****[[Hanoverian Sachsen-Gotha Infantry|Sachsen-Gotha]] (1 bn) ****[[Ledebour Infantry|Bock]] (1 bn) ****[[Stolzenberg Infantry|Stolzenberg]] (1 bn) ****[[Brunck Infantry|Brunck]] (1 bn) ***Brunswick infantry (7 bns) ****[[Brunswick Leib-Regiment|Leib-Regiment]] (2 bns) ****[[Behr Infantry|Behr]] (2 bns) ****[[Imhoff Infantry|Imhoff]] (2 bns) ****[[Brunswick Zastrow Infantry|Zastrow]] (1 bn) **Cavalry (41 sqns) ***British cavalry (14 sqns) ****[[Royal Horse Guards]] (''aka The Blues'') (3 sqns) ****[[1st Dragoon Guards|1st King's Dragoon Guards]] (3 sqns) under colonel Bland ****[[3rd Dragoon Guards|3rd Howard's Dragoon Guards]] (2 sqns) ****[[2nd Dragoons|2nd Royal North British Dragoons]] (''aka Scots Greys'') (2 sqns) ****[[6th Dragoons|6th Inniskilling Dragoons]] (2 sqns) ****[[10th Dragoons|10th Mordaunt's Dragoons]] (2 sqns) ***Hanoverian cavalry (18 sqns) ****[[Hanoverian Garde du Corps|Garde du Corps]] (1 sqn) ****[[Hanoverian Grenadiers à cheval|Grenadiers à cheval]] (1 sqn) ****[[Gilten Cavalry|Veltheim Cavalry]] (2 sqns) ****[[Dachenhausen Cavalry|Alt Bremer Cavalry]] (2 sqns) ****[[Breidenbach Dragoons|Max Breitenbach Dragoons]] (4 sqns) ****[[Bock Dragoons]] (4 sqns) ****[[Busche Dragoons]] (4 sqns) ***Prussian cavalry (9 sqns) ****[[Holstein-Gottorp Dragoons|Holstein Dragoons]] (5 sqns) ****[[Finckenstein Dragoons|Finckenstein Dragoons]] (4 sqns) ''due to losses in a skirmish near Grünberg on April 19'' **Light troops ***Prussian light troops ****Ruesch Hussars (3 large sqns for a total of about 600 men) ****Malachowski Hussars (2 large sqns for a total of about 400 men) ****Volontaires de Prusse (1 bn of 5 coys including 1 Jägers (riffles) plus 1 dragoon detachment of 54 troopers for a total of 768 men) aka Trümbach ***Hanoverian light troops ****[[Luckner's Hussars]] (2 sqns for a total of about 400 men) ''a third sqn was raised later in 1759'' ****[[Freytag Jägers|Jägercorps]] (2 ''brigades'' each of 2 foot coys counting 154 men each and 1 mounted coy of 106 men) ****[[Scheither Light Troops|Scheither Corps]] (4 carabinier coys, 1 Jäger coy with riffles and 1 Grenadier coy for a total of about 500 men) ***Bückeburg light troops ****[[Bückeburg Carabiniers]] (between 100 and 150 men) ****[[Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg Jägers|Jägercorps]] (about 50 men) *Wutginau's Hessian corps (7 bns, 6 sqns) **Infantry (7 bns) ***[[Hessian Garde|Garde]] (1 bn) ***Leib-Grenadiers (1 bn) ''maybe the [[Hessian Grenadier-Regiment|Grenadier-Regiment]]'' ***[[Hessian Erbprinz Infantry|Erbprinz von Hessen]] (1 bn) ***[[Hessian Leib-Regiment|Leib-Regiment]] (1 bn) ***[[Fürstenberg Infantry|Gilsa]] (1 bn) ***[[Prinz von Anhalt Infantry|Prinz Anhalt]] (1 bn) ***[[Mansbach Infantry|Mansbach]] (1 bn) **Cavalry (6 sqns) ***[[Miltitz Cavalry|Miltitz]] (2 sqns) ***[[Hessian Leib Dragoons|Leib-Dragoner]] (4 sqns) *Imhoff's corps (11 bns, 16 sqns) **Infantry (11 bns) ***Hanoverian infantry (5 bns) ****[[Post Infantry|Post]] (1 bn) ****[[Halberstadt Infantry|Fersen]] (1 bn) ****[[Hauß Infantry|Linstrow]] (1 bn) ****[[Marsschalck Infantry]] (1 bn) ****[[Wrede Infantry|Wrede]] (1 bn) ***Hessian infantry (5 bns) ****[[Prinz Karl Infantry|Prinz Karl]] (1 bn) ****[[Canitz Infantry|Canitz]] (1 bn) ****[[Haudring Infantry|Toll]] (1 bn) ****[[Hanau Infantry|Hessen-Hanau]] (1 bn) ****[[Prinz Ysenburg Infantry|Bischhausen]] (1 bn) ***Bückeburg infantry ****[[Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg Infantry|Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg]] (1 bn) **Cavalry (16 sqns) ***Hanoverian cavalry (6 sqns) ****[[Hammerstein Cavalry|Hammerstein]] (2 sqns) ****[[Dachenhausen Dragoons]] (4 sqns) ***Hessian cavalry (10 sqns) ****[[Hessian Leib Cavalry|Leib-Regiment]] (2 sqns) ****[[Prinz Wilhem Erbprinz Cavalry|Prinz Wilhelm]] (2 sqns) ****[[Pruschenk Cavalry]] (2 sqns) ****[[Prinz Friedrich Dragoons]] (4 sqns) **Light troops ***Hanoverian light troops ****[[Freytag Jägers|Jägercorps]] (1 ''brigade'' of 2 foot coys counting 154 men each and 1 mounted coy of 106 men) ****[[Stockhausen Freikorps]] (1 bn of 1 grenadier coy and 2 ''Schützen'' not rifled coys for a total of 400 men) ***Hessian light troops ****[[Hesse-Kassel Hussars|Husarencorps]] (2 sqns for a total of about 240 men) ****[[Hessian Jägers|Foot Jägers]] (4 rifle armed coys for a total of about 400 men) ****[[Hessian Jägers|Mounted Jägers]] (2 rifle armed coys for a total of about 200 men) ===Wangenheim's corps=== Summary: 8 bns, 10 sqns *Wangenheim's detached Hanoverian corps **Infantry (8 bns) ***[[Sporken Infantry|Sporken]] (1 bn) ***[[Kielmannsegg Infantry|Kielmannsegg]] (1 bn) ***[[Jung Zastrow Infantry|Jung Zastrow]] (1 bn) ***[[Zandre Infantry|Halberstadt]] (1 bn) ***[[Grote Infantry|Laffert]] (1 bn) ***[[Chevallerie Infantry|Oberg]] (1 bn) ***[[Scheither Infantry|Scheither]] (1 bn) ***[[Drachtleben Infantry|Schulenburg]] (1 bn) **Cavalry (10 sqns) ***[[Hanoverian Leib-Regiment Reuter|Leib-Regiment Reuter]] (2 sqns) ***[[Hodenberg Cavalry]] (2 sqns) ***[[Grothaus Cavalry]] (2 sqns) ***[[Zepelin Cavalry|Heise Cavalry]] (2 sqns) ***[[Walthausen Cavalry|Reden Cavalry]] (2 sqns) ==Organisation of the battalions of grenadiers== On June 12, 1759, prince [[Ferdinand of Brunswick]] ordered to form the grenadier companies of the army into converged battalions. Furthermore, they were concentrated in a so called “Grenadier Corps” under the command of Major-General Prince Carl von Brunswick-Bevern. A total of 8 battalions were formed (named after their commanders) with 7 under Bevern and 1 with Wangenheim’s Corps: *British grenadiers (1 bn) **Maxwell Grenadier Battalion under the command of Major Maxwell of the [[20th Foot]] and consisting of grenadier companies from [[12th Foot|12th Napier's Foot]], [[20th Foot|20th Kingsley's Foot]], [[23rd Foot|23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers]], [[25th Foot|25th Edinburgh's Foot]], [[37th Foot|37th Stuart's Foot]] and [[51st Foot|51st Brudenell's Foot]] *Hanoverian grenadiers (3 bns) excluding grenadiers of the Foot Guards **Sydow Grenadier Battalion: from 9 grenadier coys (about 64 men each) of Ferdinand's Army for a total of 576 men **Pritzelwitz Grenadier Battalion (later Wense): from 9 grenadier coys (about 64 men each) of Ferdinand's Army for a total of 576 men **Wersabé Grenadier Battalion: from 8 grenadier coys (about 64 men each) of Wangenheim's Corps for a total of 512 men *Hessian grenadiers (2 bns) **Donop Grenadier Battalion formed of 6 coys for a total of 570 men **Schlotheim Grenadier Battalion formed of 6 coys for a total of 570 men *Brunswick grenadiers (2 bns) **[[Leib-Regiment/Imhoff Grenadiers|Stammer Grenadier Battalion]] (might have combined forces of two earlier converged battalion who had suffered heavy casualties at Bergen) **[[Zastrow/Militia Grenadiers|Wittdorf Grenadier Battalion]] ==Artillery of Ferdinand in July== By July 1759 , Ferdinand's artillery totalled 121 pieces organised in 3 brigades of ''Line Artillery'' and 3 brigades of ''Park Artillery''. All guns were Hanoverian and were served by Hanoverian gunners unless specified. *Line artillery **Right wing brigade under Captain Drummond ***9 x British 6-pdrs **Centre brigade under Major Storch ***10 x Bückeburger 6-pdrs **Left wing brigade under Captain Foy ***9 x British 6-pdrs *Park artillery **Right wing brigade under Major Haase (30 pieces) ***22 x Hanoverian and British 12-pdr guns ***6 x Hanoverian 3-pdr guns ***2 x Hanoverian 30-pdr howitzers **Centre brigade under Colonel Braun (29 pieces) ***2 x Hanoverian 10-pdr guns ***18 x Hanoverian 6-pdr guns ***2 x Hanoverian 4-pdr guns ***4 x Hanoverian 3-pdr guns ***3 x Hanoverian howitzers (16 & 20-pdr) **Left wing brigade under Lieutenant-colonel Huth (24 pieces) served by Hessian personnel ***16 x British, Hanoverian and Bückeburg 12-pdr guns ***6 x British, Hanoverian and Bückeburg 6-pdr guns ***2 x British, Hanoverian and Bückeburg howitzers (20 & 30-pdr) N.B.: 10 additional Bückeburg 3-pdr guns served as battalion guns with Bevern’s Grenadiers ==References== Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: ''Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen'', Part 3 ''Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763'', Vol. 11 ''Minden und Maxen'', Berlin, 1912, Anlage 2 Rogge, Christian, The French & Allied Armies in Germany during the Seven Years War, Frankfurt, 2006 [[Category:Campaign]] [[Category:Order of Battle]]

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