1759 - Austrian campaign in Upper Silesia and Lusatia – Prussian Army OOB August

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Description

At the beginning of August 1759, Frederick II was trying to prevent the junction of the Austrian and Russian armies. Several Prussian armies and corps were on the move to do so.

Prince Heinrich’s former Army of Saxony

Prince Heinrich had brought this force to Sagan to join other Prussian troops assembling there. He had then been sent to take command of the camp of Schmottseiffen during the absence of Frederick.

Summary: 15 bns, 19 sqns, 57 heavy artillery pieces and 30 battalion guns for a total of approx. 13,200 men

Infantry (15 bns)

• Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Lubath (1 bn)
• Finck Infantry (2 bns)
• Hülsen Infantry (2 bns)
• Knobloch Infantry (2 bns)
• Bredow Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Grabow Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Wied Fusiliers (2 bns)
• I./Frei-Infanterie von Wunsch (1 bn)

Cavalry (19 sqns)

• Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
• Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Kleist Hussars (8 sqns)
• Freihusaren Kleist (1 sqn)

Artillery

• Heavy artillery (57 pieces)
• Battalion artillery (30 guns)

Prince Eugen von Württemberg’s Corps

Summary: 6 bns, 16 sqns with 16 heavy artillery pieces and 12 battalion guns for a total of approx. 5,900 men

Infantry (6 bns)

• Grenadier Battalion Busche (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion 19/25 Heyden (1 bn)
• Markgraf Carl Infantry (2 bns)
• Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns)

Cavalry (16 sqns)

• Krockow Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Jung-Platen Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Möhring Hussars (3 sqns)
• Zieten Hussars (7 sqns)

Artillery

• Heavy artillery (16 pieces)
  • 10 x 12-pdr guns
  • 6 x light 6-pdr guns
• Battalion artillery (12 guns)

Heavy Artillery at Sagan

Before his departure from his camp near Schmottseiffen, Kinf Frederick II had sent Colonel von Moller forward to Sagan with 20 heavy artillery pieces.

Finck’s Corps

This corps had been left behind in Saxony when Prince Heinrich marched to join Prince Eugen von Württemberg at Sagan with part of his army.

Summary: 12 bns, 17 sqns, 14 heavy artillery pieces and 24 battalion guns for a total of approx. 10,000 men

Infantry (12 bns)

• Grenadier Battalion Östenreich (1 bn)
• Grenadier Bataillon Schwarz (1 bn)
• Hauss Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Braun Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Bülow Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Zastrow Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Freibataillon Collignon (1 bn)
• II./Frei-Infanterie von Wunsch (1 bn)

Cavalry (17 sqns)

• Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Belling Hussars (5 sqns)
• Kleist Hussars (2 sqns)
• Wulffen Cuirassiers (5 sqns of picked cuirassiers) reintegrated into their respective units after their arrivat at Frankfurt/Oder

Artillery

• Heavy artillery (14 pieces)
• Battalion artillery (24 guns)

Wedel’s Army (former Dohna’s Army)

Summary: 30 bns, 63 sqns, 53 heavy artillery pieces and 60 battalion guns for a total of approx. 20,300 men

Infantry (30 bns)

• Grenadier Battalion Beyer (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Bornstedt (1 bn)
• IV. Standing Grenadier Battalion Lossau (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Nesse (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion Tann (1 bn)
• Anhalt-Bernburg Infantry (3 bns)
• Braunschweig-Bevern Infantry (2 bns)
• Graf zu Dohna Infantry (2 bns)
• Goltz Infantry (2 bns)
• Kanitz Infantry (2 bns)
• Lehwaldt Infantry (2 bns)
• Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns)
• Schenckendorff Infantry (2 bns)
• Tresckow Infantry (2 bns)
• Gabelentz Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Diericke Fusiliers (2 bns)
• I./Garrison Regiment V Jung-Sydow (1 bn)
• II./Garrison Regiment V Jung-Sydow (1 bn)

Cavalry (63 sqns)

• Horn Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Schlaberndorff Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Spaen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Alt-Platen Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Schorlemmer Dragoons (10 sqns)
• Puttkamer Hussars (10 sqns)
• Malachowski Hussars (7 sqns)
• Ruesch Hussars (6 sqns)
• Zieten Hussars (5 sqns)

Artillery

• Heavy artillery (53 pieces)
• Battalion artillery (60 guns)

Hordt’s Detachment

A detachment of 1,500 men on the march from Farther Pomerania towards Landsberg

• Frei-Infanterie von Hordt (2 bns with 4 battalion guns)
• unidentified hussar unit (200 men)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 10 Kunersdorf, Berlin, 1912, Anlage 3