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

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Description

In mid-April 1759, Frederick II and his main army were posted around Landeshut in Silesia and the corps of General of Infantry de la Motte-Fouqué protected the flank of the main army in Upper Silesia. Furthermore, garrisons occupied the main cities and fortresses of Silesia.

N.B.: at the opening of the campaign of 1759, each battalion counted 700 men and each squadron, 140 men.

Frederick’s Main Army

Commander-in-Chief: Frederick II

Summary: 48 bns, 83 sqns and 143 heavy artillery pieces for a total of approx. 44,500 men and 1,400 artillerymen.

• Infantry (48 bns)
  • Grenadier Battalion 9/10 Bähr (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 41/44 Benckendorff (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 8/46 Alt-Billerbeck (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion G-VI/G-VIII Busche (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 3/6 Hacke (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 19/25 Heyden (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 15/18 Kleist (1 bn) Graf Anhalt since April 28, 1759
  • Grenadier Battalion 37/40 Manteuffel (1 bn) Kleist since April 28, 1759
  • Grenadier Battalion 33/42 Nimschöfsky (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 12/39 Pieverlingk (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 1/23 Rathenow (1 bn)
  • Wing Grenadiers of the I./Leibgarde (1 coy)
  • II. and III. Garde (2 bns)
  • Grenadier Garde (1 bn)
  • Alt-Braunschweig Infantry (2 bns)
  • Forcade Infantry (2 bns)
  • Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns)
  • Kalckstein Infantry (2 bns)
  • Lattorff Infantry (2 bns)
  • Lindstedt Infantry (2 bns)
  • Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns)
  • Markgraf Carl Infantry (2 bns)
  • Prinz Ferdinand Infantry (2 bns)
  • Prinz von Preußen Infantry (2 bns)
  • Rebentisch Infantry (2 bns)
  • Alt-Stutterheim Infantry (2 bns)
  • Wedell Infantry (2 bns) ???or Vacant Wedell???
  • Münchow Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Feldjäger zu Fuß (2 coys)
  • Freibataillon de Angelelli (1 bn)
  • Freibataillon Le Noble (1 bn)
  • Freibataillon Salenmon (1 bn)
  • Freibataillon du Verger (1 bn) known as Quintus Icilius from May 26, 1759

• Cavalry (83 sqns)
  • Garde du Corps (3 sqns)
  • Gens d'Armes (5 sqns)
  • Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)
  • Bredow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Schmettau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Seydlitz Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • |Vasold Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Czettritz Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • Krockow Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • Jung-Platen Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • Gersdorff Hussars (5 sqns)
  • Möhring Hussars (10 sqns)
  • Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
• Artillery
  • Field Artillery Regiment (approx. 1,400 men including those serving the battalion pieces)
  • Heavy artillery (143 pieces)
  • Battalion artillery (96 pieces)

Fouqué’s Corps

This corps was posted behind the Hotzenplotz between Neustadt and Oberglogau

Commander-in-Chief: General of Infantry de la Motte-Fouqué

Summary: 21 bns, 25 sqns and 24 (later 36) heavy artillery pieces for a total of approx. 18,200 men and 500 artillerymen.

• Infantry (21 bns)
  • Grenadier Battalion 47/G-VII Buddenbrock (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion G-NG/G-III/G-IV Carlowitz (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 24/34 Naumeister (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion G-V/G-X Rath (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 45/G-XIII/G-IX Unruh (1 bn)
  • Jung-Kreytzen Infantry (2 bns) Ramin Infantry from May 20, 1759
  • Jung-Stutterheim Infantry (2 bns)
  • Queiss Infantry (2 bns)
  • Mosel Infantry (2 bns) garrisoning Neisse
  • Jung Braunschweig Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Fouqué Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • Markgraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt Fusiliers (2 bns)
  • IV./Garrison Regiment No. VI Lattorf (1 bn)
  • Freibataillon Lüderitz (1 bn)
• Cavalry (25 sqns)
  • Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
  • Gersdorff Hussars (5 sqns)
  • Werner Hussars (10 sqns)
• Artillery
  • Field Artillery Regiment (approx. 500 including those serving the battalion pieces)
  • Heavy artillery (24 pieces) reinforced to 36 pieces by the end of April
  • Battalion artillery (42 pieces)

Garrisons

In Schweidnitz

• Garrison Regiment XI Manteuffel (4 bns)

In Glatz

• Grenadier Battalion 28/32 Arnim (1 bn)
• Garrison Regiment VIII Quadt (4 bns)

In Neisse

• Mosel Infantry (2 bns) belonging to Fouqué’s Corps
• Garrison Regiment X Blanckensee (4 bns)

In Glogau

• I./Garrison Regiment VII Lange (1 bn)

In Breslau

• I.Leibgarde (1 bn) (excluding the wing grenadiers)
• Garrison Regiment II Alt-Sydow (4 bns)

In Brieg

• III./Garrison Regiment No. VI Lattorf (1 bn)
• I./Garrison Regiment V Jung-Sydow (1 bn) transferred from Breslau in mid-April
• II./Garrison Regiment V Jung-Sydow (1 bn) transferred from Breslau in mid-April

In Cosel

• I./Garrison Regiment No. VI Lattorf (1 bn)
• II./Garrison Regiment No. VI Lattorf (1 bn)
• III./Garrison Regiment V Jung-Sydow (1 bn)
• IV./Garrison Regiment V Jung-Sydow (1 bn)

N.B.: there were also small hussar detachments in each fortress.

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 9 Bergen, Berlin, 1911, p. 126, Anlage 2