1759 - Prussian incursion in Franconia – Prussian Prince Heinrich OOB May
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Description
On May 4, 1759, as Prince Heinrich was preparing to launch his offensive in Franconia, his army consisted of 41 bns and 50 sqns. More precisely:
- Right column under Major-General Knobloch (6 bns, 1 sqn, 100 picked cuirassiers)
- Infantry (6 bns)
- Grenadier Bataillon Schwarz (1 bn)
- Braun Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Bülow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Freibataillon Wunsch (1 bn)
- Cavalry (1 sqn, 100 picked cuirassiers)
- unidentified cuirassier units (100 picked men)
- Szekely Hussars (1 sqn)
- Infantry (6 bns)
- Centre (main) column under Prince Heinrich (22 bns, 37 sqns)
- Infantry (22 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Lubath (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Östenreich (1 bn)
- Finck Infantry (2 bns)
- Hülsen Infantry (2 bns)
- Knobloch Infantry (2 bns)
- Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns)
- Bredow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Hessen-Cassel Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Grabow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Wied Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Zastrow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Freibataillon Collignon (1 bn)
- Cavalry (37 sqns)
- Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
- Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Schlaberndorff Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Spaen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Szekely Hussars (7 sqns)
- Infantry (22 bns)
- Left column under Lieutenant-General Finck (9 bns, 10 sqns, 10 field artillery pieces)
- Infantry (9 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Bornstedt (1 bn)
- Anhalt-Bernburg Infantry (3 bns)
- Goltz Infantry (2 bns)
- Puttkamer Infantry (2 bns)
- Freibataillon Monjou (1 bn)
- Cavalry (10 sqns)
- Horn Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Belling Hussars (5 sqns)
- Artillery (10 field pieces)
- 10 x 12-pdr guns
- Infantry (9 bns)
Detachment left behind to secure the line of communication with Saxony (4 bns, 2 sqns)
- Infantry (4 bns)
- Hauss Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Salmuth Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Szekely Hussars (2 sqns)
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 9 Bergen, Berlin, 1911, pp. 211-212
