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==Description==
In mid-April 1759, [[Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig|Prince Heinrich]] and his army were posted in Saxony. His left flank was protected by a corps of 18 bns and 20 sqns posted in Upper-Silesia under the command of [[Motte Fouqué, Ernst Heinrich August Baron de la|General of Infantry de la Motte-Fouqué]]. The order of battle of the Army of Prince Heinrich is detailed in this article. For Fouqué’s Corps, see our article [[1759 - Austrian campaign in Upper Silesia and Lusatia – Prussian Army OOB mid-April]].

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

===Army of Saxony===

Commander-in-Chief: [[Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig|Prince Heinrich]]

Summary: 41 bns, 60 sqns, 63 heavy artillery pieces for a total of approx. 37,100 men.

*Infantry (41 bns)
**[[5/20 Jung-Billerbeck Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 5/20 Jung-Billerbeck]] (1 bn)
**[[13/26 Finck Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 13/26 Bornstedt]] (1 bn)
**[[7/30 Kanitz Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 7/30 Lubath]] (1 bn)
**[[29/31 Östenreich Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 29/31 Östenreich]] (1 bn)
**[[35/36 Schenckendorff Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 35/36 Schwartz]] (1 bn)
**[[Anhalt-Dessau Infantry|Anhalt-Bernburg Infantry]] (3 bns)
**[[Erbprinz von Hessen-Darmstadt Infantry|Finck Infantry]] (2 bns)
**[[Schwerin Infantry|Goltz Infantry]] (2 bns)
**[[Hauss Fusiliers]] (2 bns)
**[[Hülsen Infantry]] (2 bns)
**[[Schultze Infantry|Knobloch Infantry]] (2 bns)
**[[Lestwitz Infantry]] (2 bns)
**[[Quadt Infantry|Puttkamer Infantry]] (2 bns)
**[[Kurssell Fusiliers|Braun Fusiliers]] (2 bns)
**[[Kalsow Fusiliers|Bredow Fusiliers]] (2 bns) 
**[[Duke von Württemberg Fusiliers|Bülow Fusiliers]] (2 bns)
**[[Dossow Fusiliers|Hesse-Kassel Fusiliers]] (2 bns)
**[[Wietersheim Fusiliers|Grabow Fusiliers]] (2 bns)
**[[Erbprinz von Hessen-Cassel Fusiliers|Salmuth Fusiliers]] (2 bns) 
**[[Wied Fusiliers]] (2 bns)
**[[Brandes Fusiliers|Zastrow Fusiliers]] (2 bns)
**[[Frei-Infanterie von Mayr|Freibataillon Collignon]] (1 bn)
**[[Frei-Infanterie de Chossignon|Freibataillon Monjou]] (1 bn)
**[[Frei-Infanterie von Wunsch|Freibataillon Wunsch]] (1 bn)

*Cavalry (60 sqns)
**[[Prussian Leibregiment|Leibregiment zu Pferde]] (5 sqns)
**[[Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers|Markgraf Friedrich Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns)
**[[Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers|Prinz Heinrich Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns)
**[[Driesen Cuirassiers|Horn Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns)
**[[Buddenbrock Cuirassiers|Schlabrendorff Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns)
**[[Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers|Spaen Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns)
**[[Truchseß Dragoons|Meinicke Dragoons]] (5 sqns)
**[[Belling Hussars]] (5 sqns)
**[[Puttkamer Hussars]] (10 sqns)
**[[Szekely Hussars]] (10 sqns) ''would be renamed Kleist Hussars on May 16, 1759''

*Artillery
**[[Prussian Field Artillery Regiment|Field Artillery Regiment]] (approx. 1,000 men including those serving the battalion pieces)
**Heavy artillery(63 pieces)
***20 x heavy 12-pdr guns
***28 x “Austrian style” 12 pdr-guns
***6 x light 12-pdr guns
***5 x 7-pdr howitzers
***4 x 10-pdr howitzers
**Battalion artillery (82 pieces)

==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

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