1759 - Reich and Austrian invasion of Saxony – Austro-Imperial Army OOB September
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Description
On September 18, 1759, when Field Marshal von Pfalz-Zweibrücken heard of the advance of Finck’s Prussian army on Dresden, he threw 16 bns into Dresden under FML von Kolb and set off from Wilsdruff with the rest of the Austro-Imperial army to support Hadik and attack the Prussians.
Field Army
Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshal von Pfalz-Zweibrücken
Summary: 20 bns, 22 grenadier coys, 32 sqns (including FML Count Maquire’s Corps).
Infantry (20 bns, 22 grenadier coys)
- Harrach (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Hildburghausen (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Thürheim (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Pfalz-Zweibrücken|Zweibrücken (2 bns)
- Kurbayern (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Kurköln Wildenstein (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy)
- Kurköln Mengersen (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy)
- Pfalz-Effern (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Varell (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
- Cronegk (2 grenadier coys)
- Hohenlohe (1 bs and 2 grenadier coys)
- Baden-Durlach (1 bn and 2 grenadier coys)
- Fürstenberg (2 bns and 2 grenadier coys)
Cavalry (32 sqns)
- Trautmansdorf Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
- Prinz Savoyen Dragoons (6 sqns)
- Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Dragoons (6 sqns)
- Hohenzollern Cuirassiers (3 sqns) soon joined Hadik’s Corps
- Bayreuth Cuirassiers (4 sqns)
- Kurpfalz Cuirassiers (3 sqns)
- Ansbach Dragoons (4 sqns)
N.B.: the Bretlach Cuirassiers had been sent to Hadik’s Corps in exchange for the Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Dragoons
Garrison of Dresden
Commander: FML von Kolb
Summary: 16 bns
Infantry (16 bns)
- Salm Infantry (2 bns)
- Kurmainz (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Kurtrier (2 bns)
- Ernestinisch Sachsen (2 bns)
- Baden-Baden (2 bns, 2 grenadier coys)
- Kurpfalz Garde zu Fuss (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy)
- Alt-Württemberg Fusiliers (1 bn, 2 grenadier coys)
- Hessen-Darmstadt (1 bn, 1 grenadier coy)
- Cronegk (1 bn)
- Salzburg (2 bns, 1 grenadier coys)
N.B.: the garrison of Dresden has been “reconstructed” by simple elimination, based on the Austro-Imperial army order of battle at the beginning of August (all infantry rgts not specifically mentioned in the field army on September 18 with the exception of those captured at Leipzig).
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, pp. 127-128
