1760 - Austro-Russian campaign in Silesia – Prussian OOB Frederick August

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Detailed order of battle of Frederick's Army on August 3, 1760

Commander-in-Chief: King Frederick II of Prussia

N.B.: hereafter, regiments are listed from right to left

First Line under General of Infantry Margrave Karl	Second Line under Lieutenant-General von Bülow	Reserve under Lieutenant-General Count Finckenstein
Right Wing under Lieutenant-General von Zieten
Colonel von Schwerin's Brigade Garde du Corps (3 sqns) Gens d'Armes (5 sqns) Major-General von Bandemer's Brigade Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns) Prinz Heinrich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	Major-General von Meinicke's Brigade Czettritz Dragoons (5 sqns) Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)	Zieten Hussars (10 sqns) Finckenstein Dragoons (5 sqns)
Centre
Lieutenant-General von Wedel Major-General von Stutterheim's Brigade Grenadier Battalion 15/18 Anhalt (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion 3/6 Hacke (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion 8/46 Alt-Billerbeck (1 bn) Syburg Infantry (2 bns) 10 x heavy 12-pdr guns Major-General von Zeuner's Brigade Zeuner Infantry (2 bns) Prinz von Preußen Infantry (2 bns) II./Garde (1 bn) 10 x medium 12-pdr guns Lieutenant-General Count Wied Major-General von Saldern's Brigade III./Garde (1 bn) Grenadier Garde (1 bn) Forcade Infantry (2 bns) I./Wedell Infantry (1 bn) ???or I./Vacant Wedell??? 10 x medium 12-pdr guns Major-General von Schenckendorff's Brigade II./Wedell Infantry (1 bn) ???or II./Vacant Wedell??? Alt-Braunschweig Infantry (2 bns) Grenadier Battalion 33/42 Nimschöfsky (1 bn) Grenadier Battalion 1/23 Rathenow (1 bn) 1 x 24-pdr gun 9 x heavy 12-pdr guns	Major-General von Syburg's Brigade Grenadier Battalion 5/20 Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn) Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns) I./Wied Fusiliers (1 bn) 10 x medium 12-pdr guns Major-General von Tettenborn's Brigade II./Wied Fusiliers (1 bn) Gabelentz Fusiliers (2 bns) I./Anhalt-Bernburg Infantry (1 bn) 6 x 10-pdr howitzers 2 x 18-pdr howitzers Major-General Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg's Brigade II./Anhalt-Bernburg Infantry (1 bn) III./Anhalt-Bernburg Infantry (1 bn) Prinz Ferdinand Infantry (2 bns) 10 x medium 12-pdr guns	Colonel von Butzke's Brigade Grenadier Battalion 29/31 Falkenhayn (1 bn) Goltz Infantry (2 bns) Grenadier Battalion 12/39 Stechow (1 bn) Freibataillon Courbières (1 bn) Freibataillon Quintus Icilius (1 bn) 3 x light 12-pdr guns 5 x heavy 6-pdr guns
Left Wing under Lieutenant-General Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Major-General von Aschersleben's Brigade Markgraf Friedrich Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns) Seydlitz Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	Major-General von Krockow's Brigade Krockow Dragoons (5 sqns)	Holstein-Gottorp Dragoons (5 sqns) Möhring Hussars (10 sqns)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 12 Landeshut und Liegnitz, Berlin, 1913, Anlage 8