1760 - Austro-Russian campaign in Silesia – Prussian OoB early June
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Description
Field Army
Commander-in-Chief: General of Infantry Baron de la Motte-Fouqué
Summary: 19 bns and 18 sqns with 40 heavy artillery pieces for a total of approx. 14,500 men
Infantry (19 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Sobeck (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Koschembahr (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion Wobersnow (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 28/32 Arnim (1 bn)
- Fouqué Fusiliers (2 bns)
- I./Mosel Infantry (1 bn)
- Braun Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Bülow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Markgraf Friedrich Fusiliers (2 bns)
- II./Garrison Regiment Mellin (1 bn)
- III./Garrison Regiment Mellin (1 bn)
- IV./Garrison Regiment Mellin (1 bn)
- Freibataillon Le Noble (1 bn)
- Freibataillon Lüderitz (1 bn)
- Freibataillon Collignon (1 bn)
Cavalry (18 sqns)
- Alt-Platen Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Werner Hussars (5 sqns)
- Malachowski Hussars (8 sqns)
Heavy Artillery (40 pieces)
- 10 x heavy 12-pdr guns
- 10 x light 12-pdr guns
- 10 x 6-pdr guns
- 10 x 7-pdr and 10-pdr howitzers
Garrisons in the Silesian Fortresses
In Breslau (approx. 3,800 men under Major-General von Tauentzien)
- I./Leibgarde (1 bn)
- Rebentisch Infantry (1 bn)
- Knobloch Infantry (1 bn)
- III./Garrison Regiment Alt-Sydow (1 bn)
- IV./Garrison Regiment Alt-Sydow (1 bn)
- Convalescents from various regiments (300 men)
- Württemberg Dragoons (1 detachment)
- Gersdorff Hussars (1 detachment)
- Garrison Artillery (1 detachment)
In Schweidnitz (approx. 4,100 men under Major-General von Zastrow)
- Tresckow Infantry (2 bns)
- Zastrow Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Münchow Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Bülow Fusiliers and Grenadier Battalion Wobersnow (350 selected men from these two units)
- Mineurs (1 detachment)
- Garrison Artillery (1 detachment)
- unidentified hussar unit (1 detachment)
In Neisse (approx. 4,000 men under Lieutenant-General von Tresckow)
- II./Mosel Infantry (1 bn)
- Garrison Regiment Blanckensee (4 bns)
- II./Garrison Regiment Alt-Sydow (1 bn)
- I./Garrison Regiment Mellin (1 bn)
- Garrison Artillery (1 coy)
- Mineurs (1 coy)
- Gersdorff Hussars (1 detachment)
In Cosel (approx. 2,200 men under Lieutenant-General von Lattorff)
- I./Garrison Regiment Lattorff (1 bn)
- II./Garrison Regiment Lattorff (1 bn)
- III./Garrison Regiment Jung-Sydow (1 bn)
- IV./Garrison Regiment Jung-Sydow (1 bn)
- Garrison Artillery (1 coy)
- Mineurs (1 detachment)
- Möhring Hussars (1 detachment)
In Glatz (approx. 3,200 men under Lieutenant-Colonel d'O)
- Grenadier Battalion Unruh (1 bn)
- Garrison Regiment Quadt (4 bns)
- Fouqué Fusiliers and Grenadier Battalion Nimschöfsky (100 selected men from these two units)
- Garrison Artillery (1 coy)
- Mineurs (1 coy)
- Gersdorff Hussars (1 detachment)
In Brieg (approx. 800 men under Lieutenant-Colonel von Sass)
- III./Garrison Regiment Lattorff (1 bn)
- Thile Infantry (1 detachment)
- Garrison Artillery (1 detachment)
- Möhring Hussars (1 detachment)
- Gersdorff Hussars (1 detachment)
In Glogau (approx. 1,200 men under Major von Lichnowsky)
- I./Garrison Regiment Itzenplitz (1 bn)
- IV./Garrison Regiment Lattorff (1 bn)
- Garrison Artillery (1 detachment)
- Mineurs (1 detachment)
- Ruesch Hussars (1 detachment)
- Werner Hussars (1 detachment)
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 2