1760 - French campaign in West Germany – Allied OOB September

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Order of battle of the Allied army on September 7, 1760

Commander-in-chief: Ferdinand of Brunswick

Summary: 107 bns and 102 sqns

Main Army

Commander: General August Friedrich von Spörcken

Summary: 46 bns and 42 sqns)

Infantry (33 bns)

• Lieutenant-General Waldegrave
  • Major-General Howard (6 bns)
    • British 5th Hodgson's Foot (1 bn)
    • British 24th Cornwallis's Foot (1 bn)
    • British 37th Stuart's Foot (1 bn)
    • British 12th Napier's Foot (1 bn)
    • British 8th Barrington's Foot (1 bn)
    • British 50th Carr's Foot (1 bn)
• Lieutenant-General Hardenberg
  • Major-General Post (5 bns)
    • Hanoverian Geyso Converged Grenadier Battalion (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Linstow Converged Grenadier Battalion (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Spörcken (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Plessen (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Post (1 bn)
  • Major-General Scheele (4 bns)
    • Hanoverian Wrede (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Estorff (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Scheele (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Hardenberg (1 bn)
• Lieutenant-General Wutginau
  • Major-General Wissenbach (6 bns)
    • Hessian Wutginau (2 bns)
    • Hessian Malsburg (2 bns)
    • Hessian 4th Garde (2 bns)
• Lieutenant-General Bose
  • Major-General Brudenell (4 bns)
    • British 11th Bocland's Foot (1 bn)
    • British 33rd Griffin's Foot (1 bn)
    • British 51st Brudenell's Foot (1 bn)
    • British 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Major-General Halberstadt (4 bns)
    • Hanoverian Kielmannsegg (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Scheither (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Reden (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Jung Zastrow (1 bn)
  • Major-General Malsburg (4 bns)
    • Hessian Toll (2 bns)
    • Hessian Erbprinz (2 bns)

Cavalry (30 sqns)

• Lieutenant-General Oheimb
  • Major-General Elliot (6 sqns)
    • British 4th Regiment of Horse, or The Black Horse (2 sqns) aka Honeywood
    • British 1st Royal Dragoons (2 sqns) under aka Conway
    • British 10th Mordaunt's Dragoons (2 sqns)
  • Major-General Pembroke (4 sqns)
    • British 11th Ancram's Dragoons (2 sqns)
    • British 7th Queen's Own Dragoons (2 sqns) aka Cope
  • Major-General Grothaus (10 sqns)
    • Hessian Einsiedel Cavalry (2 sqns)
    • Hessian Gens d'Armes (2 sqns)
    • Hanoverian Jüngermann Cavalry (2 sqns)
    • Hanoverian Walthausen Cavalry (2 sqns)
    • Hanoverian Veltheim Cavalry (2 sqns)
  • Major-General Hodenberg (5 sqns)
    • Hanoverian Garde du Corps (1 sqn)
    • Hanoverian Reden Dragoons (4 sqns)
  • Major-General Reden (5 sqns)
    • Hanoverian Busche Dragoons (4 sqns)
    • Hanoverian Grenadiers à cheval (1 sqn)

Artillery (3 bns) under FZM Count zu Schaumburg-Lippe

• Hanoverian Sachsen-Gotha Infantry (1 bn)
• British Royal Regiment of Artillery (? coys)
• Hessian Müller Militia (1 bn)
• Hessian Artillery Corps (? coys)
• Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg Detachment of Artillery (? coys)
• Hanoverian Artillery Corps (? coys)
• Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg Bückeburg Infantry (1 bn)

Reserve

Commander: John Manners, Marquess of Granby

Infantry (10 bns)

• Major-General Caesar (4 bns)
  • British converged grenadiers of the Guards (1 bn)
  • British II./1st Regiment of Foot Guards (1 bn)
  • British II./3rd Scots Regiment of Foot Guards (1 bn)
  • British II./2nd Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards (1 bn)
• Major-General Harling (4 bns)
  • Brunswicker Imhoff (2 bns)
  • Brunswicker Leib-Regiment (2 bns)
• Major-General Dreves (2 bns)
  • Hanoverian Foot Guards (2 bns)

Cavalry (12 sqns) under Lieutenant-General Mostyn

• Major-General Honeywood (7 sqns)
  • British 1st (The King's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards (3 sqns) under Colonel Bland
  • British 3rd Howard's Dragoon Guards (2 sqns)
  • British 2nd (The Queen's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards (2 sqns) under Waldegrave
• Major-General Webb (5 sqns)
  • British Royal Horse Guards (3 sqns) aka The Blues
  • British 3rd Horse (3 sqns) aka Carabiniers

Detached Corps

Lieutenant-General Wangenheim's Corps

Cavalry under Major-General Luckner (16 sqns)

• British 15th Eliot's Light Horse (3 sqns)
• Hanoverian Grothaus Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Hodenberg Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Heise Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Stockhausen Freikorps (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Luckner Hussars (4 sqns)
• Prussian Ruesch Hussars (1 sqn)

Infantry under Major-General Bock (5 bns)

• Hanoverian Dreves (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Halberstadt (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Laffert (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Rhoedern (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Schulenburg (1 bn)

Light troops

• Hanoverian Jägercorps (2 brigades)

Detached under Major-General Zastrow (6 bns)

• Selected troops from the army (2 bns)
• Hessian Prinz Karl Infantry (2 bns)
• ??? Butlar (1 bn) unidentified unit
• Hessian Kutzleben Militia

Lieutenant-General Gilsa's Corps

• Major-General Hanstein
  • Brunswicker Carabiniers (3 sqns)
  • Hessian Leib-Dragoner (4 sqns)
  • Hanoverian Bock Infantry (1 bn)
  • Hanoverian La Chevallerie Infantry (1 bn)
  • Hessian Bischhausen Infantry (2 bns)
  • Hessian Gilsa Infantry (2 bns)
  • Brunswicker Mansberg Infantry (2 bns)
  • Brunswicker Zastrow Infantry (2 bns)
  • Hessian Jägers (1 bn and 1 sqn)
  • Hessian Husarencorps (1 sqn)

Prince of Anhalt's Corps

• Hessian Prinz von Anhalt Infantry (2 bns)
• Hessian 2nd Garde (2 bns)
• Prussian Volontaires de Prusse (1 bn) aka Trümbach

Count Kielmansegg's Corps

• Hessian Prinz Friedrich Dragoons (4 sqns)
• Hessian Erbprinz Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Leib-Regiment Reuter (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Alt Zastrow Infantry (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Marsschalck Infantry (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Behr Infantry (1 bn)
• Hessian Mansbach Infantry (2 bns)
• Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Schlotheim (1 bn)
• Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Balcke (1 bn)
• Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Stirn (1 bn)
• ??? Tireurs de Hoych (1 bn) probably the Brunswicker Jäger Corps under Hoym

Colonel Fersen's Corps

• Hessian Pruschenk Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Wangenheim Infantry (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Fersen Infantry (1 bn)
• Hessian 3rd Garde (2 bns)
• Selected Horse (400 men) under Major Lange
• Hanoverian Scheither Corps (part of the unit)
• Hessian Husarencorps (1 sqn)

Hereditary Prince of Brunswick's Corps encamped near Warburg

• Lieutenant-General Zastrow
  • Major-General Bock
    • British 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (2 sqns)
    • British 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (2 sqns) aka Scots Greys
    • Hanoverian Bock Dragoons (4 sqns)
  • Major-General Breidenbach
    • Hanoverian Breidenbach Dragoons (4 sqns)
    • Hanoverian Bremer Cavalry (2 sqns)
  • Major-General Griffin
    • British Converged Grenadier Battalion Maxwell (1 bn) from the 12th Foot, 20th Foot, 23rd Foot, 25th Foot, 37th Foot and 51st Foot
    • British Converged Grenadier Lenox (1 bn) from the 5th Foot, 8th Foot, 11th Foot, 24th Foot, 33rd Foot and 50th Foot
    • British 87th Keith's Highlanders (1 bn)
    • British 88th Campbell's Highlanders (1 bn)
    • British 25th Edinburgh's Foot (1 bn) under the command of William Home
    • British 20th Kingsley's Foot (1 bn)
  • Major-General Scheiter
    • Hanoverian Converged Grenadier Battalion Wersabé (1 bn)
    • Brunswicker Converged Grenadier Battalion Wittorf (1 bn)
    • Brunswicker Converged Grenadier Battalion Stammer (1 bn)
    • Brunswicker Converged Grenadier Battalion Redecker (1 bn)
    • Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Mirbach (1 bn)
    • Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Papenheim (1 bn)
    • Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Rückersfeld (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Block Infantry (1 bn)
    • Hanoverian Monroy Infantry (1 bn)
    • ??? Grenadier Militia (1 bn) probably the Hessian Landgrenadierregiment
  • Cavalry brigade
    • Prussian Ruesch Hussars (2 sqns)
    • Prussian Malachowski Hussars (2 sqns)
    • Brunswicker Roth Hussars (2 sqns)
    • Prussian Volontaires de Prusse (2 hussar sqns) aka Trümbach
    • Hanoverian Scheither Corps (part of the unit)
    • Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg Bückeburg Carabiniers (1 sqn)
    • Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg Jägercorps (??? men)
    • Brunswicker Jäger Corps (2 mounted and 3 foot coys)
    • Selected troops (500 foot and 150 horse)

References

Royal Collection Trust – The Seven Years War (1756–63)