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)
- Major-General Howard (6 bns)
- Lieutenant-General Hardenberg
- Major-General Post (5 bns)
- Major-General Scheele (4 bns)
- Hanoverian Wrede (1 bn)
- Hanoverian Estorff (1 bn)
- Hanoverian Scheele (1 bn)
- Hanoverian Hardenberg (1 bn)
- Lieutenant-General Wutginau
- 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)
- Major-General Brudenell (4 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)
- Major-General Elliot (6 sqns)
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)
- Major-General Bock