1760 - French campaign in West Germany – French OOB January
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Detailed order of battle of the French Army at the end of January 1760
Order of battle of the French forces in their winter-quarters on the Main and the Upper Rhine at the end of January 1760.
Commander-in-chief: Victor François Duc de Broglie
Saxon Contingent (13 bns)
- Converged Grenadiers (10 coys in 1 bn)
- Graf Brühl (1 bn)
- Prinz Anton (1 bn)
- Rochow (1 bn)
- Prinz Sachsen-Gotha (1 bn)
- Fürst Lubomirsky (1 bn)
- Prinz Clemens (1 bn)
- Prinz Joseph (1 bn)
- Prinz Friedrich August (1 bn)
- Prinz Xaver (1 bn)
- Garde (1 bn)
- Kurprinzessin (1 bn)
- Prinz Maximilian (1 bn)
Württemberger Contingent (12 bns and 13 sqns)
The contingent was stationed in Würzburg and Fulda.
- Prinz Louis
- von Werneck
- von Roman
- Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
- von Roeder
- Fusilier Regiment von Truchsess
- Grenadiers
- Leib-Grenadiers à Cheval (4 sqns)
- Degenfeld Dragoons (4 sqns)
- Gorcy Hussars (4 sqns)
French Army
| First Line | Second Line | Third Line | Fourth Line |
|---|---|---|---|
27 bns, 16 sqns
|
13 bns, 6 sqns on the right bank of the Rhine, in Rheingau and on the Nidda
|
32 bns along the Rhine and the Main from its mouth
|
cavalry between the Rhine and the Main on the left bank of the Rhine |
References
This article is a compilation of texts from the following book which is now in the public domain:
- Pajol, Charles P. V.: Les Guerres sous Louis XV, vol. V, Paris, 1891, p. 2
