1760 - French campaign in West Germany – French OOB mid-March
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Detailed order of battle of the French army in mid March 1760
Order of battle of the French forces (98 bns and 88 sqns including the Saxon and Württemberger contingents) in their winter-quarters on the Main and the Upper Rhine in mid March 1760.
Commander-in-chief: Victor François Duc de Broglie
Saxon Contingent (13 bns)
The Saxon contingent was cantoned in the first line at Würzburg, Heidingsfeld, Ochsenfurt, Kitzingen and Volkach.
- 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 Württemberger Contingent was cantoned in the first line in the Country of Würzburg and the County of Wertheim on both banks of the Main
- Prinz Louis (2 bns)
- von Werneck (2 bns)
- von Roman (2 bns)
- Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm (2 bns)
- von Roeder (2 bns)
- Fusilier Regiment von Truchsess (2 bns)
- Grenadiers
Combined Cavalry Corps
A combined cavalry corps was deployed in the first line in Würzburg and Fulda countries.
N.B.: This part of the order of battle seems rather confused, listing some Württemberger mounted units as French units, then giving unknown French units and finally listing unidentified units who seem to represent the total of Württemberger squadrons.
- Leib-Grenadiers à Cheval (4 sqns)
- Fonquet Cuirassiers (4 sqns) (unidentified unit)
- Dragoons and Hussars (13 sqns)
We propose the following order of battle totalling 13 squadrons for the combined cavalry corps, to replace these 21 squadrons:
- Leib-Grenadiers à Cheval (1 sqn)
- Phull Cuirassiers (4 sqns)
- Degenfeld Dragoons (4 sqns)
- Gorcy Hussars (4 sqns)
French Army
- French units (27 bns, 16 sqns) in the first line of cantonments
- Légion Royale under M. de Chabo at Brückenau (present-day Bad Brückenau)
- La Ferronnaye Dragons (4 sqns) at Gelnhausen and Wächtersbach
- Du Roy Dragons (4 sqns) at Gelnhausen and Wächtersbach
- Caraman Dragons (4 sqns) at Westheim (unidentified location) and Rhodeim
- Royal Bavière (3 bns) at Friedberg
- Diesbach (2 bns) at Homburg der Höhe
- Eptingen (2 bns) at Oberursel
- Anhalt (3 bns) at Nauheim (present-day Bad Nauheim)
- Nassau Prince Louis (3 bns) at Walsdorf near Idstein
- Royal Suédois (3 bns) at Koblenz
- Champagne (4 bns) at Limburg an der Lahn
- Vaubécourt (2 bns) at Sankt-Goar
- Belzunce (1 bn) at Rheinfels
- La Marche (? bn) at Neuwied
- Provence (1 bn) at Neuwied
- Tournaisis (1 bn) at Neuwied
- French 2nd line (13 bns, 6 sqns) on the right bank of the Rhine, in Rheingau and along the Nidda
- Grenadiers Royaux de Modène (2 bns) at Büdesheim
- Grenadiers Royaux Le Camus (2 bns) at Bergen-Enkheim
- Grenadiers Royaux de Narbonne (2 bns) at Bad Vilbel
- Wurtemberg Cavalerie (2 sqns) at Massenheim
- Grenadiers Royaux de Chantilly (2 bns) at Hochstadt
- Aquitaine (2 bns) at Rudesheim
- Royal-Allemand Cavalerie (2 sqns) at Erbenheim
- Belzunce (3 bns) at Hattenheim
- Nassau-Sarrebruck Cavalerie (2 sqns) at Mosbach (unidentified location)
- French 3rd line (33bns, 4 sqns) along the Rhine and the Main
- Navarre (4 bns) at Aschaffenburg
- Orléans (2 bns) at Seligenstadt
- Auvergne (4 bns) at Hanau
- Durfort (2 bns) at Hanau
- de Mouy Artillerie (1 brigade) at Offenbach
- Villepatour Artillerie (1 brigade) at Offenbach
- Grenadiers de France (4 bns) at Frankfurt
- Royal Deux-Ponts (3 bns) at Langen
- Milice de Laon (1 bn) at Babenhausen and Dieburg
- Dauphin (2 bns) at Babenhausen and Dieburg
- Comte de La Marche (1 bn) at Babenhausen and Dieburg
- Vastan (2 bns) at Bingen
- Condé (2 bns) at Bingen
- La Marck (3 bns) at Bacharach
- Milices d'Ornans (1 bn) at Wuzenau (unidentified location)
- Apchon Dragons (4 sqns) at Deidesheim
- French 4th line (36 sqns) on the left bank of the Rhine between the Rhine and the Main
- Commissaire général (2 sqns) at Uffenheim
- Toustain (2 sqns) at Uffenheim
- Hericy (2 sqns) at Uffenheim
- des Salles (2 sqns) at Fränkisch-Crumbach
- Dauphin-Étranger (2 sqns) at Heddesheim
- Bussy-Lameth (2 sqns) at Erbach im Rheingau
- Noë (2 sqns) at Northeim
- Poly Saint-Thiébault (2 sqns) at Pfungstadt
- Moustiers (2 sqns) at Zell
- Fumel (2 sqns) at Klein-Gerau
- Charost (2 sqns) at Trebur
- d'Escouloubre (2 sqns) at Odernheim am Glan
- Condé (2 sqns) at Ingelheim
- Carabiniers (10 sqns) on the Neckar
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, pp. 15-16