1760 - Russian campaign in Brandenburg – Prussian OOB June

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Description

Order of battle of the Prussian army of Prince Heinrich gathering on the Silesian border at the beginning of June 1760 and of the various corps destined to operate in Brandenburg and Pomerania.

Prince Heinrich's Main Army

Commander-in-chief: General of Infantry Prince Heinrich

Summary: 40 bns and 62 sqns for a total of approx. 35,000 men

Prince Heinrich's Corps near Sagan

Commander: General of Infantry Prince Heinrich

Infantry (15 bns)

• Grenadier Battalion 9/10 Bähr (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion 35/36 Schwartz (1 bn)
• Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns)
• Kleist Infantry (2 bns)
• Lindstedt Infantry (2 bns)
• Thile Infantry (2 bns)
• II./Garrison Regiment V Jung-Sydow (1 bn)
• I./Garrison Regiment Alt-Sydow (1 bn)
• I/Frei-Infanterie Wunsch (1 bn)

Cavalry (23 sqns)

• Bayreuth Dragoons (8 sqns)
• Bredow Cuirassiers (2 sqns)
• Jung-Platen Dragoons (2 sqns)
• Württemberg Dragoons (1 sqn)
• Ruesch Hussars (7 sqns)
• Werner Hussars (3 sqns)

Thadden's Detachment near Landsberg

Commander: Colonel von Thadden

Infantry (3 bns)

• Grenadier Battalion 37/40 Kleist (1 bn)
• Diericke Fusiliers (2 bns)

Cavalry (4 sqns)

• Bayreuth Dragoons (2 sqns)
• Werner Hussars (2 sqns)

Goltz's Corps near Löwenberg

Commander: Lieutenant-General Baron von der Goltz

Infantry (15 bns for a total of 10,657 men)

• Grenadier Battalion 47/G-VII Bock (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion G-NG/G-III/G-IV Carlowitz (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion G-VI/G-VIII Busche (1 bn)
• Alt-Stutterheim Infantry (2 bns)
• Jung-Stutterheim Infantry (2 bns)
• Jung Braunschweig Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Ramin Infantry (2 bns)
• Queiss Infantry (2 bns)
• Zieten Fusiliers (2 bns)

Cavalry (15 sqns for a total of 2,158 men)

• Schlabrendorff Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Spaen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Dingelstedt Hussars (5 sqns)

Artillery (8 pieces)

• 4 x heavy 12-pdr guns
• 4 x light 12-pdr guns

Forcade's Corps in Eastern Pomerania

Commander: Lieutenant-General von Forcade

Infantry (7 bns for a total of 72 officers and 3,594 men))

• Grenadier Battalion 13/26 Schwerin (1 bn)
• Grenadier Battalion 41/44 Benckendorff (1 bn)
• Hülsen Infantry (2 bns)
• Finck Infantry (2 bns)
• Schenckendorff Infantry (1 bn)

Cavalry (20 sqns for a totl of 85 officers and 2,290 men)

• Schmettau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
• Horn Cuirassiers (5 sqns) converged with |Vasold Cuirassiers to form 5 sqns
• Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)
• Dingelstedt Hussars (5 sqns)
• Pomeranian Provincial Hussars von Hohendorff (7 officers and 150 men)

Artillery (24 heavy pieces)

• 12 x 12-pdr guns
• 12 x 6-pdr guns

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