1761 - Austro-Russian campaign in Silesia – Austrian OOB August

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Description

Order of battle of the Austrian army under the command of Feldzeugmeister Ernst Gideon Loudon encamped near Bunzelwitz (present-day Bolesławice) in Lower Silesia in August 1761.

• Feldmarshall Lieutenant O'Kelly commanded the right wing
• Feldmarshall Lieutenant d'Argenteau commanded the left wing

First Line	Second Line	Third Line
Cavalry Right Wing
FML Pellegrini's Division GFWM Voghera's Brigade Erzherzog Joseph Dragoons (5 sqns) Herzog Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns) GFWM Gourci's Brigade Pálffy Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Anhalt-Zerbst Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	FML Martigny's Division GFWM Lobkowitz's Brigade Liechtenstein Dragoons (5 sqns) Infant von Portugal Cuirassiers (5 sqns) GFWM Banowsky's Brigade Buccow Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Sachsen-Teschen Cuirassiers aka Prinz Albrecht Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	GFWM Rebach seconded by Colonel Prince of Saxe-Coburg Converged Carabiniers and Horse Grenadiers (5 sqns) Erzherzog Joseph Dragoons (1 coy) Hessen-Darmstadt Dragoons (1 coy) Kolowrat-Krakowski Dragoons (1 coy) Saint-Ignon Dragoons (1 coy) Herzog Württemberg Dragoons (1 coy) Infant von Portugal Cuirassiers (1 coy) Pálffy Cuirassiers (1 coy) Buccow Cuirassiers (1 coy) Anhalt-Zerbst Cuirassiers (1 coy) Sachsen-Teschen Cuirassiers (1 coy)
Infantry Centre
FML Drašković's Division GFWM Zigan's Brigade Converged grenadiers (1 bn) Botta (2 bns) Erzherzog Ferdinand (2 bns) Los Rios (1 bn) GFWM Naselli's Brigade Königsegg (2 bns) Leopold Pálffy (2 bns) Baden-Durlach (2 bns) GFWM Murray's Brigade Angern (2 bns) Batthyányi (2 bns) Gyulay (2 bns) FML Wolfersdorff' Division GFWM Amadei's Brigade Joseph Esterházy (2 bns) O’Kelly (2 bns) Starhemberg (2 bns) GFWM Baumbach's Brigade Platz (2 bns) Kolowrat (2 bns) GFWM Vogelgesang's Brigade Waldeck (2 bns) Carl Lothringen (2 bns) GFWM Brincken's Brigade Loudon (2 bns) Converged grenadiers (1 bn)	FML Buttler's Division GFWM Simbschen's Brigade Deutschmeister (2 bns) Wallis (2 bns) Marschall (2 bns) GFWM Pfuhl d'Arberg (2 bns) Sachsen-Gotha (1 bn) Forgách (2 bns) GFWM Callenberg's Brigade Nikolaus Esterházy (2 bns) Andlau (2 bns) GFWM Braun Mercy-Argenteau (2 bns) Moltke (2 bns) Harrach (2 bns)	FML Unruhe's Division GFWM Botta Converged Grenadiers (10 bns) GFWM Liechtensten seconded by Colonel Kinsky Converged Carabiniers and Horse Grenadiers (5 sqns) Anspach Cuirassiers (1 coy) Trautmansdorf Cuirassiers (1 coy) Benedikt Daun Cuirassiers (1 coy) Schmerzing Cuirassiers (1 coy) Alt-Modena Cuirassiers (1 coy) Erzherzog Maximilian Cuirassiers (1 coy) Jung-Modena Dragoons (1 coy) Althann Dragoons (1 coy) Liechtenstein Dragoons (1 coy) Prinz Savoyen Dragoons (1 coy) GFWM Luzinsky's Brigade Splényi Hussars (5 sqns) Dessewffy Hussars (5 sqns) GFWM Esterházy's Brigade Althann Dragoons (5 sqns) Jung-Modena Dragoons (5 sqns) Nádasdy Hussars (5 sqns) Hessen-Darmstadt Dragoons (5 sqns) GFWM Brentano's Brigade Warasdiner Grenzer (3 bns) Grün Loudon Grenadiers (2 bns) Simbschen (2 bns) Unidentified Grenzer units (2 bns)
Cavalry Left Wing
FML Potstatsky's Division GFWM Roth's Brigade Trautmansdorf Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Schmerzing Cuirassiers (5 sqns) GFWM Bettoni's Brigade Erzherzog Maximilian Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Prinz Savoyen Dragoons (5 sqns)	FML Berlichingen's Division GFWM Saint-Ignon's Brigade Anspach Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Benedikt Daun Cuirassiers (5 sqns) GFWM Belligioso Alt-Modena Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Kolowrat-Krakowski Dragoons (5 sqns)	FML Ullrichshausen's Division GFWM Caramelli's Brigade Karlstädter Grenz-Hussars (5 coys*) Saint-Ignon Dragoons (5 sqns) Pálffy Hussars (5 sqns) Kálnoky Hussars (5 sqns)

(*) more probably a converged unit of various Grenz-Hussars sqns

Other detachments

Under GFWM Lacy, Beck and Jahnus

• Splényi Hussars (1 sqn)
• Nádasdy Hussars (1 sqn)
• Kolowrat-Krakowski Dragoons (1 sqn)
• Jung-Modena Dragoons (1 sqn)
• Karlstädter-Oguliner Grenzer (1 bn)
• Beck's Volunteers (1 bn) (1 bn)
• Baden-Baden Infantry (2 bns)
• Bayreuth Infantry (2 bns)
• Arenberg Infantry (1 bn)
• Slavonisch-Peterwardeiner Grenzer (2 bns)
• Althann Dragoons (1 sqn)
• Pálffy Hussars (1 sqn)

References

Tielke, Johann Gottlieb: Beyträge zur Kriegs-Kunst und Geschichte des Krieges von 1765 bis 1763: mit Plans und Charten, 2nd edition, Freyberg, 1776, [24], 130 s., I. V