1762 - French campaign in West Germany – French Upper Rhine Army OOB July
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Soubise's Army of the Upper Rhine
By July 12, the French army of the Upper Rhine was deployed between the Werra and the Fulda from Deiderode to Melsungen:
- in Göttingen under MM. de Vaux and Glaubitz
- Reding (2 bns)
- Unidentified Saxon Unit (1 bn)
- Volontaires d'Austrasie (about 900 men)
- in Deiderode under MM. de Chevert, de Muy, Poyannes, Maupéou, Soupire, Traisnel, Bezons, Rochechouart, Bissy, Chabo, Caraman, Clausen
- Champagne Infanterie (4 bns)
- Vaubécourt Infanterie (2 bns)
- Gardes Lorraines (2 bns)
- Royal Suédois Infanterie (3 bns)
- Royal Deux-Ponts Infanterie (3 bns)
- Colonel Général Cavalerie (4 sqns)
- Cuirassiers du Roy (4 sqns)
- Dauphin Cavalerie (4 sqns)
- Royal-Cravate Cavalerie (4 sqns)
- Artois Cavalerie (4 sqns)
- Carabiniers (10 sqns)
- Autichamp Dragons (4 sqns)
- Languedoc Dragons (4 sqns)
- Volontaires du Hainaut (about 900 men)
- Volontaires de Flandre (about 900 men)
- in Witzenhausen
- Boccard Infanterie (2 bns)
- Diesbach Infanterie (2 bns)
- at Landwerhagen under Prince Xavier and M. de Montchenu
- Saxon Contingent (15 bns, 4 sqns)
- Kurprinzessin Infantry (2 bns)
- Prinz Friedrich August Infantry (2 bns)
- Prinz Xaver Infantry (2 bns)
- Garde zu Fuss (1 bn)
- Prinz Karl Maximilian Infantry (1 bn)
- Prinz Joseph Infantry (1 bn)
- Prinz Anton Infantry (1 bn)
- Prinz Clemens Infantry (1 bn)
- Graf Brühl Infantry (1 bn)
- Fürst Lubomirsky Infantry (1 bn)
- Rochow Fusiliers (1 bn)
- Prinz Sachsen-Gotha Infantry (1 bn)
- Cuirassiers de Saxe (4 sqns)
- Picardie Infanterie (4 bns)
- Touraine Infanterie (2 bns)
- Provence Infanterie (2 bns)
- Lyonnais Infanterie (2 bns)
- Bretagne Infanterie (2 bns)
- Tournaisis Infanterie (1 bn)
- Alsace Infanterie (4 bns)
- Corps Royal d'Artillerie and militia (3 bns)
- VI./Corps Royal de l'Artillerie – Brigade d'Invilliers (1 bn)
- V./Corps Royal de l'Artillerie – Brigade de Villepatour (1 bn)
- unidentifed militia unit (1 bn)
- État-major Brigade (5 bns)
- Neufchâtel (1)
- Ornans (1 bn)
- Saint-Denis (1 bn)
- Lons-le-Saulnier (1 bn)
- Valenciennes (1 bn)
- Royal-Picardie Cavalerie (4 sqns)
- Royal-Roussillon Cavalerie (4 sqns)
- Orléans Dragons (4 sqns)
- Saxon Contingent (15 bns, 4 sqns)
- at Kassel under MM. de Stainville, Montbarey, Modène, Duc d'Uzès, Brehant, de Puységur
- Navarre Infanterie (4 bns)
- Grenadiers de France (4 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux (6 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux le Camus (2 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux de l'Espinasse (2 bns)
- Grenadiers Royaux de Narbonne (1 bn)
- Grenadiers Royaux la Roche-Lambert (1 bn)
- Poitou Infanterie (2 bns)
- Aquitaine Infanterie (2 bns)
- Nassau Prince Louis Infanterie (3 bns)
- La Marck Infanterie (3 bns)
- Waldner Infanterie (2 bns)
- Eptingen Infanterie (2 bns)
- Courten Infanterie (2 bns)
- Royal-Normandie Cavalerie (4 sqns)
- Schomberg Dragons (4 sqns)
- Légion Royale (about 1,200 men)
- between Waldau and Dörnhagen under M. d'Obenheim and the Prince of Holstein
- Royal-Allemand Cavalerie (4 sqns)
- Nassau-Ussingen Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Auvergne Infanterie (4 bns)
- at the camp of Helsa under MM. de Guerchy, de Coigny, Lillebonne, Robecq, Valence and de Caulincourt
- Du Roi Infanterie (4 bns)
- Chatellux Infanterie (4 bns)
- Castellas Infanterie (2 bns)
- Salis de Mayenfeld (2 bns)
- Dauphin (4 sqns)
- Nicolaï Dragons (4 sqns)
- Choiseul Dragons (4 sqns)
- Bercheny Hussards (6 sqns)
- Volontaires de Soubise (about 900 men)
- Volontaires de Flandre (already listed with Chevert!)
- on the Schwalm under M. de Rochambeau
- Bourbonnais Infanterie (4 bns)
- Du Roy Dragons (4 sqns)
- La Ferronnaye Dragons (4 sqns)
- Chamborant Hussards (6 sqns)
- Volontaires Royaux de Nassau (4 sqns)
- in garrison at Münden: Grenadiers Royaux d'Argentré (2 bns)
- in garrison at Ziegenhain: Grenadiers Royaux de Narbonne (1 bn)
- in garrison at Marburg: Grenadiers Royaux la Roche-Lambert (1 bn)
- in garrison at Frankfurt: Rouen Militia (1 bn)
- in garrison at Coblence: Joigny Militia (1 bn)
- in garrison at Melsungen: Bourbon Cavalerie (4 sqns)
- under M. de Chevert neat Witzenhausen
- at Eschwege on the Werra: Légion Royale Dragons (about 600 men)
- at Hersfeld, Hünfeld, Schlüchtern, Salmünster and Gelnhausen: Piquets of hussars and dragoons and Fitz-James Cavalerie (2 sqns)
N.B.: the Volontaires de Flandre are listed twice while three smaller light troops units present in the Army of the Upper Rhine are not listed at all:
- Chasseurs de Monet (300 men)
- Volontaires de Wurmser (680 men)
- Volontaires de Saint-Victor (200 men)
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. 375
