1701 – Imperialist invasion of Northern Italy – Imperialist OOB 27 July
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Description
Order of march of the Imperial army on 27 July 1701 for the crossing of the Mincio.
Commander-in-Chief: Prince Eugène de Savoie
Right wing
Avant-Garde
- Serényi Dragoons (1 sqn)
- Grenadier Coys
- Nigrelli Infantry (2 coys)
- Herberstein Infantry (3 coys)
- Guttenstein Infantry (3 coys)
- Artillery (16 field pieces)
First division
- Nigrelli Infantry (2 bns)
- Herberstein Infantry (3 bns)
- Guttenstein Infantry (3 bns)
- Corbelli Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
- Alt-Hessen-Darmstadt Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
- Pfalz-Neuburg Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
- Serényi Dragoons (5 sqns)
Second division
- Nigrelli Infantry (2 bns)
- Kriechbaum Infantry (4 bns)
- Guttenstein Infantry (1 bn)
- Artillery (7 field pieces)
- Lothringen Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
- Dietrichstein Dragoons (6 sqns)
Left Wing
Avant-Garde
- Savoyen Dragoons (1 sqn)
- Grenadier Coys
- Mansfeld Infantry (1 coy)
- Guido Starhemberg Infantry (1 coy)
- Bagni Infantry (1 coy)
- Artillery (16 field pieces)
First division
- Mansfeld Infantry (2 bns)
- Guido Starhemberg Infantry (3 bns)
- Bagni Infantry (3 bns)
- Vaudémont Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
- Commercy Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
- Taaffe Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
- Savoyen Dragoons (5 sqns)
Second division
- Mansfeld Infantry (1 bn)
- Guido Starhemberg Infantry (1 bn)
- Jung-Daun Infantry (4 bns)
- Artillery (6 field pieces)
- Visconti Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
- Pálffy Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
Third column
Rest of the artillery and the train.
N.B.: IV./Mansfeld Infantry (1 bn) was left behind at Bussolengo.
Other units present in Northern Italy but not listed in the present order of battle:
- Deák Hussars (4 coys)
References
Abtheilung für Kriegsgeschichte des k. k. Kriegs-Archives: Feldzüge des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen, Series 1, Vol. 3, Vienna 1876, p. 213-214