1701 – Imperialist invasion of Northern Italy – Imperialist OOB March
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Description
Order of battle of the Imperial army assembling in Trentino in March 1701.
The following regiments were on the march by Salzburg, Reichenhall, Weidring, Wörgl, Inssbruck and then by the Brenner Pass to Rovereto:
- Alt-Starhemberg Infantry (from Upper-Austria)
- Mansfeld Infantry (from Hungary)
- Bagni Infantry (from Buchholz in Upper-Austria)
- Lothringen Cuirassiers (from Lower-Austria)
- Vaudémont Cuirassiers (from Hungary)
- Visconti Cuirassiers (from Hungary)
- Savoyen Dragoons (from Hungary)
- Serényi Dragoons (from Silesia)
- Vaubonne Dragoons (from Germany)
- Corbelli Cuirassiers (from Freistadt in Upper-Austria)
The following infantry regiment was on the march from Bohemia by Freistadt, Linz, Salzburg, Reichenhall, Weidring, Wörgl, Inssbruck and then by the Brenner Pass to Rovereto:
The Artillery and the supply train were on the march from Ofen, Komorn, Raab and Vienna by Vienna through the Inn Valley to Kufstein, Inssbruck, Branzoll (present-day Bronzolo) and Botzen (present-day Bolzano) to Rovereto.
The following regiments were on the march by Krumau, Holitz, Pailstein, Wegschaid, Griesbach, Passau through the Electorate of Bavaria to Kufstein and Inssbruck and then to Rovereto:
- Herberstein Infantry (from Bohemia)
- Taaffe Cuirassiers (from Bohemia)
- Pálffy Cuirassiers (from Bohemia)
- Alt-Hessen-Darmstadt Cuirassiers (from Königgrärtz by Budweis)
- Commercy Cuirassiers (from Bohemia)
- Pfalz-Neuburg Cuirassiers (from Silesia by Schmiedeberg and Trautenau)
The following regiments were on the march through Carinthia by Linz and Botzen (present-day Bolzano) to Rovereto:
- Guido Starhemberg Infantry (from Hungary)
- Nigrelli Infantry (from Inner-Austria)
- Guttenstein Infantry (from Hungary)
- Jung-Daun Infantry (from Hungary)
- Dietrichstein Dragoons (from Hungary)
- Deák Hussars (from Ofen)
The following regiments were on the march from Austria by Lindau, Reutte, Landeck, Finstermünz and Botzen (present-day Bolzano) to Rovereto:
Finally a Danish Auxiliary Corps was on the march from Saxony.
References
Abtheilung für Kriegsgeschichte des k. k. Kriegs-Archives: Feldzüge des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen, Series 1, Vol. 3, Vienna 1876, p. 144
