1701 – Imperialist invasion of Northern Italy – Imperialist OOB May

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Description

Order of battle of the Imperial army at the beginning of May 1701. When several regiments had reached South Tyrol.

Headquarters in Rovereto.

• Nigrelli Infantry in Arco and Riva del Garda
• Alt-Starhemberg Infantry in Rovereto and surroundings
• Jung-Daun Infantry in Trento
• Bagni Infantry between Trento and Salorno
• Guttenstein Infantry between Solorno and Botzen (present-day Bolzano)
• Guido Starhemberg Infantry in Botzen and surroundings
• Herberstein Infantry in Botzen and surroundings
• Serényi Dragoons on their way to Castello della Pietra to the north of Rovereto
• Dietrichstein Dragoons on their way to Castello della Pietra to the north of Rovereto

The following regiments were still on the march:

• Mansfeld Infantry (from Hungary)
• Fürstenberg Infantry (from Bohemia)
• Lothringen Infantry (from Austria)
• Gschwind Infantry (from Austria)
• Lothringen Cuirassiers (from Lower-Austria)
• Vaudémont Cuirassiers (from Hungary)
• Visconti Cuirassiers (from Hungary)
• 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)
• Savoyen Dragoons (from Hungary)
• Vaubonne Dragoons (from Germany)
• Corbelli Cuirassiers (from Freistadt in Upper-Austria)
• Deák Hussars (from Ofen)

The Artillery and the supply train were still on the march.

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. 145-146