1701 – Operations in Germany – French OOB Rhine July
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Description
French troops remaining on the Rhine at the beginning of July 1701
Summary: 27 bns, 22 sqns
N.B.: excluding the 29 sqns in the process of being formed
Commander-in-chief: Lieutenant-General Marquis d'Huxelles
- in Landau (4 bns, 1 sqn)
- Nettancourt (2 bns)
- Robecque (1 bn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Forez (1 bn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Esclainvilliers (4 cavalry coys = 1 sqn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- in Fort-Louis (2 bns, 4 cavalry coys)
- in Strasbourg (4 bns, 4 sqns)
- Champagne (3 bns) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Dorrington (1 bn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Gardes du Corps du Roi (4 sqns) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- in Obernheim, Molsheim, Mutzich, Dorleshiem, Binfeld, Ilkirch, Lawantzenau and Erstein (4 sqns)
- Gardes du Corps du Roi (4 sqns) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- in Colmar (3 sqns)
- Gendarmes (1 sqn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Chevau-légers (1 sqn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Grenadiers à cheval (1 sqn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- in Schlestadt (2 sqns)
- Mousquetaires gris (1 sqn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Mousquetaires noirs (1 sqn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- in Haguenau (1 bn, 2 sqns, 2 cavalry coys)
- Noailles (1 bn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Dourches (2 sqns) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Conflans (2 cavalry coys) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- in Neuf-Brisach (13 bns)
- Beauvoisis (1 bn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Toulouse (2 bns)
- Navarre (3 bns) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Piémont (3 bns)
- Bourbonnais (2 bns)
- Coetquen (2 bns)
- in Huningue (3 bns)
- Royal-Artillerie (2 bns) 1 bn transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Dauphiné (1 bn)
- in Weissembourg (6 cavalry coys)
- Conflans (2 cavalry coys) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- Esclainvilliers (4 cavalry coys = 1 sqn) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
- in Saverne (3 sqns)
- Royal (3 sqns) transferred to the Moselle at the end of July
N.B.: by the end of July, the newly raised Du Cambout Dragons (3 sqns) and 6 sqns of various new cavalry regiments were stationed in Alsace
References
Vault, François Eugène de, and Pelet: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 1 pp. 646-647, 656