1701 – Operations in the Low Countries – French OOB February
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Description
In mid-February 1701, French troops were sent to occupy the various places of the Spanish Netherlands. They were deployed as depicted in the following table.
Summary: 34 bns, 50 sqns
| Place | Infantry | Cavalry |
|---|---|---|
| Antwerp | Picardie (3 bns) Saintonge (1 bn) |
Royal-Carabiniers (4 sqns) Colonel-Général (3 sqns) maybe dragoons |
| Lierre (present-day Lier) | Maine (2 bns) | Berry Cavalerie (2 sqns) |
| Bruxelles | Humières (2 bns) Touraine (1 bn) |
Mestre-de-Camp-Général (3 sqns) Royal-Étranger Cavalerie (3 sqns) |
| Damme | Poitou (2 bns) | |
| Ostende | Boulonnais (1 bn) Lorraine (1 bn) |
|
| Bruges | Catinat (1 bn) | Dauphin Dragons (3 sqns) |
| Nieuport | Royal Roussillon (1 bn) | |
| Gand | Royal (3 bns) | Royal-Carabiniers (3 sqns) |
| Malines | Dauphin (3 bns) | Du Maine Cavalerie (2 sqns) Toulouse Cavalerie (2 sqns) |
| Mons | Santerre (1 bn) | |
| Diest | Condé (1 bn) | Orléans Cavalerie (2 sqns) N.B.: in Aarschot and Sichem |
| Louvain | Orléans (2 bns) Vexin (1 bn) |
Royal-Carabiniers (3 sqns) |
| Namur | Royal-Artillerie (1 bn) La Châtre (2 bns) |
unidentified units (8 sqns) |
| Luxembourg | Noailles (1 bn) La Reine (3 bns) |
unidentified units (10 sqns) |
| Herenthals | Vivans Cavalerie (2 sqns) |
References
Vault, François Eugène de, and Pelet: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 1 p. 436
