1701 – Operations in the Low Countries – French OOB October

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Description

On 3 October 1701, French troops were deployed as follows in the Spanish Netherlands.

Summary: 100 bns

Comte de Lamothe from Gand to the sea

in Ostend
- Boulonnais (1 bn)
- Lorraine (1 bn)
in Damm
- Surbeck (3 bns) Swiss
along the line of Saint-Donas
- Saint-Segond (1 bn)
- Sillery (1 bn)
in Bruges
- Alsace (4 bns)
- Pelleport Cavalerie (2 sqns) new regiment being formed
in Gand, Vracene and Nieukirchen
- Reynold (3 bns) Swiss
- Furstemberg Cavalerie (2 sqns)

Comte d'Artaignan

in Kemseke
- Orléanais (1 bn)
in Steeken
- Provence (1 bn)
in Sint-Gillis and Sint-Pauwels
- Greder Allemand (2 bns) German
in Beveren, Melsele and Swyndrecht
- Greder Suisse (3 bns) Swiss
in Antwerp
- Picardie (3 bns)
- Chartres (1 bn)
- Saintonge (1 bn)
- Sparre (1 bn)
- Toulouse Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Maine Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Colonel-Général Dragons (3 sqns)
along the line from Merxem to Lierre
- Brendlé (3 bns) Swiss
- Salis Jeune (2 bns) Swiss
in Lierre
- Furstemberg (2 bns)
- Carabiniers (6 sqns)
- Chartres Cavalerie (2 sqns)
along the line of Aarschot
- Vermandois (2 bns)
in Malines
- Gardes Françaises (2 bns)
- Gardes Suisses (1 bns)
- Gendarmes Écossais (1 sqn)
- Gendarmes Bourguignons (1 sqn)
in Bruxelles and its neighbourhood
- Gendarmes Flamands (1 sqn)
- Chevau-légers de la Reine (1 sqn)
- Gendarmes du Dauphin (1 sqn)
- Chevau-légers du Dauphin (1 sqn)
- Berry Cavalerie (2 sqns)
in Louvain
- Gardes Françaises (2 bns)
- Gardes Suisses (2 bns)
- Gendarmes Anglais (1 sqn)
- Gendarmes de la Reine (1 sqn)

M. de Gassion

at Genappe and dependencies and at Braine-Laleu
- Mestre-de-Camp-Général Cavalerie (3 sqns)
in Merchtem and Asache
- Royal-Allemand Cavalerie (3 sqns)
in Wavre and dependencies
- Talmont Cavalerie (2 sqns)
in Jodoigne and dependencies
- La Feuillade Cavalerie (2 sqns)

M. de Rosen

Comte de Ximenez

in Tirlemont
- Du Roi (4 bns)
- Dauphin (3 bns)
- Royal-Italien (1 bn)
- Blaisois (1 bn)
- Royal-Bombardiers (1 bn)
Artillery (2 gunner coys)
- Carabiniers (2 sqns)
- Royal-Piémont Cavalerie (3 sqns)

Baron de Busca

in the camp of Argenteau
- Auxerrois (1 bn)
- Agénois (1 bn)
- Bourbon (1 bn)
- Hessy (3 bns) Swiss
- Dauphin Dragons (3 sqns)
in Charleroy
- Salis Jeune (1 bn) Swiss
in Namur
- Landes (1 bn)
- Rosen Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Mestre-de-Camp Général Dragons (3 sqns)

Comte de Coigny

in Upper Guelderland
- Lee (1 bn) Irish
- Royal (3 bns)
- Artois^* (1 bn)
- Crussol^* (1 bn)
- Condé^* (1 bn)
- Maine^* (2 bns)
- La Reine (3 bns)
- Royal-Artillerie (1 bn)
- Isenghien^* (1 bn)
- Montroux^* (1 bn)
- La Châtre (2 bns)
- Languedoc (2 bns)
- Vexin (1 bn)
- Orléans (2 bns)
- Zurlauben^* (2 bns)
- La Couronne (2 bns)
- Santerre (1 bn)
- Touraine (1 bn)
- Hautefort Dragons (3 sqns)
in Roermond
- Condé Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Grignan Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Duras Cavalerie (2 sqns)
in Venloo
- Royal-Étranger Cavalerie (3 sqns)
in Herkelens
- Senneterre Dragons (3 sqns)
in Luxembourg
- Laonnais (1 bn)

(*) these regiments were destined to be transferred to places in French Flandre

New regiments being formed

Vault, François Eugène de, and Pelet: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 1 p. 517-522