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Description
French Army
Order of battle of the Allied Army encamped at Nijmegen on 7 July 1702
Commander-in-Chief: Earl of Marlborough assited by:
- General Athlone
- Lieutenant-generals: Count Dopff, Halisch, Prince of Hesse, Schulz, Churchill, Duke of Württemberg, Cliglord, Rivero
- Major-generals: Bompré, Ostfriesen, Henkezon, Friesen, Peccarl, Tettan, Ingolsby, Clulord, Cutts, Ranzay, Lumley
The reconciliation of all units with the proper regiments of each nation is not yet completed.
The nationality of regiments not yet identified is indicated as “???”
| First Line |
Second Line
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| Right Wing Cavalry
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unidentified brigade
- Hessian Erbprinz Friedrich Dragoons (4 sqns)
- Hessian Hessen-Homburg Dragoons (3 sqns)
Wodrindam's Brigade
Rantzau's Brigade
unidentified brigade
- Danish Numsen Cuirassiers (2 sqns)
- Danish Dewitz Cuirassiers (2 sqns) aka Holstenske
- Danish Schmettau Cuirassiers (2 sqns) aka 5th Jyske
- Danish Livgarden til Hest (2 sqns)
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unidentified brigade
Noyelle's Brigade
St. Laurent's Brigade
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| Infantry Centre
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| Nemmershem's Brigade
Vidors' Brigade
Bielke's Brigade
Dumont's Brigade
Carles' Brigade
- Dutch Nassau-Waldeck (1 bn) probably Nassau-Walen
- Celler de Carles (1 bn)
- ??? Prinz Hessen (1 bn) maybe a battalion of the Hessian Karl von Hessen-Kassel Infantry
- Mecklenburg Schwerin (1 bn)
- Hanoverian Amstenräth (1 bn)
- Dutch Heuckelom (1 bn)
Bernsdorff's Brigade
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unidentified brigade
Welderen's Brigade
Capol's Brigade
- Dutch Slagenburg (1 bn)
- Dutch Dedem (1 bn)
- Dutch Welderen (1 bn)
- Mecklenburg Buchwald (1 bn)
- Palatine Pfenningen (1 bn)
- Celler Ranzow (1 bn)
Agrim's Brigade
- Hanoverian Saint-Pol (1 bn)
- Dutch (Scot) Portmore (1 bn) Scot
- Dutch Lindtsau (1 bn)
- Dutch Ranzau (1 bn) maybe the Dutch Ranck Infantry
- Dutch (Swiss) Lochmann (1 bn)
- Dutch (Swiss) de Capol (1 bn)
- Dutch Hollandsche Gardes (1 bn)
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| Left Wing Cavalry
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Erbach's Brigade
- Dutch Athlone Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Erbach Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Hesse-Homburg Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Grovestine Cavalry (2 sqns)
- ??? Saint-Paul Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Palatine Nassau-Weilburg Cavalry (2 sqns)
- British Charles Ross's Dragoons (2 sqns)
Tengnagel's Brigade
- Dutch Dompré Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Rochford Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Baldwin Cavalry (1 sqn)
- Dutch Nassau-La Leck Cavalry (1 sqn)
- Dutch Eminga Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Palatine Leiningen Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Nassau-Saarbrücken Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Karabinier (4 sqns) aka Albermarle
- Dutch Garde Dragonders (5 sqns)
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Hessen-Homburg's Brigade
- Dutch Tilly Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Aughrim Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Eck Cavalry (1 sqn)
- Dutch Chanclos Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Sachsen-Heilburg Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Nassau-Friesland Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Oost Frisland Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Wurttemberg Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Dutch Nysle Cavalry (1 sqn)
- Dutch Schack Cavalry (1 sqn)
- Dutch Cralingen Cavalry (1 sqn)
- Dutch Hessen-Homburg Cavalry (3 sqns)
- Dutch Obdam Cavalry (2 sqns)
- Anspach-Bayreuth Schmettau Dragoons (4 sqns)
- Hanoverian Schulenburg Dragoons (3 sqns)
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References
Abtheilung für Kriegsgeschichte des k. k. Kriegs-Archives: Feldzüge des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen, Series 1, Vol. 4, Vienna 1877, p. 736
Digitales Archiv Marburg – Schlachtordnung der Engländer und ihrere Verbündeten gegen die Franzosen bei Nimwegen, 7. Juli 1702
