1702 – Allied offensive in the Low Countries – French OOB April
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Description
As of 6 April 1702, French and Spanish troops were posted as follows in the Low Countries, Upper Guelderland and the Electorate of Cologne.
Location | Battalions | Squadron |
---|---|---|
Nieuport | 2 | - |
Ostend | 3 | - |
Damme | 2 | - |
Camp near Damme and Bruges | 6 | 2 |
Camp near Ghent | 5 | 5 |
Camp in the Waes country behind the line of Stekene |
6 | 2 |
Termonde and Fort Sainte-Marguerite | 2 | - |
Antwerp | 4 | - |
Sintvliet | 1 | - |
Camp between Antwerp and Lier | 19 | 27 |
Lier | 2 | - |
Aarschot | 1 | - |
Diest | 2 | 2 |
Malines (Mechelen) | 4 | - |
Léau | 2 | 2 |
Charleroy | 2 | - |
Namur | 4 | - |
Citadel of Liège | 2 | - |
Chartreuse de Liège | 2 and 60 miners |
- |
Camp near Maastricht | 13 | 15 |
Limbourg | 1 | - |
Schleyden | Free company of 200 foot |
50 horse |
Luxembourg | 3 | - |
Bonn | 6 | 6 |
Camp near Bonn | 6 | 11 |
Kaiserwerth | 5 | - |
Rheinberg | 3 | - |
Geldern | 2 | - |
Venlo | 3 | - |
Roermond | 2 | - |
Stevensweert and Castle of Stockem | 1 | - |
References
Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 2 p. 477