1702 – Allied offensive in the Low Countries – French OOB Bedmar April

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Description

State of the troops posted from the North Sea up to Lierre (Lier) under the command of the Marquis de Bedmar as of 18 April 1702.

Commander-in-Chief: Marquis de Bedmar

• at Nieuport
  • II./Bretagne (1 bn)
  • II./Aunis (1 bn)
• at Ostend
  • Puente Ibañez (1 bn) Spanish
  • II./Lorraine (1 bn)
  • II./Berry (1 bn)
• at Damme
  • II./Beauvoisis (1 bn)
  • II./La Fère (1 bn)
  • Surbeck (1 bn) Swiss
  • Spinola (1 bn) Spanish
• at Bruges
  • Spinola (1 bn) Spanish
  • Sillery (1 bn)
  • Rhingrave (1 bn)
  • Surbeck (1 bn) Swiss
  • Pelleport Cavalerie (2 sqns)
• at Ghent
  • Boulonnais (1 bn)
  • Amezaga (1 bn) Spanish
  • Courrière (1 bn)
  • Surbeck (1 bn) Swiss
  • II./Noailles (1 bn)
  • Fiennes Cavalerie (2 sqns)
  • Flavacourt Dragons (3 sqns)
• in the Waes country behind the line of Stekene and Sint-Gillis
  • Greder (3 bns) Swiss
  • Grimaldi-le-Jeune (1 bn)
  • Richebourg Dragons (2 sqns)
  • Noirmont Cavalry (1 sqn) Spanish
• in the Waes country near Kieldrecht
  • Sparre (2 bns)
  • Richebourg Dragons (1 sqn)
  • Noirmont Cavalry (1 sqn) Spanish
• at Termonde and Fort Sainte-Marguerite
  • II./Westerloo (1 bn)
  • II./Capres (1 bn)
• at Antwerp
  • Zuñiga (1 bn)
  • II./Deynse (1 bn)
  • Del Valle (1 bn)
  • Grimberg (1 bn)
  • Rupelmonde (1 bn)
  • Maine Cavalerie (2 sqns) recent reinforcements
  • Ribeaucourt Cavalry (2 sqns) recent reinforcements, Spanish
• in camp between Antwerp and Lierre
  • Capres (1 bn)
  • I./Deynse (1 bn)
  • Idiaquez (1 bn)
  • La Faille (1 bn)
  • Fusiliers d'Espagne (1 bn)
  • Salis (2 bns)
  • Luxembourg (1 bn)
  • Raynold (1 bn)
  • Charost (2 bns)
  • Courten (3 bns)
  • Barrois (1 bn)
  • Compagnie des Chevaux-Bais (1 coy) Spanish
  • Brancaccio Cavalry (2 sqns) Spanish
  • Chacon Cavalry (2 sqns) Spanish
  • Cécile Cavalry (2 sqns) Spanish
  • Berghes Cavalerie (2 sqns) Spanish
  • Grignan Cavalerie (2 sqns)
• at Sintvliet
  • Vandergracht (1 bn)
• at Lierre
  • de Grobendonck (1 bn)
  • de Grouff (1 bn)
  • Furstemberg (2 bns) recent reinforcements
  • Thoy (1 bn) recent reinforcements
• between Lierre and Aarschot behind the Line of the Nete
  • Gardes of the Elector of Bavaria (2 coys) recent reinforcements, Spanish
  • Grigny Cavalry (2 sqns) recent reinforcements, Spanish
  • Toulongeon Cavalry (2 sqns) recent reinforcements, Spanish
• at Malines (Mechelen)
  • Furstemberg Cavalerie (2 sqns) recent reinforcements
  • Montrevel (2 sqns) recent reinforcements

References

Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 2 pp. 480-481