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

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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 in mid-May 1702.

Commander-in-Chief: Marquis de Bedmar

Troops to guard the various places (21 bns)

• 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)
  • Crussol (1 bn) first listed on 18 May
  • II./La Fère (1 bn)
• at Bruges
  • Rhingrave (1 bn)
• at Ghent
  • Amezaga (1 bn) Spanish
  • II./Noailles (1 bn)
• at Termonde
  • II./Westerloo (1 bn)
  • II./Capres (1 bn)
• at Antwerp
  • Zuñiga (1 bn)
  • I./La Faille (1 bn)
  • Rupelmonde (1 bn)
  • Salis (1 bn) Swiss
• Bruxelles
  • Grimberg (1 bn) aka Grimberghes
• at Sintvliet
  • Vandergracht (1 bn)
• at Lierre
  • II./de Grobendonck (1 bn)
  • II./de Grouff (1 bn)

Troops to form the field army (33 bns, 29 sqns)

• Infantry (33 bns)
  • Spinola (2 bns) Spanish
  • Surbeck (3 bns) Swiss
  • Sillery (1 bn)
  • Boulonnais (1 bn)
  • Courrière (1 bn)
  • Greder (3 bns) Swiss
  • Thoy (1 bn)
  • Sparre (2 bns)
  • Grimaldi-le-Jeune (1 bn)
  • Salis (2 bns) Swiss
  • Luxembourg (1 bn)
  • Courten (3 bns) Swiss
  • Barrois (1 bn)
  • Furstemberg (2 bns)
  • Idiaquez (1 bn)
  • I./Capres (1 bn)
  • I./Deynse (1 bn)
  • I./de Grobendonck (1 bn)
  • Del Valle (1 bn)
  • Fusiliers d'Espagne (1 bn)
  • Villars (3 bns) Swiss
• Cavalry (29 sqns)
  • Garde des Chevaux-Bais (1 sqn) Spanish
  • Brancaccio Cavalry (2 sqns) Spanish
  • Chacon Cavalry (2 sqns) Spanish
  • Cécile Cavalry (2 sqns) Spanish
  • Berghes Cavalerie (2 sqns) Spanish
  • Ribeaucourt Cavalry (2 sqns) Spanish
  • Noirmont Cavalry (2 sqns)
  • Grignan Cavalerie (2 sqns)
  • Montrevel (2 sqns)
  • Richebourg Dragons (3 sqns)
  • Flavacourt Dragons (3 sqns)
  • Fiennes Cavalerie (2 sqns)
  • Pelleport Cavalerie (2 sqns)
  • Bourgogne Cavalerie (2 sqns)

References

Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 2 pp. 489-490, 494-495