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

Description

State of the troops posted along the Dutch border as of 17 April 1702.

Summary: 32 bns, 19 sqns)

at Aarschot
- II./Bretagne (1 bn)
at Diest
- II./Santerre (1 bn)
- Leyde (1 bn)
- Vaillac Cavalerie (2 sqns)
at Léau
- Grobendonck (1 bn)
- II./Chartres (1 bn)
- Saint-Maurice Cavalerie (2 sqns)
at Hasselt
- Tessé (1 bn)
- Valensart Dragons (1 sqn)
at Tongres
- I./de Grouff (1 bn)
- Valensart Dragons (2 sqns)
at Saint-Tron
- Detachment of the garrison of Léau (100 men)
- Free Company Dulimont (50 men)
in the Citadel of Liège
- I./Westerloo (1 bn)
- II./Labour (1 bn)
- Bambigny Miners (1 coy of 60 men)
in the Chartreuse of Liège
- De Sars (1 bn)
- II./Guyenne (1 bn)
at the camp of Liège
- Marcello Grimaldi (1 bn)
- Nassau (1 bn)
- Salis (1 bn) Swiss
- Hessy (3 bns) Swiss
- Dauphin (3 bns)
- Bourbon (1 bn)
- Orléanais (1 bn)
- Havré Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Barre Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Savines Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Lagny Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Fraula Cavalry (2 sqns) Spanish
- Hornes Cavalry (2 sqns) Spanish
in Limbourg
- Paulo Magno (1 bn)
in Namur
- Mancheñe (1 bn)
- Brias (1 bn)
- Amal (1 bn)
- Certani (1 bn)
in Charleroy
- II./Nassau (1 bn)
- Caraccioli (1 bn)
in Schleyden
- Free Company Lacroix (200 men)
in Luxembourg
- Milan (2 bns)
- De Pas (1 bn)

N.B.: militia would also be formed in the Province of Luxembourg to guard small towns and defend the country against Allied incursions

Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 2 pp. 485-486