1702 – Campaign in Northern Italy – Franco-Spanish OOB 21 March
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Description
Order of battle of the Franco-Spanish army in Northern Italy on 21 March 1702.
Commander-in-chief: Duc de Vendôme
Senior officers:
- with the Field Army
- Lieutenant-General Marquis de Créqui
- Lieutenant-General de Barbesières
- Lieutenant-General de Besons
- Lieutenant-General de Pracontal
- on the Adda
- M. de Saint-Frémont
- M. d'Asfeld
- M. de Ruffey
- Duguast
- in Cremona
- M. de Revel
- M. de Cavoye
In various places
- in Mantua (14 bns, 12 sqns)
- Limousin (2 bns)
- Leuville (2 bns)
- Sourches (1 bn)
- Gatinais (2 bns)
- Bugey (1 bn)
- Beauce (1 bn)
- I./Mirabeau (1 bn)
- I./Morangies (1 bn)
- II./Bragelone (1 bn)
- II./d'Albigeois (1 bn)
- II./Thiérache (1 bn)
- Vienne Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Rennepont Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Clermont Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Sheldon Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Courtandon Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Du Bordage Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- in Pizzighettone
- Quercy (1 bn)
- Recruits from Mantua (?)
- Rassé Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Ruffey Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- in Goito (3 bns)
- La Sarre (1 bn)
- Labour (1 bn)
- I./Bragelone (1 bn)
- in Sabionetta
- Bourgogne (2 bns)
- Bresse (1 bn)
- Soissonnais (1 bn)
- Bassigny (1 bn)
- in Soncino (2 bns)
- Vivarais (1 bn)
- Périgord (1 bn)
- in Cremona (13 bns, 8 sqns)
- Royal des Vaisseaux (3 bns)
- Rouergue (1 bn)
- Royal-Comtois (2 bns)
- Maulevrier (2 bns)
- Angoumois (1 bn)
- Cambresis (1 bn)
- Beaujolais (1 bn)
- Ponthieu (1 bn)
- Croy (1 bn)
- Dauphin Cavalerie (3 sqns)
- Viltz Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Fimarcon Dragons (3 sqns)
- in Lodi (2 bns, 7 sqns)
- I./d'Albigeois (1 bn)
- II./Morangies (1 bn)
- Monpeyroux Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Narbonne Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Royal-Roussillon Cavalerie (3 sqns)
- in Castelleone (1 bn)
- Miromesnil (1 bn)
- in Tavaro (1 bn, 2 sqns)
- II./Mirabeau (1 bn)
- Sully Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- in Pavia (2 bns, 3 sqns)
- Solre (2 bns)
- La Reine Cavalerie (3 sqns)
- in Alessandria
- II./Dauphiné (1 bn)
- in Tortona (1 bn)
- Blaisois (1 bn)
- Recruits from Mantua (?)
- in Casal-Montferrat (1 bn)
- Royal-Montferrat (1 bn) maybe Savoyard
- in Castel-Nuovo di Bocca (5 sqns)
- Melun (2 sqns)
- Vérac Dragons (3 sqns)
Field Army
- Infantry (30 bns)
- Piémont (3 bns)
- Normandie (3 bns)
- La Marine (3 bns)
- Auvergne (2 bns)
- Sault (2 bns)
- Lyonnais (2 bns)
- Grancey (1 bn)
- Bretagne (1 bn)
- Perche (1 bn)
- Royal-Marine (2 bns)
- Royal-Artillerie (1 bn)
- Bigorre (1 bn)
- Forest (1 bn)
- Tournaisis (1 bn)
- Albemarle (1 bn)
- Berwick (1 bn)
- Galmoy (1 bn)
- Cotentin (1 bn)
- Vosges (1 bn)
- Flandre (1 bn)
- Cavalry (42 sqns)
- Gendarmerie (8 sqns)
- Colonel-Général (3 sqns)
- Commissaire Général (3 sqns)
- Carabiniers (4 sqns)
- Anjou (2 sqns)
- Bourbon (2 sqns)
- Villeroy (2 sqns)
- Uzès (2 sqns)
- Esclainvilliers (2 sqns)
- Imécourt (2 sqns)
- Vaudeuil (2 sqns)
- Bissy (2 sqns)
- Langallerie (2 sqns)
- Broglie (2 sqns)
- Mauroy (2 sqns)
- Ourches (2 sqns)
- Dragoons (15 sqns)
- Dauphin Dragons (3 sqns)
- Estrades Dragons (3 sqns)
- Vidame d'Amiens Dragons (3 sqns)
- Lautrec Dragons (3 sqns)
- Senneterre Dragons (3 sqns)
Reserve under M. d'Albergotti
- Infantry (9 bns)
- Anjou (2 bns)
- Vendôme (1 bn)
- Médoc (1 bn)
- Ile-de-France (1 bn)
- La Fère (1 bn)
- I./Thiérache (1 bn)
- Dillon (1 bn)
- Bourk (1 bn)
- Cavalry (9 sqns)
- Cuirassiers (3 sqns)
- Sibourg (2 sqns)
- Desclos (2 sqns)
- Villiers (2 sqns)
- Dragoons (3 sqns)
- Languedoc Dragons (3 sqns)
References
Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 2 pp. 711-714