1702 – Campaign in Northern Italy – Franco-Spanish OOB November
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Description
Order of battle of the Franco-Spanish in Northern Italy on 5 November 1702
Commander-in-chief: Louis Joseph, Duc de Vendôme
Summary: 52 bns and 90 sqns
Field Army
Infantry
French Infantry (46 bns)
- Piémont (3 bns, 1,051 men)
- Normandie (3 bns, 820 men)
- La Marine (3 bns, 953 men)
- Auvergne (2 bns, 743 men)
- Sault (2 bns, 456 men)
- Lyonnais (2 bns, 575 men)
- Anjou (2 bns, 730 men)
- Royal des Vaisseaux (3 bns, 923 men)
- Bourgogne (2 bns, 710 men)
- Médoc (1 bn, 300 men)
- Mirabeau (1 bn, 274 men)
- Sourches (1 bn, 290 men)
- Île-de-France (1 bn, 371 men)
- Bassigny (1 bn, 322 men)
- Cambresis (1 bn, 337 men)
- Maulevrier (2 bns, 402 men)
- Bresse (1 bn, 243 men)
- Quercy (1 bn, 325 men)
- Grancey (1 bn, 239 men)
- Royal-Comtois (2 bns, 446 men)
- II./Dauphiné (1 bn, 215 men)
- Thiérache (1 bn, 168 men)
- Bugey (1 bn, 193 men)
- Labour (1 bn, 201 men)
- Ponthieu (1 bn, 270 men)
- Royal-Artillerie (1 bn, 271 men)
- Dillon (1 bn, 350 men)
- Bourk (1 bn, 397 men)
- Galmoy (1 bn, 397 men)
- Berwick (1 bn, 460 men)
- Albemarle (1 bn, 327 men)
Savoyard Infantry (6 bns)
- Guardie (1 bn, 318 men)
- Monferrato (1 bn, 270 men)
- Saluzzo (1 bn, 277 men)
- Savoia (1 bn, 326 men)
- Croce Bianca (1 bn, 320 men)
- Chablais (1 bn, 296 men)
Cavalry
Franco-Spanish Cavalry (63 sqns)
- Flandre (3 sqns, 271 men)
- Brabant (3 sqns, 290 men)
- Gendarmerie (8 sqns, 601 men)
- Colonel-Général (3 sqns, 197 men)
- Cuirassiers (3 sqns, 170 men)
- Royal-Roussillon (3 sqns, 285 men)
- Royal-Carabiniers (4 sqns, 306 men)
- La Reine (3 sqns, 70 men)
- Dauphin (3 sqns, 277 men)
- Anjou (2 sqns), 109 men
- Narbonne (2 sqns, 60 men)
- Sully (2 sqns, 170 men)
- Uzès (2 sqns, 163 men)
- Ruffey (2 sqns, 173 men)
- Bertillac (2 sqns, 91 men)
- Du Bordage (2 sqns, 150 men)
- Viltz (2 sqns, 100 men)
- Desclos (2 sqns, 178 men)
- Cappy (2 sqns, 100 men)
- Espinchal (2 sqns, 100 men)
- Montpeyroux (2 sqns, 139 men)
- Simiane (2 sqns, 114 men)
- Broglie (2 sqns, 142 men)
- Mauroy (2 sqns, 155)
Savoyard Cavalry (3 sqns)
- Piemonte Reale (3 sqns, 205 men)
Dragoons
Franco-Spanish Dragoons (18 sqns)
- Dauphin Dragons (3 sqns, 70 men)
- Estrades Dragons (3 sqns, 230 men)
- Héron Dragons (3 sqns, 226 men)
- Senneterre Dragons (3 sqns, 164 men)
- Vérac Dragons (3 sqns, 179 men)
- Lautrec Dragons (3 sqns, 289 men)
Savoyard Dragoons (6 sqns)
- SAR Dragoons (3 sqns, 280 men)
- Genevese Dragoons (3 sqns, 280 men)
Troops garrisoning places
Infantry
Unidentified units (41 bns)
- in Cremona (2 bns)
- in Modena (2 bns)
- in Reggio (2 bns)
- in Carpi (4 bns)
- in Guastalla (6 bns)
- in Sabionetta (2 bns)
- in Marcaria (1 bn)
- in Mantua (13 bns)
- in Bozzolo (1 bn)
- in Buscoldo (1 bn)
- in Curtatone (1 bn)
- in Montanara (1 bn)
- in Scorzarolo (1 bn)
- in Castiglione, Castel Goffredo, Goito, Ustiano and Canneto (4 bns)
These unidentified units probably included the following French infantry regiments:
- Tournaisis (1 bn)
- Bretagne (1 bn)
- Vendôme (1 bn)
- Cotentin (1 bn)
- Perche (1 bn)
- Leuville (2 bns)
- Vivarais (1 bn)
- Flandre (1 bn)
- La Sarre (1 bn)
- Angoumois (1 bn)
- Périgord (1 bn)
- Beaujolais (1 bn)
- La Fère (1 bn)
- Albigeois (1 bn)
- Royal-Marine (2 bns)
- Solre (1 bn)
- Croy (1 bn)
- Vosges (1 bn)
- Forest (1 bn)
- Rouergue (1 bn)
- Limousin (2 bns)
- Morangies (1 bn)
- Bigorre (1 bn)
- Beauce (1 bn)
- Soissonnais (1 bn)
- Miromesnil (1 bn)
- Gatinais (1 bn)
- Bragelone (1 bn)
Cavalry and Dragoons
- in Carpi (11 sqns)
- Bourbon (2 sqns)
- Villeroy (2 sqns)
- Rassé (2 sqns)
- Montauban (2 sqns)
- Fimarcon Dragons (3 sqns)
- Unidentified hussar unit (30 men)
- in Cesoli (11 sqns)
- Commissaire Général (3 sqns)
- Bissy (2 sqns)
- Villiers (2 sqns)
- Melun (2 sqns)
- Sheldon (2 sqns)
- in Reggio (2 sqns)
- Ourches (2 sqns)
- in Marmiruolo (3 sqns)
- Languedoc Dragons (3 sqns)
- at the bridge of Torr-d'Oglio (2 sqns)
- Borelly Dragoons (2 sqns)
- in Genoa (6 sqns)
- Rennepont (2 sqns)
- Vienne (2 sqns)
- Courlandon (2 sqns)
- in Cremona (2 sqns)
- Esclainvilliers (2 sqns)
References
Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 2 pp. 743-745