1702 – Campaign in Northern Italy – Imperialist OOB End May

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Description

Order of battle of the Imperial army around 20 May 1702

Commander-in-Chief: Prince Eugène de Savoie

Summary: 28,000 foot and 13,000 horse

Main body under Prince Eugène de Savoie encamped between Boccadiganda and San Nicolo

• Infantry
  • Nigrelli (3 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Gschwind (3 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Bagni (4 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Guttenstein (3 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Jung-Daun (3 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Lothringen (4 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Longueval-Buquoy (2 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Gehlen (2 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Guethem Free Company (1 coy)
  • Danish Dronningen's Livregiment (7 coys including a grenadier coy)
  • Danish Prins Christian (7 coys including a grenadier coy)
  • Danish Prins Carl (6 coys)
  • Danish Prins Georg (6 coys)
  • Danish Sjællandske (6 coys)
  • Danish Jyske (1 bn) (7 coys including a grenadier coy)
• Cavalry
  • Taaffe Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
  • Pfalz-Neuburg Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
  • Commercy Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
  • Vaudémont Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
  • Lothringen Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
  • Serény Dragoons (6 sqns)
  • Deak Hussars (800 men)
  • Ebergenyi Hussars (800 men)
  • Danish Rodstens Dragoons (6 coys in 2 sqns)

Near Montanara

• Infantry
  • Guido Starhemberg (3 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Herberstein (4 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Rheingraf (12 coys)
• Cavalry
  • Dietrichstein Dragoons (6 sqns)
  • Herbeville Dragoons (6 sqns)

In Borgogorte

• Kriechbaum Infantry (2 bns and 1 grenadier coy)

Near Virgiliana in the vicinity of Mantua

• Pálffy Cuirassiers (6 sqns)

Commercy's Corps near Goito

• Infantry
  • Liechtenstein (3 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
  • Reventlau (4 bns without grenadier coy)
  • Kriechbaum (2 bns)
  • Danish Marine (5 coys)
• Cavalry
  • Visconti Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
  • Corbelli Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
  • Savoyen Dragoons (6 sqns)
  • Vaubonne Dragoons (6 sqns)
  • Danish Juels Dragoons (6 coys in 2 sqns)
  • unidentified hussar detachments (?? men)

Commercy's detachment in Marmirolo

• Gehlen Infantry (1 bn)
• Alt-Hessen-Darmstadt Cuirassiers (6 sqns)

In Garolda, Spinosa, Revere and Garzedole

• unidentified detachments

Garrisons

• in Castiglione delle Stiviere under Lieutenant-Colonel Salzer
  • Longueval Infantry (2 bns)
  • unidentified dragoon detachment (33 men)
  • unidentified hussar detachment (25 men)
• in Cavriana under Caldonazzi
  • Italian Free Company Farabutti
• in Canneto
  • Gschwind Infantry (350 men) under Lieutenant-Colonel Baron Scherzer
  • Longueval-Buquoy Infantry (100 men) under Captain Schulz
  • unidentified dragoon detachment (?? men)
  • unidentified hussar detachment (?? men)
• in Brescello under Lieutenant-Colonel Baron Wetzel (ad Interim)
  • Gehlen Infantry (1 bn)
  • Alt-Daun Infantry (1 bn)
  • Nigrelli Infantry (1 bn)
  • Guido Starhemberg Infantry (1 bn)
  • Guttenstein Infantry (1 bn)
  • Jung-Daun Infantry (1 bn)

Artillery

• 12 x 24-pdr Carthaunen
• 4 mortars
• 6 Geschwindgeschütze
• 58 regimental guns

There were also small detachments and garrisons in Viadana, Guastalla and Montecchio.

References

Abtheilung für Kriegsgeschichte des k. k. Kriegs-Archives: Feldzüge des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen, Series 1, Vol. 4, Vienna 1877, pp. 181-184

Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 2 p. 722

Rockstroh, K.C.: Et Dansk Korps' Historie 1701-1709 i Italien 1701-3, i Ungarn 1704-9, Kjøbenhavn 1895

Acknowledgement

Dan Schorr for additional information concerning the Danish Contingent