1702 – Campaign in Northern Italy – Imperialist OOB 2 August
Hierarchical Path: War of the Spanish Succession (Main Page) >> Campaigns >> 1702 – Campaign in Northern Italy >> Order of battle of the Imperial Army on 2 August 1702
Description
Commander-in-Chief: Prince Eugène de Savoie
Main army at Sailetto under FM Prince Commercy, FZM Börner and FZM Count Guido Starhemberg (10,920 foot, 9,187 horse, 68 artillery pieces)
| First Line | Second Line under FML Prince Liechtenstein |
|---|---|
| Right Wing Cavalry G.d.C. Prince Thomas Vaudémont | |
| Under General Count Serényi
Savoyen Dragoons (6 sqns) |
Under General Marquis Vaubonne
Serényi Dragoons (6 sqns) |
| Infantry Centre | |
| Under Generals Bagni and Guttenstein
Nigrelli (3 bns and 1 grenadier coy) |
Under Danish General Haxthausen
Bagni (3 bns and 1 grenadier coy) |
| Left Wing Cavalry under G.d.C. Count Trautmannsdorf | |
| Under General Visconti
Corbelli Cuirassiers (6 sqns) |
Under General Count Uhlefeld
Lothringen Cuirassiers (6 sqns) |
Near Borgoforte under General Count Neipperg (3,762 men in 12 bns, 100 horse)
- Gschwind (1 bn)
- Hasslingen (1 bn of 5 coys with the grenadiers)
- Solari (1 bn)
- Reventlau (3 bns without grenadier coy)
- Lothringen (2 bns)
- Longueval-Buquoy (1 bn and 1 grenadier coy)
- unidentified Danish units (1 bn)
- Sachsen-Weimar (1 bn)
- Sachsen-Eisenach (1 bn)
- commandeered cavalry (100 horse)
In Borgoforte (2 bns) under Lieutenant-Colonel Count Malvezzi
- Lothringen (2 bns and 1 grenadier coy)
In Brescello under General Count Solari (3,700 foot, 70 horse)
- Alt-Daun (1 bn)
- Nigrelli (1 bn)
- Guido Starhemberg (1 bn)
- Herberstein (1 bn of 3 coys)
- Rheingraf (2 coys)
- Bagni (1 bn of 3 coys)
- Reventlau (1 bn)
- Guttenstein (1 bn)
- Solari (6 coys)
- Jung-Daun (1 bn)
- Kriechbaum (1 bn of 3 coys)
- Gehlen (1 bn)
- unidentified grenadier units (2 coys)
In Guastalla under Major von Hüttendorf (591 foot)
- Jung-Daun (1 bn)
- Hasslingen (100 men)
- Guido Starhemberg (2 coys) sent from Brescello
In Ostiglia under Lieutenant-Colonel Fresen
- IV./Liechtenstein (1 bn of 584 men)
- unidentified hussar unit (a few men)
In Mirandola
- Liechtenstein (1 bn of 360 men)
There were more than 9,475 men unfit for duty, sick or prisoners. Furthermore, only 9,187 cavalrymen had horses while 1,385 were unmounted.
Artillery near Motteggiano
- 12 x 24-pdr guns
- 4 mortars
- 56 regimental guns with the main army
- 42 regimental guns in the first line
- 14 regimental guns in the second line
- Train
References
Abtheilung für Kriegsgeschichte des k. k. Kriegs-Archives: Feldzüge des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen, Series 1, Vol. 4, Vienna 1877, pp. 281-284
