1703 – Campaign in Northern Italy – Franco-Spanish OOB 19 May
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Description
Order of battle of the Franco-Spanish armies operating in Northern Italy on 19 May 1703 (excluding troops assuming garrison duties).
Commander-in-chief: Louis Joseph, Duc de Vendôme
Vendôme's Field Army
Commander-in-Chief: Louis Joseph, Duc de Vendôme
Summary: 31 bns and 79 sqns
First Line | Second Line |
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Right Wing Cavalry | |
Lieutenant-General d'Aguilar seconded by Maréchal de camp de Bissy
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Lieutenant-General de Praslin seconded by Maréchal de camp d'Estaing
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Right Wing Infantry | |
Lieutenant-General de Medavi seconded by Maréchal de camp de Chartogne |
Lieutenant-General de Chemerault
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Left Wing Infantry | |
Lieutenant-General de Vaubecourt | Lieutenant-General de Montgon seconded by Maréchal de camp de Bouligneux
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Left Wing Infantry | |
Lieutenant-General de Besons seconded by Maréchal de camp d'Aubeterre
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Lieutenant-General de Montgon seconded by Maréchal de camp de Bouligneux
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Vaudémont's Field Army
Commander-in-Chief: Charles Henri Prince de Vaudémont
At the bridge over the Secchia near Bastiglia under Lieutenant-General d'Albergotti
- Infantry (6 bns)
- La Fère (1 bn)
- Angoumois (1 bn)
- Périgord (1 bn)
- Cambresis (1 bn)
- Ponthieu (1 bn)
- I./Solre (1 bn)
- Cavalry (6 sqns)
- Dauphin (3 sqns)
- Espinchal (2 sqns)
- Bozelli (1 sqn)
At the camp of Fossolo under Maréchal de camp de Goesbriant
- Infantry (3 bns)
- Royal-Marine (2 bns)
- Croy (1 bn)
- Cavalry (7 sqns)
- La Reine (3 sqns)
- Rennepont (2 sqns)
- Melun (2 sqns)
At the main camp inear San Benedetto under Charles Henri Prince de Vaudémont seconded by Lieutenant-General de Las Torres, Lieutenant-General Grand-Prieur de Vendôme, Lieutenant-General de Saint-Frémont, Maréchal de camp de Murcey, Maréchal de camp de Vaudrey
- Infantry (15 bns)
- Spanish Lombardy Infantry (1 bn)
- Spanish Savoia Infantry (1 bn)
- Cavalry (28 sqns)
- Spanish Royal Guards (2 sqns)
- Spanish Caylus Dragoons (4 sqns)
- Commissaire Général (3 sqns)
- Royal-Roussillon (3 sqns)
- Rassé (2 sqns)
- Villiers (2 sqns)
- unidentified Savoyard cavalry units (12 sqns)
Troops destined to the Army of the Duc de Vendôme remaining with the Prince de Vaudémont until the arrivla of the Savoyard infantry
- Infantry (6 bn)
- Royal des Vaisseaux (3 bns)
- Perche (1 bn)
- Vendôme (1 bn)
- Soissonnais (1 bn)
Savoyard troops on its way to join the Army of the Prince de Vaudémont
- Infantry (6 bns)
- II./Guardie (1 bn)
- Aosta (1 bn)
- Piemonte (1 bn)
- Croce Bianca (1 bn)
- Chablais (1 bn)
- Fucilieri (1 bn)
N.B.: the artillery is not listed but there was one battalion pf Royal-Artillerie in Northern Italy.
References
Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 3 pp. 813-815