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
Right Wing Cavalry
Lieutenant-General d'Aguilar seconded by Maréchal de camp de Bissy Dauphin Dragons (3 sqns) Lautrec Dragons (3 sqns) Brabant (3 sqns) Flandre (3 sqns) Brigadier de Ruffey Cuirassiers (3 sqns) Ruffey (2 sqns) Montpeyroux (2 sqns) Brigadier de Broglie Cappy (2 sqns) Broglie (2 sqns) Villeroy (2 sqns)	Lieutenant-General de Praslin seconded by Maréchal de camp d'Estaing Brigadier Senneterre Héron Dragons (3 sqns) Senneterre Dragons (3 sqns) Brigadier Desclos Anjou (2 sqns) Courlandon (2 sqns) Desclos (2 sqns) Brigadier d'Uzès Bertillac (2 sqns) Mauroy (2 sqns) Uzès (2 sqns)
Right Wing Infantry
Lieutenant-General de Medavi seconded by Maréchal de camp de Chartogne Brigadier de Luxembourg Piémont (3 bns) Berwick (1 bn) Brigadier d'Imécourt Galmoy (1 bn) Auvergne (2 bns) Brigadier Lesdiguières Sault (2 bns) Bourk (1 bn)	Lieutenant-General de Chemerault Brigadier Chamillart Anjou (2 bns) Médoc (1 bn) Brigadier de Dreux Bourgogne (2 bns) Beaujolais (1 bn)
Left Wing Infantry
Lieutenant-General de Vaubecourt Brigadier Fitzgerald Fitz-Gerald (1 bn) Lyonnais (2 bns) Brigadier Dillon Dillon (1 bn) Leuville (2 bns) Brigadier de Carcado Bresse (1 bn) La Marine (3 bns)	Lieutenant-General de Montgon seconded by Maréchal de camp de Bouligneux Brigadier de Montsoreau Bassigny (1 bn) Sourches (1 bn) Brigadier de Grancey I./Berthelot (1 bn) Île-de-France (1 bn) Grancey (1 bn)
Left Wing Infantry
Lieutenant-General de Besons seconded by Maréchal de camp d'Aubeterre Royal-Carabiniers (4 sqns) Brigadier de Sully Du Tronc (2 sqns) Sully (2 sqns) Brigadier d'Ourches Bissy (2 sqns) Ourches (2 sqns) Colonel-Général (3 sqns) Brigadier d"Estrades Vérac Dragons (3 sqns) Estrades Dragons (3 sqns)	Lieutenant-General de Montgon seconded by Maréchal de camp de Bouligneux Brigadier de La Bretonnière Viltz (2 sqns) Simiane (2 sqns) Bouzols (2 sqns) Brigadier d'Anglure Esclainvilliers (2 sqns) Forbin (2 sqns) Bourbon (2 sqns) Languedoc Dragons (3 sqns)

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)
  • Normandie (3 bns)
  • Limousin (2 bns)
  • Bretagne (1 bn)
  • La Sarre (1 bn)
  • I./Mirabeau (1 bn)
  • Maulevrier (2 bns)
  • Vivarais (1 bn)
  • Bugey (1 bn)
  • Labour (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