1703 – Campaign in Northern Italy – French Besons OOB 15 July
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Description
Order of battle of Besons' French corps destined to effect a junction with the Bavarian Army, on 15 July 1703.
Commander-in-chief: Lieutenant-General de Besons (replaced by Lieutenant-General de Saint-Frémont if his health did not allow him to take command) and assisted by:
- Lieutenant-General de Praslin
- Maréchal de camp de Bouligneux
- Maréchal de camp de Bissy
- Maréchal de camp de Vaudrey
Summary: 20 bns and 25 sqns
French Infantry (20 bns)
- La Marine (3 bns)
- Auvergne (2 bns)
- Anjou (2 bns)
- I./Perche (1 bn)
- I./Tallard (1 bn)
- Mirabeau (2 bns)
- Angoumois (2 bns)
- I./Flandre (1 bn)
- I./Périgord (1 bn)
- I./Touraine (1 bn)
- I./Quincy (1 bn)
- I./Beaune (1 bn)
- I./Bassigny (1 bn)
- I./La Fère (1 bn)
French Cavalry (25 sqns)
- Commissaire Général (3 sqns)
- Anjou (2 sqns)
- Bourbon (2 sqns)
- Du Tronc (2 sqns)
- Ruffey (2 sqns)
- Bertillac (2 sqns)
- Bouzols (2 sqns)
- Desclos (2 sqns)
- Ourches (2 sqns)
- Héron Dragons (3 sqns)
- Senneterre Dragons (3 sqns)
References
Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 3 p. 827