1703 – Campaign in the Low Countries – Allied OOB Flanders 24 June

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Description

Order of battle of the Allied Corps operating in Western Flanders on 24 June 1703.

Spaar's Corps

• Infantry (13 bns)
  • Hessian unidentified units (2 bns)
  • ??? Middelburg (1 bn) unidentified unit
  • Dutch (Swiss) Capol (2 bns)
  • Dutch Coehoorn (1 bn) Menno or Gideon
  • Dutch Lindeboom (1 bn)
  • ??? Houvert (1 bn) unidentified unit
  • ??? Waase (1 bn) unidentified unit
  • Dutch Heyden (1 bn)
  • Dutch Vegelin van Claerbergen (1 bn)
  • Dutch Welderen (1 bn)
  • ??? Bactenburg (1 bn) unidentified unit
• Cavalry (8 sqns)
  • ??? Paul (2 sqns) unidentified unit
  • Dutch Schlippenbach Dragoons (3 sqns)
  • Anspach-Bayreuth Schmettau Dragoons (3 sqns)

Other detachments

At Sluis

• Dutch (Huguenot) Baron de Viçouse Infantry (1 bn)
• Dutch (Scot) Lauder Infantry (1 bn)

At Yssendeyk

• Dutch (Scot) Hamilton Infantry (1 bn)
• Dutch Amama Infantry (6 coys)

In Philippines

• Dutch Prott Infantry (1 bn)

At Sas van Gent

• Dutch Vassy Infantry (1 bn)
• Dutch Amama Infantry (2 coys)

Opdam's Corps

• Infantry (24 bns)
  • Dutch Slangenburg (1 bn)
  • Dutch Nassau-Waale (1 bn)
  • Dutch Baron van Friesheim (1 bn)
  • Dutch Prins van Birkenfeld (1 bn)
  • Dutch Fagel (1 bn)
  • Dutch Baron van Pallandt (1 bn)
  • Dutch Waes (1 bn)
  • Dutch Heukelom (1 bn)
  • Velel (1 bn) unidentified unit
  • Idon (1 bn) unidentified unit
  • Dutch Salisch (1 bn)
  • Dutch Lindtsau (1 bn)
  • Dutch Tassin de Torsay (1 bn)
  • Dutch Holstein (1 bn) could be Holstein-Ploen, Holstein-Norburg or Holstein Beck
  • Dutch (Scot) Colyear (1 bn)
  • Dutch Prins van Brandenburg (1 bn)
  • Münster Elberfeld Infantry (1 bn) in Dutch pay
  • Münster Schwarz (1 bn) in Dutch pay
  • Münster Nagel (1 bn) in Dutch pay
  • Münster Carnarens (1 bn) in Dutch pay
  • unidentified units from Hesse-Kassel (1 bn)
  • unidentified Swiss units in Dutch service (3 bns)
• Cavalry (23 sqns)
  • Dutch Graaf van Tilly (2 sqns)
  • Dutch Obdam (2 sqns)
  • Dutch Cannenburg (2 sqns)
  • Dutch Hertog van Sachsen-Heilburg (2 sqns)
  • Dutch Prins van Hessen-Homburg (2 sqns)
  • Dutch Baldwin (1 sqn)
  • Sachsen-Gothaer Prinz von Saxe Gotha Dragoons (3 sqns) aka Hardenburg
  • Sachsen-Gothaer Stubenvelt Dragoons (3 sqns)
  • Holstein von der Nath Dragoons (3 sqns)
  • Holstein Bauditz Dragoons (3 sqns)

References

Bottema, J. K. H. L: Ekeren 30 Juni 1703 in Mars et Historia, 7e Jaargang, no. 3, August 1972, pp. 73-80

Wijn, J.W.: Het Staatse Leger, Vol. VII, Band I, Bijlage 24, p. 726f

Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 3 p. 763