1703 – Campaign on the Rhine – French OOB 10 August
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Description
Field Army
Order of battle of the French Army of the Rhine destined to lay siege to Alt-Breisach, 10 August 1703
Commander-in-Chief: Duc de Bougogne assisted by the Maréchal de Tallard
Summary: 50 bns, 59 sqns
Infantry (50 bns)
- Navarre (3 bns)
- Du Roi (4 bns)
- Touraine (2 bns)
- Royal-Artillerie (1 bn)
- II./Sourches (1 bn)
- II./Flandre (1 bn)
- Nice (1 bn)
- II./Boulonnais (1 bn)
- II./Tournaisis (1 bn)
- La Marche (2 bns)
- Aulnis (1 bn)
- Sillery (2 bns)
- Royal (2 bns)
- La Couronne (2 bns)
- Tessé (1 bn)
- Robecq (2 bns)
- Montroux (1 bn)
- Brie (1 bn)
- II./Auxerrois (1 bn)
- Courrières (1 bn)
- Van der Gracht (1 bn)
- Hainaut (1 bn) Spanish?
- Orléanais (1 bn)
- Saint-Segond (2 bns)
- Lassay (1 bn)
- Bandeville (1 bn)
- Santerre (2 bns)
- Royal-Italien (1 bn)
- Thouy (1 bn)
- Greder Allemand (2 bns)
- Chevalier de Fraulay (1 bn)
- La Tour-Maubourg (1 bn)
- II./Ile-de-France (1 bn)
- Trécesson (1 bn)
- Grimaldi (1 bn) Spanish
- Casteja (1 bn)
Cavalry (38 sqns)
- Gendarmerie de France (8 sqns)
- Mestre de Camp Général Cavalerie (3 sqns)
- Cravates Cavalerie (3 sqns)
- Bourgogne Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Orléans Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Brissac Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Saint-Pouanges Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- La Vallière Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Noailles Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Sheldon-Irlandais Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Auriac Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Gaetano (2 sqns)
- Croy Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- La Baume Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Vienne Cavalerie (2 sqns)
Dragoons (21 sqns)
- Colonel Général Dragons (3 sqns)
- La Reine Dragons (3 sqns)
- Hautefort Dragons (3 sqns)
- Vassé Cavalerie (3 sqns)
- Rohan-Chabot Dragons (3 sqns)
- Bouville Dragons (3 sqns)
- Verceil Dragons (3 sqns)
Detachment on the Bruche River
Commander: Maréchal de camp de Sailly
Summary: 6 bns, 12 sqns
Infantry (6 bns)
- I./Surbeck (1 bn)
- II./Foix (1 bn)
- II./Saintonge (1 bn)
- Gensac (1 bn)
- Savine (1 bn)
- Broissia (1 bn)
Cavalry (6 sqns)
- Chartres (2 sqns)
- Ligondèz Cavalerie (2 sqns)
- Tarnault Cavalerie (2 sqns)
Dragoons (6 sqns)
- Pézeux Dragons (3 sqns)
- Montmain Dragons (3 sqns)
Garrisons
The following infantry units (41 bns) were assuming garrison duty in various places:
- in Longwy
- II./Guyenne (1 bn)
- in Nancy
- Laigle (1 bn)
- Saint-André (1 bn)
- II./Forez (1 bn)
- in Metz
- Roussilles (1 bn)
- in Thionville
- II./Labour (1 bn)
- Rosières (1 bn)
- II./Surbeck (1 bn)
- in Trarbach
- II./Ponthieu (1 bn)
- in Sarre-Louis (with detachments at Saarbrücken)
- II./Béarn (1 bn)
- Chabrillant (1 bn)
- III./Surbeck (1 bn)
- I./Montfort (1 bn)
- in Sarrebourg and Bouquenom
- II./Montfort (1 bn)
- in Marsal
- Murat (1 bn)
- in Phalsbourg
- Pujol (1 bn)
- I./de Grouf (1 bn)
- in Fort-Louis on the Rhine
- Luxembourg (2 bns)
- Guitaud (1 bn)
- Tavannes (1 bn)
- II./de Grouf (1 bn)
- in Strasbourg
- Varennes (1 bn)
- Lafons (1 bn)
- II./Perche (1 bn)
- Nupces (1 bn)
- II./Beauce (1 bn)
- in Sélestat
- Blacons (1 bn)
- in Neuf-Brisach
- Maisonthiers (1 bn)
- Casteja (1 bn)
- in Neuburg
- II./Angoumois (1 bn)
- II./de Croi (1 bn)
- Castelet (1 bn)
- in Béfort
- Franquières (1 bn)
- in Huningue
- Briouze-Chalmazel (1 bn)
- II./Milan (1 bn)
- on the Nied near Metz
- Tilly (1 bn)
Note: the following regiments which were listed among the garrisons belonging to the Army of the Rhine on 6 June are no more listed on 10 August:
- Lachau-Montauban (1 bn)
- Carné (1 bn)
- La Rochetulou-Desprèz (1 bn)
Units on their way
There were still 3 bns on their way to join the Army of Germany:
- Theseu (1 bn)
- Rimbaudière (1 bn)
- Clermont (1 bn)
References
Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 3 p. 897-899
