1703 – Campaign on the Rhine – French OOB 6 June
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Description
Field Army
Order of battle of the French Army of the Rhine, 6 June 1703
Commander-in-Chief: Maréchal de Tallard
Summary: 39 bns, 60 sqns
Senior officers:
- on the cavalry right wing
- First line
- Lieutenant-General de Marsin
- Maréchal de camp de Sailly
- Maréchal de camp de Valsemé
- Maréchal de camp d'Humières
- Second line
- Lieutenant-General d'Hautefort
- Maréchal de camp d'Imécourt
- Maréchal de camp de Nogent
- First line
- in the infantry centre
- First line
- Lieutenant-General de Courtebourne
- Lieutenant-General de Clérambault
- Lieutenant-General de Surville
- Maréchal de camp de Thianges
- Maréchal de camp Duchatelet
- Maréchal de camp de Blaysac
- Maréchal de camp de Galmoy
- Second line
- Maréchal de camp d'Asfeld
- Maréchal de camp de Sainte-Hermine
- Maréchal de camp de Forsat
- Maréchal de camp de Joffreville
- First line
- on the cavalry left wing
- First line
- Lieutenant-General de Roussy
- Lieutenant-General de Locmaria
- Maréchal de camp de Vaillac
- Maréchal de camp de Flamenville
- Second line
- Lieutenant-General de Grammont
- Maréchal de camp Prince Camille
- First line
- Others
- Commander of the cavalry: M. d'Auriac
- Maréchal des logis de l'armée M. de Tilly
- Maréchal des logis de la cavalerie M. du Plessis
- Major-General de Maisonsel
First Line | Second Line |
---|---|
Right Cavalry Wing | |
Hautefort's Brigade (9 sqns)
Vertilly's Brigade (8 sqns)
La Vallière's Brigade (7 sqns)
|
Brissac's Brigade (8 sqns)
|
Infantry Centre | |
Montroux's Brigade (5 bns)
Polignac's Brigade (5 bns)
De Croissy's Brigade (5 bns)
Marcé's Brigade (6 bns)
|
Raffetot's Brigade (8 bns)
Saint-Second's Brigade (8 bns)
|
Left Cavalry Wing | |
Ayen's Brigade (6 sqns)
Puiguioé's Brigade
Unnamed Brigade (9 sqns)
|
Unnamed Brigade (6 sqns)
Royal-Artillerie (1 bn) Grenadiers (1 bn) |
Furthermore, Louis XIV promised a reinforcement of 18 bns which would bring the field army to 56 bns (excluding the grenadier battalion already listed above). The planned infantry reinforcements were:
- Touraine (1 bn)
- II./Saintonge (1 bn)
- Sillery (1 bn)
- Royal (2 bns)
- La Couronne (2 bns)
- Tessé (1 bn)
- Bandeville (1 bn)
- Santerre (1 bn)
- Chevalier de Fraulay (1 bn)
- Trécesson (1 bn)
- Grimaldi (1 bn) Spanish
- II./Foix (1 bn)
- Casteja (1 bn)
- Gensac (1 bn)
- Savine (1 bn)
- I./Surbeck (1 bn)
Garrisons
The following infantry units (41 bns) assumed 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 (with detachments at Trier) and Sarrebourg
- 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
- Carné (1 bn)
- 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)
- La Rochetulou-Desprèz (1 bn)
- Nupces (1 bn)
- II./Beauce (1 bn)
- Maisonthiers (1 bn)
- in Sélestat
- Blacons (1 bn)
- in Neuf-Brisach
- Franquières (1 bn)
- Gensac (1 bn)
- in Neuburg
- II./Angoumois (1 bn)
- II./de Croi (1 bn)
- Castelet (1 bn)
- in Béfort
- Lachau-Montauban (1 bn)
- in Huningue
- Briouze-Chalmazel (1 bn)
- II./Milan (1 bn)
- on the Nied near Metz
- Tilly (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. 883-885