1703 – Campaign on the Rhine – French Villars OOB 13 April

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Description

Order of battle of the French Army of Villars, 13 April 1703

Commander-in-Chief: Maréchal de Villars

Summary: 54 bns, 84 sqns

Senior officers:

• on the cavalry right wing
  • First line
    • Lieutenant-General de Lannion
    • Lieutenant-General de Druys
    • Maréchal de camp de Marivaux
    • Maréchal de camp Duchatelet
  • Second line
    • Lieutenant-General de Magnac
    • Maréchal de camp Cheyladet
• in the infantry centre
  • First line
    • Lieutenant-General de Clérambault
    • Maréchal de camp de Chamarande
    • Maréchal de camp de Lee
  • Second line
    • Lieutenant-General de Saint-Maurice
    • Maréchal de camp Dorrington
• on the cavalry left wing
  • First line
    • Lieutenant-General du Bourg
    • Maréchal de camp de Legall
  • Second line
    • Lieutenant-General de Rosel
    • Maréchal de camp de Vivans

First Line	Second Line
Right Cavalry Wing
Fontbeausard Brigade (12 sqns) La Reine Dragons (3 sqns) Bouville Dragons (3 sqns) Fontbeausart Dragons (3 sqns) La Vrillière Dragons (3 sqns) Lévis' Brigade (9 sqns) Royal Cavalerie (3 sqns) Saint-Pouanges Cavalerie (2 sqns) La Ferronays Cavalerie (2 sqns) Lévis Cavalerie (2 sqns) Massenbach's Brigade (6 sqns) Barentin Cavalerie (2 sqns) Bourke Cavalerie (2 sqns) Prince Charles Cavalerie (2 sqns)	Conflans' Brigade (9 sqns) Dauphin-Étranger Cavalerie (3 sqns) Ligondèz Cavalerie (2 sqns) Vivans Saint-Christaud Cavalerie (2 sqns) Conflans Cavalerie (2 sqns) Brissac's Brigade (8 sqns) Mérinville Cavalerie (2 sqns) Rouvray Cavalerie (2 sqns) Forsat Cavalerie (2 sqns) Brissac Cavalerie (2 sqns)
Infantry Centre
Bligny's Brigade (5 bns) Champagne (3 bns) Saintonge (1 bn) Lee (1 bn) Montbrun's Brigade (5 bns) Dauphin (3 bns) Nice (1 bn) Dorrington (1 bn) Rastot's Brigade (5 bns) Coetquen (2 bns) Brie (1 bn) Noailles (1 bn) Lorraine (1 bn) Dutot's Brigade (5 bns) La Reine (3 bns) Toulouse ??? (2 bns) Saint-Segond's Brigade (5 bns) Artois (2 bns) Guyenne (1 bn) Foix (1 bn) Saint-Segond (1 bn) Peri's Brigade (5 bns) Clare (1 bn) Peri (1 bn) Isenghien (1 bn) Bourbonnais (2 bns)	De Lisle's Brigade (5 bns) Nettancourt (2 bns) Provence (2 bns) Lafons (1 bn) unidentified brigadier (5 bns) Condé (1 bn) Chartres (2 bns) II./Vendôme (1 bn) Vivarais (1 bn) unidentified brigadier (4 bns) Vermandois (2 bns) Landes (1 bn) Lannoy (1 bn) Vieux-Pont's Brigade (4 bns) Bourbon (1 bn) Béarn (1 bn) Lassay (1 bn) Montboissier (1 bn) Choiseul's Brigade (5 bns) Agénois (1 bn) Nivernais (2 bns) Poitou (2 bns)
Left Cavalry Wing
L'Isle du Vigier's Brigade (6 sqns) Montmain Cavalerie (2 sqns) Lisle du Vigier Cavalerie (2 sqns) Fourquevaux Cavalerie (2 sqns) Bouzols' Brigade (9 sqns) Livry Cavalerie (2 sqns) Choiseul Cavalerie (2 sqns) Heudicourt Cavalerie (2 sqns) Royal-Piémont Cavalerie (3 sqns) Du Héron's Brigade (9 sqns) Vassé Dragons (3 sqns) Chevalier de Rohan Dragons (3 sqns) probably Rohan-Chabot Dragons Listenois Dragons (3 sqns)	Auriac's Brigade (8 sqns) d'Aubusson Cavalerie (2 sqns) Bissy Cavalerie (2 sqns) Auriac Cavalerie (2 sqns) Anlézy Cavalerie (2 sqns) La Vallière's Brigade (8 sqns) La Vallière Cavalerie (2 sqns) La Billarderie Cavalerie (2 sqns) Noailles Cavalerie (2 sqns) Condé Cavalerie (2 sqns)

Furthermore, one battalion of Royal-Artillerie was attached to Villars' Army.

References

Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 3 p. 948-949