1703 – Campaign on the Rhine – Imperialist Thüngen OOB June
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Description
In June 1703, the small Imperialist army left on the Upper-Rhine under the command of FM Thüngen was deployed as follows.
Main body
Commander-in-chief: Field Marshal Johann Karl von Thüngen
Summary: 13,000 men
On the right bank of the Rhine
- in the Lines between Stollhofen and Bühl
- Palatine Sachsen-Meiningen Infantry (2 bns)
- Palatine Bourcheit Infantry (2 bns)
- Palatine Effern Infantry (2 bns) unidentified unit
- Palatine Aubach Infantry (2 bns) unidentified unit
- Palatine Lübeck Infantry (2 bns)
- unidentified Dutch units (6 bns)
- Palatine Carabiniers aka Venningen
- Garde du Corps
- Vehlen Dragoons
- Wittgenstein Dragoons
- in Philippsburg and on the bridge on the Rhine
- Commandeered troops from the units stationed in the Lines of Stollhofen (800 men)
- Badener peasants (1,000 men)
- on the boat bridge near Daxlanden and near Illingen
- Commandeered troops (177 men)
- Peasants (??? men)
On the left bank of the Rhine
- in Lauterbourg and in the Lines of Wissembourg
- unidentified Dutch units (4 bns)
- Esterházy Hussars
- Gombos Hussars
- Loosy Hussars
- Czungenberg Hussars
Garrison of Landau
Commander: FML Count von Friesen
Summary: 5,000 men (including 2 unidentified Dutch bns)
References
- Abtheilung für Kriegsgeschichte des k. k. Kriegs-Archives: Feldzüge des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen, Series 1, Vol. 5, Vienna 1878, p. 329