1703 – Franco-Bavarian advance on the Danube – Imperialist OOB Baden June

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Description

By 17 June 1703, the Margrave of Baden had assembled a large Imperialist army at Gross-Süssen.

Commander-in-Chief: Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden-Baden, seconded by Field-Marshall Count Limburg-Styrum

Summary: 29 bns and 81 sqns

First Line	Second Line
Cavalry Right Wing under FZM Count Castell
FML Baron Zanthe Baron Bibra’s Brigade Austrian Limburg-Styrum Dragoons (6 sqns) Austrian Gronsfeld Cuirassiers (6 sqns) Würburger Bibra Infantry (2 bns) Horn’s Brigade Würburger Fuchs Infantry (2 bns) Austrian Jung-Hessen-Darmstadt Cuirassiers (2 sqns) Austrian Zanthe Cuirassiers (6 sqns)	FML Duke of Württemberg Württemberg Dragoons (3 sqns) probably Fuggers Dragoons Austrian Cusani Cuirassiers (6 sqns) Württemberg (2 bns) unidentified unit Swabian Rodt (1 bn)
Centre under FZM Landgrave of Fürstenberg seconded by Baron Schulenburg
Wostromirski’s Brigade Saxon Königin (1 bn) Saxon Churprinz (1 bn) Saxon Wostromirsky (1 bn) Saxon Wackerbarth (1 bn) Saxon Leib-Regiment (1 bn) aka Thielau Bevern’s Brigade Saxon Sacken (1 bn) Brunswicker Bernstorff (2 bns) Brunswicker Bevern (1 bn) unidentified unit Upper Rhine (2 bns) unidentified unit	Fürst Oettingen’s Brigade ??? Merheim Dragoons (3 sqns) unidentified unit Swabian Stauffenberg Cuirassiers (3 sqns) Württemberg Erbprinz Cavalry (3 sqns) Swabian Oettingen Dragoons (3 sqns)
Cavalry Left Wing under FZM Count von Gronsfeld seconded by Fürst Hohenzollern
Durlach’s Brigade Saxon Jordan Cuirassiers (4 sqns) Saxon Churprinz Cuirassiers (4 sqns) Saxon Leibregiment zu Pferde (4 sqns) Swabian Baden Durlach (2 bns) Reischach’s Brigade Swabian Baden Baden (2 bns) Austrian Hohenzollern Cuirassiers (6 sqns) Würzburger Schad Dragoons (1 sqn) Austrian Castell Dragoons (4 sqns)	Stauffenberg’s Brigade Württemberg (2 bns) unidentified unit Swabian Reischach (2 bns) ??? Stetten Dragoons (4 sqns) unidentified unit ??? Bevern (1 sqn) unidentified unit ??? Völkly (2 sqns) unidentified unit Hanoverian Bothmer Dragoons(4 sqns)

Reserve

Baron Neipperg

• Austrian Mercy Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
• Converged Grenadiers (3 bns)

References

• Abtheilung für Kriegsgeschichte des k. k. Kriegs-Archives: Feldzüge des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen, Series 1, Vol. 5, Vienna 1878, Beilage 45