1704 – Campaign in Dauphiné, Provence and Savoy – French OOB February
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Description
Order of Battle of the French army in Dauphiné, Provence and Savoy at the beginning of February 1704
Troops destined to De la Feuillade for the siege of Nice and Villefranche
Commander-in-Chief: Duc de La Feuillade
Summary: 18 bns and 13 sqns
Infantry (18 bns)
- Rouergue (2 bn)
- Touraine (2 bns)
- Sanzay (2 bns)
- La Marche (2 bns)
- Brie (2 bns)
- Vexin (2 bns)
- Royal-Comtois (2 bns)
- II./Flandre (1 bn)
- II./Tournaisis (1 bn)
- Marcilly (1 bn)
- La Feuillade (1 bn)
Cavalry (7 sqns)
- Chartres (3 sqns)
- Brissac (2 sqns)
- Coulanges (2 sqns)
Dragoons (6 sqns)
- Hautefort (3 sqns)
- Pézeux (3 sqns)
Troops destined to the Maréchal de Tessé in Savoy and Dauphiné
Commander-in-Chief: Maréchal René de Froulay, Comte de Tessé
Summary: 16 bns and 6 sqns
Infantry (16 bns)
- Orléanais (2 bns)
- II./Bourbon (1 bn)
- II./Beaujolais (1 bn)
- II./Laonnais (1 bn)
- La Fare Soustelle (1 bn)
- Tarnault (1 bn)
- II./Sourches (1 bn)
- Durfort-Boissière (1 bn)
- Saint-Aulaire (1 bn)
- Dauphiné Militia (6 bns)
Dragoons (6 sqns)
- Languedoc 2e (3 sqns)
- Verceil (3 sqns)
References
Pelet and François Eugène de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la Succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV, Vol. 4 pp. 700–701