1704 – Rákóczi Uprising in Hungary – Imperialist OOB November
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Description
At the end of November, Imperial forces were deployed as follows in the eastern theatre of operation. However, a large part of these troops were stationed in fortified cities in Hungary, in Vienna and various places of the Hereditary Lands.
In the Hereditary Lands (in Marchfelde and on the March River, in Lower Austria and Moravia) under the command of FML Heister
- Infantry (6,517 men)
- Deutschmeister (1,048 men)
- Virmond (1,913 men)
- Max Starhemberg (796 men)
- Kratze (114 men)
- Holstein Plön (552 men)
- Bagni (426 men)
- Wendt (650 men)
- Kriechbaum (527 men)
- Heister (291 men)
- Friese (200 men)
- Cavalry (4,999 men and 4,041 horses)
- La Tour Cuirassiers (862 men with 662 horses)
- Cusani Cuirassiers (approx. 800 men with 600 horses)
- Alt-Darmstadt Cuirassiers (approx. 800 men with 600 horses)
- Schlick Dragoons (865 men with 705 horses)
- Bayreuth Dragoons (846 men with 706 horses)
- Lower Austria Militia Dragoons (400 men with 400 horses)
- Lothringen Cuirassiers (122 men with 122 horses)
- Falkenstein Cuirassiers (133 men with 123 horses)
- Visconti Cuirassiers (101 men with 53 horses)
- Trautmansdorf Dragoons (70 men with 70 horses)
N.B.: from these dispersed detachments, there were only 900 foot and 3,000 horse already assembled at Zistersdorf
On the Leitha under the command of Colonel Viard and near Raab and Styria under Count Caspar Esterházy
- Infantry (1,020 foot)
- Cavalry (977 men with 823 horses)
- Jung-Hessen-Darmstadt Cuirassiers (100 men with 100 horses)
- Lothringen Cuirassiers (75 men with 75 horses)
- Falkenstein Cuirassiers (75 men with 75 horses)
- Leiningen Cuirassiers (60 men with 48 horses)
- Visconti Cuirassiers (65 men with 65 horses)
- Vaubonne Dragoons (112 men with 100 horses)
- Savoyen Dragoons (130 men)
- Styria Militia Dragoons (360 men with 360 horses)
In Pressburg
- Infantry (2,078 men)
- Hasslingen (596 men)
- Guido Starhemberg (552 men)
- Thürheim (146 men)
- Nehem (210 men)
- Königsegg (574 men)
In Silesia
- Infantry (600 men)
- Wobeser (600 men)
- Cavalry (800 men with 485 horses)
- Montecuccoli Cuirassiers (800 men with 485 horses)
Furthermore, detachments of Kratze Infantry, Friese Infantry, d’Arnant Infantry and Nicolaus Pálffy Infantry were posted in Güns, Gran, Sárvár, Körmend, St. Gotthard, Simontornya, Duna-Földvar to cover the part of Hungary on the right bank of the Danube River. The Silesian militia, guarded the Jablunka Pass along with some dismounted cuirassiers of the Montecuccoli Cuirassiers. Meanwhile, the Moravian militia were posted in the vicinity of Ungarisch-Hradisch.
References
Abtheilung für Kriegsgeschichte des k. k. Kriegs-Archives: Feldzüge des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen, Series 1, Vol. 6, Vienna 1879, pp. 194-196
