1712 – Campaign on the Rhine – Imperialist OOB Spring

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Description

In the spring of 1712, the Duke of Württemberg was at the head of 59 bns and 75 sqns, for a total of 36,800 foot and 11,500 horse.

Order of battle of the Reichsarmee stationed on the Rhine in the Spring of 1712.

Imperial (Austrian) Contingent

Infantry

• Guttenstein (1 bn)
• D'Arnant (1 bn)
• De Wendt (1 bn)
• Plüschau (1 bn)
• Swiss Erlach (1 bn)
• Swiss Diesbach (1 bn)

Cavalry

• Pfalz-Neuburg Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
• Uhlefeld Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
• Hannover Cuirassiers (6 sqns)
• Schönborn Dragoons (6 sqns)
• Esterházy Hussars (6 sqns)
• Babocsay Hussars(6 sqns)

Franconian Contingent

Infantry

• Grenadiers (1 bn)
• Boyneburg (3 bns)
• Helmstätt (3 bns)
• Ilten (2 bns)
• Jaxtheim (2 bns)
• Hohenzollern (2 bns)
• Erffa (3 bns)

Cavalry

• Brandenburg-Bayreuth Cavalry (5 sqns)
• Bibra Dragoons (5 sqns)

Swabian Contingent

Infantry

• Grenadiers (1 bn)
• Baden.-Baden (2 bns)
• Baden-Durlach (2 bns)
• Enzberg (2 bns)
• Roth (2 bns)
• Reischach (2 bns)

Cavalry

• Württemberg Garde (1 sqns)
• Oettingen Dragoons (4 sqns)
• Fugger Dragoons (4 sqns)
• Prince Württemberg Dragoons (4 sqns)

Upper-Rhine Contingent

Infantry

• Churmainz (3 bns)
• Darmstadt (2 bns)
• Nassau-Idstein (2 bns)
• Schönborn (2 bns)

Cavalry

• Darmstadt Dragoons (4 sqns)
• Nassau Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Bernsau Cavalry (1 sqn)

Electoral Rheinisch Contingent

Infantry

• Von der Leyen (1 bn)
• Eltz (1 bn)
• Harstal (1 bn)

Westphalian Contingent

Infantry

• Zimmern (1 bn)
• Uslar (2 bns)

Cavalry

• Venningen Dragoons (2 sqns)
• Nagel Cavalry (2 sqns)

Bavarian Contingent

Infantry

• Haxthausen (1 bn)
• Bavarian "Kreis" (1 bn)
• Salzburg (2 bns)

Upper-Saxony Contingent

Infantry

• Schrattenbach (1 bn)
• Anspach (1 bn)
• Anhalt-Dessau (1 coy)

Cavalry

• Sachsen-Gotha Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Anspach Dragoons (3 sqns)

Lower-Saxony Contingent

Infantry

• Hildesheim (1 bn)

Cavalry

• Holstein Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Mecklenburg Cavalry (2 sqns)

References

Eberswald, H. Edler von: Spanischer Successions-Krieg. Feldzug 1712 II. Serie, V. file, Vienna 1889

Acknowledgements

Harald Skala for the initial version of this article