Hanoverian Army
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Introduction
At the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession, the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (aka Electorate of Hanover) did not yet incorporate the Principality of Brunswick-Celle and the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg. In 1701, contemporary sources often referred to the army of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg as the Hanoverian or Lüneburger army and to the army of the Principality of Brunswick-Celle as the Cellische army.
In this article, we regroup both armies, specifying which units originated from Hannover and which from Celle.
Gardes
Leibregiment zu Fuß aka Sommerfeld, 1712 Bülow (in British pay from 1702 to 1705)
Line Infantry
N.B.: Hereafter regiments are designated by the name of their chief in 1701 (or at their creation), changes during the war are also indicated
Hanover
Du Breuille Infantry created in 1702 (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
Saint-Pol Infantry; 1706 Starcke, 1708 de Lueur (in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1713)
Weyhe Infantry; 1703 Brunck, 1706 Stallmeister (in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1713)
d'Herleville Infantry; 1705 Belling (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
Gohr Infantry; 1709 Boldewin (in British pay from 1705 to 1712)
Hülsen Infantry; 1705 Coseritz (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
Schlegel Infantry; 1703 Klinkowström
Amstenräth Infantry; 1705 Tecklenburg (in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1713)
Celle
de Carles Infantry; 1706 Hitzfeld (in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1704)
Bernstorf Infantry; 1709 Diepenbroick (in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1713)
de Luc Infantry; 1707 Melville (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
de la Motte Infantry; 1702 Gauvin (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
Starcke Infantry created in 1704; 1706 de Lueur, 1708 Diepenbroick, 1709 Saint-Denis l'Escour, 1711 Niemeyer (in British pay from 1705 to 1712)
Ranzow Infantry (1st battalion in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1713, 2nd battalion from 1704 to 1713)
Friesen Infantry; 1705 Ranzow
Hodenberg Infantry created in 1707 , 1711 Campen
Tozin Infantry; 1704 Reck (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
Mecklenburg-Strelitz Infantry created in 1702, 1708 Knöbel
Note: According to Schwencke (p. 302):
- from 1696, regimental guns were issued to the infantry;
- from 1706, the infantry officers wore a yellow sash.
Cavalry
N.B.: Hereafter regiments are designated by the name of their chief in 1701 (or at their creation), changes during the war are also indicated
Hanover
Podewills Cavalry; 1703 Bennigsen, 1704 Pentz, 1705 Breidenbach (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
Göden Cavalry; 1701 Georg Heinrich Breidenbach, 1705 Pentz (in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1713)
Noyelle Cavalry; 1704 Schulenburg (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
Voigt Cavalry (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
Celle
Pentz Cavalry; 1704 Bannier, 1704 Rheden, 1710 Grote (in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1713)
Croix de Fréchapelle Cavalry; 1711 Schlüter (in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1713)
Boisdavid Cavalry; 1705 de Saint-Laurent (in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1713)
Note: According to Schwencke (part III of the preface), in 1705, the big moustaches and the wide low-brimmed hats were abolished in the cavalry.
Dragoons
N.B.: Hereafter regiments are designated by the name of their chief in 1701 (or at their creation), changes during the war are also indicated
Hanover
|Bülow Dragoons (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
Schulenburg Dragoons created in 1701; 1704 Busche, 1704 Bennigsen, 1707 Eltz, 1710 Schlüter, 1711 Chalon aka Gehlen (in Dutch pay from 1701 to 1713)
Celle
Villers Dragoons; 1708 Hahn (in British pay from 1702 to 1712)
Bothmer Dragoons some sources mention Horn as chief of the regiment prior to 1705 (in British pay from 1702 to 1706, then in joint Dutch-British pay from 1707-1712)
Artillery
Hanoverian Artillery
Engineers (uniform: red coat with gold braids)
References
German Wikipedia – Liste der kur-braunschweig-lüneburgischen Regimenter
Schwencke, Alexander: Geschichte der Hannoverschen Truppen im Spanischen Erbfolgekrieg 1701-1714, Hannover 1862
Acknowledgement
Wienand Drenth for the identification of the hiring of each regiment
