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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Campaigns]] &gt;&gt; [[1756 - Prussian invasion of Saxony]] &gt;&gt; Detailed order of battle of Browne's Army on August 20 1756</small> ==Description== Order of battle of the Austrian army under the command of [[Browne, Baron Maximilian|Field Marshall Maximilian Ulysses Count von Browne]] encamped at Kolin in Bohemia on August 20 1756. Summary: 28 bns, 28 grenadier coys, 24 sqns and 4 carabinier or horse grenadier coys. {| border="1" cellspacing="0" |- !First Line!!Second Line |- valign="top" | colspan="2" align="center"|'''Cavalry Right Wing under FML Buccow seconded by Major-General Hedwiger''' |- valign="top" | *[[Erzherzog Joseph Dragoons]] (6 sqns and 1 horse grenadier coy) || *[[Erzherzog Maximilian Cuirassiers|Erzherzog Ferdinand Cuirassiers]] (6 sqns and 1 carabinier coy) |- valign="top" | colspan="2" align="center"|'''Infantry Right Wing under FML Starhemberg''' |- valign="top" |Major-General Wied *[[Kaiser Infantry|Kaiser]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Wallis Infantry|Wallis]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Alt-Colloredo Infantry|Alt-Colloredo]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Nikolaus Esterházy Infantry|Nikolaus Esterházy]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) ||Major-general Krottendorf (absent) *[[Waldeck Infantry|Waldeck]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Kheul Infantry|Kheul]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Baden-Durlach Infantry|Baden-Durlach]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Joseph Esterházy Infantry|Joseph Esterházy]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) |- valign="top" | colspan="2" align="center"|'''Infantry Left Wing under FML Durlach (absent)''' |- valign="top" |Major-General Maquire *[[Harsch Infantry|Harsch]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Kolowrat Infantry|Kolowrat]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Hildburghausen Infantry|Hildburghausen]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) ||Major-General Wolfersdorf *[[Alt-Wolfenbüttel Infantry|Alt-Wolfenbüttel]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Marschall Infantry|Marschall]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) *[[Jung-Wolfenbüttel Infantry|Jung-Wolfenbüttel]] (2 bns, and 2 grenadier coys) |- valign="top" | colspan="2" align="center"|'''Cavalry Left Wing under FML Buccow seconded by Major-General Hedwiger''' |- valign="top" | *[[Batthyányi Dragoons]] (6 sqns and 1 horse grenadier coy) || *[[Anspach Cuirassiers]] (6 sqns and 1 carabinier coy) |} ==References== Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II, ''Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen'', Part 3 ''Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763'', Vol. 1 ''Pirna und Lobositz'', Berlin, 1901, Appendix 7 [[Category:Campaign]] [[Category:Order of Battle]]

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