1756 - Prussian invasion of Saxony – Prussian OOB October 21

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Description

By October 21, Frederick's Army was deployed in Saxony and on the frontier with Western Bohemia.

Summary: 70 bns, 1 grenadier coy, 1 foot jäger coy, 101 sqns

In Saxony

• around Pirna
  • in the camp near Gross-Sedlitz under General of Infantry Margrave Karl (19 bns, 1 grenadier coy, 1 jäger coy)
    • Grenadier Battalion Möllendorff (1 bn)
    • Prinz von Preußen Infantry (2 bns)
    • Kalckstein Infantry (2 bns)
    • Prinz Moritz Infantry (2 bns)
    • Grenadier Garde (1 bn)
    • I.Leibgarde Battalion (1 bn including its grenadier coy)
    • II. and III. Garde (2 bns)
    • Winterfeldt Infantry (2 bns)
    • Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • Prinz Ferdinand Infantry (2 bns)
    • Forcade Infantry (2 bns)
    • Feldjäger zu Fuß (1 coy)
  • in camp near Rathmannsdorf under Lieutenant-General Lestwitz (7 bns, 15 sqns)
    • Schwerin Infantry (2 bns)
    • Meyerinck Infantry (2 bns)
    • Brandes Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • II. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion Ingersleben (1 bn)
    • Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)
    • Puttkamer Hussars (10 sqns)
  • in Pirna (2 bns)
    • Wietersheim Fusiliers (2 bns)
• garrison of Dresden (2 bns)
  • I./Wied Fusiliers (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Wangenheim (1 bn)
• garrison of Torgau (1 bn)
  • II./Wied Fusiliers (1 bn)
• between Pirna and Dresden (20 sqns) guarding the Saxon cavalry
  • Markgraf Friedrich von Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
  • Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
  • Truchseß Dragoons (5 sqns)

On the border of western Bohemia

• near Lobositz
  • in camp near Lobositz under Field-Marshal Keith (22 bns, 30 sqns)
    • Alt-Kleist Infantry (2 bns)
    • II./Münchow Fusiliers (1 bn)
    • Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (3 bns)
    • I./Braunschweig Infantry (1 bn)
    • Jung-Kleist Infantry (2 bns)
    • Blanckensee Infantry (2 bns)
    • Braunschweig-Bevern Infantry (2 bns)
    • Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns)
    • Hülsen Infantry (2 bns)
    • Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns)
    • Grenadier-Battalion Kleist (1 bn)
    • Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn)
    • Grenadier Battalion Grumbkow (1 bn)
    • Prinz von Preußen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)
    • Rochow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • in camp near Tschischkowitz under Duke of Braunschweig-Bevern (4 bns, 15 sqns, 600 picked cuirassiers)
    • Grenadier Battalion Puttkamer (1 bn)
    • II./Braunschweig Infantry (1 bn)
    • I./Münchow Fusiliers (1 bn)
    • I./Zastrow Infantry (1 bn)
    • Katte Dragoons (5 sqns)
    • Szekely Hussars (10 sqns including 200 men detached to Tetschen)
    • Picked Cuirassiers (600 men)
• cantoned behind the Biela River near Klinay under Frederick II (4 bns, 11 sqns)
  • Grenadier Battalion Bülow (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Finck (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Kanitz (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Bandemer (1 bn)
  • Gens d'Armes (5 sqns)
  • Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
  • Garde du Corps (1 sqn)
• marching towards Klinay and near Peterswald under Lieutenant-General Ferdinand of Brunswick (5 bns)
  • Knobloch Infantry (2 bns)
  • Markgraf Carl Infantry (2 bns)
  • Grenadier Battalion Schenckendorff (1 bn)
• in Aussig (3 bns)
  • II./Zastrow Infantry (1 bn)
  • Grenadier-Battalion Lengefeld (1 bn)
  • III. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion Gemmingen (1 bn)
• in Dux (1 bn, 10 sqns)
  • Grenadier Battalion Ramin (1 bn)
  • Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
• in Tetschen
  • II./Zastrow Infantry (1 coy)
  • Szekely Hussars (200 men)

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, Anhang 57, p. 370a