1757 - Franco-Imperial invasion of Saxony – Frederick OOB August

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Description

Detailed order of battle of Frederick's Prussian army on August 29 1757 when he left Dresden.

Commander-in-Chief: King Frederick II of Prussia

Summary: 31 bns, 45 sqns

I. Troops who accompanied Frederick when he marched from Bernstadt auf dem Eigen.

• Infantry (12 bns)
  • Grenadier Garde Retzow (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Kremzow (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Lubath (1 bn)
  • II. and III. Garde (2 bns)
  • Winterfeldt Infantry (2 bns)
  • Markgraf Carl Infantry (2 bns)
  • Itzenplitz Infantry (2 bns)
  • I./Meyerinck Infantry (1 bn)
• Cavalry (18 sqns)
  • Garde du Corps (3 sqns)
  • Gens d'Armes (5 sqns)
  • Rochow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Katte Dragoons (5 sqns)

II. Reinforcements who joined Frederick on his way to Dresden (they had previously been escorting a convoy between Bautzen and Bernstadt).

• Infantry (4 bns)
  • II./Meyerinck Infantry (1 bn)
  • Anhalt-Dessau Infantry (3 bns reduced to 2 bns)
  • I./Hülsen Infantry (1 bn)
• Cavalry (5 sqns)
  • Meinicke Dragoons (5 sqns)

III. Prince Moritz's troops who joined Frederick's Army near Dresden on August 29.

• Infantry (15 bns)
  • Grenadier Battalion Wedell (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Finck (1 bn) initially left behind in Dresden but later rejoined the army
  • Grenadier Battalion Ramin (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn)
  • Forcade Infantry (2 bns)
  • Alt-Braunschweig Infantry (2 bns)
  • Goltz (2 bns) (formerly Schwerin)
  • Kleist (2 bns)
  • Erbprinz von Hessen-Darmstadt Infantry (2 bns) left behind in Dresden
  • Freibataillon Mayr (1 bn)
• Cavalry (22 sqns)
  • Driesen Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
  • Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)
  • Szekely Hussars (10 sqns)
  • Seydlitz Hussars (2 sqns)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763

• Vol. 4 Groß-Jägersdorf und Breslau, Berlin, 1902, p. 127
• Vol. 5 Hastenbeck und Roßbach, Berlin, 1903, Anhang 32