1757 - Franco-Imperial invasion of Saxony – Reichsarmee OOB August
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Description
Organisation of the Reichsarmee for the march towards Erfurt
Commander-in-Chief: Field Marshall Prince von Sachsen-Hildburghausen
Summary: 35 bns, 30 grenadier coys (including 6 with the avant-garde), 58 regimental guns, 45 sqns, 10 to 12 light field guns
Avant-Garde under FML Prince von Hessen-Darmstadt (9 bns, 5 sqns)
- Kurmainz Infantry (4 bns)
- Ferntheil Infantry (2 bns)
- Varell Infantry (2 bns)
- Prinz Georg Infantry (1 bn) aka Hessen-Darmstadt Infantry
- Ansbach Dragoons (5 sqns)
First Line under FZM Landgrave von Fürstenberg (10 bns, 16 sqns)
- Kurtrier Infantry (2 bns)
- Kurpfalz Effern Infantry (2 bns)
- Pfalz-Zweibrücken Infantry (2 bns)
- Nassau-Weilburg Infantry (2 bns)
- Cronegk Infantry (2 bns)
- Bretlach Cuirassiers (3 sqns + 1 carabinier coy)
- Trautmansdorf Cuirassiers (6 sqns + 1 carabinier coy)
- Kurpfalz Cuirassiers (3 sqns)
- Württemberg Dragoons (2 sqns)
Second Line under FZM Prince von Baden-Durlach (8 bns, 12 sqns)
- Kurbayern Infantry (3 bns)
- Baden-Baden Infantry (2 bns)
- Baden-Durlach Infantry (1 bn)
- Kreisinfanterieregiment Fürstenberg (2 bns)
- Bretlach Cuirassiers (3 sqns)
- Bayreuth Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Hohenzollern Cuirassiers (4 sqns)
Artillery
- 10 to 12 x 3-pdr guns
Already in Erfurt (2 bns)
- Blau Würzburg Infantry (2 bns)
On the march to join the army (6 bns, 12 sqns)
- Württemberg Infantry (1 bn)
- Kurköln Leibregiment (1 bn)
- Kurköln Wildenstein Infantry (1 bn)
- Paderborn Mengersen Infantry (1 bn)
- Münster Elverfeldt Infantry (1 bn)
- Münster Nagel Infantry (1 bn)
- Hussar Brigade under Major-General Count Szechényi
- Szechényi Hussars (6 sqns)
- Splényi Hussars (6 sqns)
Note: a contemporaneous map also lists Salzburg Infantry (1 bn) as being present. It also mentions several additional generals, who were attached to this corps:
- G.d.C. Prince of Baden-Baden
- Major-General Prince of Zollern
- Major-General Count Hollenstein
- Major-General von Rosenfled
- Major-General von Stollberg
- Major-General von Effern
- Major-General von Cronegk
- Major-General von Wolfskeel
- FML Count von Wildenstein
- Major-General von Ferntheil
- Major-General von Varell
- Major-General von Roth
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 5 Hastenbeck und Roßbach, Berlin, 1903, Anhang 38, Appendix 7
Moll's Map Collection - Ordre de Bataille der Reichs Armée Zwischen Fürth und Farrenbach im Monath August 1757
