1758 - Prussian invasion of Moravia – Prussian Convoy June 25
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Description
Detailed order of battle of the Prussian Convoy at Troppau on June 25, 1758.
Commander-in-Chief: Lieutenant-Colonel von Mosel from Jung-Kreytzen Infantry
Summary: 7,461 foot, 1,798 horse for a total of 9,259 men with 16 battalion guns.
Vanguard under Lieutenant-Colonel Salenmon
- Commandeered Hussars (190 men from Möhring Hussars and Werner Hussars)
- Commandeered cuirassiers (224 men from Garde du Corps, Gens d'Armes and Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers)
- Commandeered light troops (approx. 200 from Frei-Infanterie le Noble and Frei-Infanterie Salenmon.
- Feldjäger zu Fuß (20 men)
- I./Jung-Kreytzen Infantry (1 bn)
Main body
- Jung-Platen Dragoons (77 men)
- Grenadier Battalion 8/46 Alt-Billerbeck (1 bn) assisted by
- Leib-Carabiniers (?? men)
- II./Jung-Kreytzen Infantry (1 bn) assisted by
- Seydlitz Hussars (?? men)
- Prinz Ferdinand (700 recruits) assisted by
- Krockow Cuirassiers (?? men)
- I./Garrison Regiment V von Mützschefahl (1 bn) assisted by
- Bredow Cuirassiers (?? men)
- Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (?? men)
- Nostitz (1 bn of convalescents of the Garde and grenadiers), assisted by
- Schmettau Cuirassiers (?? men)
- II./Garrison Regiment V von Mützschefahl (1 bn) assisted by
- Normann Dragoons (?? men)
- Teuffel (½ bn of convalescents from 7 infantry rgts), assisted by
- Normann Dragoons (?? men)
- I./Tresckow Infantry (1 bn) assisted by
- Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons (?? men)
- Rüchel (1 bn of convalescents from 13 infantry rgst), assisted by
- Krockow Dragoons (?? men)
- II./Tresckow Infantry (1 bn) assisted by
- Czettritz Dragoons (?? men)
Rearguard
- Grenadier Battalion 9/10 Bähr (1 bn)
- Bayreuth Dragoons (144 men)
- Möhring Hussars (80 men)
N.B.: the cavalry contingent totalled some 1,200 men, thus each regiment probably contributed approx. 100 men.
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 7 Olmütz und Crefeld, Berlin, 1909, Anlage 7
