1758 - Prussian invasion of Moravia – Prussian OOB April 19
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Description
On April 19, when Frederick’s Prussian army came out of the mountains of Silesia, it consisted of:
Vanguard under the direct command of King Frederick II of Prussia
- Infantry (16 bns)
- II. and III. Garde Bataillon (2 bns)
- Itzenplitz (2 bns)
- Wedell (2 bns)
- Lattorf (2 bns)
- Alt-Braunschweig (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion Retzow (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 15/18 Kleist (1 bn) remained in Troppau
- Grenadier Battalion 3/6 Hacke (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 17/22 Kremzow (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 47/G-VII Carlowitz (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 1/23 Wedell (1 bn)
- Cavalry (23 sqns)
- Garde du Corps (3 sqns)
- Czettritz Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)
- Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
Main body under the command of Field-Marshal Keith
- Infantry 28 bns
- Markgraf Carl (2 bns)
- Geist (2 bns)
- Kannacher (2 bns)
- Prinz von Preußen (2 bns)
- Manteuffel (2 bns)
- Forcade (2 bns)
- Asseburg (2 bns)
- Kalckstein (2 bns)
- Münchow Fusiliers (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion 21/27 Dieringshofen (1 bn)
- III. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Benckendorff) (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 24/34 Naumeister (1 bn)
- I. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Wangenheim) (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 37/40 Manteuffel (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 33/42 Nimschöfsky (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 12/39 Pieverlingk (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 35/36 Schenckendorff (1 bn)
- VI. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Rohr) (1 bn)
- II. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Unruh) (1 bn)
- Cavalry (40 sqns)
- Gens d'Armes (5 sqns)
- Bredow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Krockow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Seydlitz Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
- Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns)
Meanwhile, the following units were stationed in Silesia
- in Neisse
- Garrison Regiment X Blanckensee (4 bns) including 400 men in a commandeered battalion which had been sent to Troppau
- Garrison Regiment Garrison Regiment VI Lattorff (1 bn)
- Tresckow Infantry (2 bns)
- Grenadier Battalion 8/46 Alt-Billerbeck (1 bn)
- Grenadier Battalion 9/10 Bähr (1 bn)
- I.Leibgarde Bataillon (1 bn) arrived on April 25
- In Cosel
- in Glatz
- Garrison Regiment VIII Quadt (4 bns)
- in Brieg
- in Breslau
- Garrison Regiment II Sydow (4 bns)
- Garrison Regiment V Mütszchefahl (3 bns)
- in Schweidnitz
- Garrison Regiment XI Manteuffel (4 bns)
- in Glogau
- Garrison Regiment Lange (1 bn)
There were also other Prussian corps posted in Silesia, including Fouqué’s Corps.
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, Anhang 17