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
  • Garrison Regiment Garrison Regiment VI Lattorff (2 bns)
  • Jung-Kreytzen Infantry (2 bns)
• in Glatz
  • Garrison Regiment VIII Quadt (4 bns)
• in Brieg
  • Garrison Regiment Garrison Regiment VI Lattorff (1 bn)
  • Garrison Regiment V Mütszchefahl (1 bn)
• 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