1758 - Prussian invasion of Moravia – Prussian OOB May 20

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Description

By May 20 1758, the Prussian Army operating in Moravia (65 bns, 2 foot jäger coys, 123 sqns for a total of 55,000 men) was deployed as follows:

• the Siege Corps (18 bns, 15 sqns) under Field-marshal Keith (including the units detached to Horka and Chomottau)
  • Staff
    • Lieutenant-general: Fouquet
    • Major-generals: von Schenkendorf, Prince Franz of Brunswick, Rebentisch
    • Colonel Johann Friedrich von Balbi (leading the siege works)
  • Infantry
    • Markgraf von Brandenburg Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • Pannewitz (2 bns)
    • Fouqué Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • Wied Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • Jung Braunschweig Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • Prinz Ferdinand (2 bns)
    • Bornstedt (2 bns)
    • Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • IV./Garrison Regiment VI von Lattorf (1 bn)
    • Grenadier Battalion 24/34 Naumeister (1 bn)
  • Cavalry
    • Herzog von Württemberg Dragoons (5 sqns)
    • Möhring Hussars (10 sqns)
  • Field Artillery Regiment under Colonel von Dieskau
    • 15 x 24-pdr guns
    • 66 x 12-pdr guns
    • 19 howitzers
    • 16 mortars
    • Mineurs (2 coys)
• a detachment (1 bn, 2 foot jäger coys, 12 sqns) under General von Mayr, blockading the left bank of the March River
  • Grenadier Battalion 33/42 Nimschöfsky (1 bn) in Lodenitz
  • Feldjäger zu Fuß (2 coys) in Drussowitz
  • Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns) near Starnau (present-day Štarnov) and Bauniowitz (probably Bohuňovice)
  • Seydlitz Hussars (2 sqns) near Starnau and Baunowitz
• a corps (21 bns, 76 sqns) under Frederick II, in a camp near Schmirsitz (present-day Smržice) covering the siege
  • Staff
    • Lieutenant-generals: Prince Ferdinand, Prince von Württemberg, Zieten and Seydlitz
    • Major-generals: Geist, Bülow, Kahlden, Wedel, Lentulus, Bredow, Schmettau, Krokow (Jung), Czetteritz and Puttkamer
  • Infantry
    • Grenadier Battalion 3/6 Hacke (1 bn)
    • Grenadier Battalion 17/22 Kremzow (1 bn)
    • Markgraf Carl (2 bns)
    • Kannacher (2 bns)
    • Itzenplitz (2 bns)
    • Wedell (2 bns)
    • Lattorf (2 bns)
    • Alt-Braunschweig (2 bns)
    • II. and III. Garde Bataillon (2 bns)
    • Retzow (1 bn)
    • I. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Wangenheim) (1 bn)
    • Grenadier Battalion 1/23 Wedell (1 bn)
    • Grenadier Battalion 21/27 Diringshofen (1 bn)
    • III. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Beneckendorff) (1 bn)
  • Cavalry
    • Garde du Corps (3 sqns)
    • Gens d'Armes (5 sqns)
    • Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns)
    • Krockow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Schmettau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Seydlitz Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Normann Dragoons (5 sqns)
    • Czettritz Dragoons (5 sqns)
    • Krockow Dragoons (5 sqns)
    • Jung-Platen Dragoons (5 sqns)
    • Zieten Hussars (8 sqns)
    • Puttkamer Hussars (10 sqns)
    • Werner Hussars (10 sqns)
• a corps (15 bns, 17 sqns) under Prince Moritz, in a camp near Assmeritz (present-day Nasobůrky) covering the siege
  • Staff
    • Lieutenant-generals: Forcade and Neuwied
    • Major-generals: Prince Karl von Bevern, Lattorf, Saldern, Kreutz, Schönaich and Krockow
  • Infantry
    • Prinz von Preußen (2 bns)
    • Forcade de Biaix (2 bns)
    • Manteuffel (2 bns)
    • Asseburg (2 bns)
    • Münchow Fusiliers (2 bns)
    • Grenadier Battalion 47/G-VII Wangenheim (1 bn)
    • Grenadier Battalion 35/36 Schenckendorff (1 bn)
    • VI. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Rohr) (1 bn)
    • V. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Rath) (1 bn)
    • Grenadier Battalion 19/25 Heyden (1 bn)
  • Cavalry
    • Baron von Schönaich Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Bredow Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers (5 sqns)
    • Zieten Hussars (2 sqns)
• a corps (7 bns, 3 sqns) under Margrave Karl, in a camp near Mährisch Neustadt (present-day Uničov) covering the siege
  • Staff
    • Lieutenant-generals: Prince von Hessen-Kassel, Retzow
    • Major-generals: Kannacher, Bornstedt and Golz
  • Infantry:
    • Grenadier Battalion 12/39 Pieverlingk (1 bn)
    • Grenadier Battalion 37/40 Manteuffel (1 bn)
    • II. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Unruh) (1 bn)
    • Kalckstein (2 bns)
    • Geist (2 bns)
  • Cavalry:
    • Seydlitz Hussars (3 sqns)
• a detachment (2 bns) in Sternberg (present-day Šternberk), covering the siege
  • Frei-Infanterie le Noble (1 bn)
  • Frei-Infanterie Salenmon (1 bn)
• a detachment (1 bn) in Troppau (present-day Opava)
  • Grenadier Battalion 15/18 Kleist (1 bn)

References

St.; E. v.: Zum Säcular-Gedächtniss von 1758 – Der Felzug in Mähren oder die Belagerung und der Entsatz von Olmütz, Frankfurt am Main: Sauerländer's Verlag, 1858, pp. 39-45