1759 - Swedish campaign in Pomerania – Swedish Army OOB August
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Description
By August 21, 1759 the Swedish was deployed as follows.
Main army under General Jacob Albrekt Lantingshausen on the Peene River
Infantry (5,190 men)
- Kungl Livgardet (1 bn for a total of 367 men)
- Wrangel Grenadiers (1 bn for a total of 359 men)
- Upplands Infantry (519 men)
- Södermanlands Infantry (629 men)
- Dalarnas Infantry (628 men)
- Östgöta Infantry (430 men)
- Hälsinge Infantry (481 men)
- Västerbottens Infantry (384 men)
- Närke-Värmlands Infantry (475 men)
- Österbottens Infantry (558 men)
- Böhnens Fribataljon (360 men)
Cavalry (3,709 men)
- LifRegementet till häst (673 men)
- Västgöta Horse (287 men)
- Smålands Horse (279 men)
- Östgöta Horse (458 men)
- Norra Skånska Horse (591 men)
- Södra Skånska Horse (753 men)
- Blå Husarerna and Husarskyttekår Company (500 men)
- Hästjägare (168 men)
Artillery (1,221 men)
- Artillery
- Nylands Infantry escorting the artillery
Garrison of Stralsund (2,106 men) including outposts at Damgarten, Tribsees, Greifswald, Wolgast and on the Ruden Island
- Drottningens Livregemente (458 men)
- Kronprinsens Infantry (208 men)
- Spenska Infantry (105 men)
- Posseska Infantry (436 men)
- Löwenfelska Infantry (429 men)
- Fabritius Bataljon (470 men)
Expedition against Usedom under Lieutenant-General Fredrik Axel Count Fersen
Infantry (3,474 men)
- Kungl Livgardet (1 bn for a total of 350 men)
- Meijerfelt Grenadiers (355 men)
- Skaraborgs Infantry (469 men) aboard the flotilla
- Åboläns Infantry (487 men)
- Jönköpings Infantry (350 men) aboard the flotilla
- Älvsborgs Infantry (418 men) aboard the flotilla
- Västmanlands Infantry (665 men) aboard the flotilla
- Converged Battalion (the remnants of 3 bns for a total of 380 men) under Major Armfelt aboard the flotilla
Cavalry (270 men)
- Västgöta Horse (200 men)
- Blå Husarerna (50 men)
- Hästjägare (20 men)
References
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 11 Minden und Maxen, Berlin, 1912, Anhang 13
