1760 - Austro-Russian campaign in Silesia – Prussian OOB Frederick August 30

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Description

Detailed order of battle of Frederick's Army on August 30, 1760

Commander-in-Chief: King Frederick II of Prussia

Summary: 58 bns, 114 sqns, 129 heavy artillery pieces for a total of approx. 50,000 men (excluding artillerymen)

Vanguard

• Major-General von Stutterheim
  • Grenadier Battalion 15/18 Anhalt (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 3/6 Hacke (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 8/46 Alt-Billerbeck (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 33/42 Nimschöfsky (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 1/23 Rathenow (1 bn)
  • 10 x 12-pdr guns
• Major-General von Syburg
  • Grenadier Battalion 5/20 Jung-Billerbeck (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 35/36 Schwartz (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion G-NG/G-III/G-IV Carlowitz (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 9/10 Bähr (1 bn)
  • Grenadier Battalion 29/31 Falkenhayn (1 bn)

N.B.: hereafter, regiments are listed from right to left

First Line under General of Infantry Margrave Karl	Second Line	Reserve under Lieutenant-General von Forcade
Right Wing
Lieutenant-General von Zieten Major-General von Schwerin Garde du Corps (3 sqns) Gens d'Armes (5 sqns) Leib-Carabiniers (5 sqns) Prinz Heinrich Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Seydlitz Cuirassiers (5 sqns)	Lieutenant-General von Platen Major-General von Meinicke Czettritz Dragoons (5 sqns) Normann Dragoons (5 sqns) Krockow Dragoons (5 sqns)	Lieutenant-General von Finckenstein Major-General von Krockow Dingelstedt Hussars (5 sqns) Holstein-Gottorp Dragoons (5 sqns)
Centre
Lieutenant-General von Wedel Major-General von Zeuner Syburg Infantry (2 bns) Zeuner Infantry (2 bns) Prinz von Preußen Infantry (1 bn) 13 x heavy 12-pdr guns Major-General von Saldern Prinz von Preußen Infantry (1 bn) II./Garde (1 bn) III./Garde (1 bn) Grenadier Garde Saldern (1 bn) Forcade Infantry (1 bn) 10 x 12-pdr guns Colonel von Bützke Forcade Infantry (1 bn) Wedell Infantry (2 bns) ???or I./Vacant Wedell??? Alt-Braunschweig Infantry (2 bns) 10 x 12-pdr guns Lieutenant-General von Bülow Major-General von Gablentz Jung-Stutterheim Infantry (2 bns) Queiss Infantry (2 bns) Ramin Infantry (1 bn) 10 x 12-pdr guns Major-General von Ramin Ramin Infantry (1 bn) Manteuffel Infantry (2 bns) Goltz Infantry (2 bns) 10 x 12-pdr guns	Lieutenant-General von Kanitz Major-General von Tettenborn Lestwitz Infantry (2 bns) Wied Fusiliers (2 bns) Gabelentz Fusiliers (1 bn) 10 x 12-pdr guns 2 x 18-pdr howitzers 5 x 10-pdr howitzers Major-General Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Gabelentz Fusiliers (1 bn) Anhalt-Bernburg Infantry (2 bns) Knobloch Infantry (1 bn) unidentified unit Thile Infantry (1 bn) 3 x 10pdr and 12-pdr guns Lieutenant-General Count Wied Major-General von Queis Thile Infantry (1 bn) Kleist Infantry (2 bns) unidentified unit Prinz Heinrich von Preußen Fusiliers (2 bns) 10 x 12-pdr guns 2 x 18-pdr howitzers 5 x 10-pdr howitzers	Major-General von Grumbkow Hülsen Infantry (2 bns) I./Garrison Regiment Alt-Sydow (1 bn) Garrison Regiment V Jung-Sydow (1 bn) 10 x light 12-pdr guns Major-General von Wangenheim Garrison Regiment V Jung-Sydow (1 bn) Diericke Fusiliers (2 bns) Jung Braunschweig Fusiliers (2 bns) 4 x 12-pdr guns 5 x heavy 6-pdr guns
Left Wing
Lieutenant-General Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Major-General von Schmettau Markgraf Friedrich Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Spaen Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Major-General von Aschersleben Schlabrendorff Cuirassiers (5 sqns) Horn Cuirassiers converged with Vasold Cuirassiers to form 5 sqns Leibregiment zu Pferde (5 sqns)	Lieutenant-General von Platen Major-General von Spaen Jung-Platen Dragoons (2 sqns) Württemberg Dragoons (1 sqn) Major-General von Meyer Bayreuth Dragoons (10 sqns) 10 x horse artillery pieces	Lieutenant-General von Finckenstein Major-General von Krockow Finckenstein Dragoons (5 sqns) Ruesch Hussars (3 sqns) under Major du Gay

Zieten Hussars (10 sqns)
Möhring Hussars (10 sqns)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 13 Torgau, Berlin, 1914, Anlage 4