1760 - French campaign in West Germany – Allied OOB May

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Order of battle of the Allied army at the end of May 1760

Commander-in-chief: Ferdinand of Brunswick

Ferdinand's Army

Summary: 67 bns and 78 sqns, 102 field pieces

Ferdinand's Main Body

Commander: Ferdinand of Brunswick

Summary: 39 bns and 35 sqns)

Infantry (39 bns)

• British 12th Napier's Foot (1 bn)
• British 20th Kingsley's Foot (1 bn)
• British 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1 bn)
• British 25th Edinburgh's Foot (1 bn) under the command of William Home
• British 37th Stuart's Foot (1 bn)
• British 51st Brudenell's Foot (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Garde (2 bns)
• Hanoverian Jung Zastrow (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Scheele (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Halberstadt (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Dreves (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Kielmannsegg (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Spörcken (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Schulenburg (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Hardenberg (1 bn)
• Hessian Leib-Regiment (2 bns) would be renamed Wutginau at the end of June
• Hessian Erbprinz (2 bns) former Prinz Wilhelm
• Hessian Gilsa (2 bns)
• Hessian Garrison Battalion Wurmb (1 bn)
• Brunswicker Leib-Regiment (2 bns)
• Brunswicker Imhoff (2 bns)
• Brunswicker Behr (2 bns)
• Brunswicker Zastrow (2 bns)
• Guarding the artillery
  • Hanoverian Sachsen-Gotha (1 bn)
  • Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg Bückeburg (1 bn)
• Guarding the headquarters at Wabern
  • British Converged Grenadier Battalion Maxwell (1 bn) from the 12th Foot, 20th Foot, 23rd Foot, 25th Foot, 37th Foot and 51st Foot
  • Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Buttlar (1 bn) unidentified unit
  • Brunswicker Converged Grenadier Battalion Wittorf (1 bn)
  • Brunswicker Converged Grenadier Battalion Stammer (1 bn)
  • Brunswicker Converged Grenadier Battalion Redecker (1 bn)
  • British 87th Keith's Highlanders (1 bn)

Cavalry (35 sqns)

• British Royal Horse Guards (3 sqns) aka The Blues
• British 1st (The King's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards (3 sqns) under Colonel Bland
• British 3rd Howard's Dragoon Guards (2 sqns)
• British 1st Royal Dragoons (2 sqns) under aka Conway
• British 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (2 sqns) aka Scots Greys
• British 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (2 sqns)
• British 7th Queen's Own Dragoons (2 sqns) aka Cope
• British 10th Mordaunt's Dragoons (2 sqns)
• British 11th Ancram's Dragoons (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Garde du Corps (1 sqn)
• Hanoverian Grenadiers à cheval (1 sqn)
• Hanoverian Jüngermann Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Veltheim Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hessian Gens d'Armes (2 sqns)
• Hessian Leib-Dragoner (4 sqns)
• Brunswicker Carabiniers (3 sqns)

Artillery (102 field pieces)

• Right Wing
  • British Light Brigade (served by the British Royal Regiment of Artillery)
    • 3 x 6-pdr guns
    • 3 x 12-pdr guns
    • 3 x howitzers
  • British Heavy Brigade (served by the British Royal Regiment of Artillery)
    • 4 x 3-pdr guns
    • 14 x 12-pdr guns
    • 3 x howitzers
• Centre
  • Bückeburger Light Brigade (served by the Bückeburg Detachment of Artillery)
    • 19 x 3-pdr guns
  • Hanoverian Heavy brigade (served by the Hanoverian Artillery Corps)
    • 2 x 4-pdr guns
    • 6 x 6 pdr-guns
    • 3 x 10-pdr guns
    • 2 x 12-pdr guns
    • 4 x 12-pdr guns (Bückeburger)
    • 6 x mortars (Bückeburger)
• Left Wing
  • British Light Brigade (served by the British Royal Regiment of Artillery)
    • 3 x 6-pdr guns
    • 3 x 12-pdr guns
    • 3 x howitzers
  • Hanoverian Heavy Brigade (served by the Hanoverian Artillery Corps)
    • 4 x 3-pdr guns
    • 14 x 12-pdr guns
    • 3 x howitzers

Imhoff's Corps

Commander: Lieutenant-General von Imhoff

Summary: 15 bns and 28 sqns)

Infantry (11 bns)

• Hanoverian Geyso Converged Grenadier Battalion (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Wersebe Converged Grenadier Battalion (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Bock Converged Grenadier Battalion (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Wangenheim (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Behr (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Reden (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Plessen (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Marschalck (1 bn)
• Hessian Prinz Karl Fusiliers (2 bns)
• Hessian Garrison Battalion Kutzleben (1 bn) in Kassel

Cavalry (10 sqns)

• Hanoverian Grothaus Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Hodenberg Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Heise Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Busche Dragoons (4 sqns)

Light Troops (4 bns, 18 sqns)

• Prussian Volontaires de Prusse (1 bn) aka Trümbach
• Hanoverian Jägercorps (2 brigades)
• Brunswicker Jäger Corps (1 brigade)
• Prussian Malachowski Hussars (2 sqns)
• Prussian Volontaires de Prusse (2 hussar sqns) aka Trümbach
• Hanoverian Luckner Hussars (4 sqns)
• Brunswicker Roth Hussars (4 sqns)
• Hanoverian Mounted Jägers (4 sqns)
• Brunswicker Mounted Jägers (2 sqns)

Gilsa's Corps

Commander: Lieutenant-General von Gilsa

Summary: 14 bns and 15 sqns)

Infantry (11 bns)

• Hanoverian Alt Zastrow (1 bn)
• Hanoverian La Chevallerie (1 bn)
• Hessian 2nd Garde (2 bns)
• Hessian Mansbach (2 bns)
• Hessian Bischhausen (2 bns)
• Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Stirn (1 bn)
• Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Schlotheim (1 bn)
• Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Balcke (1 bn)

Cavalry (6 sqns)

• Hessian Erbprinz Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hessian Prinz Friedrich Dragoons (4 sqns)

Light Troops (3 bns, 9 sqns)

• Hanoverian Jägercorps (1 brigade)
• Hanoverian Stockhausen Freikorps (1 brigade)
• Hessian Jägers (1 brigade)
• Prussian Ruesch Hussars (3 sqns)
• Hanoverian Mounted Jägers (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Stockhausen Freikorps (2 sqns)
• Hessian Mounted Jägers (2 sqns)

Spörcken's Army of Westphalia

Commander: General August Friedrich von Spörcken

Summary: 31 bns, 34 sqns, 44 field pieces

Infantry (25 bns)

• Hanoverian Block (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Laffert (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Rhoedern (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Scheither (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Post (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Estorff (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Bock (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Fersen Infantry (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Monroy Infantry (1 bn)
• Hanoverian Wrede (1 bn)
• Hessian 3rd Garde (2 bns)
• Hessian Leib-Regiment (2 bns)
• Hessian Prinz Anhalt (2 bns)
• Hessian Malsburg (2 bns)
• Hessian Toll (2 bns)
• Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Papenheim (1 bn)
• Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Mirbach (1 bn)
• Hessian Converged Grenadier Battalion Rückersfeld (1 bn)
• Hessian Landgrenadierregiment (1 bn)
• Hessian Garrison Battalion Müller (1 bn)

Cavalry (22 sqns)

• Hanoverian Leib-Regiment Reuter (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Bremer Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Walthausen Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hanoverian Bock Dragoons (4 sqns)
• Hanoverian Reden Dragoons (4 sqns)
• Hanoverian Breidenbach Dragoons (4 sqns)
• Hessian Oheimb Cavalry (2 sqns)
• Hessian Pruschenk Cavalry (2 sqns)

Light Troops (6 bns, 12 sqns)

• Légion Britannique (5 bns)
• Hanoverian Scheither Corps (1 bn)
• Légion Britannique (5 sqns)
• Hanoverian Scheither Corps (3 sqns)
• Hessian Hesse-Kassel Hussars (4 sqns)

Artillery (43 field pieces served by the Artillery Corps)

• 8 x 3-pdr guns (Hanoverian)
• 2 x 4-pdr guns (Hanoverian)
• 12 x 6-pdr guns (Hanoverian)
• 10 x 12-pdr guns (Hanoverian)
• 2 x 30-pdr howitxers (Hanoverian)
• 1 x 16-pdr howitzers (Hanoverian)
• 4 x 12-pdr guns (Hessian)
• 4 x mortars (Hessian)

References

Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 12 Landeshut und Liegnitz, Berlin, 1913, Anlage 10