Leuthen -  5th December 1757

This following Order of Battle was developed by Frank Chadwick.

Order of Battle:

Prussian Royal Army, FREDRICK II (Monarch)

RESERVE, Commanded directly by the King

Infantry Division of the Reserve, Generalleutnant Forcade (DC), Ex=7

  • IR 25 (Kalkstein)                                 M6 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • IR 35 (Prinz Heinrich)                            M5 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • Cnvgd FR 36/49 (Munchow/Sers)                     M5 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • Cnvgd IR 34/18 (Prinz Ferd/Priz v. Preussen)      M5 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • Provisional Grenadier Regt Bulow                  M6 [ ][ ][ ] Shock BG
  • Reserve Field Artillery Battalion                 M5 [ ][ ] Fld

Avantegarde Cavalry Division, Generalmajor v. Stechow (DC), Ex=3

  • HR 6 (Werner)                                     M5 [ ][ ] Lt
  • HR 1 (Szekely) (linear stand)                     M5 [ ] Lt
  • HR 7 (Seydlitz) (linear stand)                    M5 [ ] Lt
  • HR 3 (Warnery) (linear stand)                     M5 [ ] Lt
  • DR 2 (Wurttemberg) (linear stand)                 M6 [ ] Md

LEFT WING, Generalleutnant Prinz Eugene v. WURTTEMBERG (CC)

Infantry Division of the Left, Generalleutnant v. RECHOW (DC), Ex=10

  • Provisional Grenadier Regt Geist                  M6 [ ][ ] Shock BG
  • Provisional Grenadier Regt Rohr                   M6 [ ][ ] Shock BG
  • IR 5 (Alt Braunschweig)                           M6 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • IR 23 (Forcade)                                   M6 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • IR 1 (Winterfelt)                                 M6 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • IR 8 (Geist)                                      M6 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • Left Heavy Artillery Battalion                    M5 [ ][ ] Hv
  • Left Field Artillery Battalion                    M5 [ ][ ] Fld

Cavalry Division of the left, Generalleutnant v. DRIESEN (DC), Ex=6

  • Dragoon Brigade Meire(5)                          M6 [ ][ ] Md
  • Cuirassier Brigade Normann (7/12)                 M6 [ ][ ] Hv
  • Cuirassier Brigade Bredow (9/4)                   M6 [ ][ ] Hv
  • Cuirassier Brigade Alt Krochow (1/11)             M6 [ ][ ] Hv
  • HR 4 (Puttkamer)                                  M5 [ ][ ] Lt

Avantgard Infantry, Generalmajor d’ANGELELLI (DC), Ex=3
  • FB 4 (Angelelli) (skirmisher)                     M5 [ ]
  • FB 1 (Le Noble) (skirmisher)                      M5 [ ]
  • FB 3 (Kalben) (skirmisher)                        M5 [ ]
  • Fusjaegers (sharpshooters)                        M6 [ ]
  • IR 20 (Bornstedt)                                 M5 [ ][ ] NE BG

RIGHT WING, General of Infantry Furst MORITZ v. Anhalt-Dessau (CC)

Infantry Division of the Right, Generalmajor Prinz Karl v. BEVERN (DC), Ex=5

  • IR 13 (Itzenplitz)                                M6 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • Provisional Grenadier Regt Bornstedt              M6 [ ][ ] Shock BG
  • Provisional Grenadier Regt Kahlben                M6 [ ][ ] Shock BG
  • Right Field Artillery Battalion                   M5 [ ][ ] Fld

Infantry Division of the Center,  Generalleutnant Priz FERDINAND v. Prussia (DC), Ex=10

  • IR 10 (Panwitz)                                   M6 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • IR 30 (Kannacher)                                 M6 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • IR 15 (Garde)                                     M7 [ ][ ] Shock BG
  • IR 19 (Markgraf Karl)                             M6 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • IR 26 (Meyerinck)                                 M6 [ ][ ] NE BG
  • Provisional Grenadier Regt v. der Goltz           M6 [ ][ ][ ] Shock BG
  • Center Heavy Artillery Battalion                  M5 [ ][ ] Hv
  • Center Field Artillery Battalion                  M5 [ ][ ] Fld

Cavalry Division of the Right, Generalleutnant v. ZIETEN (DC), Ex=7

  • Cuirassier Brigade Schmettau (5/6/8)              M6 [ ][ ][ ] Hv
  • Garde Cuirassier Brigade Lentulus (10/13)         M7 [ ][ ] Hv
  • Dragoon Brigade Jung Krochow (2/11)               M6 [ ][ ] Md
  • Dragoon Brigade Czettrik (1/4)                    M6 [ ][ ] Md
  • HR 2 (Zeiten)                                     M5 [ ][ ] Lt

Overall Prussian Strength: 21,000 Infantry (437 per battalion), 11,000 Cavalry (85 per squadron, 850 per brigade), c. 70 battery guns (14 x 24#, 10 heavy 12# {brummers}, 39 chambered 12#, 8 howitzers).

 

Austrian Army, Prince CHARLES of Lorraine (AC) 

RIGHT WING, Feldzeugmarshal Kheul CC

Avantgard, Generalmajor v. LUDZINSKY (DC), Ex=4

  • 1st Banalist Croats (2 skirmishers)               M5 [ ][ ] 
  • 2nd Banalist Croats (2 skirmishers)               M5 [ ][ ]
  • 1st Carlstaedt Croats (2 skirmishers)             M5 [ ][ ] 
  • HR 24 (Esterhazy) (cav skmsh)                     M5 [ ]
  • HR 32 (Szechenyi) (cav skmsh)                     M5 [ ]

Reserve Infantry, Feldmarshalleutnant Herzog v. ARENBERG (DC), Ex=4

  • Cnvgd Austrian IR 30/38 (Sachsen-Gotha/Ligne)     M5 [ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Austrian IR 16/9 (Koenigsegg/Los Rios)      M5 [ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Austrian IR 56/57 (Mercy/Andlau)            M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Hungarian IR 31/55 (Haller/D’Arberg)        M4 [ ][ ] BG

Infantry Divission of the First Line, Feldmarshalleutnant MACGUIRE (DC), Ex=4

  • Cnvgd Austrian IR 21/26 (Arenberg/Puebla)         M4 [ ][ ][ ] BG
  • Austrian IR 59 (Leopold Daun)                     M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Austrian IR 7 (Neipperg)                          M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Austrian IR 12 (Botta)                            M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Right Artillery Battalion                         M5 [ ][ ] Fld

Infantry Divission of the Second Line, Commanded directly by the corps commander, Ex=5

  • Austrian IR 1 (Kaiser)                            M6 [ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Aust. IR 17/27 (Kollowrat/Baden-Durlach)    M5 [ ][ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Austrian IR 11/15 (Wallis/Pallavicini)      M5 [ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Austrian IR 3/35 (Lothringen/Waldeck)       M5 [ ][ ] BG

Cavalry Division of the Right, Gen of Cav. LUCCHESE (DC), Ex=5

  • Cuirassier Brigade Spada (?/?)                    M5 [ ][ ][ ] Hv
  • Cuirassier Brigade Woellwurth (10/27)             M5 [ ][ ] Hv
  • Dragoon Brigade Daun (31/38)                      M5 [ ][ ] Md
  • Cuirassier Brigade Trauttmansdorf (12/25)         M5 [ ][ ] Hv

CENTER, Feldzeugmarshal Graff Colloredo (CC)

Infantry Division of the First Line, Feldmarshalleutnant d’ARBERG (DC), Ex=6

  • Center Artillery Battalion                        M5 [ ][ ] Fld
  • Cnvgd Austrian IR 25/49 (Thurheim/Kheul)          M4 [ ][ ][ ] BG
  • Hungarian IR 33 (Nikolaus Esterhazy)              M5 [ ][ ] BG
  • Hungarian IR 37 (Joseph Esterhazy)                M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Austrian IR 29 (Alt-Wolfenbuttel)                 M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Austrian IR 47 (Harrach)                          M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Austrian IR 10 (Jung-Wolfenbuttel)                M4 [ ][ ] BG

Infantry Division of the Second Line, commanded directly by the corps commander, Ex=5

  • Hungarian IR 2 (Erzherzog Carl)                   M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Austrian IR 8 (Hildburghausen)                    M5 [ ][ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Austrian IR 23/42 (Baden-Baden/Gaisruch)    M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Austrian IR 50 (Harsch)                           M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Hungarian IR 52 (Bethlen)                         M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Austrian IR 4/36 (Deutschmeister/Browne)    M6 [ ][ ] BG

Cavalry Division of the Center, Gen of Cav SERBELLONI (DC), Ex=5

  • Cuirassier Brigade Hohenzollern (11/19/22)        M5 [ ][ ][ ] Hv
  • Cavalry Brigade Buccow (C4/D19)                   M5 [ ][ ] Md/Hv
  • Cuirassier Brigade Starhemberg (14/20)            M5 [ ][ ] Hv
  • Cavalry Brigade Kolowrat (D37/C23)                M5 [ ][ ] Md/Hv

LEFT WING, Gen of Cav. Graff NADASTI (CC)

  • Nadasti Artillery Battalion                       M6 [ ][ ] Fld

Austrian Division, Feldmarshalleutnant FORGACH (DC), Ex=6

  • Reserve Artillery Battalion                       M5 [ ][ ] HVY
  • Austrian IR 45 Heinrich Daun                      M5 [ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Hungarian IR 19/31 (L. Palffy/Haller)       M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Austrian IR (?/48) (Macguire/Luzan)         M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Austrian IR 32/44 (Forgach/Clerici)         M4 [ ][ ] BG
  • Cnvgd Hungarian IR 34/39 (J. Batthyany/J. Palffy) M4 [ ][ ] BG

Bavarian Division, Generalfeldmarshal Graff d’AIR (DC), Ex=5

  • Austrian Left Artillery Battalion                 M5 [ ][ ] FLD
  • Cnvgd Bavarian IR 2/6 (Kurprinz/Brensing)         M4 [ ][ ] PT BG
  • Bavarian IR 3 (Herzog Clemens)                    M4 [ ][ ] PT BG
  • Bavarian IR 1 (Leib)                              M4 [ ][ ] PT BG
  • Bavarian IR 5 (Morawitz)                          M4 [ ][ ] PT BG
  • Bavarian IR 4 (Minucci)                           M4 [ ][ ] PTv

Wurttemburg Division, Feldmarshalleutnant v. SPITZNATZ (DC), Ex=5

  • Wurttemburg IR 4 (Truchfetz)                      M4 [ ][ ] PT NE BG
  • Wurttemburg IR 5 (Roeder)                         M4 [ ][ ] PT NE BG
  • Wurttemburg IR 2 (Prinz Louis)                    M4 [ ][ ] PT NE BG
  • Wurttemburg IR 1 (Leib)                           M4 [ ][ ] PT NE BG
  • Wurttemburg IR 3 (Spitznatz)                      M4 [ ][ ] PT NE BG
  • Wurttemburg Grenadier Brigade v. Rormann          M5 [ ][ ][ ] BG

Cavalry Division of the Left, Feldmarshalleutnant Graff O’DONELL (DC), Ex=4

  • Austrian Dragoon Brigade Cleres (13/28)           M5 [ ][ ]
  • Austrian Dragoon Brigade Castiglioni (7/39)       M5 [ ][ ]
  • Saxon Chevauleger Brigade                         M5 [ ][ ] (Regts Prinz Karl, Graf Bruehl, Prinz Albrecht)
  • Hugarian Hussar Rgt. 11 (Nadasty) (cav skmsh)     M5 [ ]
  • Hugarian Hussar Rgt. 24 (Esterhazy) (cav skmsh)   M5 [ ]

Overall Austrian Strength: Infantry c. 50,000 (c. 600 per battalion), Cavalry c. 15,000 (c. 100 per squadron, 1200 per brigade), Artillery: c. 40 battery guns (many of the heavy guns had been left behind in Breslau).

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