This Order of Battle was prepared by Martin Soilleux-Cardwell.

Orders of Battle:

Prussian Army: 21,000 men in 27 Bns, 45 Sqns, 18 Heavy guns, approx 40 Battalion guns. His Majesty King Frederick II of Prussia AC-Monarch

reading from the right:-

Army Troops

• Frei Battalion Mayr                                   M4 [ ]sk
• Hussars                                               M5 [s]lt  (Part of Szekely Hussars (HR1), part of Malachowski Hussars (HR7))

Infantry Wing, Generalleutnant Prinz Henry CC

First Line, Right Generalmajor ? DC, Ex = 7

• Grenadier Btns Kremzow & Ramin                        M6 [ ][ ]g*
• IR 19, Margraf Karl                                   M5 [ ][ ]bg
• IR 26, Meyerinck                                      M5 [ ][ ]bg
• IR 15 II/III Garde                                    M6 [ ][ ][ ]bg*
• IR 6 Retzow                                           M6 [ ][ ]bg

First Line, Left Generalmajor ? DC, Ex = 7

• IR 13 Itzenplitz                                      M5 [ ][ ]bg
• IR 23 Forcade                                         M5 [ ][ ]bg
• IR 9 Kleist                                           M5 [ ][ ][ ]bg
• IR 5 Alt-Braunschweig                                 M6 [ ][ ]bg
• Grenadier Btns Jung-Billerbeck & Lubath               M6 [ ][ ]g*

Second Line, Generalmajor ? DC, Ex= 5

• IR 1 Winterfeldt                                      M6 [ ][ ][ ]bg
• IR 24 Golz                                            M5 [ ][ ]bg
• IR 21 Hulsen                                          M5 [ ][ ]bg
• Grenadier Btns Wedell & Finck                         M6 [ ][ ]g*

Heavy Artillery, Colonel Moller DC, Ex = nil

• Left Heavy Artillery                                  M6 [ ]sb-sg
• Right Heavy Artillery                                 M6 [ ][ ]sb-sg

Cavalry Wing, Generalmajor von Seydlitz CC, Ex = 5

First Line

• Dragoon Brigade Regts Czettritz & Meinicke            M6 [ ][ ]med
• Cuirassier Regt No.3 Leib                             M6 [ ]hvy

Second Line

• Cuirassier Brigade Regts Garde du Korps Gensd’armes   M6 [ ][ ]hvy
• Cuirassier Brigade Regts No.8 Rochow & No.7 Dreisen   M6 [ ][ ]hvy

Flank Guard

• Hussar Regiment No.1 Szekely (‘Green Hussars’)        M5 [s][s]lt

Prussian Notes:

1. Col. Moller’s guns were 18 pounders. I have listed them as sb-sg.

2. Turn 1 is 3:00 p.m. when Moller's guns open fire and Seydlitz begins his first charge.

3. The battle ends at the end of the 6:00 p.m. turn when darkness falls. The Prussians are the attackers.

4. This was perhaps the finest army Frederick ever commanded, undiluted by foreigners and with no fusilier regts present. I have rated all formations as 60% exhaustion.

5. *=shock troops. g=grenadiers present. bg=battalion guns. [s]=may detach this SP as a skirmisher.

Allied army: 30,500 French, 10,500 Kreis in 49/14 Bns, 40/41 Sqns, 36/12 Field guns, approx 120 Battalion guns. Charles de Rohan, Prince Soubise, Marshal of France AC (for French troops), Prinz von Sachsen-Hildburghausen, Prince of the Empire AC (for Kreis troops, may command and rally French cavalry)

Franco-Kreis 1st Cavalry Column, Ex = 6

• Austrian Cuirassier Regts Brettlach & Trautmansdorff  M5 [ ][ ][ ]hvy
• Austrian Carabinier Companies                         M5 [ ]hvy
• Kreis Cuirassier Regt Pfalz                           M4 [ ]hvy, pt
• Kreis Cuirassier Hohenzollern                         M4 [ ]hvy, pt
• Kreis Dragoon Regt Wurttemberg                        M3 [ ]med, pt
• French Cavalry Brigade                                M5 [ ][ ]hvy (La Reine/Bourbon-Busset/Fitz-James)
• French Cavalry Brigade                                M5 [ ][s]mxd (Commissaire-Général, No.69 Volontaires Liègois & No.22 Bourbon)

Franco-Kreis 2nd Cavalry Column, Ex = 3

• Kreis Cuirassier Regt Bayreuth                        M3 [ ]hvy, pt
• Kreis Dragoon Regt Anspach                            M3 [ ]med, pt
• French Cavalry Brigade                                M5 [ ][ ]hvy (Penthiévre, Mêstre de Camp Général, Cuirassiers du Roi)
• French Cavalry Brigade No.19 Berry & No.58 Escars     M5 [ ][ ]hvy

Franco-Kreis Main Infantry Columns, Lt Genl de Chevert CC

Right Column, Ex = 7

Advance Guard

• Inf Regt No.4 Piémont, Right Wing                      M5 [ ][ ]bg-g

Body of Right Column

• Inf Regt No.21 Saint-Chamond                           M5 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt No.57 Cossé-Brissac                           M4 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt Allemandes No.92 Deux-Ponts                   M4 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt No.37 Royal Roussillon                        M4 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt Suisse No.51 Reding                           M5 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt Suisse No.63 Planta                           M5 [ ][ ]bg-g

Right-Centre Column, Ex = 8

• Inf Regt No.47 Royal Artillery/No.11 Mailly, Rt. Wing M5 [ ][ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt No.11 Mailly, Left Wing                       M5 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt Allemandes No.66 La Marck                     M4 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt Royal-Pologne/Saint-Germain                   M4 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt Suisse No.52 Castellas                        M5 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt Suisse No.87 Salis                            M5 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt Suisse No.55 Wittemer & No.77 Diesbach        M5 [ ][ ][ ]bg-g

Centre Column, Ex = 4

• Inf Regt No.14 Poitu                                   M4 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt No.61 Provence                                M4 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt Montbazon                                     M4 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt No.41 Beauvoisis                              M4 [ ][ ]bg-g

Left-Centre Column, Ex = nil

• French 1st Field Artillery Battalion                   M5 [ ][ ]sb-fld
• French 2nd Field Artillery Battalion                   M5 [ ][ ]sb-fld
• French 3rd Field Artillery Battalion                   M5 [ ][ ]sb-fld

Left Column, Ex = 4

Advance Guard

• Inf Regt No.4 Piémont, Left Wing                       M5 [ ][ ]bg-g

Body of left Column

• Kreis Inf Regt Blau Wurzburg                           M4 [ ][ ]bg-g, pt
• Kreis Inf Regts Hessen-Darmstadt & Trier               M4 [ ][ ][ ]bg-g
• Kreis Inf Regt Varell                                  M3 [ ][ ]bg-g, pt
• Kreis Light Artillery Battalion                        M4 [ ][ ]sb-lt, pt
• Kreis Inf Regts Cronegk & Ferentheil                   M3 [ ][ ]bg-g, pt

Saint Germain’s Detached Wing, Lt Genl Saint Germain DC, Ex = 7

First Line

• French Cavalry Brigade                                 M5 [ ][ ]hvy (Aquitaine, Royale & Royal-Roussillon)
• Inf Regt No.38 Condé                                   M4 [ ][ ]bg-g
• Inf Regt No.18 Touraine                                M4 [ ][ ]bg-g
• French cavalry Brigade Colonel General, Conde & Poli   M5 [ ][ ]hvy

Second Line

• Inf Regt No.6 Royal La Marine                          M5 [ ][ ][ ]bg-g

Flank Guard

• Hussars No.69 Royal Nassau                             M4 [s]lt
• Dragoons No.13 Royal Apchon                            M4 [ ]med

Generaleutnant Loudon’s Austrian Light Column, GL Loudon DC, Ex = 2

• Szecheny Hussars                                       M5 [s]lt
• Grenzer Karlstadter Otocaner                           M4 [ ]sk-bg
• Grenzer Warasdiner Creuzer                             M4 [ ]sk-bg

French Notes:

1. All infantry have grenadiers present and battalion guns, except the Croats who have no grenadiers.

2. The army starts deployed thus:

• The Austrian brigades of the 1st Cavalry Column are deployed.
• St Germain's Wing and Loudon's Flying Column are deployed.
• French Inf Regt Piemont (split across the fronts of the left and right infantry columns) which is covering the advance of the infantry main body is deployed.
• The balance of 1st Cavalry Column, and all of 2nd Cavalry Column and the infantry main body is in march column.
• The infantry main body should be deployed with only about an inch between columns.

3. The Allied command structure was difficult to represent. The army was hopelessly sluggish, the high command was riven by petty jealousies, it's CinC was a lazy clueless so and so and command control was amateurish. The army was basically caught in march column and destroyed within one hour. I thought about limitations on the number of units players could deploy, or not being allowed to deploy until a certain time, etc but eventually decided to take a leaf from the Frank Chadwick book of wargame command and let the players try their best to retrieve a nearly hopeless situation with their own skills. To make it interesting for them I seriously limited the army's ability to manouver sub-units by giving the main force only three commanders. Sachsen-Hildburghausen starts the game with the 1st cav column. 2nd cav column should begin the game out of command. Soubise and Chevert between them lead the main infantry body.

By necessity therefore the Allied columns will be closely packed - probably mostly touching. Have fun.

A 6'x10' table is required to place St Germain’s and Loudon’s formations on at the start. If this space is not available, they arrive about 5:00p.m. to cover the retreat. They actually begin the battle 3 1/2 and 3 miles away from the main army.

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