Order of battle
of the
Prussian army
at the Rhine,
end of July until medium November
1793
Composed by Geert van Uythoven
Notes:
1. The Prussian army contained a large detachment of Saxons and a Kurtrier Jäger company. The difference is marked as follows:
Kurtrier
2. For
strengths, an infantry battalion is estimated at 500 men; a cavalry squadron at
120 men; an artillery battery at 150 men.
3. Each
infantry company had ten Schützen (‘sharpshooters’), armed with rifled muskets.
4. Every
Prussian infantry battalion had two battalion guns, 3pdr or 6pdr cannon. The
Saxons had light 4pdr cannon attached to their infantry as regimental
artillery.
5. The
fusilier battalions fought in two, not in three ranks.
Commander in
Chief:
(König Friedrich Wilhelm II von
Preuβen)
1. HEERESTHEIL
(‘FIRST ARMY CORPS’[1]) (König Friedrich Wilhelm II von
Preuβen)
Regiment Fuβjäger[2]
(Leib-kompagnie)
Regiment Husaren No. 8
‘Göltz’[3] (I. Bataillon, 5 squadrons)
Generalmajor Ernst
Friedrich Wilhelm Philipp von Rüchel
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 30 ‘Wegnern’[4] (I., II. and
Grenadier-Bataillon)
Regiment zu
Fuβ No. 9
‘Manstein’ (Grenadier-Bataillon)
Schwere (‘heavy’) 6-pf.
Batterie ‘Plümcke’ (6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Generalmajor von Thadden
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 12 ‘Kleist’ (I., II. and
Grenadier-Bataillon)
Schwere 12-pf.
Batterie ‘Heidenreich’ (6x 12pdr cannon, 2x 10pdr howitzer)
Generalmajor von Manstein
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 37 ‘Wolframsdorff’ (I.
and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 3 ‘Thadden’ ( II. Bataillon)
Schwere
6-pf. Batterie
‘Sager’ (6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Oberst (‘Colonel’) von der
Goltz
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 3 ‘Thadden’ (I. and
Grenadier-Bataillon)
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 9 ‘Manstein’ (I. and II.
Bataillon)
Regiment
Garde No. 15 (Königs I. Bataillon Leib-Garde)
10-pf.
Mörser (‘mortar’) Batterie ‘Tiemann’ (8x 10pdr mortar)
Generallieutenant Prinz
Louis von Württemberg
Oberst Prinz Louis
von Preuβen
Regiment
Husaren No. 5 ‘Markgraf von Anspach-Baireuth’ (10 squadrons)
Generalmajor Herzog
von Weimar
Regiment
Kürassiere No. 6 ‘Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar’ (5 squadrons)
1/2
6-pf. Reitende Batterie No. 4 ‘Hahn’ (4x light 6pdr cannon)
Total strength 1. Heerestheil: 16 1/4
battalions, 20 squadrons, 4 1/2 batteries; 8,125 infantry, 2,400 cavalry, 675
artillery
2. HEERESTHEIL (‘SECOND
ARMY CORPS’) (Herzog
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig)
Regiment Fuβjäger (4 companies;
Oberstlieutenant von Valentini, Kapitain von Valentini, Kapitain von Meyer,
Major von Spitznaβ)
Füsilier-Bataillon No. 10 ‘Martini’
Füsilier-Bataillon
No. 18 ‘Müffling’
Generalmajor Erich Magnus von Wolffradt
Regiment Husaren No. 6
‘Wolfrad’ (10 squadrons)
Generalmajor von Kleist
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 34 ‘Prinz Ferdinand von
Preuβen’
(I., II. and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 49 ‘Borch’ (II. Bataillon)
Schwere
6-pf. Batterie
‘Menz’ (6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Generalmajor Ludwig I,
Wilhelm August Prinz zu Baden
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 49 ‘Borch’ (I. Bataillon)
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 37 ‘Wolframsdorff’ (II. Bataillon)
Regiment
zu Fuβ No. 41
‘Schladen’ (I. Bataillon)
Leichte (‘light’)
6-pf. Batterie
‘Decker’ (6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Schwere 6-pf.
Batterie ‘Scholten’ (6x 6pdr cannon)
Generalmajor von Herzberg
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 19 or 21 ‘Braunschweig’
(I., II. and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Schwere 6-pf.
Batterie ‘Wundersitz’ (6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Generalmajor Friedrich
Gisbert Wilhelm Freiherr von Romberg
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 35 ‘Prinz Heinrich von
Preuβen’ (I., II. and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Schwere 6-pf.
Batterie ‘Potozky’ (6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Regiment Garde No.
15 (II. and III. Bataillon Garde)
Regiment
No. 6 Grenadiergarde-Bataillon ‘Rohdich’
Haubitze-Batterie
‘Lieutenant Alkier’ (4x 7pdr howitzer)[5]
Schwere
6-pf. Batterie
‘Wille’ (6x 6pdr cannon)
Generallieutenant von Schönfeld
Generalmajor Johann Friedrich
Heinrich Christoph von Katte
Regiment Dragoner
No.1 ‘Lottum’ (5 squadrons)
1/2 6-pf. Reitende
Batterie No. 4 ‘Hahn’ (4x light 6pdr cannon)
Generalmajor Hans Friedrich
Heinrich von Borstell
Regiment Dragoner
No. 11 ‘Tschirschky’ (5 squadrons)
Regiment Kürassiere
No. 7 ‘Borstell’ (5 squadrons)
6-pf. Reitende
Batterie No. 6 ‘Meyer’ (8x light 6-pdr cannon[6])
Total strength 2.
Heerestheil: 19 battalions, 25 squadrons, 7 1/2 batteries; 9,500 infantry,
3,000 cavalry, 1,125 artillery
3. HEERESTHEIL
(‘THIRD ARMY CORPS’)
(Generallieutenant Erbprinzen von Hohenlohe)
Regiment Fuβjäger (3 companies; Kapitain
von Tümpling, Major von Uttenhoven, Kapitain von Nürnberg)
Füsilier-Bataillon No. 19 ‘Ernest’
Füsilier-Bataillon
No. 13 ‘Thadden’
Füsilier-Bataillon
No. 20 ‘Legat’
Generallieutenant
Erbprinzen von Hohenlohe
Regiment
zu Fuβ No. 10
‘Romberg’ (I., II. and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Schwere 6-pf. Batterie ‘Hahn’
(6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Oberst Daniel Noah Louis von Crousaz
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 47 ‘Herzberg’ (I., II.
and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Schwere 6-pf. Batterie
‘Fiebig’ (6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Generalmajor Karl Friedrich Gottlieb
von Schladen
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 32 ‘Hohenlohe’ (I., II.
and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 41
‘Schladen’ (Grenadier-Bataillon)
Schwere 6-pf. Batterie
‘Berneck’ (6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Generallieutenant Karl Adolf August Freiherr von Eben
und Brunnen
Oberst Hans Karl Ludolph von
Strantz
Regiment Dragoner
No. 4 ‘Katte’ (5 squadrons)
Generalmajor von Schmettau
Regiment Dragoner
No. 2 ‘Schmettau’ (5 squadrons)
6-pf. Reitende Batterie No. 3
‘Schönermark’ (8x light 6pdr cannon)
Generalmajor Georg Ludwig
Egidius von Köhler
Regiment Husaren No.
3 ‘Köhler’ (10 squadrons)
Regiment Husaren No.
2 ‘Eben (10 squadrons)
6-pf. Reitende
Batterie No. 2 ‘Lange’ (8x light 6pdr cannon)
Total strength 3.
Heerestheil: 13 3/4 battalions, 30 squadrons, 5 batteries; 6,875 infantry,
3,600 cavalry, 750 artillery
4. HEERESTHEIL
(‘FOURTH ARMY CORPS’)
(Generallieutenant Friedrich Adolph Graf von Kalckreuth)
AVANTGARDE[7]: Oberst Szekele[8]
Kurtrier
Jäger Kompagnie
Füsilier-Bataillon
No. 1 ‘Wedel’
Sächsischen Husaren Regiment (2 squadrons)
Dragoons
and hussars (500 men, equalling about 4 squadrons)
Generalmajor Georg Friedrich von
Wegnern
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 39 ‘Crousaz’ (I., II.
and Grenadier-Bataillon)
10-pf. Mörser (‘mortar’)
Batterie ‘Stockhausen’ (8x 10pdr mortar)
Generalmajor August Wilhelm Freiherr
von Vietinghoff
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 38 ‘Vietinghoff’ (I.,
II. and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Schwere 12-pf. Batterie
‘Kirchfeld’ (6x 12pdr cannon, 2x 10pdr howitzer)
KURSACHSISCHE DIVISION: Generallieutenant von Lindt
Generalmajor von Bomsdorff
Regiment zu
Fuβ ‘Prinz
Gotha’ (1 batallion)
Regiment zu
Fuβ ‘Prinz
Anton’ (1 batallion)
Regiment zu
Fuβ ‘Prinz
Clemens’ (1 batallion)
Regiment zu
Fuβ ‘Kurfürst’
or Garde zu Fuβ (1 batallion)
Regiment zu
Fuβ ‘Christiani’
(Grenadier-Bataillon[9])
Generalmajor von
Gersdorff
Karabinier-Regiment (5
squadrons)
Chevauxleger-Regiment
‘Prinz Karl von Kurland’ (5 squadrons)
Granatstück-Batterie
‘Rouvroy’ (4x
8pdr cannon, 2x 8pdr howitzer)
Total strength 4.
Heerestheil: 12 1/4 battalions, 14 squadrons, 3 batteries; 6,125 infantry,
1,680 cavalry, 450 artillery
5. HEERESTHEIL
(‘FIFTH ARMY CORPS’)
(Generallieutenant Alexander Friedrich von Knobelsdorff)
Regiment Fuβjäger (2 companies; Major von
Böltzig, Kapitain von Rötecken)
Regiment Husaren No. 8 ‘Göltz’ (II.
Bataillon, 5 squadrons)
Generalmajor Franz Georg Gneomar von
Kunitzky
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 44 ‘Kunitzky’ (I., II.
and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Schwere 6-pf. Batterie
‘Grynaeus’ (6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Generalmajor Georg Bogislav von
Köthen
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 48 ‘Köthen’ (I., II. and
Grenadier-Bataillon)
Generalmajor von Pirch
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 5 ‘Kalckstein’ (I., II.
and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 27 ‘Knobelsdorff’ (I.,
II. and Grenadier-Bataillon)
Schwere 6-pf. Batterie
‘Lassan’ (6x 6pdr cannon, 2x 7pdr howitzer)
Generallieutenant Heinrich Sebastian
von Reppert
Leib-Karabinier-Regiment No.
11 (5 squadrons)
Generallieutenant Ernst Christian von Kospoth
Leib-Kürassier-Regiment No. 3
(5 squadrons)
Total strength 5.
Heerestheil: 12 1/2 battalions, 15 squadrons, 2 batteries; 6,250 infantry,
1,800 cavalry, 300 artillery
Total strength of the
Prussian army at the Rhine: 73 3/4 battalions, 104 squadrons, 22 batteries;
36,875 infantry, 12,480 cavalry, 3,300 artillery (total 52,655 men)
GARRISON OF
MAINZ (MAYENCE):
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 49 ‘Borch’
(Grenadier-Bataillon)
Regiment zu Fuβ No. 41 ‘Schladen’ (II. Bataillon)
© Geert van Uythoven
[1] This cannot be compared with the more independent army corps’ of later years!
[2] The Regiment Fuβjäger consisted of ten companies. The 1st company was called ‘Leib-Kompagnie’.
[3] Until medium August, this unit was with the 3. Heerestheil.
[4] Later Regiment zu Fuβ ‘Rüchel’.
[5] This battery was composed from the howitzers taken from the batteries ‘Scholten’ and ‘Wille’.
[6] Sources differ somewhat about the composition of a horse artillery battery. Officially, such a battery consisted of 8x light 6pdr cannon and a 7pdr howitzer (beginning of 1794, an additional howitzer was added). Other sources mention eight guns strength only. As the howitzers were often detached and combined into separate howitzer batteries, I have assumed here the composition of the horse artillery batteries at 8x light 6pdr cannon only.
[7] Until medium August, the Avantgarde was with the 3. Heerestheil.
[8] Often his name is written as ‘Szekuly’.
[9] Composed from converged grenadier companies: 2 companies from the Regiment zu Fuβ ‘Kurfürst’ and 2 companies from the Regiment zu Fuβ ‘Langenau’ [information given by Paul Demet!].