ORDER OF BATTLE

OF THE AUSTRO-DUTCH FORCES

AT FLEURUS,

commanded by his Highness General Hereditary Prince of Orange-Nassau

26 June 1794

Composed by Geert van Uythoven, out of various sources

Dutch

Swiss (in Dutch service)

French emigrée’s (in Dutch service)

German (in Dutch service)

Walloon (in Dutch service)

Austrian

French emigrée’s (in Austrian service)

FIRST COLUMN (Prince Frederick of Orange and Nassau; Dutch)[13,414 men, 3,762 horses]

ADVANCE GUARD (General Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Friedrich Franz Xaver; Austrian)

Korps Huzaren Van Timmerman (2 squadrons)[also called "Korps Roode Hussaren van Timmerman"]

Chevau-légers [“Kinsky”, 6 squadrons ?]

Jagers van Anspach (2 companies)

Jagers van Matthieu

Infanterie Regiment No. 56 “Wenzel Colloredo” (1 battalion)

Pioneers

Artillery (2x 12-pdr cannon, 1x 7-pdr howitzer)

Grenadier battalion “Van Solms” (1 battalion)¹⁾

MAIN FORCE

Major-General Heinrich Prinz von Reuβ-Plauen (Austrian)

Infanterie Regiment No. 56 “Wenzel Colloredo” (1 battalion)

Hollandsche Gardes (‘Dutch Guards’) (1 battalion)

Garde Zwitsers (‘Swiss Guards’) (1 battalion)

Artillery (4x 12-pdr cannon, 2x 6-pdr cannon, 2x 7-pdr howitzer)

Major-General baron Guillaume Anne de Constant-Villars (Dutch)

Infanterie Regiment No. 17 “Hohenlohe” (1 battalion)

Infanterie Regiment No. 4 “Wilcke” (1 battalion) Lt-col Frederik Ernst count van Hohenlohe (Dutch)

Infanterie Regiment “Stockar de Neuforn” (1 battalion) Colonel-cdr Abraham Schmid de Molis (Dutch)

Grenadier battalion “Van Panhuijs” (1 battalion)²⁾

Artillery (2x 12-pdr cannon, 2x 6-pdr cannon, 1x 7-pdr howitzer)

Major-General Carel Vincent van Boetzelaer (Dutch)

Regiment Cavalerie “Van Hessen-Philipstall” (2 squadrons)

Regiment Cavalerie “Van Tuyll van Serooskerken” (2 squadrons)

Kurassier Regiment No. 12 “Kavanaugh” (3 squadrons)

SECOND AND THIRD COLUMN

ADVANCE GUARD (Major-general Johann Sigmund Graf Riesch; Austrian)

Korps Huzaren van Heeckeren (2 squadrons)[also called “Korps Zwarte Huzaren”]

Jagers van Bylandt (1 light battalion)

Légion Bourbon (2 squadrons)

Korps van Béon (1 light battalion, 2 squadrons)

Vorst van Waldeck, 5th Battalion (1 light battalion)

Artillery (3x 6-pdr cannon, 2x 7-pdr howitzer)

MAIN FORCE SECOND COLUMN (Lieutenant-general Frederik Fuerst von Waldeck; Dutch)

Major-generals Baillet de la Tour (Austrian), G.L.F. von Haacke (Dutch), and Willem van der Duyn (Dutch)

Grenadier battalion “Van Raesfeldt” (1 battalion)³⁾

Grenadier battalion “Van Buseck” (1 battalion)⁴⁾

Grenadier battalion “Van Hessen-Philipstall” (1 battalion)⁵⁾

Grenadier battalion “Mollenbruyn” (1 battalion)⁶⁾

Infanterie Regiment No. 17 “Hohenlohe” (1 battalion)

Infanterie Regiment No. 31 “Benjovszky” (1 battalion)

Infanterie Regiment No. 34 “Anton Esterházy” (1 battalion)

Regiment Dragonders “Van Bylandt” (2 squadrons)

Regiment Dragonders “Van Hessen-Cassel” (2 squadrons)

Kurassier Regiment No. 12 “Kavanaugh” (3 squadrons)

Artillery (6x 12-pdr cannon, 3x 6-pdr cannon, 3x 7-pdr howitzer)

MAIN FORCE THIRD COLUMN (Major-general Degenschield [?])

Major-general Anthony Louis van Oyen (Dutch)

Regiment Hollandsche Gardes te Paard (2 to 3 squadrons)

Regiment Garde Dragonders (2 to 3 squadrons)

Chevau-léger Regiment No. 1 “Kaiser" (4 squadrons?)

Artillery (10x 12-pdr cannon, 3x 16-pdr howitzer)

Major-general C. von Horn (Dutch); Colonel Michel Louis Ricard (Dutch)

Infanterie Regiment No. 34 “Anton Esterházy” (1 battalion)

Infanterie Regiment No. 6 “Welderen” (1 battalion)

Infanterie Regiment No. 18 “Von Wartensleben” (1 battalion)

Infanterie Regiment No. 15 “De Petit” (1 battalion)

Infanterie Regiment “Schmid” (2 battalions)

Infanterie Regiment “Oranje Gelderland” (1 battalion)

Infanterie Regiment Vorst van Waldeck, No. 1 (1 battalion)

Grenadier Bataillon “De Briey” (1 battalion)⁷⁾

Grenadier Bataillon “Adorian” (1 battalion)

Grenadier Bataillon “Biedescuty” (1 battalion)

Artillery: Besides the artillery already mentioned in the OB, attached to each Dutch infantry battalion were two 3-pdr cannon.

Footnotes:

1) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR “Oranje-Nassau No. 1” (2 coys), “Oranje-Nassau No. 2” (2 coys), and “Erfprins van Oranje” (2 companies each).

2) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR No. 7 “De Bons”, No. 16 “Mönster”, and No. 23 “Stuart” (2 companies each).

3) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR No. 2 “Maneil”, No. 19 “Douglas”, and No. 24 “Bentinck” (2 companies each).

4) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR No. 3 “Dopff”, No. 10 “Brakell”, and No. 13 “De Thouars” (2 companies each).

5) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR No. 5 “Des Villates”, No. 6 “Van Welderen”, and No. 8 “Bosc de la Calmette” (2 companies each).

6) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR No. 17 “Plettenberg”, “Markgraaf van Baden”, and “Nassau-Usingen” (2 companies each).

7) Composed of the grenadier divisions of the Infantry Regiments No. 9 “Clerfayt”, No. 30 “Ligne”, and No. 58 “Vierset” (6 companies strong)..