Anglo-Allied Order of Battle 15 August 1794

Order of battle

Composed by Geert van Uythoven, out of various sources

(CIC Frederick August, Duke of York and Albany; British)

Hanoverian

Hessian

British

A = accompanied by 2 cannon (battalion or regimental guns)

B = accompanied by 4 cannon (battalion or regimental guns)

Note: one should keep in mind, that many of the units were very understrength at this time. In brackets, I have added the total strength, thus including non-combattants, for June 1794.

AVANT GARDE (Major-General Rudolph von Hammerstein; Hanoverian)

Major-General Bernhard von Linsingen (Hanoverian)

Rohan's Light Infantry (French emigrées in British service, 1 battalion) B [504]

Leichte Grenadiere [1tes Bataillon] (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) A 1) 11)

Rohan's Hussars (French emigrées in British service, 6 squadrons) 2)

9tes Leichte Dragoner Regiment "der Königin" (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons) [349]

10tes Leichte Dragoner Regiment "Prinz von Wallis" (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons) [358]

Irwine's Hussars (French emigrées in British service, 4 squadrons) [264]

Major von Linsingen (Hanoverian)

Loyal Emigrées / Loyal Emigrant (French emigrées in British service, 2 battalions) [1,202]

Hompesch Chasseurs à Pied (French emigrées in British service, 1 company) 12)

York Rangers (French emigrées in British service, 1 company) [394]

Jäger (Hessen-Darmstadt, 1 company) [130]

Jäger (Hessen-Kassel, 1 battalion) [182]

Fusilier-Bataillon (Hessen-Kassel, 1 battalion) [218]

Jäger (Hanoverian, 1 company) [208]

Reitende Artillerie (horse artillery, Hanoverian)

Major-General Georg von Düring (Hessen-Darmstadt)

Leib-Grenadiere (Hessen-Darmstadt, 1 battalion) A [672]

Infanterie Regiment “Landgraf” (Hessen-Darmstadt, 1 battalion) A [673]

Leichtes-Infanterie-Bataillon ('Fusiliers'; Hessen-Darmstadt, 1 battalion) A [676]

Hompesch Hussars (French emigrées in British service, 2 squadrons) 13)

Salm's Hussars (Germans in British service, 2 squadrons) 14)

Choiseul's Hussars (French emigrées in British service, 4 squadrons) 15)

Carloville Hussars (French emigrées in British service, 2 squadrons)

Bouillé's Uhlans Britanniques (French emigrées in British service, 2 squadrons) [207]

Regiment Chevaux legers (Hessen-Darmstadt, 4 squadrons) [469]

FIRST LINE (‘ERSTES TREFFEN’) (General der Kavallerie Graf Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn; Hanoverian)

Lieutenant-General William Harcourt (British)

Major-General Ralph Dundas (British)

Royal Horse Guards ‘The Blues’ (British, 2 squadrons) [192]

2nd (Queen’s) Dragoon Guards (British, 2 squadrons) [232]

3rd Dragoon Guards (British, 2 squadrons) [160]

Major-General Richard Whyte (British)

1sh (King’s) Dragoon Guards (British, 3 squadrons) [309]

5th (Royal Irish) Dragoons (British, 3 squadrons)

Lieutenant-General Friedrich von Buttlar

1st Brigade

3rd Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

63rd Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

85th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

2nd Brigade

2nd Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

19th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

54th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

Major-General Peter Hunter (British)

40th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

57th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

59th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

Major-General Alexander Stewart (British)

12th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A [859]

38th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A [518]

55th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A [725]

Lieutenant-General Georg von Dalwigk (Hessen-Kassel)

Major-General Karl von Hanstein (Hessen-Kassel)

Garde-Grenadiere (Hessen-Kassel, 2 battalions) B [1,050]

Leib-Infanterie-Regiment (Hessen-Kassel, 2 battalions) B [842]

Infanterie Regiment "von Kospoth" (Hessen-Kassel, 2 battalions) B [984]

Lieutenant-General Georg von dem Busche (Hanoverian)

Major-General Ludwig von Scheither (Hanoverian)

1stes Bat/1stes Regiment "Von Scheither" (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) A 16)

6tes Regiment "Von Hammerstein" (Hanoverian, 2 battalions) B [902]

9tes Regiment "Sachsen-Gotha" (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) A 17)

Major-General Prinz Adolph Friedrich, Duke of Cambridge (Hanoverian)

4tes Regiment "von dem Busche" (Hanoverian, 2 battalions) B [996]

Fuss-Garde Regiment (Hanoverian, 2 batalions) B [1,130]

SECOND LINE (‘ZWEITES TREFFEN’) (Lieutenant-General Sir William Erskine; British)

Major-General David Dundas (British)

1st (Royal) Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons) [215]

2nd (North British) Dragoons ‘Scots Greys’ (British, 2 squadrons) [206]

6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons) [223]

Colonel Richard Vyse (British)

6th (Carabineers) Dragoon Guards (British, 3 squadrons) [313]

8th Light Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons) [247]

14th Light Dragoons (British, 1 squadron)

Major-General Nisbet Balfour (British)

8th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

33th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

44th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

Major-General Charles Graham (British)

25th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

27th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

28th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

Major-General Henry Fox (British)

14th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A [676]

37th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A [631]

53th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A [654]

Major-General August von Schmidt (Hessen-Kassel)

Regiment Gensd’armes (Hessen-Kassel, 2 squadrons) 18)

Carabinier Regiment (Hessen-Kassel, 3 squadrons) [393]

Leib-Dragoner-Regiment (Hessen-Kassel, 5 squadrons) [518]

Lieutenant-General Johann von dem Busche (Hanoverian)

Major-General Carl von Maydel (Hanoverian)

1tes "Leib-" (Cavallerie) Regiment (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons) [293]

4tes Cavallerie Regiment "Von dem Busche" (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons) [304]

Major-General Graf George von Oeynhausen (Hanoverian)

Garde du Corps [Leib-Garde-Regiment] (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons) [300]

7tes Schwere Dragoner Regiment (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons)

Major-General Prinz Ernst (Hanoverian)

2tes Cavallerie Regiment "Prinz Ernst" (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons) [308]

7tes Cavallerie Regiment "Graf von Oeynhausen" (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons) [290]

CORPS DE RESERVE ( Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby; British)

Dragoner Regiment “Prinz Friedrich” (Hessen-Kassel, 5 squadrons) [650]

Major-General Robert Laurie (British)

7th Light Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons) [295]

11th Light Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons) [309]

15th Light Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons) [272]

16th Light Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons) [306]

Major-General Samuel Hulse (British)

1st Foot Guards (British, 1st battalion) A [837]

2nd (Coldstream) Foot Guards (British, 1st battalion) A [757]

3rd Foot Guards (British, 1st battalion) A [780]

Foot Guards grenadier battalion (British, 1 battalion) A 3)

Foot Guards light infantry battalion (British, 1 battalion) A 4)

Major-General Ludwig von Wurmb (Hessen-Kassel)

1tes Grenadier-Bataillon "Von Eschwege" (Hessen-Kassel, 1 battalion) A [428] 5)

2tes Grenadier-Bataillon "Von German" (Hessen-Kassel, 1 battalion) A [431] 6)

3tes Grenadier-Bataillon "Von Wurmb" (Hessen-Kassel, 1 battalion) A [433] 7)

2tes Grenadier-Bataillon "Von Drieberg" (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) A 8) 11)

3tes Grenadier-Bataillon "Von Heimburg" (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) A 9) 11)

ARTILLERIE PARC

Colonel William O. Huddelston (British)

Artillery (British, 22x 6-pdr cannon)

Colonel [H. H?]Eitel (Hessian)

Artillery (Hessian, 8x 12-pdr cannon, 8x 6-pdr cannon, 4x howitzer)

Major-General Victor von Treu[w?] (Hanoverian)

Artillery (Hanoverian, 17x 6-pdr cannon, 5x 7-pdr howitzer, 2x 30-pdr howitzer, 3x 'horse' 3-pdr cannon)

GARRISONS

Bergen-op-Zoom & Steenbergen

87th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

88th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

89th Foot (British, 1 battalion) A

Sas-van-Gent & Hulst

2tes Bat/1stes Regiment "Von Scheither" (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) A 16)

9tes Regiment "Sachsen-Gotha" (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) A 17)

14tes Leichtes-Infanterie-Regiment "Von Diepenbroick" (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) A 19)

4tes Grenadier-Bataillon "Von Lasfeld" (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) A 10) 11)

PRISONERS OF WAR

Nieuwpoort (Nieuport; Major-General August von Diepenbroick; Hanoverian)

5tes Regiment "Von Hohorst" (Hanoverian, 2 battalions) B [916]

10tes Regiment "Von Diepenbroick" (Hanoverian, 2 battalions) B [1,183]

sixty horse (Hessen-Kassel)

Sluis (Sluice)

11tes Regiment "Graf von Taube" (Hanoverian, 2 battalions) B [1,101]

14tes Leichtes-Infanterie-Regiment "Von Diepenbroick" (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) A 19)

Ieper (Ypres, Ypern; Major-Generals Heinrich von Borck, and Georg von Lengerke; both Hessen-Kassel)

Regiment Gensd’armes (Hessen-Kassel, 1 squadron) 18)

Infanterie Regiment “Erbprinz” (Hessen-Kassel, 2 battalions) B [1,006]

Infanterie Regiment "Prinz Carl" (Hessen-Kassel, 2 battalions) B [1,023]

Infanterie Regiment “von Losberg” (Hessen-Kassel, 2 battalions) B [1,014]

Note: Also present from the end of October 1793, was the 1st company/1st battalion, and the whole 2nd battalion, of the Infanterie Leibregiment, with 4 guns and their crews from Baden. Their presence derived from a subsidiary treaty between Baden and Great Britain, according to which Baden had to deliver 750 men for the campaign. The Baden contingent suffered heavily from desertion, and sustained heavy losses during the engagement at Zandtvoorde. Rather strangely, nearly all OB’s does not mention this contingent.

Footnotes:

1) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hanoverian Fuss-Garde Regiment, and the 10. Regiment "Von Diepenbroick".

2) According to Atkinson's "Foreign Regiments", on 5 August 1794 the Rohan's Hussars were 869 men strong.

3) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the British guard infantry battalions, commanded by Lt-Col Stanhope.

4) Composed of the eight light infantry companies of the British guard infantry battalions, commanded by Lt-Col Sir James Duff.

5) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hessen-Kassel IR "Erbprinz", and IR "Von Kospoth".

6) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hessen-Kassel Garde Grenadiere, and the Leib-Infanterie-Regiment.

7) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hessen-Kassel IR "Prinz Carl", and IR "Von Losberg".

8) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hanoverian 5. Regiment "Von Hohorst", and the 6. Regiment "Von Hammerstein".

9) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hanoverian 4. Regiment "Von Bothmern", and the 11. Regiment "Graf von Taube".

10) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hanoverian 1. Regiment "Von Scheither", and the 9. Regiment "Sachsen-Gotha".

11) Total strength of all four Hanoverian grenadier battalions was 2,133 (including non-combattants) in June 1794.

12) Strength of the Hompesch Chasseurs à Pied was 228 men on 1 September 1794.

13) Strength of the Hompesch Hussars was 228 men on 1 September 1794.

14) Strength of the Salm's Hussars was 448 men on 19 August 1794.

15) Strength of the Choiseul's Hussars was 672 men on 1 August 1794.

16) Total strength of the Hanoverian 1stes Regiment "Von Stockhausen" was 677 men in June 1794.

17) Total strength of the Hanoverian 9tes Regiment "Sachsen-Gotha" was 1,175 men in June 1794.

18) Total strength of the Regiment Gensd’armes was 296 men in June 1794.

19) Total strength of the Hanoverian14tes Leichtes-Infanterie-Regiment "Von Diepenbroick" was 1,031 men in June 1794.

Main sources:

Atkinson, C.T, "Foreign Regiments in the British Army, 1793-1802" in 'Army Historical Research'.

Bas, F. de, "Prins Frederik der Nederlanden en zijn Tijd" Deel 1 (Schiedam 1887).

Hofschröer, Peter, "The Hanoverian Army of the Napoleonic Wars", Men-at-Arms No.206 (London 1989).

Porbeck, H.P.R. von, "Kritische Geschichte der Operationen welche die Englisch-combinierte Armee zur Vertheidigung von Holland in den Jahren 1794 und 1795 ausgeführt hat" 1. Theil (Braunschweig 1802).