Anglo-Allied order of battle,
17 August 1793
Composed by Geert van
Uythoven, out of various sources
(CIC Frederick August, Duke of York and Albany; British)
(General-Feld-Marschall Wilhelm von Freytag; Hanoverian)
Hanoverian
Austrian
Hessian
British
FIRST LINE
(‘ERSTES TREFFEN’)
(k.k. General-FML Alvinzy, Joseph Freiherr von Barberek; Austrian)
Lieutenant-General von Biela
(Austrian)
Major-General Johann von dem Busche (Hanoverian)
2tes Cavallerie Regiment (Hanoverian, 2
squadrons)
Leib Regiment zu
Pferd (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons)
5tes Dragoner Regiment (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons)
Major-General von Fabry
Chevau-léger
Regiment No. 18 “Karaczay" (Austrian, 4 squadrons)
Major-General Franz Freiherr von Werneck (Austrian)
Infanterie Regiment No. 57 “Joseph Colloredo” (Austrian, 2 battalions)
Infanterie Regiment No. 35 “Brentano” (Austrian, 2 battalions)
Major-General von Lüzow
Infanterie Regiment No. 18 “Graf Stuart” (Austrian, 1 battalion)
Lieutenant-General Friedrich von Buttlar
Major-General von Cheienczky
Infanterie Regiment No. 56 “Wenzel Colloredo” (Austrian, 2 battalions)
Infanterie Regiment No. 59 “Jordis” (Austrian, 2
battalions)
Major-General Heinrich von Borck (Hessen-Kassel)
Infanterie Regiment
"von Kospoth" (Hessen-Kassel, 2 battalions)
Infanterie
Regiment "Prinz Carl" (Hessen-Kassel, 2 battalions)
Lieutenant-General Sir William Erskine (British)
Major-General Gerard Lake (British)
1st Foot Guards (British, 1st battalion)
2nd (Coldstream) Foot Guards (British, 1st battalion)
3rd Foot Guards (British, 1st battalion)
Foot Guards flank battalion (British, 1 battalion) 1)
14th Foot (British, 1 battalion)
53rd Foot (British, 1 battalion)
Major-General William Harcourt (British)
Royal Horse Guards ‘The Blues’ (British, 2 squadrons)
1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards (British, 3 squadrons)
2nd (Queen’s) Dragoon Guards (British, 2 squadrons)
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons)
Major-General John Mansell (British)
3rd Dragoon Guards (British, 2 squadrons)
1st (Royal) Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons)
2nd (North British) Dragoons ‘Scots Greys’ (British, 2 squadrons)
SECOND
LINE (‘ZWEITES TREFFEN’) (General der Kavallerie Graf Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn; Hanoverian)
Lieutenant-General Georg von dem Busche
(Hanoverian)
Major-General Graf George von
Oyenhausen (Hanoverian)
7tes Schwere Dragoner Regiment (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons)
4tes
Cavallerie Regiment (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons)
1tes
"Leib-" (Cavallerie) Regiment (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons)
Major-General
Rudolph von Hammerstein (Hanoverian)
Fuss-Garde Regiment (Hanoverian, 2 batalions)
5tes
Infanterie Regiment "Von Hohorst" (Hanoverian, 2 battalions)
10tes
Infanterie Regiment "Von Diepenbroick" (Hanoverian, 2 battalions)
Major-General
August von Diepenbroick (Hanoverian)
4tes Infanterie Regiment "Von Bothmer"
(Hanoverian, 2 battalions)
6tes
Infanterie Regiment "Von Hammerstein" (Hanoverian, 2 battalions)
11tes
Infanterie Regiment "Graf von Taube" (Hanoverian, 2 battalions)
Lieutenant-General Friedrich von
Wurmb (Hessen-Kassel)
Major-General Johann Friedrich von Cochenhausen (Hessian)
Infanterie Regiment “von Losberg” (Hessen-Kassel, 2 battalions)
Infanterie Regiment “Erbprinz” (Hessen-Kassel, 2 battalions)
Major-General Georg von Dalwigk (Hessen-Kassel)
Carabinier Regiment (Hessen-Kassel, 3 squadrons)
Gensd’armes
Regiment (Hessen-Kassel, 3 squadrons)
Major-General August von Schmidt
(Hessen-Kassel)
Dragoner Regiment “Prinz Friedrich”
(Hessen-Kassel, 5 squadrons)
CORPS DE
RESERVE (General-FML
Graf Eduard d’Alton; Austrian)
Major-General Fabry
Freikorps
de Laudon (Austrian, 6 companies)
Freikorps O’Donell (Austrian, 1 battalion)
Tyroler Jäger (Austrian, 2 companies)
Jäger (Hesse-Darmstadt, 2 companies)
Loyal Emigrées / Loyal Emigrant (French emigrées in British
service, 1 battalion)
Husaren Regiment No. 16
“Blankenstein” (Austrian, 3 squadrons)
Chevau-léger
Regiment No. 18 “Karaczay" (Austrian, 1 squadron)
9tes Leichte Dragoner Regiment "König" (Hanoverian, 2 squadrons)
10tes Leichte Dragoner Regiment "Prinz Wallis"
(Hanoverian, 2 squadrons)
Major-General Ralph Abercromby (British)
Grenadiers
(British, 2 battalions) 2)
1tes Grenadier-Bataillon (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) 3)
2tes Grenadier-Bataillon (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) 4)
3tes Grenadier-Bataillon (Hanoverian, 1 battalion) 5)
1tes Grenadier-Bataillon "Von Eschwege"
(Hessen-Kassel, 1 battalion) 6)
3tes Grenadier-Bataillon "Von Wurmb" (Hessen-Kassel,
1 battalion) 7)
Infanterie Regiment No. 33 “Sztaray” (Austrian, 1 battalion)
Major-General David Dundas (British)
7th Light Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons)
11th Light Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons)
15th Light Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons)
16th Light Dragoons (British, 2 squadrons)
1) Composed of the grenadier companies of the British guard infantry battalions.
2) Composed of the grenadier companies of the British line infantry battalions.
3) Composed of the four grenadier companies
of the Hanoverian Fuss-Garde Regiment, and the 10. Regiment "Von Diepenbroick".
4) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hanoverian 5. Regiment "Von Hohorst", and the 6. Regiment "Von Hammerstein".
5) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hanoverian 4. Regiment "Von Bothmern", and the 11. Regiment "Graf von Taube".
6) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hessen-Kassel IR "Erbprinz", and IR "Von Kospoth".
7) Composed of the four grenadier companies of the Hessen-Kassel IR "Prinz Carl", and IR "Von Losberg".
© Geert van Uythoven