Order of battle
Of the
Austrian army in Germany and Switzerland,
29 August
1799
(At this time Charles left Switzerland with part of his army and was replaced by a Russian corps under Rimsky-Kosakow)
Composed by Roland Kessinger,
source given below
IR = Infanterie Regiment
[xxx] = strength
Commander-in-Chief: Archduke
Charles
4 battalions at Hechingen
(not further specified) [2,088]
“Erzherzog Franz d’Este” Kurassier Regiment No. 2 (6 squadrons)
[794]
“Ansbach” Kurassier Regiment No. 11 (6 squadrons)
[546]
GM Graf Merveldt
Tyrolean Jäger (6 companies) [594]
Wurmser Freikorps (12 companies) [1,430]
16th Wallach-Siebenburgian Regiment Grenzer (1 battalion)
[929]
“Merveldt” Uhlan Regiment No. 1 (8 squadrons) [1,073]
“Kaiser” Hussar Regiment No. 1 (8 squadrons) [1,246]
GM von Görger
7th Broder Regiment Grenzer (1 battalion) [923]
8th Gradiska Regiment Grenzer (1 battalion) [868]
“Blankenstein” Hussar Regiment No. 6 (8 squadrons) [1,191]
GM Freiherr von Szentkeresty
“Szekler” Hussar Regiment No. 11 (6 squadrons) [1,049]
GM Graf Gyulay
5th “Radivojevich” Light Battalion (6 companies) [651]
13th Wallach-Illyrian Regiment Grenzer (1 battalion) [978]
“Erzherzog Ferdinand Carl d’Este” Hussar Regiment No. 3 (8 squadrons)
[1,320]
FML Graf Nauendorf
GM
Freiherr von Kienmayer
Tyrolean Jäger (4 companies) [396]
Grenz Sharpshooters (4 companies) [448]
12th “Rubinitz” Light Battalion (2 companies) [245]
Vecsey Hussar Regiment No. 4 (6 squadrons) [879]
Meszaros Hussar Regiment No. 10 (8 squadrons) [1,243]
GM Freiherr von Vogelsang
IR No. 54 “Callenberg” (3 battalions) [2,886]
IR No. 42 “Erbach” (2 battalions) [1,927]
IR No. 31 “Benjowsky” (2 battalions) [1,002]
GM Fürst
Carl Schwarzenberg
6th Warasdin-St. Georgian Regiment Grenzer (1 battalion)
[902]
12th Deutsch-Banat Regiment Grenzer (1 battalion) [732]
Uhlan Regiment No. 2 (8 squadrons) [938]
FML Graf Spork
GM
Freiherr von Herbert
IR No. 12 “Manfredini” (3 battalions) [2,737]
IR No. 35 “Wenkheim” (3 battalions) [2,616]
GM
Freiherr von Sebottendorf
IR No. 2 “Erzherzog Ferdinand” (3 battalions) [2,331]
FML Graf Baillet
GM
Freiherr von Mylius
IR No. 7 “C. Schroeder” (3 battalions) [2,589]
IR No. 22 “Lacy” (3 battalions) [2,616]
FML Graf Riesch
GM Fürst Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
“Nassau” Kurassier Regiment No. 9 (6 squadrons) [850]
“Mack” Kurassier Regiment No. 10 (6 squadrons) [730]
GM von
Roe
“K. Lothringen” Kurassier Regiment No. 7 (6 squadrons) [678]
“Hohenzollern” Kurassier Regiment No. 8 (6 squadrons) [730]
GM von Lindenau
IR No. 3 “Erzherzog Karl” (3 battalions) [2,498]
IR No. 29 “O. Wallis” (3 battalions) [2,678]
Grenadier
Battalion "Tegethoff" (20/22/29)
Grenadier
Battalion "Bojakowsky" (1/7/12)
Grenadier
Battalion "Teschner" (3/35/50)
Grenadier
Battalion "Lippe" (2/31/60)
Grenadier
Battalion "Sebottendorf" (41/49/56)
Grenadier
Battalion "Juch" (21/42/54)
(total of 6
battalions [4,156])
“Latour” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 11 (6 squadrons) [949]
“Zeschwitz” Kurassier Regiment No. 5 (6 squadrons) [860]
GM Fürst Rosenberg
“Kinsky” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 12 (6 squadrons) [853]
Colonel ?
Light Dragoon Regiment No. 13 (6 squadrons) [814]
GM von Canisius
“Kaiser” Kurassier Regiment No. 1 (6 squadrons) [749]
“Herzog Albert” Kurassier Regiment No. 3 (6 squadrons) [824]
8th Gradiska Regiment Grenzer (II. Battalion) [259]
8th Gradiska Regiment Grenzer (III. Battalion) [561]
9th Peterwardein Regiment Grenzer (1 battalion) [528]
IR No. 1 “Kaiser” (2 battalions) [1,365]
IR No. 20 “Kaunitz” (1 battalion) [556]
IR No. 25 “Brechainville” (1 battalion) [964]
IR No. 49 “Kerpen” (3 battalions) [1,131]
IR No. 62 (1 battalion) [103]
“Modena” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 5 (3 squadrons)
[531]
GM Freiherr von Jellachich
IR No. 1 “Kaiser” (1 battalion) [718]
IR No. 20 “Kaunitz” (2 battalions) [1,112]
IR No. 41 “Bender” (2 battalions) [1,340]
7th Broder Regiment Grenzer (1 battalion) [466]
9th Peterwardein Regiment Grenzer (1 battalion) [262]
Croat-Slavonian Hussar Regiment No. 12 (2 squadrons)
[305]
“Modena” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 5 (3 squadrons)
[531]
Colonel ?
“Waldeck” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 7 (6 squadrons)
[969]
FML Freiherr von Petrasch
GM
Freiherr von Kempf
IR No. 21 “Gemmingen” (3 battalions) [1,877]
IR No. 41 “Bender” (1 battalion) [670]
IR No. 50 “Stain” (3 battalions) [633]
IR No. 60 (2 battalions) [1,549]
GM Fürst Rosenberg
9th Peterwardein Regiment Grenzer (2 battalions) [1,167
& 689]
1st “Strozzi” Light Battalion (6 companies) [393]
Croat-Slavonian Hussar Regiment No. 12 (8 squadrons) [1,223]
GM Graf
O’Reilly
“Erzherzog Ferdinand” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 2 (6 squadrons)
[890]
“Coburg” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 6 (6 squadrons) [1,019]
GARRISONS IN GERMANY
K.k.
Würzburger Leib-Bataillon (1 battalion) [554]
Imperial troops (1 battalion, 29 companies, ½ squadron) [1,685
infantry; 32 cavalry]
IR No. 9 “Clairfait” (1 battalion) [292]
Imperial troops (3 ½ battalion, 3 companies, 1 ½ squadron) [603
infantry; 114 cavalry]
IR No. 9 “Clairfait” (1 battalion) [414]
IR No. 55 “Murray” (1 battalion) [306]
Imperial troops (1 ½ battalion, 3 ½ squadrons) [721
infantry; 166 cavalry]
IR
No. 30 “De Ligne” (1 battalion) [140]
IR No. 58 “Beaulieu” (1 battalion) [174]
Imperial troops (19 companies, ½ squadron) [467
infantry; 53 cavalry]
Main source: Angeli, Moriz Edlen von; Erzherzog Carl
von Österreich als Feldherr und Heeresorganisator, 2. Band, Wien und Leipzig,
1896, S. 518-521. According to this source the OB is based on: Österreichisches
Staatsarchiv – Kriegsarchiv; Alte Feldakten, Deutschland, 1799/8/256 and
1799/13/24
© Roland
Kessinger & Geert van Uythoven