Order of battle

 

Of the Dutch army in Flanders,

 

21 September 1793

 

Composed by Geert van Uythoven, main source given below

 

Notes:

The Dutch army had a large contingent of foreign troops in their service. Beside that, the 'national' units also had a lot of foreign soldiers in their ranks. The all foreign units are marked as follows:

Dutch

Swiss

German

Walloon

 

Strengths are given as [officers/NCO’s/other]

 

 

Commander in Chief:

(Generaal de Erfprins Willem Frederik van Oranje-Nassau)

 

 

EERSTE LINIE (‘FIRST LINE’) (Luitenant-Generaal Frederik Fuerst von Waldeck)

         Generaal-Majoor Frederic Willem von Trebra

                   Regiment Garde Dragonders (3 squadrons) [12/17/191]

                   Regiment Hollandsche Gardes te Paard (3 squadrons) [10/22/187]

         Generaal-Majoor W.J. Rouse

                   Regiment Oranje Karabiniers (1 squadron) [4/8/74]

                   Regiment Cavalerie “Oranje Vriesland” (1 squadron) [6/7/29]

                  Korps Huzaren van Heeckeren, also called “Korps Zwarte Huzaren” (3 squadrons) [19/8/274]

                   Korps Huzaren Van der Hoop. also called "Korps Roode Hussaren" (1 squadron) [2/2/51]

         Generaal-Majoor graaf C.E. van Golowkin

                   Hollandsche Gardes (‘Dutch Guards’) (1 battalion) [22/30/430]

                   Garde Zwitsers (‘Swiss Guards’) (1 battalion) [29/27/529]

                   Grenadier battalion “Van Breydenbach” (1 battalion) [21/23/330] 1)

                   Grenadier battalion “De Larrey” (1 battalion) [17/24/353] 2)

         Colonel baron Guillaume Anne de Constant-Villars

                   Infanterie Regiment Vorst van Waldeck, No. 2 (German, 1 battalion) [15/28/325]

                   Infanterie Regiment No. 12 “Bedaulx” (1 battalion) [21/23/374]

                   Infanterie Regiment “Stockar de Neuforn” (Swiss, 2 battalions) [22/20/398{1}, 22/20/352{2}]

         Colonel C.H. de Larrey

                   Infanterie Regiment “Hirzel” (Swiss, 2 battalions) [22/25/424{1}, 23/20/376{2}]

                   Infanterie Regiment No. 6 “Van Welderen” (1 battalion) [22/31/423]

                   Infanterie Regiment No. 3 “Van Dopff” (1 battalion) [22/28/425]

         Generaal-Majoor graaf Carel Lodewijk Christiaan van Wartensleben

                   Grenadier battalion “Van Tengnagell” 3) (1 battalion) [17/23/303] 4)

                   Grenadier battalion “Van Raesfeldt” (1 battalion) [22/25/350] 5)

                   Grenadier battalion “Van Rechteren” (1 battalion) [15/20/302] 6)

                   Grenadier battalion “Van Buseck” (1 battalion) [17/28/334] 7)

                   Vorst van Waldeck, 5th Battalion (German, 1 battalion) [18/22/278]

                   Anspach brigade (German, 2 battalions & 2 companies) [33/75/945] 8)

                   Jagers van Bylandt (1 battalion) [11/8/131]

 

TWEEDE LINIE (‘SECOND LINE’) (Luitenant-Generaal baron Frederik Unico van Mönster)

         Generaal-Majoor Willem van der Duyn

                   Regiment Dragonders “Van Hessen-Cassel” (3 squadrons) [18/11/185]

                   Regiment Dragonders “Van Bylandt” (Walloon, 2 squadrons) [12/8/158]

         Generaal-Majoor Charles Bernhard de Saumaise

                   Regiment Cavalerie “Van Hessen-Philipstall” (3 squadrons) [14/17/209]

                   Regiment Cavalerie “ Van der Duijn van ‘s Gravemoer ” (2 squadrons) [14/20/150]

         Generaal-Majoor Lodewijk Carel Frederik Drachtstadt

                   Infanterie Regiment “Oranje Gelderland” (1 battalion) [17/26/315]

                   Infanterie Regiment “Nassau-Usingen” (Walloon, 1 battalion) [21/26/342]

                   Infanterie Regiment “May” (Swiss, 2 battalions) [15/18/307{1}, 22/33/389{2}]

         Colonel markies Maximiliaan Anthony van Thouars

                   Infanterie Regiment No. 14 “Hessen-Darmstadt” (German, 1 battalion) [23/24/373]

                   Infanterie Regiment No. 9 “Van Randwijck ” (1 battalion) [20/31/413]

                   Infanterie Regiment “Saxen-Gotha” (German, 1 battalion) [20/17/305]

                   Gardewalen De Perez (Walloon, 1 battalion) [16/20/241]

         Colonel E.J. von Straubenzee

                   Infanterie Regiment “ De Gumoëns ” (Swiss, 2 battalions) [24/22/411{1}, 18/27/394{2}]

                   Infanterie Regiment No. 1 “De Schepper” (1 battalion) [12/21/284]

                   Infanterie Regiment No. 13 “Van Huchtenbroek” (1 battalion) [18/23/307]

         Generaal-Majoor Karel von Geusau

                   Infanterie Regiment No. 18 “Van Wartensleben” (1 battalion) [19/24/338]

                   Infanterie Regiment No. 10 “Van Brakell” (1 battalion) [21/26/345]

                   Infanterie Regiment Vorst van Waldeck, No. 1 (German, 1 battalion) [19/29/388]

                   Infanterie Regiment “Markgraaf van Baden” (1 battalion) [14/21/303]

                   Infanterie Regiment No. 12 “Bedaulx” (2nd company only) [5/5/90]

                   Grenadier battalion “Van Hohenlohe” –Taken prisoner-- 9)

 

 

Artillery: Attached to each infantry battalion were two guns, either 3-pdr, 6-pdr, or 12-pdr cannon. The artillery was commanded by Majoor du Pont, and consisted of forty-four 3-pdr cannon, six 6-pdr cannon, six short 12-pdr cannon, seven 24-pdr howitzers, and five 4-pdr cannon that were captured from the French.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR “Oranje Gelderland”, “Oranje Vriesland”, “Oranje Stad en Lande”, and No. 17 “Van Plettenberg” (each 2 companies).

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

3) After Lt-Col Van Tengnagell was killed in battle on 13 September 1793, this battalion was commanded and named after Lt-Col (Prins) Von Reuss. The official Order of Battle however still mentions Van Tengnagel’s name for the grenadier battalion.

4) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR No. 8 “Bosc de la Calmette”, No. 18 “Van Wartensleben”, No. 20 “Van Baden-Durlach”, and No. 21 “Westerloo” (each 2 companies).

5) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR No. 2 “Van Maneil”, No. 5 “Des Villates”, No. 19 “Douglas”, and No. 24 “Bentinck” (each 2 companies).

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

7) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR No. 3 “Van Dopff”, No. 10 “Van Brakell”, No. 13 “Van Huchtenbroek”, and “Nassau-Usingen” (each 2 companies).

8) The Anspach Brigade consisted of 2 jäger companies, grenadiers and fusiliers.

9) Composed of the grenadier companies of the IR No. 4 “d’Envie”, No. 15 “De Petit”, and “Saxen-Gotha” (each 2 companies).

 

 

 

Beside having used various other sources, this Order of Battle is based on:

F. de Bas, “Prins Frederik der Nederlanden en zijn Tijd” Deel I (Schiedam 1887) bijlage III

© Geert van Uythoven