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:
German
Walloon
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]
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 “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 “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 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