Battle of Schellenberg order of battle

The following units and commanders fought at the Battle of Schellenberg on July 2, 1704.

Allied army

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  • Unless otherwise noted, all regiments had one battalion.

Left Wing

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John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough

Advance Guard

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Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lieutenant General Johan Wijnand van Goor

Fergusson's Brigade (Scottish)
  • 1st Guards
  • Orkney (2 battalions)
  • Ingoldsby
  • Meredith
Beinheim's Brigade
  • Goor
  • Beinheim & Rechteren (Dutch)
  • Hirzel & Sturler (Swiss/Dutch)
  • Heidebrecht (Ansbach)
Montfort's Brigade
  • Imperial Grenadiers (Austrian)
  • Erffa's Grenadiers (Franconia)
  • Monfort's Grenadiers (Swabian)

Lieutenant General Henry Lumley

Wood's Brigade (English)
  • Wood (two squadrons)
  • Wyndham (two squadrons)
  • Schomberg (two squadrons)
  • Cadogen
  • Lumley (three squadrons)
Ross's Brigade (English)
  • Erbprinz Dragoons (four squadrons) (Hesse-Kassel)
  • Ross's Dragoons (two squadrons)
  • Hay's Dragoons

Lieutenant General Reinhard Vincent Graf von Hompesch

Schulenburg's Brigade (Dutch)
  • Schulenburg Dragoons (four squadrons) (Hanoveran)
  • Erbach (two squadrons)
  • Baldwin (two squadrons)
Auroch's Brigade
  • Schmettau Dragoons (four squadrons) (Ansbach)
  • Leib zu Pferde (two squadrons) (Hesse-Kassel)
Noyelles' Brigade
  • Noyelles (two squadrons)
  • Voight (two squadrons)
  • Leib zu Pferde (two squadrons)

Main Body

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General Charles Churchill

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby

Wither's Brigade (English)
  • North & Gray
  • Derby
  • Fergusson
  • Marlborough
Pallandt's Brigade
  • Erbprinz Hesse-Kassel
  • Varenne & Wulffen (Prussian)
  • Schwerin (Mecklenburg)

Lieutenant General Herbeville

Bernsdorf's Brigade (Hanoverian)
  • Bernsdorf
  • 1st Rantzau
  • Tozin
  • 1st Gardes
De Luc's Brigade (Hanoverian)
  • Hulsen
  • De Breuil
  • de Luc
  • Tecklenburg

Lieutenant General Horn

Seckendorff's Brigade
  • Leib Grenadiers
  • Hermann (Württemberg)
  • Sternfels (Württemberg)
  • Seckendorf (Ansbach)
St. Paul's Brigade (Hesse-Kassel)
  • St. Paul (Hanoverian)
  • Wartensleben
  • Stuckrath
  • Schopping

Reserve

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Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lieutenant General George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney

Hamilton's Brigade (English)
  • Churchill
  • Webb
  • Howe
  • Hamilton
  • Rowe
Wilken's Brigade (Hesse-Kassel)
  • Leib
  • Prinz Wilhelm
  • Erbprinz
  • Grenadier
Rantzau's Brigade (Hanoverian)
  • Gauvin
  • D'Herleville
  • 2nd Gardes
  • 2nd Rantzau

Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Bülow

Hesse-Homberg's Brigade
  • Grieffendorf Dragoons (three squadrons) (Saxe-Gotha)
  • Sachsen-Heilburg (two squadrons) (Dutch)
  • Bannier (two squadrons) (Hanoverian)
Erbach's Brigade
  • Hardenberg Dragoons (three squadrons) (Saxe-Gotha)
  • Erbach (two squadrons) (Dutch)
  • Spiegel (two squadrons) (Hesse-Kassel)
Villers' Brigade (Hanoverians)
  • Bothmar Dragoons (four squadrons)
  • Villars Dragoons (four squadrons)
  • Bulow Dragoons (three squadrons)

Artillery

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Colonel Holcroft Blood

  • twenty 3-pounders
  • ten 9-pounders
  • six 12-pounders
  • four howitzers

Right Wing

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Louis William, Margrave of Baden

Infantry

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General Johann Karl Graf von Thüngen

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lieutenant General Graf von Frise

Fuchs' Brigade
  • Baden (two battalions) (Austrian)
  • Salm (two battalions) (Austrian)
  • Bibra (Wurzburg)
  • Fuchs (Wurzburg)
Bevern's Brigade
  • Tollet (two battalions) (Austrian)
  • Bevern (Brunswick)
  • Bernsdorff (Brunswick)

Lieutenant General Graf von Furstenburg

Wald's Brigade (Franconian)
  • Erff (two battalions)
  • Schebelin (two battalions)
  • Wald (two battalions)
Reisbach's Brigade
  • Torte (Franconian)
  • Reisbach (two battalions) (Swabian)
  • Roth (two battalions) (Swabian)

Cavalry

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General Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum (mw)

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lieutenant General Baron von Bibra

Prinz Alexandre's Brigade
  • Styrum Dragoons (six squadrons) (Austrian)
  • Fechenbach Dragoons (four squadrons) (Wurzburg)
Cusani's Brigade (Austrian)
  • Gronsfeld (six squadrons)
  • Hohenzollern (six squadrons)

Prince von Württemberg

Mercy's Brigade (Austrian)
  • Mercy (six squadrons)
  • Alt-Hanover (six squadrons)
Erff's Brigade
  • Helmstatt Dragoons (four squadrons) (Württemberg)
  • Castell Dragoons (six squadrons) (Austrian)

Reserve
Lieutenant General Count de la Tour

Fugger's Brigade
  • Xanthe (six squadrons) (Austrian)
  • Alt-Darmstadt (six squadrons) (Austrian)
  • Aufsess Dragoons (five squadrons) (Franconian)
Bayreuth's Brigade
  • Leutsch (two squadrons) (Saxe-Gotha)
  • Oettingen Dragoons (four squadrons) (Swabian)
  • Erbprinz Württemberg (four squadrons) (Swabian)
  • Bayreuth (five squadrons) (Franconian)
Bibra's Brigade
  • Bibra (six squadrons) (Mainz)
  • Cusani (six squadrons) (Austrian)
  • Osten (two squadrons) (Holstein)
Montfort's Brigade
  • Imperial Grenadiers (Austrian)
  • Erffa's Grenadiers (Franconian)
  • Monfort's Grenadiers (Swabian)

Franco-Bavarian Army

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Jean Baptist, Comte d'Arco
Second in command: Alessandro, Marquis de Maffei

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Infantry

French Brigade


Brigadier General de Montandre

  • Bearn (two battalions)
  • Nivernais (one battalion)
Bavarian Brigade


Major General Lutzelburg

  • Leib Grenadiers (one battalion)
  • Leib Regiment (two battalions)
  • Lutzelburg Regiment (two battalions)
  • Boismorel Grenadiers
Bavarian Brigade


Major General Maffei

  • Mercy Regiment (three battalions)
  • Maffei Regiment (two battalions)
  • Kurprinz Regiment (three battalions)
French Brigade


Major General Lee

  • Nettancourt Regiment (two battalions)
  • Toulouse Regiment (one battalion)
De Bordet's Brigade
  • Toulouse Regiment (one battalion)
  • Croonders Regiment (two battalions)
Artillery
  • Sixteen 6-pounders deployed in two eight gun batteries
Cavalry Monasterol's Dragoon Brigade
  • Fontbeausrd's French Dragoons (three squadrons)
  • Monasterol's Bavarian Dragoons (two squadrons)
  • Santini's Bavarian Dragoons (one squadrons)
  • Listenois's French Dragoons (three squadrons)

Lieutenant General Torring Seefeld

Weickel's Brigade
  • Arco's Cuirassiers (six squadrons)
  • Weikel's Brigade (six squadrons)
De Costa's Brigade
  • Wolframsdorff's Cuirassiers (six squadrons)
  • Costa's Cuirassiers (six squadrons)
  • Locatelli's Hussars (two squadrons)

References

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  • Stanford, Ian, Ian Croxall, and Col. (Ret.) Bill Gray, "The Schellenberg 1704: Welcome to the War of Spanish Succession." Strategy & Tactics #243 (June 2007)