Schellenberg order of battle

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

Allied army

  • Unless otherwise noted, all regiments had one battalion.

Left Wing

John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough

Advance Guard

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

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

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

Colonel Holcroft Blood

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

Right Wing

Louis William, Margrave of Baden

Infantry

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

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

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

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