Battle of Blenheim order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Blenheim during the War of the Spanish Succession on August 13, 1704.

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Infantry Lieutenant General John, Lord Cutts	Rowe's Brigade (England) Brigadier General Archibald Rowe	Howe's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel William Breton (584 men) The Welch Regiment of Fusiliers, Colonel Joseph Sabine (520 men) The Duke of Marlborough's Regiment of Foot, Colonel William Tatton (524 men) Scots Fusiliers (21st Foot), Colonel John Dalyell (629 men) Lord North and Grey's Regiment of Foot, Colonel William North, 6th Baron North & 2nd Baron Grey (580 men)
	Wilkes' Brigade (Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel) Major General John Wilkes	Prinz Wilhelm Infantry Regiment (400 men) Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel Infantry Regiment, Erbprinz Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel (400 men) Hessian Grenadiers Infantry Regiment (400 men) Hessian Guard (Leibregiment) Infantry Regiment (400 men) Wartensleben Infantry Regiment, Alexander Hermann, Graf von Wartensleben (400 men)
	Ferguson's Brigade (Scotland) Brigadier General James Ferguson	Derby's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Hans Hamilton (663 men) Ferguson's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Livingstone (653 men) Royal Regiment of Ireland, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Sterne (579 men) 2nd Battalion, His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Hamilton (577 men) 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, Captain Gilbert Primrose (589 men)
	St. Paul's Brigade Major General St. Paul (Includes Hulson's Brigade)	de Luc Infantry Regiment, Major General de Luc (Lüneburg-Celle) (400 men) de Breuil Infantry Regiment (Hanover) (Lüneburg-Celle) (400 men) Gauvin Infantry Regiment (Gauvin) (Hanover) (400 men) Hanoverian Guard Infantry Regiment (1/ Lüneburg-Celle, 2/ Hanover-Calenberg) (two battalions, 800 men)
Cavalry Support Lieutenant General Henry Lumley	Palmes' Brigade (England) Brigadier General Francis Palmes	2nd/Wood's Regiment of Horse (4th Horse), Colonel John Featherstonhalgh (one squadron, 155 men) The King's Carabiniers (9th Horse), Major Philip Chenevix (two squadrons, 311 men) The Duke of Schomberg's Regiment of Horse (8th Horse), Colonel Charles Sybourg (two squadrons, 270 men)
	Wood's Brigade (England) Major General Cornelius Wood	The Queen's Regiment of Horse (2nd Horse), Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Crowther (three squadrons, 482 men) 1st/Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Horse (4th Horse), Major General Cornelius Wood (one squadron, 158 men) Lord Cadogan's Regiment of Horse (7th Horse), Major Robert Napier (one squadron, 149 men)
	Ross's Dragoon Brigade Major General Charles Ross (Includes Lord John Hay's Brigade)	Ross's Regiment of Dragoons (5th Dragoons), Lieutenant-Colonel Owen Wynne (England/Ireland) (two squadrons, 324 men) Grey Dragoons (2nd Dragoons), Lieutenant-Colonel George Preston (England/Scotland) (one squadron, 340 men) Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel Dragoons, Erbprinz Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) (four squadrons, 320 men)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Line (Infantry) Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby	d'Herleville's Brigade Major General d'Herleville (Includes Stückrad's Brigade)	Schöpping Infantry Regiment (Hesse-Kassel) (400 men) Stückrad Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Stückrad (Hesse-Kassel) (400 men) d'Herleville Infantry Regiment, Major General d'Herleville (Hanover-Calenberg) (400 men) von Tozin Infantry Regiment (Lüneburg-Celle) (400 men) Hulsen Infantry Regiment, Major General Hulsen (Hanover Calenberg) (400 men)
1st Line (Infantry) Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby	Württemberg Brigade Brigadier General Friederich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff	Württemberg Regiment Stenfels (571 men) Württemberg Regiment Hermann Württemberg Grenadier Regiment (833 men) Seckendorff's Infantry Regiment (Anspach-Bayreuth), Brigadier General Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff (573 men)
1st Line (Infantry) Lieutenant General Horn	Holstein-Beck's Brigade Major General Anton Günther, Fürst von Holstein-Beck (Includes Heidebrecht's Brigade)	Heidebrecht Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Heidebrecht (Ansbach/UP auxiliary) (599 men) Stürler Infantry Regiment (Swiss/UP auxiliary) (523 men) Hirzel Infantry Regiment (Swiss/UP auxiliary) (561 men) Rechteren Infantry Regiment (UP) (548 men) Goor Infantry Regiment (UP) (581 men)
1st Line (Infantry) Lieutenant General Horn	Dutch Mercenary Brigade Major General Johan van Pallandt	Bynheim Infantry Regiment (Pfalz /UP auxiliary) (571 men) Schwerin Infantry Regiment, Colonel Kurt Christof, Graf von Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Prussian Meith Regiment) (547 men) de Varenne Infantry Regiment, Jacques l'Aumonier, Marquis de Varenne (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (461 men) Wulffen Infantry Regiment (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (591 men) Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel Infantry Regiment, Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (540 men)
Left-center (cavalry) Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Bülow	Noyelles' Brigade Major General Jacques-Louis Comte de Noyelles and Falais	Leib Horse Cuirassier Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men) Voigt's Horse Cuirassier Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men) Noyelles' Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Jacques-Louis, comte de Noyelles and Falais (Hanover-Calenberg-Osnabrück/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 150 men)
	Viller's Brigade Major General Viller	von Bülow's Dragoons Regiment (Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Bülow (Hanover-Calenberg) (three squadrons, 225 men) Viller's Dragoons (Lüneburg-Celle) (four squadrons, 320 men) Bothmer's Dragoons, Brigadier General Bothmer (Lüneburg-Celle) (four squadrons, 320 men)
2nd Line (cavalry) Lieutenant General Graf von Hompesch	Hesse-Homberg's Brigade Major General Friedrich, Prinz von Hessen-Homburg	Leib Horse Regiment (Hesse-Kassel/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 160 men) Spiegel's Karabinere (Hesse-Kassel/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 160 men)
	Schulenburg's Brigade Major General Alexander von der Schulenburg	Schulenburg's Dragoons (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men) Breidenbach's Horse Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg & Lüneburg-Celle) (two squadrons, 160 men)
	Erbach's Brigade Major General Erbach	Erbach's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Erbach (UP) (two squadrons, 200 men) Baldwin's Horse, Brigadier General Baldwin (UP) (one squadron, 100 men) Schmettau's Dragoons, Gottlieb Schmettau (Ansbach) (four squadrons, 400 men)
Cavalry Lieutenant General Friedrich Ulrich, comte de Oostfries	Vittinghoff's Brigade Lieutenant General Vittinghoff	Grevendorff's Dragoons, Brigadier General Grevendorff (Saxe-Gotha) (three squadrons, 240 men) Hardenberg's Dragoons (Saxe-Gotha) (three squadrons, 240 men) Sachsen-Heilburg Horse Regiment (UP) (two squadrons, 200 men) Bannier's Horse Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men)
	Auroch's Brigade Major General Auroch	Erbach's Horse Regiment, Major General Erbach (Hesse-Kassel) (two squadrons, 160 men) Auroch's Dragoons, Major General Auroch (Hesse-Kassel) (four squadrons, 320 men)
Lieutenant General Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadt	Rantzau's Brigade (Denmark/UP auxiliary) Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau	2nd Sjællandske Horse Regiment, Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau (two squadrons, 585 men 5th Jydske Regiment of Horse, Colonel Wilhelm von Schmettau (two squadrons, 440 men) 4th Jydske Regiment of Horse, Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau (two squadrons, 440 men) Livregimentet Rytter, Colonel Christian Detlev von Reventlow (two squadrons of six companies, 556 men) Württemberg-Öls Dragoons, Carl Friedrich, Herzog von Württemberg-Öls (three squadrons of ten companies, 1,007 men)
	Brockdorff's Brigade (Denmark/England auxiliary) Brigadier General Ditlev von Brockdorff	3rd Jydske Horse Regiment, Colonel Ditlev von Brockdroff (two squadrons, 591 men) Ahlefeldt's Horse Cuirassier Regiment (two squadrons, 589 men) 2nd Jydske Horse Regiment, Colonel von Uterwick Prehn (two squadrons, 568 men) Holstein's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Colonel Dewitz (two squadrons, 578 men) Württemberg-Ōls Dragoons, Carl Friedrich, Herzog von Württemberg-Ōls (two squadrons of ten companies, 589 men)
	von Rantzau's Brigade Major General Jørgen von Rantzau	1st Battalion, Rantzau, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (588 men) 2nd Battalion, Rantzau, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (636 men) Bernsdorff Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Bernsdorff (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (531 men) Teckelenberg Infantry Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg/UP auxiliary) (532 men) St. Paul Infantry Regiment, St. Paul des Estanges (Hanover-Calenberg/UP auxiliary) (520 men)
Infantry Lieutenant General Lord Orkney	Webb's Brigade Major General John Richmond Webb	Churchill's Regiment of Foot, Colonel Henry Peyton (590 men)^[1] Thomas Meredyth's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Bellew (575 men) The Queen's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Sutton (739 men) 1st/His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot, Colonel John White (639 men)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cavalry General of the imperial cavalry Maximilian, Prinz von Braunschweig und Lüneburg	Natzmer's Brigade (Prussia) Major General Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer auf Gannewitz	Leib Dragoons (three squadrons, 360 men), Colonel Ludwig von Blumenthal, succeeded by Lt-Colonel von Hacke after colonel's death in the battle. Margraf Philip's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Philip Wilhelm, Margraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt (three squadrons, 300 men) Wartensleben Horse Regiment (three squadrons, 300 men) Bayreuth-Kulmbach Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Colonel Christian Heinrich, Margraf von Bayreuth-Kulmbach (three squadrons, 300 men) von Krassow's Dragoons, Ernst Detlev von Krassow (two dragoons, 160 men)
	Fugger's Brigade (Austria) Major General Graf von Fugger	Alt-Hanover Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 500 men) Lobkowicz's Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 500 men)
	Durlach's Brigade Field Marshal Friedrich, Margraf von Baden-Durlach	Limburg-Styrum's Dragoons (Austria) (six squadrons, 500 men) Württemberg Independent Cavalry (Leib Dragoon) (Württemberg) (three squadrons, 240 men) Fugger's Cavalry, Major General Graf von Fugger (Swabia) (three squadrons, 240 men) Öttingen's Dragoons, Albrecht Ernst II, Fürst von Öttingen (Swabia) (two squadrons, 160 men)
Cavalry General of cavalry Eberhard Louis, Herzog von Württemberg-Teck	l'Ostange's Brigade Major General Charles Graf de l'Ostange	Sonsfeld's Dragoons (three squadrons, 300 men) l'Ostange's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Charles, Graf de l'Ostange (three squadrons, 300 men)
	Bibra's Brigade Major General Christoph Erhard von Bibra:	Helmstaett Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Erbprinz Helmstaett von Württemberg (Swabia) (three squadrons, 240 men) Nagel's Karabinere (Münster/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 200 men) Vennigen's Karabinere, George Friedrich von Vennigen (Palatine/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 300 men) Hachenberg's Cuirassiers (Niederrhein) (one squadron, 80 men)
	Cusani's Brigade (Austria) Field Marshal Marquis de Cusani	Darmstadt's Imperial Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 600 men) Cusani's Imperial Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 600 men)
	Caraffa's Brigade Major General von Caraffa	Fechenbach's Dragoons, Freiherr von Fechenbach (Würzburg/Mainz) (four squadrons, 400 men) Württemberg Leibgarde (Württemberg) (two squadrons, 160 men) Bibra's Dragoons, Major General von Bibra (Mainz/Austrian auxiliary) (four squadrons, 400 men)
Cavalry Reserve General of Cavalry Charles Maximilien, comte de la Tour et Valsassina	Efferen's Brigade	Moorheim's Cuirassiers (Mecklenburg) (two squadrons, 160 men) Leutsch's Cuirssiers (Saxe-Gotha) (two squadrons, 160 men) von der Ostheim's Horse Cuirassier Regiment (Holstein-Gottorp) (two squadrons, 160 men)
	Bayreuth's Brigade (Franconia) Field Marshal Christian Ernst, Margraf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth	Auffess' Dragoons (five squadrons, 400 men) Bayreuth's Cuirassiers (five squadrons, 400 men)
Feldzeugmeister Leopold, Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau	Finck's Brigade (Prussia) Major General Albrecht Conrad Graf Finck v. Finckenstein	Grenadier Garde, Kurprinz Friedrich Wilhelm I (two battalions, 800 men) Margraf Ludwig's Infantry Regiment, Christian Ludwig, Margraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt (two battalions, 800 men) Anhalt-Dessau Infantry Regiment, Leopold, Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau (two battalions, 800 men)
Feldzeugmeister Leopold, Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau	Canitz' Brigade (Prussia) Major General Christopher Albrecht von Canitz	Margraf Phillip's Infantry Regiment, Phillip Wilhelm, Margraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt (two battalions, 800 men) Leibgarde, Colonel Carl Philipp Freiherr von Wylich zu Lottum (one battalion, 400 men) Canitz's Infantry Regiment, Major General Christopher Albrecht von Canitz (two battalions, 800 men)
Lieutenant General Jobst von Scholten	Bielke's Brigade (Denmark/Austria auxiliary) Brigadier General Christoffer Bielke	1st Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince George, Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadt (one battalion, 824 men) 2nd Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince Carl, Lieutenant General Jobst Scholten (one battalion, 627 men) Regiment Dansk Den Kongelige Livgarde til fods (one battalion, 740 men) 2nd Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince George, Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadt (one battalion, 704 men)
Lieutenant General Jobst von Scholten	Rebsdorff's Brigade (Denmark/England and UP auxiliary) Brigadier General Rebsdorff	1st Battalion, Fynske Regiment of Foot, Brigadier General Schonenfeldt (one battalion, 860 men) 2nd Battalion, Sjællandske Regiment of Foot (one battalion, 620 men) Regiment of Foot Christian Ulrich, Colonel Bonart (one battalion, 702 men)
	Artillery Colonel Holcroft Blood	Three batteries of ten sakers One battery of four howitzers One battery of six demi-culverin One battery of twenty-four 3-pounders One battery of sixteen 3-pounders

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Dismounted Dragoons	Hautefeulle's Brigade	Mestre de Camp Général (three squadrons, 338 men) La Reine's Dragoons (three squadrons, 231 men) Rohan-Chabot's Dragoons (three squadrons, 330 men) Vasse's Dragoons (three squadrons, 327 men)
Blenheim Garrison	de Maulevrier's Brigade Marquis de Maulevrier	Regiment de Navarre (three battalions, 1,500 men)
	Balincourt's Brigade Claude Guillaume Testu de Balincourt	Régiment d'Artois (two battalions, 1,000 men) 1st/Provence (one battalion, 500 men)
	Greder's Brigade Marquis de Greder	Regiment de Greder Allemande (German) (two battalions, 1,000 men) Regiment de Lassay (one battalion, 500 men)
Blenheim Reserve	d'Argelos' Brigade Baron d'Argelos	Régiment de Languedoc (two battalions, 1,000 men) Regiment de Santerre (two battalions, 1,000 men)
Blenheim Reserve	St. Segond's Brigade Marquis de St. Segond	Regiment de Zurlauben (Walloons) (two battalions, 1,000 men)^[2]^[3] St. Segond (Italy) (one battalion, 500 men)
Infantry Reserve Lieutenant General the Marquis de Marinvaux	Montroux's Brigade Marquis de Montroux	Regiment de Montroux (Italy) (one battalion, 500 men) Regiment de Aunis (two battalions, 1,000 men)
	Monfort's Brigade Marquis de Montfort	Regiment de Montfort (Walloon/Spanish auxiliary) (two battalions, 1,200 men) Blaisois (one battalion, 500 men)
	d'Enonville's Brigade Comte d'Enonville	Royal (three battalions, 1,500 men) Regiment de Boulonnais (two battalions, 1,000 men)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Lieutenant General Beat Jacques II de Zurlauben, comte de Zurlauben	Vertilly's Brigade Marquis de Vertilly	Gendarmerie de France (eight squadrons, 1,500 men)
	Broglie's Brigade Marquis de Broglie	Regiment du Roi (three squadrons, 423 men) Regiment de Tarneau (two squadrons, 184 men) Regiment de la Baume (two squadrons, 282 men)
	Grignan's Brigade Marquis de Grignan	Mestre de Camp General (three squadrons, 255 men) Regiment de Grignan (three squadrons, 312 men)
Marechal de Camp, the Duc d'Humeries	Merode-Westerloo's Brigade (Spain) Comte de Merode-Westerloo	Regimiento de Gaetano (two squadrons, 214 men) Regimiento de Acosta (two squadrons, 200 men) Regimiento de Heider (two squadrons, 200 men)
	la Valliere's Brigade Marquis de la Valliere	Régiment de Bourgogne (three squadrons, 360 men) Regiment de la Valliere (two squadrons, 136 men) Regiment de Noailles (two squadrons, 200 men) Regiment de Beringhen (three squadrons, 783 men)
	Silly's Brigade Marquis de Silly	Regiment de Orleans (three squadrons, 165 men) Regiment de Montreval (two squadrons, 110 men) Regiment de St. Pouanges (two squadrons, 100 men) Regiment de Ligonday (two squadrons, 100 men)
Marechal de Camp, the Marquis de St. Pierre	Trecesson's Brigade Marquis de Trecesson	Regiment de Robecque (Wallon) (two battalions, 1,000 men) Regiment de d'Albaret (one battalion, 500 men)
	Breuil's Brigade Marquis de Breuil	Regiment de Auxerrois (two battalions, 1,000 men) Regiment de Chabrillant (one battalion, 500 men)
	Belleisle's Brigade Marquis de Belleisle	Regiment de Nice (one battalion, 500 men) Regiment de Tavannes (one battalion, 500 men) Regiment de Bandeville (one battalion, 500 men)

Battle of Blenheim order of battle

Allied Army

Staff

Blenheim Column

Centre

Right, Army of Imperial Austria

Franco-Bavarian Army

Blenheim Wing Command

Between Blenheim and Oberglauheim

The Army of the Elector of Bavaria

Marquis du Bourg's Corps

Marquis de Blainville's Corps

Marquis de Rosel's Corps

Count d'Arco's Corps

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