Battle of Ostrach
21 March 1799

Order of Battle: Austrian

by Roland Kessinger, Germany

Commander-in-Chief: Archduke Charles

Right Column: FML Fuerstenberg

Advance Guard: GM Merveldt

Wurmser Freikorps (12 cos) 1. Kaiser Hussars (8 sqdns) 1. Merveldt Uhlans (8 sqdns) Main Body: Col Ulm IR 35 Wenkheim (3) GM Vogelsang 13th Wallach-Illyrian Regiment Grenzer (1st Battalion) IR 21 Gemmingen (3) IR 42 Erbach (2)

Centre Column: Archduke Charles

Advance Guard: FML Nauendorf

GM Gyulay
6th Warasdin-St. Georg Regiment Grenzer (1st Battalion)
Gradiska Regiment Grenzer (3rd Battalion)

GM Kienmayer
10. Meszaros Hussars (8 sqdns)

Main Body: FML Petrasch

GM Kempf
IR 1 Kaiser (3)
IR 31 Benjowsky (2)

GM Wolf
IR 12 Manfredini (3)
IR 49 Kerpen (2)

FML Prince Anhalt-Koethen

GM O’Reilly
6. Coburg Light Dragoons (6 sqdns)

GM Roe
2. Erzherzog Ferdinand Light Dragoons (6 sqdns)

Reserve: FML Staader

FML Kospoth

GM Spiegelberg
3. Erzherzog Ferdinand Carl d’Este Hussars (8 sqdns)
12. Kinsky Light Dragoons (6 sqdns)

FML V. Kollowrat

GM Sebottendorf
IR 2 Erzherzog Ferdinand (3)
Grenadier Brigade: GM Schellenberg
Grenadier Battalion Tegetthoff (20/22/29)
Grenadier Battalion Bojakowsky (1/7/12)
Grenadier Battalion Teschner (3/35/50)
Grenadier Battalion Lippe (2/31/60)
Grenadier Battalion Sebottendorf (41/49/56)
Grenadier Battalion Juch (21/42/54)

GM Mandel
5. Zeschwitz Kurassier Regiment (6 sqdns)
11. Latour Light Dragoons (6 sqdns)

Left Column: FZM Wallis

Advance Guard: GM Schwarzenberg

Grenz Sharpshooters (4 cos)
12th Rubinitz Light Battalion (6 cos)
2. Motschlitz Uhlans (6 sqdns)
4. Vecsey Hussars (6 sqdns)

Main Body:

FML L. Baillet-Latour

GM Mylius
12th Deutsch-Banat Regiment Grenzer (1batt)
IR 22 Lacy (3)
IR 7 C. Schroeder (3)

FML Reuss

GM Lindenau
IR 3 Erzherzog Karl (3)
IR 29 O. Wallis (3)

Heavy Cavalry

(either attached to centre column or to left column; in second line not engaged at Ostrach)

FML Colloredo

GM Rosenberg
7. K. Lothringen Kurassier Regiment (6 sqdns)
8. Hohenzollern Kurassier Regiment (6 sqdns)

FML Riesch

GM Hohenlohe
9. Nassau Kurassier Regiment (6 sqdns)
10. Mack Kurassier Regiment (6 sqdns)

FML Prinz Alex Wuerttemberg

GM Klinglin
2. Erzherzog Franz d’Este Kurassier Regiment (6 sqdns)
11. Ansbach Kurassier Regiment (6 sqdns)

FML Karl Lothringen

GM Carnisius
1. Kaiser Kurassier Regiment (6 sqdns)
3. Herzog Albert Kurassier Regiment (6 sqdns)

Detachment: GM Piacek

Tyrolean Jaeger (4 cos)
5th Radivojevich Light Battalion (6 cos)
12. Croat-Slavonian Hussars (10 sqdns)
7. Waldeck Light Dragoons (4 sqdns)

Battle of Ostrach 21 March 1799

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