Journal of Horace St. Paul
1757: Advance Astride the Neisse

Part 6: September 14, 1757

Translated and Edited
With Additional Materials By Neil Cogswell


The army marched in three columns at 6 o'clock in the morning.

ORDER OF MARCH

The first column comprised the whole of the First Line: Regiment Archduke Joseph took the lead with the other regiments following in sequence according to their position in the order of battle. This column marched by the right along the highroad then through the suburbs of Lauban. Leaving the town to its right, it then passed the three arms of the Queiss on the stone bridge and the small wooden bridges. Then it proceeded through Mittel-Bertelsdorf, MittelThiemendorf, Mittel-Seifersdorf and Ober Giessmannsdorf towards the village of Stockigt, that it left to its right. From there, it marched through MittelCunzendorf towards the Galgenberg. After skirting the village of Hartelangenvorwerk, the First Line entered camp near Lowenberg.

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The second column comprised the whole of the Second Line. With Darmstadt at the head, it marched behind Alt-Lauban leaving the town of Lauban on its left. It then continued its march across the wooden bridge near the Green Tree Tavern and passed through the villages of Ober-Thiemendorf, Klein Neundorf, Ober-Cunzendorf, Goriseiffen and towards Mois, where it entered camp.

The third column, formed of the Artillery Park and all the baggage, marched through Alt-Lauban, Kerzdorf and the village of Holtzkirch, where it passed the Queiss. It then continued through Wingendorf, Welkersdorf, Talckenstein and Ober Goriseiffen. It then entered camp.

Headquarters are established at Lowenberg in front of the Right Wing of the army, which rests its flank on the Bober.

Whilst the army was on the march, His Royal Highness Prince Charles received a courier from His Majesty the Emperor with the news of the defeat of the Prussians by General Apraksin. (Battle fought at Gross-Jagersdorf in East Prussia on 30th August 1757.)

A private letter to Marshal Daun, received two days ago, had already announced this news for which we had awaited this confirmation.

During the afternoon, the Reserve Corps crossed the Bober in order to draw closer to General Nadasdy, who had marched this morning with his whole corps to Goldberg.

The Army of the Duke of Bevern still holds to its camp near Bunzlau, but he has made several movements that lead us to believe that he wishes to make several changes in its position.

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