AUSTRIAN and SAXONS at HOHENFRIEDBERG:

Saxon Army -- Left Flank (Weissenfels)

First Line Cavalry (Birkholtz)

Koniglicher Prinz Cuirassiers 2 sqds.
Massey Cuirassiers 2 sqds.
Bestenbosel, Cuirassiers 2 sqds.
Karabiniers 4 sqds.
Schlichtenhausen Dragoons 2 sqds.
Rutowsky Chevaux-legers 4 sqds.
Saxon Uhlans 3 pulks

Second Cavalry Line (Polenz)

O'Byrn Cuirassiers 2 sqds.
Gersdorf Cuirassiers 2 sqds.
Haudring Cuirassiers 2 sqds.
Sondershausen Dragoons 2 sqds.

First Infantry Line (Renard)

1st Guard Infantry Regt . 2 btns
Konigin Regt . 1 btn
Weissenfels Regt . 1 btn
Cosel Regt . 1 btn
Bruhl Regt . 2 btns
Prinz Xavier Regt . 2 btns
2nd Guard Infantry Regt . 1 btn

Second Infantry Line (Jasmund)

Allnpeck Regt . 1 btn
Franz Pirch Regt 1 btn
Schoenberg Regt 2 btns
Sachsen-Gotha Regt . 2 btns
Niesenmeuschel Regt . 1 btn
Pirch Regt 1 btn

AUSTRIAN LEFT WING

1st Infantry Line (Mercy)

IR12 Botta 3 btns
IR34 Vettes 3 btns

2nd Infantry Line (Kolowrat)

IR36 Browne 2 btns
IR51 Gyulai 4 btns

Left Flank Cavalry (Bernes)

CR23 Birckenteld Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CRiii Czernin Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CRii Lucchesi Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CR8 K. Palffy Cuirassiers 5sqds

AUSTRIAN RIGHT WING (PRINCE CHARLES)

Right Flank Cavalry (Berlichingen)

DR6 Lichtenstein Dragoons 5 sqds
CR4 Hohen-Ems; Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CR22 St. Ignon Cuirassiers 5 sqds

First Cavalry Line (Hohen-Ems)

DR1 Althann Dragoons 5 sqds
CR27 Johan Palffy Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CR33 Diemar Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CR21 Berries Cuirassiers 5 sqds

Second Cavalry Line (Hohen- Ems)

CR12 Serbelloni Cuirassiers 5 sqds
DRii Preysing Dragoons 5 sqds
DR38 Wurttemburg Dragoons 5 sqds
DR37 Philipert Dragoons 5 sqds

Infantry Brigade

At Gunthersdorf Detached Grenadiers 6 btns

First Infantry Line (Thungen)

Wolfenbuttel's Brigade:

IR23 Baden-Baden 3 btns
IR18 Marschall 2 btns
IR26 Grunne 3 btns

Konigsegg's Brigade:

IR57 Thungen 3 btns
IR27 Hessen-Kassel 3 btns

Wallis' Brigade:

IR54 Alt-Konigsegg 3 btns
IR 1 Franz Lothringen 3 btns

Second Infantry Line

Grunne's Brigade:

IR17 Kolowrat 3 btns
IR59 Leopold Daun 3 btns

Daun's Brigade:

IR 7 Neipperg 2 btns
IR47 Harrach 2 btns
IR 3 Karl Lothringen 3 btns

PRUSSIAN ARMY at HOHENFRIEDBERG

ADVANCE GUARD (Du Moulin)

Kliest Grenadiers (2/17)
Thuentzien Grenadiers (1/23)
Jeetze Grenadiers (5/36)
Luck Grenadiers (12/24)
Hagen Grenadiers (13/31)
Lepel Grenadiers (20/26)

IR11 Holstein-Beck 2 btns
IR17 La Motte 2 btns
HR4 Natzmer Hussars (White) 5 sqds
HR5 Reusch Hussars (Black) 5 sqds
HR6 Soldan Hussars (Brown) 5 sqds
Artillery = six 24 pdrs.

RIGHT WING CAVALRY (Rothenberg)

First Cavalry Line (Goltz and Bredow)

CR12 Kyau Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CR11 Lieb Karabiniers 5 sqds
CR2 Prinz von Prussen Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CR1 Buddenbrock Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CR10 Gens D'Armes 5 sqds
CR13 Garde du Corps 1 sqd

Second Cavalry Line (Posadowsky)

DR 1 Posadowsky Dragoons 5 sqds
DR 2 Wurttemberg Dragoons 5 sqds
DR 6 Mollendorf Dragoons 10 sqds
Artillery = two light batteries

RIGHT WING INFANTRY (PRINCE LEOPOLD)

First Infantry Line

Langenau Grenadiers (2/gar 11) 1 btn
Jaeger Grenadiers (31/40) 1 btn
Kliest Grenadiers (I 6/gar 1) 1 btn
Wedell Grenadiers (15/18) 1 btn
Buddenbrock Grenadiers (3/6) 1 btn
Sydow Grenadiers (4/22) 1 btn
IR 3 Alt Anhalt 3 btns
IR22 Prinz Moritz 2 btns

Second Infantry Line

IR12 Hesse Darmstadt 2 btns
IR28 Hautcharmoy 2 btns
IR4 Dohna 2 btns

Third Infantry Line

IR14 Lehwaldt 2 btns
IR25 Kalkstein 2 btns
Artillery = six 24 pdrs

LEFT WING INFANTRY (KING FREDERICK)

First Infantry Line

IR13 Truchsess 2 btns
IR19 Margrave Karl 2 btns
IR15 Liebgarde Regiment 2 btns
IR6 Garde Grenadier Btn 1 btn
IR1 Hacke 2 btns
IR7 Bevern 2 btns
IR2 Schlichting 2 btns
IR24 Schwerin 2 btns

Second Infantry Line

IR37 Du Moulin 2 btns
IR4 Dohna 2 btns
IR29 Borcke 2 btns
IR30 Jeetze 2 btns
IR21 Bredow 2 btns
IR23 Blanckensee 2 btns
IR20 Hertzberg 2 btns
IR 5 Bonin 2 btns
IR 8 Anhalt Zerbst 2 btns

Left Wing Grenadiers (Polentz)

Grumbkow Grenadiers (7/21) 1 btn
Schoning Grenadiers (8/30) 1 btn
Kahlbutz Grenadiers (2/24) 1 btn
Trenck Grenadiers (11/14) 1 btn
Hertzberg Grenadiers (32/33) 1 btn

Unattached Cavalry (Gessler)

DR 5 Bayreuth Dragoons 10 sqds

Left Wing Cavalry (Nassau)

Kyau's Brigade:

CR 8 Rochow Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CR9 Bornstadt Cuirassiers 5 sqds

Nassau's Brigade:

CR 5 Prinz Friedrich Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CR4 Gessler Cuirassiers 5 sqds
CR 7 Bredow Cuirassiers 5 sqds
DR 3 Rothenberg Dragoons 5 sqds;
DR 4 Bonin Dragoons 5 sqds;

Zeiten's Brigade:

DR12 Alt-Wurttemberg Dragoons 5 sqds
HR 2 Zeiten Hussars 10 sqds

Wargaming Hohenfriedberg

I doubt that anything approaching the success of the Bayreuth Dragoons could be simulated in a wargame, but there is one lesson that wargamers can learn from this battle; that is, to hold back a heavy cavalry reserve to unleash on the opponent's weak or broken units. Such action serves to turn a defeat into a major disaster.

As a wargame, Hohenfriedberg lends itself very well to two different scenarios that corrspond with the first battle between the Prussians and Saxons and the second phase of the battle against the Austrians. One might fight the Saxon scenario as an encounter battle with two advance guards marching onto the wargame table. The outcome of this battle could set up the second sceanario with the Austrians. For example, if the Saxons win, then the Prussian left wing could find itself fighting both Saxons and Austrians.

The following orders of battle should help you recreate the battle and are printed with the permission and courtesy of George Nafziger. The names of the brigade commanders are found in Die Schlachten Friedrichs Des Grossen by Dorn and Englemann.

More Hohenfriedberg

Hohenfriedberg: Introduction
Hohenfriedberg: March and Battle Openings
Hohenfriedberg: Prince Leopold Attacks
Hohenfriedberg: Second Battles vs. Austrians
Hohenfriedberg: Order of Battle

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