Translated by James J. Mitchell
The battalion of Waldeck will join the reserve corps in order to relieve the grenadiers. Someone will command 6 battalions of infantry and 12 squadrons of cavalry with 500 carpenters who will be held ready to march immediately. From each brigade a battalion. These battalions will be those of Cronstrom, Orange-Frise, Buddenbroeck, in the first line; Dorth, 1st battalion Sturler, Smissaert, in the second line. The 6 battalions and the 500 carpenters will reassemble at 10 O'clock before the battalion Orange-Frise, and also the cavalry, with six pieces of 3-pounder cannon and two howitzers. At 10 o'clock, the army will remain ready near the weapons and will go to the front, where the infantry will rest on their arms. The tents and gear will stay in the camp. If the army should come into action, someone will command 500 men and 32 dragons with lieutenant colonel Aytzama van Louta in order to guard the camp and make some patrols, so that no hostile party burns the camp. Someone will post 100 men in Wasmes, on the Conde Road. Orders for the Dutch Army Given Before and After the Battle of Fontenoy
Camp of Brissoeil, 10th of May, 1745, 7:00am Orders of General Cronstrom Cense de Bouchegnies, 10th of May, 1745, noon 2 o'clock in the evening [probably 2:00 a.m., 11 May] Back to Seven Years War Asso. Journal Vol. VIII No. 3 Table of Contents Back to Seven Years War Asso. Journal List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1995 by James E. Purky This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com |