PRUSSIAN SUPPLY COLUMN

(June 28, 1758)

Advance Guard (Colonel von Salenmon)

190 Hussars from regiments Mohrong (HR3) and Werner (HR6)
224 Cuirassiers from Garde du Corps (CR13), Gensdarmes(CR10) and Schonaich (CR6)
200 Free Battalion Salenmon
20 Fussjager
600 1 Btn Jung Kreytzen (IR28)

Main Force
Divided into an advance party and ten wagon parties each with 350 to 400 wagons, guarded by one battalion (600-700 men) and a cavalry detachment of just over 100 men.

Advance party of 77 men from Dragoon Regt. Jung Platen (DR 11)

1) Gren Btn Alt-Billerbeck (8/46) & Liebkarabiniers (CR11)
2) II Btn Jung Kreytzen (IR28) & CR Seydlitz (CR8)
3) Btn Prinz Ferdinand (see note 1) & CR1 Krockow
4) I Btn Garrison Regt Mutzschefahl (GV) & CR9 Bredow and CR12 Kyau.
5) Btn Nostitz (see note 2) & CR4 Schmettau
6) II Btn GR Mutzschefahl (GV) & Dragoon Regt Norman DR1
7) Btn Teuffel (see note 3) & DR Norman
8) I Btn Tresckow (IR32) & DR12 Wurttemberg
9) Btn Ruchel (see note 4) & DR2 Krockow
10)II Btn Tresckow (IR32) & DR4 Czettritz

Rear Guard

Grenadier Btn Bahr (9/10) c. 600 men
DR5 Bayreuth c. 144 men
HR3 Mohring c. 80 men 

Prussian Totals For Supply Column
7,461 infantry (11 battalions and 220 Freikorps and Jager)
1,798 cavalry
9,259 Total with 16 battalion guns, 43 treasure wagons (with one million talers), 940 munition wagons, 1,842 flour wagons, and about 925 other wagons with baggage, food and uniforms.

Colonel Werner's Detachment
Grenadier Btn. Schenckendorff (35/36)
300 Werner Hussars (HR6)
200 Bayreuth Dragoons (DR5)

General Zieten's Detachment
Grenadier Btn. Rath (Permanent Grenadier Btn No. 5)
Grenadier Btn. Carlowitz (47/GR VII)
CR12 (Kyau) - whole regiment less above detachments
CR4 (Schmettau) ditto
HR2 (Zieten) c. 300
HR4 (Puttkamer) c. 300

Notes to Prussian Order of Battle

1) Formed from 700 men of IR34 under Captain Pirch
2) Reconvalescents of the Garde and grenadiers
3) ditto from 13 different infantry regiments
4) ditto from 7 infantry regiments

Additional Note:

Both the Alt-Billerbeck and Bahr grenadier battalions were reconstituted units formed after the original ones had been captured at Gabel in 1757, as were IR's Jung Kreytzen (captured at Schweidnitz in 1757) and Tresckow (almost totally destroyed at Breslau in 1757).

Austrian Order of Battle

Loudon's Forces
2,000 infantry: IRs Kolowrat & Alt-Wolfenbuttel (2 btns each) and one battalion Starhemberg;
1,000 grenadiers in 14 companies;
1,500 Grenzer (Colonel Lanius);
200 dragoons DR Zweibrucken;
400 hussars (HR Nadasdy).
Total force of 4,100.
Losses on June 28, 1758 were 557 men.
Loudon was reinforced on June 30 by one battalion of the Bayreuth regiment and 150 Grenzer.

Siskovics & St. Ignon's Force
1,200 infantry - IR Haller (2 battalions)
500 grenadiers in 6 companies
1,000 Warasdiner Grenzer (Colonel von Neuendorf)
400 dragoons DR Lowenstein & DR Wurttemberg 1/2 each
200 horse grenadiers in 4 companies
400 hussars (HR Dessewffy)
100 Saxon Uhlans
400 Saxon Cheveau-Legers from Prinz Karl Regt.
Total: 4,100 (Colonel von Benkendorff)

Thus, total Austrian forces were approximately 8,200 plus Loudon's reinforcements on June 30, 1758.

The Ambush of the Olmutz Convoy At Domstadtl June 28-30, 1758

Introduction
The Olmutz Convoy
Rounds 1 and 2
Commentary, Footnotes, Bibliography
Orders of Battle: Prussian and Austrian
Jumbo Campaign Map (very slow: 237K)
Large Convoy Map (slow: 76K)

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