Wurzburg and Bamberg
in the Seven Years War

Appendices A, B, C

By Peter Wilson


Appendix A
Wurzburg Army, end April 1755
UnitEffectives
War Council and Commssariat4
General Staff11
Leibgarde and Trabants (palace guards)57
Husaren Feldgarde (mounted)41
Dragoon Regiment Wolfskehl653
Infantry Regiment Hutten940
Infantry Regiment Drachsdorff951
Infantry Regiment Kolb936
Konigshofen Garrison19
Cadre of the Land Regiment (militia)92
Artillerie korps64
Total3,768
Appendix B
Wurzburg Army in 1757
Field ForcesPaper Strength
Infantry Regiment Rot-Wurzburg1,864
Infantry Regiment Blau-Wurzburg1,864
Kreis Infantry (9 companies)1,262
Kreis Cavalry (2 drag. & 2 cuir. coys.)301
Home Defence Force:

Roughly as the remaining units listed in Appendix A, except that the effective strength of the Dragoons was probably only 300. The Land regiment was mobilized in 1758 with 1,864 men.

Appendix C
Bamberg Kreis (Circle) Contingent 1757 to 1762
Grenadier coy. to IR Ferntheil100
Grenadier coy. to IR Cronegk100
Fusilier coy. to IR Ferntheil145
Fusilier coy. to IR Cronegk145
119 fusiliers to IR Varell119
1-1/5 coy to Cuir. Regt Bayreuth83
1 coy to Dragoon Regiment Ansbach70
Total762

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