The Royal and Imperial Army
1859-1866

Austrian OOB 1866

by Pat Condray

AUSTRIAN UNIT STRENGTH 1866

(Reprinted from The Armchair General)

Infantry: 3 battalions of 4 companies, each battalion=1018 (WarStrength).

Jager Battalion (Imperial Regt.: 5 btns. 6cos. ea.) 6 companies of 1011 War Strength each.

Borderers: (11 regts. of 3 btns. ea.) (3 of 2 btns.,l of 1 btn.) 956 combatants per battalion.

Cavalry: 4 squadrons per cuirassier regt., 150 men per squadron. 5 squadrons per dragoon regiment, 150 ea. 5 squadrons per hussar regiment, 150 ea.

Uhlans: 5 of 114 men each.

Artillery: 5, 4pdr batteries, 8 guns each FA. 2, 8pdrs, 8 each FA. 2, 4pdr Horse, 8 each. 1 rocket, 8 each. 1 Regt. = 12 batteries of 8 guns; 9 with 9 Army Corps, 3 assigned to reserve and cavalry divisions.

AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT CAVALRY

Each Brigade has 1 battery

1st Light Cavalry Division (Edelshiem)

    Appel
    2nd Wundischgratz Dragoons
    9th (Lichtenstein) Hussars

    Fratricievis
    5th (Radetsky) Hussars
    8th (Hesse Cassel) Hussars

    Wallis
    1st (Savoy) Dragoons
    10th (King of Prussia) Hussars

2nd Light Cavalry Division (Prince Thurn und Taxis)

    Belgrade
    4th (Eseh) Hussars
    12th (Haller) Hussars

    Westphalen
    6th (Wurtemberg) Hussars
    11th (Palffy) Hussars

1st Reserve Cavalry (Prince Schleswig-Holstein)

    Prince Solms
    4th (Ferdinand) Cuirassier
    6th (Hesse) Cuirassier
    8th (Emperor Maximillian) Uhlans

    Schindlocker
    9th (Stadion) Cuirassier
    11th (Emperor Franz Josef) Cuirassiers
    4th (Emperor Franz Josef) Uhlans

2nd Reserve Cavalry (von Zajtsek)

    Count Stoltyk
    1st Cuirassier (Emperor Franz Josef)
    5th Cuirassier (Nicolas)
    5th Uhlans (Walmoden)

    Borberg
    3rd (Saxony) Cuirassier
    7th (Brunswick) Cuirassier
    2nd (Schwarzenberg) Uhlans

3rd Reserve Division of Cavalry (Coudenhove)

    Windischgratz
    2nd (Wranzel) Cuirassier
    8th (Prince of Prussia) Cuirassier
    7th (Archduke Charles Louis) Uhlans

    Mengen
    10th (Bavaria) Cuirassier
    12th (Horvath) Cuirassier
    11th (Alesander) Uhlans

ARMY Of THE NORTH (Benedek)

(Reprinted from The Armchair General)

I CORPS

    Poschascher Brigade: 2nd (Nikolaus) Hussars, 18th Jager Btn., 30th Infantry of the 1st Regiment, 34th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Leningen Brigade: 32nd Jager Btn., 33rd Infantry of the 1st Regt., 38th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Piret Brigade: 29th Jager Btn., 34th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 45th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Ringelshiern Brigade: 26th Jager Btn., 73rd Infantry of the 1st Regt., 42nd Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

II CORPS

    Thum Brigade: 6th (imperial) Uhlans, 2nd Jager Btn., 40th Infantry of the 1st Regiment, 69th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Henriquez Brigade: 9th Jager Btn., 14th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 27th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Saffrau Brigade: 11th Jager Btn.,64th infantryof thelstRegt., 80th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Prince Wurtemburg Brigade: 20th Jager Btn.,47th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 57th infantry of the 2nd Regt.

III CORPS

    Kalik Brigade: 9th (Lichtenstien) Uhlans, 22nd Jager Btn., 35th Infantry of the 1st Regiment, 72nd Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Banedek Brigade: 1st Jager Btn., 52nd Infantry of the 1st Regt., 78th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Kirschberg Brigade: 3rd Jager Btn., 44th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 49th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Prohaska Brigade: 13th Borderers, 55th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 56th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

IV CORPS

    Kopal Brigade: 7th Hussars, 27th Jager Btn., 12th Infantry of the ist Regiment, 26th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Fleischacker Brigade: 18th Jager Btn., 6th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 61st Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Poekh Brigade: 8th Jager Btn., 37th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 51st Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Archduke Joseph Brigade: 30th Jager Btn., 67th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 68th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

VI CORPS

    Waldstatten Brigade: 10th Uhlans, 6th Jager Btn., 9th Infantry of the Ist Regiment, 79th Infantry of the 2nd Regt,

    Hertwegh Brigade: 25th Jager Btn., 41st Infantry of the 1st Regt., 56th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Rosenwieg Brigade: 17th Jager Btn., 4th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 55th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Jonak Brigade: 14th Jager Btn., 20th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 60th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

VII CORPS

    Fragner Brigade: 3rd (Archduke Charles) Uhlans, 5th Jager Btn., 15th Infantry of the 1st Regiment, 77th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    von Docteur Brigade: 31st Jager Btn., 8th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 74th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Rothkirk Brigade: 25th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 71st Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Brandstien Brigade: 24th Jager Btn., 21st Infantry of the 1st Regt., 23r Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

X CORPS

    Mondel Brigade: 1st Uhlans, 12th Jager Btn., 10th Infantry of the 1st Regiment, 24th Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Grivicics Brigade: 16th Jager Btn., 2nd Infantry of the Ist Regt., 23r Infantry of the 2nd Regt.

    Knebel Brigade: 28th Jager Btn., Ist Infantry of the ist Regt., 3rd Infantr of the 2nd Regt.

    Wimpffen Brigade: 13th Infantry of the 1st Regt., 58th Infantry of the 2ni Regt.

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