Blenheim Orders of Battle

Allied Army

By Charles C. Sharp

ARMY OF MARLBOROUGH

Cdr: Captain-General John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
Quartermaster-General (Colonel) Willaim Cadogan
Artillery Colonel Holcroft Blood

Blindheim Assault Column: Lieutenant General Lord "Salamander" Cutts

Brigade: Brigadier Rowe (OKA.KA 16)

Howe's Regiment (15th Foot) (OKA.KA 16)
British infantry 1 battalion (600) (OKA.KA 16)

Ingoldsby's Regiment (23rd Foot- Welch Fusiliers) (*) (OKA.KA 16)
British infantry 1 battalion (600) (OKA. KA 16)

Marlborough's Regiment (24th Foot) (*) (OKA.KA 16)
British infantry 1 battalion (600) (OKA.KA 16)

Rowe's Regiment (21$t Foot-Scot's Fusiliers) (*) (OKAXA 16)
British infantry 1 battalion (600) (OKA.KA 16)

North and Gray's Regiment (10th Foot) (*) (OKA.KA 16)
British infantry 1 battalion (600) (OKA.KA 16)

Brigade: General Major E. L. von Wilcke (Hessen-Kassel) (OKA.KA.16)
located behind Rowe's Brigade (Verney)

Leibregiment zu Fuss (*) (Kuhn.14)
Hessen-Kassel infantry 1 battalion (Wagner.257)

Regiment zu Fuss Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel (*) (Kuhn.14)
Hessen-Kassel infantry 1 battalion (Wagner.300)

Regiment zu Fuss Grenadiere (*) (Kuhn.14)
Hessen-Kassel infantry 1 battalion (Wagner.109)

Regiment zu Fuss Prinz Wilhelm (Kuhn.14)
Hessen-Kassel infantry 1 battalion (OKA.KA.16)

Brigade Brigadier Ferguson (OKAXA 16)

Derby's Regiment (16th Foot) (OKA.KA 16)
British infantry 1 battalion (600) (OKA.KA 16)

Ferguson's Regiment (26th Foot-Cameronians) (*) (Wagner: 105)
British infantry 1 battalion (600) (OKA.KA 16)

Hamilton's Regiment (Royal Irish-18th Foot) (*) (OKA.KA 16)
British infantry 1 battalion (600) (OKA.KA 16)

2nd Battalion, Earl of Orkney's Regiment (Royal Scots - 1 st Foot) (Wagner: 73)
British infantry 1 battalion (600) (OKA.KA 16)

1st Battalion, Regiment of Foot Guards (*) (Wagner: 48)
British infantry 1 battalion (OKA.KA 16)

NOTE: The Guards had taken heavy casualties (230-300 men) at Schellenberg, were understrength compared to the other British regiments present.

Brigade General Hulsen von Treuenfels (Hannover) (OKA.KA.16)
last line of Cutt's infantry (Verney)

Regiment zu Fuss de Luc (OKA.KA.16)
Hannover infantry in British pay 1 battalion (Kuhn.23)

Regiment zu Fuss de Breuil (*) (OKA.KA.16)
Hannover infantry in British pay 1 battalion (Kuhn.23)

Regiment zu Fuss d'Herleville (*) (OKA.KA.16)
Hannover infantry in British pay 1 battalion (Kuhn.23)

Leibregiment zu Fuss (*) (OKA.KA.16)
Hannover infantry in British pay 1 battalion (Kuhn.23)

Cavalry supporting Cuffs: Major General Wood with 15 squadrons (Verney)

Brigade: Brigadier Aurox (OKAXA 16) OR: Cdr Lieutenant General Henry Lumley, cdr of British horse (Verney)

Wood's Regiment (4th dragoons) (*) (Wagner: 55) British cavalry 2 squadrons (OKA. KA 16)

Wyndham's Carabineers (7th dragoons) (Wagner: 238)
British cavalry 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Schomberg's Regiment (8th draaoons)(*) (OKA. KA 16)
British cavalry 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Cadogan'a Regiment (6th dragoons) (*) (Wagner: 106)
British cavalry 1 squadron (OKA.KA 16)

Lumley's Regiment (2nd dragoons) (Wagner: 74)
British cavalry 3 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Ross's Brigade: Brigadier Ross (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Erbprinz Hesse Kassel (Wagner: 190)
Hessen-Kassel dragoons in British pay 4 squadrons (Kuhn.14)

Royal Irish (Ross's) Regiment (OKA.KA 16)
British dragoons 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Royal Scots (Hay's) Regiment (OKA.KA 16)
British dragoons 1 squadron (OKA.KA 16)

Infantry Left Wing: General Charles Churchill

1st Line (Infantry) Lieutenant General Ingoldsby

Brigade

Regiment Beynheym (Deelen) (Wagner: 72)
Dutch infantry 1 battalion (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment zu Fuss von Wulfen (Kuhn.20)
Prussian infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion

Regiment zu Fuss Schwerin (*) (Wagner: 139)
Mecklenburg infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion (OKA.KA 16)

(4th Line Infantry)
Cdr: Lieutenant General the Earl of Orkney (Lord George Hamilton)

Webb's Brigade (OKA.KA.16)
Cdr: Major General John Richmond Webb

Churchill's Regiment (3rd Foot-The Buffs) (Wagner: 47)
British infantry 1 battalion (600)

Meredith's Regiment (37th Foot) (Mortier)
British infantry 1 battalion (600)

Webb's Regiment (8th Foot- The Queen's) (Mortier)
British infantry 1 battalion (600)

1st Battalion, Orkney's Regiment (1st Foot- Royal Scots (*) (Mortier)
British infantry 1 battalion (600)

Hannover Brigade

Leibreaiment zu Fuss (Kuhn.23)
Hannover infantry in British pay 1 battalion

Regiment zu Fuss von Gauvain (von Starke) (*) (Kuhn.23)
Hannover infantry in British pay 1 battalion (Wagner.281)

Regiment zu Fuss von Tozin (*) (Kuhn.23)
Hannover infantry in British pay 1 battalion

Regiment zu Fuss Huelsen von Treuenfels (Kuhn.23)
Hannover infantry in British pay 1 battalion

Hessen-Kassel Brigade

Regiment zu Fuss Stueckradt (Wagner: 110)
Hessen-Kassel infantry in British pay 1 battalion

NOTE: Also known as Regiment zu Fuss von Loewenstein

Regiment Wartensleben (*) (Wagner: 189)
Hessen-Kassel infantry in British pay 1 battalion

Regiment Schoepping (Exterde) (*) (Wagner: 298)
Hessen-Kassel infantry in British pay 1 battalion

Seckendorff's Briaade

Regiment zu Fuss (Alt) Seckendorfff (MA.01)
Ansbach-Bayreuth infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion

Regiment zu Fuss Sternenfels (MA.63)
Wurttemburg infantry in Dutch pay 2 battalions

Regiment zu Fuss Hermann (MA.63)
Wurttemburg infantry in Dutch pay 2 battalions

Regiment Garde-Grenadiere (MA.63)
Wurttemburg infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion

Bernstorff's Brigade (General Major Barthold von Bernstorff)

Regiment zu Fuss Bernstorff (*) (Wagner: 282)
Hannover infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion (Kuhn.23)

Regiment zu Fuss von Rantzow (*)
Hannover infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion (Kuhn.23)

Regiment zu Fuss St Pal des Estange
Hannover infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion (Kuhn.23)

Cavalry Left Wing:
Erbprinz von Hesse-Kassel (OKA.KA 16)
Major General Hompesch: cdr of Dutch cavalry (Verney)
Major General Averock, cdr of "Dutch squadrons" (Verney)

von Rantzau's Brigade: Brigadier Rantzau (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Wurftembura Oels (*) (OKA.KA 16)
Danish dragoons in Dutch pay 3 squadrons (Kuhn.14)

Livregiment til Hest (*) (Wagner: 35)
Danish cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Johan von Rantzau (*) (Wagner: 62)
Danish cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (OKAXA 16)

Regiment von Schmettau (Wagner: 137)
Danish cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment von Rantzau (*) (Wagner: 138)
Danish cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Brigade Major General Count Erbach (OKA.KA 16)
in first line of Allied cavalry (Verney)

Leibregiment zu Pferde (*) (Wagner: 20)
Hannover cavalry in British pay 2 squadrons (Kuhn.23)

Regiment Noyelles (*) (OKA.KA 16)
Hannover cavalry in British pay 2 squadrons (Kuhn.23)

Regiment von Voigt (*) (OKA.KA 16)
Hannover cavalry in British pay 2 squadrons (Kuhn.23)

Brigade (OKA.KA 16

Leibregiment zu Pferde (Wagner: 299)
Hessen-Kassel cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Spiegel Karabiniers) (*) (Wagner: 297)
Hessen-Kassel cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Brigade: Brigadier Baldwin (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Schmettau (OKA.KA 16)
Ansbach-Beyreuth dragoons in Dutch pay 4 squadrons (OKA. KA 16)

Regiment von Breidenbach (*) (OKA.KA 16)
Hannover cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (Kuhn.23)

Regiment Baldwin (OKA.KA 16)
Dutch cavalry 1 squadron (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Erbach (*) (OKA.KA 16)
Dutch cavalry 2 squadrons (OKAXA 16)

Regiment Schulenburg (OKA.KA 16)
Hannover dragoons in Dutch pay 3 squadrons (Kuhn.23)

Infantry Center (OKA.KA 16)
Major-General Prinz von Holstein-Beck (w)

Brigade Heidebrecht (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Goor (Yvoy) (OKA.KA 16)
Dutch infantry 1 battalion (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Sturle (*) (Wagner: 256)
Swiss infantry in Dutch service 1 battalion (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Lochmann (Hirzel) (*) (Wagner: 123)
Swiss infantry in Dutch service 1 battalion (OKA.KA16)

Regiment Wilcke (Rechteren) (OKA.KA 16)
Dutch infantry 1 battalion (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Heydebrecht (*) (Wagner: 146)
Ansbach- Bayreuth infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion (MA.1)

Brigade:

Regiment zu Fuss Sachsen- Meiningen (Kuhn. 11)
Pfalz infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion (Kuhn. 11)

Regiment zu Fuss Isselbach (*) (Kuhn. 11)
Pfalz infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion

Regiment zu Fuss Lybeck (*) (Kuhn. 11)
Pfalz infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion

Regiment zu Fuss von Rehbinde (*) (Verney)
Pfalz infantry in Dutch pay 1 battalion (Kuhn. 11)

Cavalry Right Wing:
General of Cavalry Comte de la Tour (OKA.KA 16)

Brigade: Brigadier Borkdorf (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Uetterwick (2nd Jyske) (Wagner: 36)
Danish cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment von Dewitz (*) (Wagner: 61)
Danish cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Recgiment Ahlefeld (2nd Funen) (*) (OKA.KA 16)
Danish cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Brigade:

Regiment Brockdorff (1 st Funen) (*) (OKA.KA 16)
Danish cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Aurochs Dragoner (*) (OKA.KA 16)
Hessen-Kassel dragoons in Dutch pay 4 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Brigade: Brigadier Grieff enclorff (Saxe-Gotha) (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Graf yon Erbach (*) (Wagner: 217)
Hessen-Kassel cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (Kuhn.23)

Regiment Hoombergh (OKA.KA 16)
Dutch cavalry 3 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment von Bannier (OKA.KA 16)
Hannover cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons (Kuhn.23)

Regiment Sachsen-Hildburahausen (OKA.KA 16)
Dutch cavalry 2 squadrons (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Grieffendorff (OKA.KA 16)
Saxe-Gotha dragoons in Dutch pay 3 squadrons (MA.50)

Brigade: Brigadier Imperial Count von Bothmer (OKA.KA 16)
OR: Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Buelow (Verney)

Regiment von Bothme (*) (Wagner: 115)
Hannover dragoons in Dutch/British pay 4 squadrons (Kuhn.23)

Regiment Villers (*) (Wagner: 94)
Hannover dragoons in Dutch/British pay 4 squadrons (Kuhn.23)

Regiment von Bulow (*) (Wagner: 116)
Hannover dragoons in Dutch/British pay 4 squadrons (Kuhn.23)

Reserve Corps:(Brigade) (OKA.KA 16)
Cdr: Lieutenant General Georg von Natzmer (Dutch)

Regiment von der Osten (*) (Wagner: 64)
Holstein-Gottorf cavalry in Dutch/British pay 2 squadrons (MA.24)

Regiment Krassow (Meerheim) (MA.30)
Mecklenburg cuirassiers in Imperial pay 1 squadron

Regiment Krassow Dragoon (MA.30)
Mecklenburg dragoons in Imperial pay 3 squadrons

Regiment zu Pterde Markaraf Ernst zu Brandenburg-Beyreuth (OKA.KA 16)
Prussian cavalry in Dutch/British pay 3 squadrons (Kuhn.20)

Regiment zu Pferde Graf Wartensleben (Wartensleben Karabiniere) (*) (OKA.KA.16)
Prussian cavalry in Dutch/British pay 3 squadrons (Kuhn.20)

Regiment zu Pterde Markgraf (Prinz) Philipp von Brandenburg-Schwedt (OKA.KA.16)
Prussian cavalry in Dutch/British pay 3 squadrons (Kuhn.20)

Leibregiment Dragoner (*) (Wagner.90)
Prussian dragoons in Dutch/British pay 3 squadrons (Kuhn.20)

NOTE: The original Austrian Archives document identified "Osten" as a Franconian Circle unit and "Meerheim" as "Morheim", a Swabian Circle unit. They also identified the following cavalry regiment, which is definitely NOT a Franconian Circle unit, but I have yet to discover what, if anything, it actually was: Regiment (zu Pferde?) "Leutsch" (OKA.KA.16)
Franconian Circle cavalry 2 squadrons (OKA.KA.16)

Brigade

Regiment zu Pferde L'Ostanae (du Portail) (Wagner: 15)
Prussian cavalry in Dutch/British pay 3 squadrons (Kuhn.20)

Regiment Dragoner von Sonsfeld (*) (Wagner: 129)
Prussian dragoons in Dutch/British pay 3 squadrons (Kuhn.20)

NOTE: I am not certain that these regiments were in a separate brigade. They are listed separately, but no brigade commander has been identified.

ARMY OF IMPERIAL AUSTRIA


Cdr: Prinz Eugen von Savoy

1st Line: Cavalry Right Wing (OKA.KA 16)
Cdr: Prinz Maximillian von Hannover (Verney)

Brigade

Regiment Kuiassiere Erbprinz von Wurttemberg (Wagner: 242)
Swabian Circle Imperial cuirassiers 3 squadrons

Regiment Dragoner Oettingen (*) (Wagner: 244)
Swabian Circle Imperial dragoons 3 squadrons

Brigade Fugger
Cdr: General Major Graf von Fugger (Verney)

Regiment von Stauffenberg (Fugger) Kuirassiere (Wagner: 241)
Swabian Circle Imperial cuirassiers 3 squadrons

Regiment Zanthe (Lobkowitz) Kuirassiere (Wagner: 254)
Austrian Imperial curiassiers 5 squadrons

Regiment Alt Hannover Kuirassier (*) (Wagner: 260)
Austrian Imperial cuirassiers 5 squadrons

Regiment Styrum (Sinzendort) Dragone (OKA.KA 16)
Austrian Imperial dragoons 6 squadrons (Kuhn.18)

Leibregiment Dragoner (Helmstadt) (Wagner: 270)
Wurttemburg dragoons in Dutch pay 3 squadrons

Cavalry 2nd Line:
Cdr: General der Kavallerie Herzog von Wurttemburg

Brigade Bibra

Regiment Cusani Kuirassiere (Wagner: 253)
Austrian Imperial cuirassiers 6 squadrons

Regiment Hessen Darmstadt Kuiassiere (Wagner.183)
Austrian Imperial cuirassiers 6 squadrons

Venninaen Gendarmes (*) (Wagner.45)
Pfalz cuirassiers in Dutch pay 2 squadrons

Regiment zu Pferde Nagel (*) (Wagner: 178)
Munster cavalry in Dutch pay 2 squadrons

Brigade

Regiment Fechenbach Dragoner (Wagner: 245)
Wurzburg Imperial dragoons 4 squadrons

Regiment Bibra Dracioner (MA.29)
Mainz dragoons in Imperial pay 4 squadrons

Leibregiment zu Pferde (*) (Wagner: 120)
Prussian cavalry in Dutch pay 3 squadrons

Infantry Right Wing (OKA.KA 16)
Cdr: General Prinz leopold von Anhalt-Dessau

Total: 7 battalions Danes, 11 battalions of Prussians (Verney) Prussians included 2 battalions "recently formed" (Verney)

First Line: (General Scholten)

Brigade: Brigadier Bielke (Danes) (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment Livaarden til Fods (Wagner: 34)
Danish Guard infantry 1 battalion (600)

Regiment til Fods Prinz Karl (*) (Wagner: 33)
Danish infantry 2 battalions (600 each) (OKA.KA 16)

NOTE: The 2nd Bn of this regt was also known as the "Scholten" bn after its commander

1st Bn. Regiment til Fods Prinz Georg (*) (Wagner: 41)
Danish infantry 1 battalion (600) (OKA.KA 16)

Brigade Brigadier Finck

Regiment zu Fuss Furst Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau (Wagner: 4)
Prussian infantry 2 battalions (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment zu Fuss Markaraf Christian Ludwig (*) (Wagner: 3)
Prussian infantry 2 battalions (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment zu Fuss Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm (*) (Wagner: 12)
Prussian infantry 2 battalions (OKA. KA 16)

Second Line: Lieutenant General Bibra

Brigade: General Rebsdorf

Regiment til Fods Schonfeldt (Funen) (Wagner: 42)
Danish infantry 1 battalion (600)

Regiment til Fods Seeland (Siallandske) (*) (Kuhn.02)
Danish infantry 1 battalion (600)

Regiment til Fods Chirstian Ulrich von Wuerttemberg-Oels (Kuhn.02)
Danish infantry 1 battalion (600)

Brigade: Brigadier Christolph Albrecht von Canitz (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment zu Fuss Erbprinz von Hesse-Kassel (Prinz Georg) (OKA.KA 16)
Prussian infantry 1 battalion (OKA.KA 16)

Regiment zu Fuss Marquis de Varennes (Wagner: 5)
Prussian infantry 1 battalion (OKA.KA 16)
Formed 1702

Regiment zu Fuss Anhalt-Zerbst (Wagner: 102)
Prussian infantry 2 battalions (Kuhn.20)

Regiment zu Fuss Christolph Albrecht von Canitz (*) (Wagner: 31)
Prussian infantry 1 battalion (Kuhn.20)

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