Swedish Army

Commanding General: Charles XII of Sweden
Total Strength: 12 000 men

Right Wing

Commander: Generallojtnant Renschiold

First Line: Commander: Generallojtnant Morner

Livdragonregementet (Guard Dragoon Regiment) (1 sqn)
Livdrabantkaren (Bodyguard Corps) (1 sqn)
Livregementet till hast (Horse Guards) (7 sqn)
Ostgota Cavalry Regiment (4sqn)

Second Line: Commander: Generallojtnant Spens

Livdragonregementet (Guard Dragoon Regiment) (1 sqn)
Livregementet till hast (Horse Guards) (3 sqn)
Ostgota Cavalry Regiment (4 sqn)

Middle:

Commander: Generallojtnant von Liewen

First Line: Commander: Generalmajor Stenbock

Lifgardet till fots (Foot Guard) (3 Bat + Gren Bat)
Upplands Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)
Narke-Varmlands Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)
Vastermanlands Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)
Dalarna Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)

Second Line: Commander: Generalmajor Posse

Vasterbottens Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)
Sodermandlands och Ostgota Foot Regiment (1 Bat)*
Upplands Foot Regiment 1 (1 Bat)
Kalmar Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)

Left Wing:

Commander: Duke of Holstein Gottorp**

First Line: Commander: Generalmajor Stromberg

Sodra Skanska Cavalry Regiment (6 sqn)
Smalands Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)
Livregementet till hast (Horse Guards) (2 sqn)
Livdragonregementet (Guard Dragoon Regiment) (1 sqn)

Second Line: Commander: Generalmajor Nieroth

Sodra Skanska Cavalry Regiment (4 sqn)
Smalands Cavalry Regiment (4 sqn)
Livdragonregementet (Guard Dragoon Regiment) (1 sqn)

*The original Swedish term for these two regiments was "Tremanningsregemente till fots". This was a kind of 'extra' regiments set up during the GNW and these battalions should be rated as 'conscripts.'

** The Duke was mortally wounded at the opening of the battle and was replaced with General Vellingk.

Saxon army

Supreme commander: H.M. King of Poland and Kurfurst of Saxony August
Commanding general: Field Marshal von Steinau
Total Strength: 16 000 men

Right Wing

Commander: Generallieutenant Graf von Flemming

First Line: Commander: Generalmajor von der Marwitz

Leib Dragoon Regiment (3 sqn)
Goltz Dragoon Regiment (3 sqn)
Leib Cavalry Regiment (2 sqn)
Leibgarde zu Pferd Regiment (2 sqn)
Kurprinz Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)
Eichstedts Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)

Second Line:Commander: Oberst Daniel Bodo von der Schulenburg

Leib Dragoon Regiment (3 sqn)
Goltz Dragoon Regiment (3 sqn)
Leib Cavalry Regiment (2 sqn)
Leibgarde zu Pferd Regiment (3 sqn)
Kurprinz Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)
Eichstedts Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)

Middle:

Commander: Generallieutenant Johan Mathias von der Schulenburg

First Line: Commander: Generalmajor Wostromirsky

Polish Guard Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)
Kurprinz Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)
Beichlings Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)
Konigin Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)
Saxon Guard Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)

Second Line: Commander: Generalmajor Wenediger

Steinau's Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)
Gortz Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)
Pistoris Infantry Regiment (2 Bat)

Left Wing

Commander: General Major Von Trampe

First Line: Commander: Generalmajor von Reichenau

Steinau's Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)
Jordan's Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)
Konigins Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)
Leibgarde (2 sqn)
Milchaus' Dragoon Regiment (3 sqn)
Kurprinz Dragoon Regiment (3 sqn)

Second Line: Commander: Generalmajor von Brause

Steinau's Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)
Jordan's Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)
Konigins Cavalry Regiment (3 sqn)
Leibgarde (2 sqn)
Milchaus' Dragoon Regiment (3 sqn)
Kurprinz Dragoon Regiment (3 sqn)

Artillery: Commander: Generalmajor Graf von Wackerbarth

22 12pdr guns
24 3pdr guns

The Polish Crown Army

The Swedish and German sources contain very little information about thc Polish Crown Amly and its OOB. The numbers given varies from 6000 to 20,000 but the lattcr figure probably includes all followers to the horsemen and probably the Crown Army at Kliszow numbered about 8000 men.

The only statement about its composition is an eyewitness-account from a Swedish officer which states that it included "9 Companies Hussars and 30 Companies Panzars". These units were probably supplemented with great numbers of more irregular troops such as Cossacks and tartars. It consisted probably almost only of cavalry, but seems to have included some artillery as well, since the little amount Polish text which we have managed to decipher states that the Duke of Holstein was killed by a Polish artillery shot. The same text also tells that during the GNW, the lance was reintroduced for the Hussars and they probably used the same almost medieval tactics they had used against the Swedes in the mid 17th century.

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