Austrian Unit Strength

1866

by Pat Condray


Infantry

Regiment (Normal) Infantry: 3 battalions of 4 companies, each battalion = 1018 (War Strength).

Jager Battallion (Imperial Regt: 5 btns. 6 coo ea.) 6 companies of 1,011 War Strength each.

Borderers (11 regts of 3 btns ea) (3 of 2 btns, 1 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. 5 of 114 men each.

Artillery


5, 4pdr batteries, 8 guns each PA.
2, 8pdrs, VA.
2, 4 pdr 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 (Edelshiem) Light Cavalry Division

    Appel
      2 Wundischgratz Dragoons
      9th (Lichtenstien) Hussars

    Fratricievics

      5th (Radetsky) Hussars
      8th (Hesse Cassel) Hussars
      2nd (Prince Thurn und Taxis)

    Belgrade

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

    Wallis

      1st (Savoy) Dragoons
      10th (King of Prussia?) 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)

    Schindlocker

      9th (Stadlon) Cuirassier
      11th (Emp. Franz Josef) Cuirassier
      4th (Emp. Franz Josef) Uhlans

2nd Reserve Cavalry (von Zajtsek)

    Count Stoltyk
      1 Cuirassier (Emp. 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 (Wranyel) 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
I Corps
BrigadesPoschacherLeningenPiretRingelshiem
Light Horse2nd (Nikolaus) Hussars
Jager Btn. 18th32nd29th26th
1st Regt.30th33rd18th73rd
2nd Regt. 34th38th45th42nd
II Corps
BrigadesThumHenriquezSaffrauPrince Wurtemburg
Light Horse6th (Imperial) Uhlans
Jager Btn.2nd9th11th20th
1st Regt.40th14th64th47th
2nd Regt. 69th27th80th57th
III Corps
BrigadesKalikBanedekKirschbergProhaska
Light Horse9th (Lichtenstien) Uhlans
Jager Btn. 22nd1st3rd13th Borderers
1st Regt. 35th52nd44th55th
2nd Regt. 72nd78th49th56th
IV Corps
BrigadesKopalFleischackerPoekhArchduke Joseph
Light Horse7th Hussars
Jager Btn.27th18th8th30th
1st Regt.12th6th37th67th
2nd Regt. 26th61st51st68th
VI Corps
BrigadesWaldstattenHertweghRosenwiegJonak
Light Horse10th Uhlans
Jager Btn.6th25th17th14th
1st Regt.9th41st4th20th
2nd Regt. 79th56th55th60th
VII Corps
BrigadesFragnervon DocteurRothkirkBrandstien
Light Horse3rd (Archduke Charles) Uhlans
Jager Btn.5th31stnone24th
1st Regt.15th8th25th21st
2nd Regt. 77th74th71st23rd
X Corps
BrigadesMondelGrivicicsKnebalWimpffen
Light Horse1st Uhlans
Jager Btn.12th16th28th-
1st Regt.10th2nd1st13th
2nd Regt. 24th23rd3rd58th


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