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The following units and commanders fought at the Battle of Schellenberg on July 2, 1704.
Allied army
Unless otherwise noted, all regiments had one battalion.
Left Wing
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
Advance Guard
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Lieutenant General Johan Wijnand van Goor
Fergusson's Brigade (Scottish)
1st Guards
Orkney (2 battalions)
Ingoldsby
Meredith
Beinheim's Brigade
Goor
Beinheim & Rechteren (Dutch)
Hirzel & Sturler (Swiss/Dutch)
Heidebrecht (Ansbach)
Montfort's Brigade
Imperial Grenadiers (Austrian)
Erffa's Grenadiers (Franconia)
Monfort's Grenadiers (Swabian)
Lieutenant General Henry Lumley
Wood's Brigade (English)
Wood (two squadrons)
Wyndham (two squadrons)
Schomberg (two squadrons)
Cadogen
Lumley (three squadrons)
Ross's Brigade (English)
Erbprinz Dragoons (four squadrons) (Hesse-Kassel)
Ross's Dragoons (two squadrons)
Hay's Dragoons
Lieutenant General Reinhard Vincent Graf von Hompesch
Schulenburg's Brigade (Dutch)
Schulenburg Dragoons (four squadrons) (Hanoveran)
Erbach (two squadrons)
Baldwin (two squadrons)
Auroch's Brigade
Schmettau Dragoons (four squadrons) (Ansbach)
Leib zu Pferde (two squadrons) (Hesse-Kassel)
Noyelles' Brigade
Noyelles (two squadrons)
Voight (two squadrons)
Leib zu Pferde (two squadrons)
Main Body
General Charles Churchill
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby
Wither's Brigade (English)
North & Gray
Derby
Fergusson
Marlborough
Pallandt's Brigade
Erbprinz Hesse-Kassel
Varenne & Wulffen (Prussian)
Schwerin (Mecklenburg)
Lieutenant General Herbeville
Bernsdorf's Brigade (Hanoverian)
Bernsdorf
1st Rantzau
Tozin
1st Gardes
De Luc's Brigade (Hanoverian)
Hulsen
De Breuil
de Luc
Tecklenburg
Lieutenant General Horn
Seckendorff's Brigade
Leib Grenadiers
Hermann (Württemberg)
Sternfels (Württemberg)
Seckendorf (Ansbach)
St. Paul's Brigade (Hesse-Kassel)
St. Paul (Hanoverian)
Wartensleben
Stuckrath
Schopping
Reserve
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Lieutenant General George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
Hamilton's Brigade (English)
Churchill
Webb
Howe
Hamilton
Rowe
Wilken's Brigade (Hesse-Kassel)
Leib
Prinz Wilhelm
Erbprinz
Grenadier
Rantzau's Brigade (Hanoverian)
Gauvin
D'Herleville
2nd Gardes
2nd Rantzau
Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Bülow
Hesse-Homberg's Brigade
Grieffendorf Dragoons (three squadrons) (Saxe-Gotha)
Sachsen-Heilburg (two squadrons) (Dutch)
Bannier (two squadrons) (Hanoverian)
Erbach's Brigade
Hardenberg Dragoons (three squadrons) (Saxe-Gotha)
Erbach (two squadrons) (Dutch)
Spiegel (two squadrons) (Hesse-Kassel)
Villers' Brigade (Hanoverians)
Bothmar Dragoons (four squadrons)
Villars Dragoons (four squadrons)
Bulow Dragoons (three squadrons)
Artillery
Colonel Holcroft Blood
twenty 3 pounders
ten 9 pounders
six 12 pounders
four howitzers
Right Wing
Louis William, Margrave of Baden
Infantry
General Johann Karl Graf von Thüngen
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Lieutenant General Graf von Frise
Fuchs' Brigade
Baden (two battalions) (Austrian)
Salm (two battalions) (Austrian)
Bibra (Wurzburg)
Fuchs (Wurzburg)
Bevern's Brigade
Tollet (two battalions) (Austrian)
Bevern (Brunswick)
Bernsdorff (Brunswick)
Lieutenant General Graf von Furstenburg
Wald's Brigade (Franconian)
Erff (two battalions)
Schebelin (two battalions)
Wald (two battalions)
Reisbach's Brigade
Torte (Franconian)
Reisbach (two battalions) (Swabian)
Roth (two battalions) (Swabian)
Cavalry
General Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum (mw )
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Lieutenant General Baron von Bibra
Prinz Alexandre's Brigade
Styrum Dragoons (six squadrons) (Austrian)
Fechenbach Dragoons (four squadrons) (Wurzburg)
Cusani's Brigade (Austrian)
Gronsfeld (six squadrons)
Hohenzollern (six squadrons)
Prince von Württemberg
Mercy's Brigade (Austrian)
Mercy (six squadrons)
Alt-Hanover (six squadrons)
Erff's Brigade
Helmstatt Dragoons (four squadrons) (Württemberg)
Castell Dragoons (six squadrons) (Austrian)
Reserve
Lieutenant General Count de la Tour
Fugger's Brigade
Xanthe (six squadrons) (Austrian)
Alt-Darmstadt (six squadrons) (Austrian)
Aufsess Dragoons (five squadrons) (Franconian)
Bayreuth's Brigade
Leutsch (two squadrons) (Saxe-Gotha)
Oettingen Dragoons (four squadrons) (Swabian)
Erbprinz Württemberg (four squadrons) (Swabian)
Bayreuth (five squadrons) (Franconian)
Bibra's Brigade
Bibra (six squadrons) (Mainz)
Cusani (six squadrons) (Austrian)
Osten (two squadrons) (Holstein)
Montfort's Brigade
Imperial Grenadiers (Austrian)
Erffa's Grenadiers (Franconian)
Monfort's Grenadiers (Swabian)
Franco-Bavarian Army
Jean Baptist, Comte d'Arco
Second in command: Alessandro, Marquis de Maffei
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Infantry
French Brigade
Brigadier General de Montandre
Bearn (two battalions)
Nivernais (one battalion)
Bavarian Brigade
Major General Lutzelburg
Leib Grenadiers (one battalion)
Leib Regiment (two battalions)
Lutzelburg Regiment (two battalions)
Boismorel Grenadiers
Bavarian Brigade
Major General Maffei
Mercy Regiment (three battalions)
Maffei Regiment (two battalions)
Kurprinz Regiment (three battalions)
French Brigade
Major General Lee
Nettancourt Regiment (two battalions)
Toulouse Regiment (one battalion)
De Bordet's Brigade
Toulouse Regiment (one battalion)
Croonders Regiment (two battalions)
Artillery
Sixteen 6 pounders deployed in two eight gun batteries
Cavalry
Monasterol's Dragoon Brigade
Fontbeausrd's French Dragoons (three squadrons)
Monasterol's Bavarian Dragoons (two squadrons)
Santini's Bavarian Dragoons (one squadrons)
Listenois's French Dragoons (three squadrons)
Lieutenant General Torring Seefeld
Weickel's Brigade
Arco's Cuirassiers (six squadrons)
Weikel's Brigade (six squadrons)
De Costa's Brigade
Wolframsdorff's Cuirassiers (six squadrons)
Costa's Cuirassiers (six squadrons)
Locatelli's Hussars (two squadrons)
References
Stanford, Ian, Ian Croxall, and Col. (Ret.) Bill Gray, "The Schellenberg 1704: Welcome to the War of Spanish Succession." Strategy & Tactics #243 (June 2007)