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Diorama of the Battle of Blenheim on display in Höchstädt an der Donau, Germany.
Order of Battle, Allied Army

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Blenheim during the War of the Spanish Succession on August 13, 1704.

Allied Army

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Staff

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Captain General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Brigadier-General Thomas Meredyth (adjutant-general)
Brigadier-General William Cadogan (quartermaster-general)
Captain Alexander Spotswood (deputy quartermaster-general)
Francis Hare (chaplain-general)
Thomas Lawrence (physician-general)
Thomas Gardiner (surgeon-general)
Henry Watkins (deputy judge-advocate)
Colonel Giles Spencer (waggon-master-general)
Captain James Fury (provost-marshal-general)
  • Unless otherwise noted, all infantry units are composed of one battalion.

Blenheim Column

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Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Infantry
Lieutenant General John, Lord Cutts

Rowe's Brigade (England)


Brigadier General Archibald Rowe

Wilkes' Brigade (Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel)


Major General John Wilkes

Ferguson's Brigade (Scotland)


Brigadier General James Ferguson

St. Paul's Brigade


Major General St. Paul
(Includes Hulson's Brigade)

  • de Luc Infantry Regiment, Major General de Luc (Lüneburg-Celle) (400 men)
  • de Breuil Infantry Regiment (Hanover) (Lüneburg-Celle) (400 men)
  • Gauvin Infantry Regiment (Gauvin) (Hanover) (400 men)
  • Hanoverian Guard Infantry Regiment (1/ Lüneburg-Celle, 2/ Hanover-Calenberg) (two battalions, 800 men)

Cavalry Support
Lieutenant General Henry Lumley

Palmes' Brigade (England)


Brigadier General Francis Palmes

Wood's Brigade (England)


Major General Cornelius Wood

Ross's Dragoon Brigade


Major General Charles Ross
(Includes Lord John Hay's Brigade)

Centre

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Lieutenant General Charles Churchill

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Line (Infantry)
Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby

d'Herleville's Brigade


Major General d'Herleville
(Includes Stückrad's Brigade)

  • Schöpping Infantry Regiment (Hesse-Kassel) (400 men)
  • Stückrad Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Stückrad (Hesse-Kassel) (400 men)
  • d'Herleville Infantry Regiment, Major General d'Herleville (Hanover-Calenberg) (400 men)
  • von Tozin Infantry Regiment (Lüneburg-Celle) (400 men)
  • Hulsen Infantry Regiment, Major General Hulsen (Hanover Calenberg) (400 men)
Württemberg Brigade


Brigadier General Friederich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff

  • Württemberg Regiment Stenfels (571 men)
  • Württemberg Regiment Hermann
  • Württemberg Grenadier Regiment (833 men)
  • Seckendorff's Infantry Regiment (Anspach-Bayreuth), Brigadier General Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff (573 men)

1st Line (Infantry)
Lieutenant General Horn

Holstein-Beck's Brigade


Major General Anton Günther, Fürst von Holstein-Beck
(Includes Heidebrecht's Brigade)

  • Heidebrecht Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Heidebrecht (Ansbach/UP auxiliary) (599 men)
  • Stürler Infantry Regiment (Swiss/UP auxiliary) (523 men)
  • Hirzel Infantry Regiment (Swiss/UP auxiliary) (561 men)
  • Rechteren Infantry Regiment (UP) (548 men)
  • Goor Infantry Regiment (UP) (581 men)
Dutch Mercenary Brigade


Major General Johan van Pallandt

  • Bynheim Infantry Regiment (Pfalz /UP auxiliary) (571 men)
  • Schwerin Infantry Regiment, Colonel Kurt Christof, Graf von Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Prussian Meith Regiment) (547 men)
  • de Varenne Infantry Regiment, Jacques l'Aumonier, Marquis de Varenne (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (461 men)
  • Wulffen Infantry Regiment (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (591 men)
  • Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel Infantry Regiment, Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (540 men)

Left-center (cavalry)
Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Bülow

Noyelles' Brigade


Major General Jacques-Louis Comte de Noyelles and Falais

  • Leib Horse Cuirassier Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men)
  • Voigt's Horse Cuirassier Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men)
  • Noyelles' Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Jacques-Louis, comte de Noyelles and Falais (Hanover-Calenberg-Osnabrück/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 150 men)
Viller's Brigade


Major General Viller

  • von Bülow's Dragoons Regiment (Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Bülow (Hanover-Calenberg) (three squadrons, 225 men)
  • Viller's Dragoons (Lüneburg-Celle) (four squadrons, 320 men)
  • Bothmer's Dragoons, Brigadier General Bothmer (Lüneburg-Celle) (four squadrons, 320 men)

2nd Line (cavalry)
Lieutenant General Graf von Hompesch

Hesse-Homberg's Brigade


Major General Friedrich, Prinz von Hessen-Homburg

  • Leib Horse Regiment (Hesse-Kassel/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 160 men)
  • Spiegel's Karabinere (Hesse-Kassel/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 160 men)
Schulenburg's Brigade


Major General Alexander von der Schulenburg

  • Schulenburg's Dragoons (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men)
  • Breidenbach's Horse Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg & Lüneburg-Celle) (two squadrons, 160 men)
Erbach's Brigade


Major General Erbach

  • Erbach's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Erbach (UP) (two squadrons, 200 men)
  • Baldwin's Horse, Brigadier General Baldwin (UP) (one squadron, 100 men)
  • Schmettau's Dragoons, Gottlieb Schmettau (Ansbach) (four squadrons, 400 men)

Cavalry
Lieutenant General Friedrich Ulrich, comte de Oostfries

Vittinghoff's Brigade


Lieutenant General Vittinghoff

  • Grevendorff's Dragoons, Brigadier General Grevendorff (Saxe-Gotha) (three squadrons, 240 men)
  • Hardenberg's Dragoons (Saxe-Gotha) (three squadrons, 240 men)
  • Sachsen-Heilburg Horse Regiment (UP) (two squadrons, 200 men)
  • Bannier's Horse Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men)
Auroch's Brigade


Major General Auroch

  • Erbach's Horse Regiment, Major General Erbach (Hesse-Kassel) (two squadrons, 160 men)
  • Auroch's Dragoons, Major General Auroch (Hesse-Kassel) (four squadrons, 320 men)

Lieutenant General Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadt

Rantzau's Brigade (Denmark/UP auxiliary)


Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau

  • 2nd Sjællandske Horse Regiment, Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau (two squadrons, 585 men
  • 5th Jydske Regiment of Horse, Colonel Wilhelm von Schmettau (two squadrons, 440 men)
  • 4th Jydske Regiment of Horse, Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau (two squadrons, 440 men)
  • Livregimentet Rytter, Colonel Christian Detlev von Reventlow (two squadrons of six companies, 556 men)
  • Württemberg-Öls Dragoons, Carl Friedrich, Herzog von Württemberg-Öls (three squadrons of ten companies, 1,007 men)
Brockdorff's Brigade (Denmark/England auxiliary)


Brigadier General Ditlev von Brockdorff

  • 3rd Jydske Horse Regiment, Colonel Ditlev von Brockdroff (two squadrons, 591 men)
  • Ahlefeldt's Horse Cuirassier Regiment (two squadrons, 589 men)
  • 2nd Jydske Horse Regiment, Colonel von Uterwick Prehn (two squadrons, 568 men)
  • Holstein's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Colonel Dewitz (two squadrons, 578 men)
  • Württemberg-Ōls Dragoons, Carl Friedrich, Herzog von Württemberg-Ōls (two squadrons of ten companies, 589 men)
von Rantzau's Brigade


Major General Jørgen von Rantzau

  • 1st Battalion, Rantzau, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (588 men)
  • 2nd Battalion, Rantzau, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (636 men)
  • Bernsdorff Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Bernsdorff (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (531 men)
  • Teckelenberg Infantry Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg/UP auxiliary) (532 men)
  • St. Paul Infantry Regiment, St. Paul des Estanges (Hanover-Calenberg/UP auxiliary) (520 men)

Infantry
Lieutenant General Lord Orkney

Webb's Brigade


Major General John Richmond Webb

Right, Army of Imperial Austria

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Field Marshal Prince François Eugène von Savoy-Carignan

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cavalry
General of the imperial cavalry Maximilian, Prinz von Braunschweig und Lüneburg

Natzmer's Brigade (Prussia)


Major General Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer auf Gannewitz

Fugger's Brigade (Austria)


Major General Graf von Fugger

  • Alt-Hanover Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 500 men)
  • Lobkowicz's Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 500 men)
Durlach's Brigade


Field Marshal Friedrich, Margraf von Baden-Durlach

  • Limburg-Styrum's Dragoons (Austria) (six squadrons, 500 men)
  • Württemberg Independent Cavalry (Leib Dragoon) (Württemberg) (three squadrons, 240 men)
  • Fugger's Cavalry, Major General Graf von Fugger (Swabia) (three squadrons, 240 men)
  • Öttingen's Dragoons, Albrecht Ernst II, Fürst von Öttingen (Swabia) (two squadrons, 160 men)

Cavalry
General of cavalry Eberhard Louis, Herzog von Württemberg-Teck

l'Ostange's Brigade


Major General Charles Graf de l'Ostange

  • Sonsfeld's Dragoons (three squadrons, 300 men)
  • l'Ostange's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Charles, Graf de l'Ostange (three squadrons, 300 men)
Bibra's Brigade


Major General Christoph Erhard von Bibra:

  • Helmstaett Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Erbprinz Helmstaett von Württemberg (Swabia) (three squadrons, 240 men)
  • Nagel's Karabinere (Münster/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 200 men)
  • Vennigen's Karabinere, George Friedrich von Vennigen (Palatine/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 300 men)
  • Hachenberg's Cuirassiers (Niederrhein) (one squadron, 80 men)
Cusani's Brigade (Austria)


Field Marshal Marquis de Cusani

  • Darmstadt's Imperial Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 600 men)
  • Cusani's Imperial Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 600 men)
Caraffa's Brigade


Major General von Caraffa

  • Fechenbach's Dragoons, Freiherr von Fechenbach (Würzburg/Mainz) (four squadrons, 400 men)
  • Württemberg Leibgarde (Württemberg) (two squadrons, 160 men)
  • Bibra's Dragoons, Major General von Bibra (Mainz/Austrian auxiliary) (four squadrons, 400 men)

Cavalry Reserve
General of Cavalry Charles Maximilien, comte de la Tour et Valsassina

Efferen's Brigade
  • Moorheim's Cuirassiers (Mecklenburg) (two squadrons, 160 men)
  • Leutsch's Cuirssiers (Saxe-Gotha) (two squadrons, 160 men)
  • von der Ostheim's Horse Cuirassier Regiment (Holstein-Gottorp) (two squadrons, 160 men)
Bayreuth's Brigade (Franconia)


Field Marshal Christian Ernst, Margraf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth

  • Auffess' Dragoons (five squadrons, 400 men)
  • Bayreuth's Cuirassiers (five squadrons, 400 men)

Feldzeugmeister Leopold, Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau

Finck's Brigade (Prussia)


Major General Albrecht Conrad Graf Finck v. Finckenstein

Canitz' Brigade (Prussia)


Major General Christopher Albrecht von Canitz

  • Margraf Phillip's Infantry Regiment, Phillip Wilhelm, Margraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt (two battalions, 800 men)
  • Leibgarde, Colonel Carl Philipp Freiherr von Wylich zu Lottum (one battalion, 400 men)
  • Canitz's Infantry Regiment, Major General Christopher Albrecht von Canitz (two battalions, 800 men)

Lieutenant General Jobst von Scholten

Bielke's Brigade (Denmark/Austria auxiliary)


Brigadier General Christoffer Bielke

  • 1st Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince George, Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadt (one battalion, 824 men)
  • 2nd Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince Carl, Lieutenant General Jobst Scholten (one battalion, 627 men)
  • Regiment Dansk Den Kongelige Livgarde til fods (one battalion, 740 men)
  • 2nd Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince George, Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadt (one battalion, 704 men)
Rebsdorff's Brigade (Denmark/England and UP auxiliary)


Brigadier General Rebsdorff

  • 1st Battalion, Fynske Regiment of Foot, Brigadier General Schonenfeldt (one battalion, 860 men)
  • 2nd Battalion, Sjællandske Regiment of Foot (one battalion, 620 men)
  • Regiment of Foot Christian Ulrich, Colonel Bonart (one battalion, 702 men)
Artillery


Colonel Holcroft Blood

  • Three batteries of ten sakers
  • One battery of four howitzers
  • One battery of six demi-culverin
  • One battery of twenty-four 3-pounders
  • One battery of sixteen 3-pounders

Franco-Bavarian Army

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Camille d'Hostun de la Baume, Duc de Tallard, Marshal of France

Blenheim Wing Command

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Lieutenant General Philippe, Marquis de Clérambault

Maréchal de Camp, the Marquis de Blansac

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Dismounted Dragoons

Hautefeulle's Brigade
  • Mestre de Camp Général (three squadrons, 338 men)
  • La Reine's Dragoons (three squadrons, 231 men)
  • Rohan-Chabot's Dragoons (three squadrons, 330 men)
  • Vasse's Dragoons (three squadrons, 327 men)

Blenheim Garrison

de Maulevrier's Brigade


Marquis de Maulevrier

  • Regiment de Navarre (three battalions, 1,500 men)
Balincourt's Brigade


Claude Guillaume Testu de Balincourt

Greder's Brigade


Marquis de Greder

  • Regiment de Greder Allemande (German) (two battalions, 1,000 men)
  • Regiment de Lassay (one battalion, 500 men)

Blenheim Reserve

d'Argelos' Brigade


Baron d'Argelos

St. Segond's Brigade


Marquis de St. Segond

Infantry Reserve
Lieutenant General the Marquis de Marinvaux

Montroux's Brigade


Marquis de Montroux

  • Regiment de Montroux (Italy) (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Regiment de Aunis (two battalions, 1,000 men)
Monfort's Brigade


Marquis de Montfort

  • Regiment de Montfort (Walloon/Spanish auxiliary) (two battalions, 1,200 men)
  • Blaisois (one battalion, 500 men)
d'Enonville's Brigade


Comte d'Enonville

  • Royal (three battalions, 1,500 men)
  • Regiment de Boulonnais (two battalions, 1,000 men)

Between Blenheim and Oberglauheim

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Marquis de Montpeyroux

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lieutenant General Beat Jacques II de Zurlauben, comte de Zurlauben

Vertilly's Brigade


Marquis de Vertilly

  • Gendarmerie de France (eight squadrons, 1,500 men)
Broglie's Brigade


Marquis de Broglie

  • Regiment du Roi (three squadrons, 423 men)
  • Regiment de Tarneau (two squadrons, 184 men)
  • Regiment de la Baume (two squadrons, 282 men)
Grignan's Brigade


Marquis de Grignan

  • Mestre de Camp General (three squadrons, 255 men)
  • Regiment de Grignan (three squadrons, 312 men)

Marechal de Camp, the Duc d'Humeries

Merode-Westerloo's Brigade (Spain)


Comte de Merode-Westerloo

  • Regimiento de Gaetano (two squadrons, 214 men)
  • Regimiento de Acosta (two squadrons, 200 men)
  • Regimiento de Heider (two squadrons, 200 men)
la Valliere's Brigade


Marquis de la Valliere

  • Régiment de Bourgogne (three squadrons, 360 men)
  • Regiment de la Valliere (two squadrons, 136 men)
  • Regiment de Noailles (two squadrons, 200 men)
  • Regiment de Beringhen (three squadrons, 783 men)
Silly's Brigade


Marquis de Silly

  • Regiment de Orleans (three squadrons, 165 men)
  • Regiment de Montreval (two squadrons, 110 men)
  • Regiment de St. Pouanges (two squadrons, 100 men)
  • Regiment de Ligonday (two squadrons, 100 men)

Marechal de Camp, the Marquis de St. Pierre

Trecesson's Brigade


Marquis de Trecesson

  • Regiment de Robecque (Wallon) (two battalions, 1,000 men)
  • Regiment de d'Albaret (one battalion, 500 men)
Breuil's Brigade


Marquis de Breuil

  • Regiment de Auxerrois (two battalions, 1,000 men)
  • Regiment de Chabrillant (one battalion, 500 men)
Belleisle's Brigade


Marquis de Belleisle

  • Regiment de Nice (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Regiment de Tavannes (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Regiment de Bandeville (one battalion, 500 men)

The Army of the Elector of Bavaria

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Prince Maximillian II Emmanuel Wittelsbach, Elector of Bavaria
Second in command: Marshal Ferdinand de Marsin

Marquis du Bourg's Corps

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Lieutenant General the Marquis du Bourg

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Cavalry Line

Massenbach's Brigade
  • Regiment de Royal (three squadrons, 360 men)
  • Regiment de La Ferronnaye (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Levy (two squadrons, 240 men)
Prince Charles de Lorraine's Brigade
  • Regiment de Prince Charles de Lorraine (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Choiseul (two squadrons, 240 men)

2nd Cavalry Line

d'Anlezy's Brigade
  • Regiment d'Anlezy (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Livry (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Heudincourt (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Dauphin Etranger (three squadrons, 360 men)

Marquis de Blainville's Corps

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Lieutenant General Jean-Jules-Armand Colbert, Marquis de Blainville

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Marechal de Camp William Dorrington

Blingy's Brigade


Marquis de Bligny

  • Regiment de Champagne (three battalions, 1,500 men)
  • 1st Saintonge (one battalion, 500 men)
Nangis' Brigade


Louis Armand de Brinchanteau de Nangis

  • Bourbonnais (two battalions, 1,000 men)
  • 1st Foix (one battalion, 500 men)
  • 1st Agenois (one battalion, 500 men)

Marquis de Rosel's Corps

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Lieutenant General the Marquis de Rosel

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Oberglauheim support

Buzancois' Brigade


Marquis de Buzancois

Clare's Brigade (Ireland)


Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare

  • Dorrington's Regiment (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Clare's Regiment (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Lee's Regiment (one battalion, 500 men)
Coetquen's Brigade
  • Regiment de Coietquen (two battalions, 1,000 men)
  • 1st Chartres (one battalion, 500 men)
Prince d'Isenghein
  • 1st Poitou (one battalion, 500 men)
  • 1st Guyenne (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Regiment d'Isenghein (Walloon) (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Regiment de Beauferme (two battalions, 1,000 men)

Count d'Arco's Corps

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Field Marshal Johann Baptist, Count d'Arco

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lieutenant General the Marquis de Magnac

Montmain's Brigade
  • Regiment de Conde (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Montmain (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Bourck (Ireland) (two squadrons, 240 men)
Vivan's Brigade
  • Regiment de Abusson (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Vivans (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Fourquevaux (two squadrons, 240 men)

Lieutenant General the Marquis de Legall

Barentin's Brigade
  • Regiment de Barentin (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de la Billarderie (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Bissy (two squadrons, 240 men)
Vigiers Brigade
  • Regiment de Royal Piedmont (three squadrons, 360 men)
  • Regiment du Vigier (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Merinville (two squadrons, 240 men)

Bavarian Cavalry

von Weickel's Brigade
  • d'Arco's Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 720 men)
  • Weickel's Cuirassiers (four squadrons, 480 men)
  • Garde Karabinere (one squadron, 120 men)
  • Grenadiers a Cheval Horse Grenadiers (one squadron, 120 men)
  • Locatelli's Hussars Leib Company (one squadron, 120 men)
von Wolframsdorff's Brigade
  • Torring-Seefeld's Dragoons (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • von Wolframsdorff's Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 720 men)
  • de Costa's Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 720 men)

Major General Alessandro Marquis de Maffei

de Maffei's Brigade
  • Regiment de Maffei (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Kurprinz Regiment (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Leibgarde Fusiliers Regiment (two battalions, 1,000 men)
  • Leibgarde Grenadiers Regiment (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Regiment d'Ocfort (one battalion, 500 men)
Mercy's Brigade
  • Regiment de Mercy (two battalions, 1,000 men)
  • Regiment de Tattenbach (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Regiment von Karthausen (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Regiment von Spilburg (one battalion, 500 men)

Lieutenant General the Comte de Dreux

Fontbeausard's Dragoon Brigade
  • Regiment de Listenois (three squadrons, 360 men)
  • Regiment de la Vrilliere (three squadrons, 360 men)
  • Regiment de Fontbeausard (three squadrons, 360 men)
Conflans' Brigade
  • Regiment de Conflans (two squadrons, 240 men)
  • Regiment de Rouvray (two squadrons, 240 men)

Lieutenant General the Marquis de Sauffrey

Montbron's Brigade


Marquis de Montron

  • Regiment de Dauphin (three battalions, 1,500 men)
  • 1st Conde (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Regiment de Montboissier (one battalion, 500 men)
Tourouvre's Brigade


Chevalier de Tourouvre

  • Regiment de Lorraine (one battalion, 500 men)
  • Regiment de Toulouse (two battalions, 1,000 men)
Montmorency's Brigade


Chavalier de Montmorency

  • 1st Béarn (one battalion, 500 men)
  • 1st Bourbon (one battalion, 500 men)
  • 1st Nivernais (one battalion, 500 men)
  • 1st Vermandois (one battalion, 500 men)

Artillery

Royal Artillery


Marquis de Frezeliere

  • One battery of eight 8-pounders
  • Five batteries of four 4-pounders
  • One battery of four 24-pounders
Royal Artillery


Marquis de Houville

  • Four batteries of four 8-pounders
  • Three batteries of four 12-pounders
  • One battery of six 16-pounders
  • One battery of two 24-pounders
Additional
  • twenty-two 4-pounders distributed along the front.

Sources

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  • Higgins, David R. "Tactical File: The Famous Victory: Blenheim, 13 August 1704." Strategy & Tactics, Number 238 (September 2006).

Citations

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  1. ^ Historical Records of The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Foot Vol 1 by H.R. Knight, London 1905
  2. ^ A Walloon regiment that was established in June of 1684 for France. It was destroyed at Battle of Blenheim.
  3. ^ Origin of the French infantry regiments, archived from the original on 2012-03-25, retrieved 2012-07-09, Regiment de Zurlauben 2 B (e. Jun 1684; destroyed at Blenheim) (Walloon)
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