Blenheim order of battle


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

Allied Army

Captain General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Centre

Lieutenant General Charles Churchill
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

1st Line


Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby		d'Herleville's Brigade


Major General d'Herleville



  • Schöpping Infantry Regiment
  • Stückrad Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Stückrad
  • d'Herleville Infantry Regiment, Major General d'Herleville
  • von Tozin Infantry Regiment
  • Hulsen Infantry Regiment, Major General Hulsen
1st Line


Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby		Württemberg Brigade


Brigadier General Friederich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff
  • Württemberg Regiment Stenfels
  • Württemberg Regiment Hermann
  • Württemberg Grenadier Regiment
  • Seckendorff's Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff
1st Line


Lieutenant General Horn		Holstein-Beck's Brigade


Major General Anton Günther, Fürst von Holstein-Beck



  • Heidebrecht Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Heidebrecht
  • Stürler Infantry Regiment
  • Hirzel Infantry Regiment
  • Rechteren Infantry Regiment
  • Goor Infantry Regiment
1st Line


Lieutenant General Horn		Dutch Mercenary Brigade


Major General Johan van Pallandt
  • Bynheim Infantry Regiment
  • Schwerin Infantry Regiment, Colonel Kurt Christof, Graf von Schwerin
  • de Varenne Infantry Regiment, Jacques l'Aumonier, Marquis de Varenne
  • Wulffen Infantry Regiment
  • Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel Infantry Regiment, Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel
Left-center


Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Bülow		Noyelles' Brigade


Major General Jacques-Louis, comte de Noyelles en Falais
  • Leib Horse Cuirassier Regiment
  • Voigt's Horse Cuirassier Regiment
  • Noyelles' Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Jacques-Louis, comte de Noyelles en Falais
Left-center


Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Bülow		Viller's Brigade


Major General Viller
  • von Bülow's Dragoons Regiment
  • Viller's Dragoons
  • Bothmer's Dragoons, Brigadier General Bothmer
2nd Line


Lieutenant General Graf von Hompesch		Hesse-Homberg's Brigade


Major General Friedrich, Prinz von Hessen-Homburg
  • Leib Horse Regiment
  • Spiegel's Karabinere
2nd Line


Lieutenant General Graf von Hompesch		Schulenburg's Brigade


Major General Schulenburg
  • Schulenburg's Dragoons
  • Breidenbach's Horse Regiment
2nd Line


Lieutenant General Graf von Hompesch		Erbach's Brigade


Major General Erbach
  • Erbach's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Erbach
  • Baldwin's Horse, Brigadier General Baldwin
  • Schmettau's Dragoons, Gottlieb Schmettau
Cavalry


Lieutenant General Friedrich Ulrich, comte de Oostfries		Vittinghoff's Brigade


Lieutenant General Vittinghoff
  • Grevendorff's Dragoons, Brigadier General Grevendorff
  • Hardenberg's Dragoons
  • Sachsen-Heilburg Horse Regiment
  • Bannier's Horse Regiment
Cavalry


Lieutenant General Friedrich Ulrich, comte de Oostfries		Auroch's Brigade


Major General Auroch
  • Erbach's Horse Regiment, Major General Erbach
  • Auroch's Dragoons, Major General Auroch
Lieutenant General Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-NeuenstadtRantzau's Brigade


Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau
  • 2nd Sjællandske Horse Regiment, Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau
  • 4th Jydske Regiment of Horse, Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau
  • Livregimentet Rytter, Colonel Christian Detlev von Reventlow
  • Württemberg-Öls Dragoons, Carl Friedrich, Herzog von Württemberg-Öls
Lieutenant General Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-NeuenstadtBrockdorff's Brigade


Brigadier General Ditlev von Brockdorff
  • 3rd Jydske Horse Regiment, Colonel Ditlev von Brockdroff
  • Ahlefeldt's Horse Cuirassier Regiment
  • 2nd Jydske Horse Regiment, Colonel von Uterwick Prehn
  • Holstein's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Colonel Dewitz
  • Württemberg-Ōls Dragoons, Carl Friedrich, Herzog von Württemberg-Ōls
Lieutenant General Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadtvon Rantzau's Brigade


Major General Jørgen von Rantzau
  • 1st Battalion, Rantzau, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau
  • 2nd Battalion, Rantzau, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau
  • Bernsdorff Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Bernsdorff
  • Teckelenberg Infantry Regiment
  • St. Paul Infantry Regiment, St. Paul des Estanges
Infantry


Lieutenant General Lord Orkney		Webb's Brigade

Major General John Richmond Webb

Right, Army of Imperial Austria

Field Marshal Prince François Eugène von Savoy-Carignan
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Cavalry

General of the imperial cavalry Maximilian, Prinz von Braunschweig und Lüneburg		Natzmer's Brigade


Major General Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer auf Gannewitz
Cavalry

General of the imperial cavalry Maximilian, Prinz von Braunschweig und Lüneburg		Fugger's Brigade


Major General Graf von Fugger
  • Alt-Hanover Cuirassiers
  • Lobkowicz's Cuirassiers
Cavalry

General of the imperial cavalry Maximilian, Prinz von Braunschweig und Lüneburg		Durlach's Brigade


Field Marshal Friedrich, Margraf von Baden-Durlach
  • Limburg-Styrum's Dragoons
  • Württemberg Independent Cavalry
  • Fugger's Cavalry, Major General Graf von Fugger
  • Öttingen's Dragoons, Albrecht Ernst II, Fürst von Öttingen
Cavalry

General of cavalry Eberhard Louis, Herzog von Württemberg-Teck		l'Ostange's Brigade


Major General Charles Graf de l'Ostange
  • Sonsfeld's Dragoons
  • l'Ostange's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Charles, Graf de l'Ostange
Cavalry

General of cavalry Eberhard Louis, Herzog von Württemberg-Teck		Bibra's Brigade


Major General :de:Christoph Erhard von Bibra|Christoph Erhard von Bibra:
  • Helmstaett Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Erbprinz Helmstaett von Württemberg
  • Nagel's Karabinere
  • Vennigen's Karabinere, George Friedrich von Vennigen
  • Hachenberg's Cuirassiers
Cavalry

General of cavalry Eberhard Louis, Herzog von Württemberg-Teck		Cusani's Brigade


Field Marshal Marquis de Cusani
  • Darmstadt's Imperial Cuirassiers
  • Cusani's Imperial Cuirassiers
Cavalry

General of cavalry Eberhard Louis, Herzog von Württemberg-Teck		Caraffa's Brigade


Major General von Caraffa
  • Fechenbach's Dragoons, Freiherr von Fechenbach
  • Württemberg Leibgarde
  • Bibra's Dragoons, Major General von Bibra
Cavalry Reserve


General of Cavalry Charles Maximilien, comte de la Tour et Valsassina		Efferen's Brigade
  • Moorheim's Cuirassiers
  • Leutsch's Cuirssiers
  • von der Ostheim's Horse Cuirassier Regiment
Cavalry Reserve


General of Cavalry Charles Maximilien, comte de la Tour et Valsassina		Bayreuth's Brigade


Field Marshal Christian Ernst, Margraf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
  • Auffess' Dragoons
  • Bayreuth's Cuirassiers
Feldzeugmeister Leopold, Fürst von Anhalt-DessauFinck's Brigade


Major General Albrecht Conrad Graf Finck v. Finckenstein
Feldzeugmeister Leopold, Fürst von Anhalt-DessauCanitz' Brigade


Major General Christopher Albrecht von Canitz
  • Margraf Phillip's Infantry Regiment, Phillip Wilhelm, Margraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt
  • Leibgarde, Colonel Carl Philipp Freiherr von Wylich zu Lottum
  • Canitz's Infantry Regiment, Major General Christopher Albrecht von Canitz
Lieutenant General Jobst ScholtenBielke's Brigade


Brigadier General Bielke
  • 1st Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince George, Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadt
  • 2nd Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince Carl, Lieutenant General Jobst Scholten
  • Regiment Dansk Den Kongelige Livgarde til fods
  • 2nd Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince George, Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadt
Lieutenant General Jobst ScholtenRebsdorff's Brigade


Brigadier General Rebsdorff
  • 1st Battalion, Fynske Regiment of Foot, Brigadier General Schonenfeldt
  • 2nd Battalion, Sjællandske Regiment of Foot
  • Regiment of Foot Christian Ulrich, Colonel Bonart
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

, Duc de Tallard, Marshal of France

Blenheim Wing Command

Lieutenant General Philippe, Marquis de Clérambault
Maréchal de Camp, the Marquis de Blansac
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Dismounted Dragoons		Hautefeulle's Brigade
Blenheim Garrisonde Maulevrier's Brigade


Marquis de Maulevrier
  • Regiment de Navarre
Blenheim GarrisonBalincourt's Brigade


Marquis de Balincourt
Blenheim GarrisonGreder's Brigade


Marquis de Greder
  • Regiment de Greder Allemande
  • Regiment de Lassay
Blenheim Reserved'Argelos' Brigade


Baron d'Argelos
Blenheim ReserveSt. Segond's Brigade


Marquis de St. Segond
Infantry Reserve


Lieutenant General the Marquis de Marinvaux		Montroux's Brigade


Marquis de Montroux
  • Regiment de Montroux
  • Regiment de Aunis
Infantry Reserve


Lieutenant General the Marquis de Marinvaux		Monfort's Brigade


Marquis de Montfort
  • Regiment de Montfort
  • Blaisois
Infantry Reserve


Lieutenant General the Marquis de Marinvaux		d'Enonville's Brigade


Comte d'Enonville
  • Royal
  • Regiment de Boulonnais

Between Blenheim and Oberglauheim

Marquis de Montpeyroux
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Lieutenant General le Comte de Zurlauben		Vertilly's Brigade


Marquis de Vertilly
  • Gendarmerie de France
Lieutenant General le Comte de ZurlaubenBroglie's Brigade


Marquis de Broglie
Grignan's Brigade

Marquis de Grignan
  • Mestre de Camp General
  • Regiment de Grignan
Marechal de Camp, the Duc d'HumeriesMerode-Westerloo's Brigade


Comte de Merode-Westerloo
  • Regimiento de Gaetano
  • Regimiento de Acosta
  • Regimiento de Heider
Marechal de Camp, the Duc d'Humeriesla Valliere's Brigade


Marquis de la Valliere
Marechal de Camp, the Duc d'HumeriesSilly's Brigade


Marquis de Silly
  • Regiment de Orleans
  • Regiment de Montreval
  • Regiment de St. Pouanges
  • Regiment de Ligonday
Marechal de Camp, the Marquis de St. PierreTrecesson's Brigade


Marquis de Trecesson
  • Regiment de Robecque
  • Regiment de d'Albaret
Marechal de Camp, the Marquis de St. PierreBreuil's Brigade


Marquis de Breuil
  • Regiment de Auxerrois
  • Regiment de Chabrillant
Marechal de Camp, the Marquis de St. PierreBelleisle's Brigade


Marquis de Belleisle
  • Regiment de Nice
  • Regiment de Tavannes
  • Regiment de Bandeville

The Army of the Elector of Bavaria



Prince Maximillian II Emmanuel Wittelsbach, Elector of Bavaria


Second in command Marshal Marsin

Marquis du Bourg's Corps

Lieutenant General the Marquis du Bourg
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

1st Cavalry Line		Massenbach's Brigade
  • Regiment de Royal
  • Regiment de La Ferronnaye
  • Regiment de Levy
1st Cavalry LinePrince Charles de Lorraine's Brigade
2nd Cavalry Lined'Anlezy's Brigade
  • Regiment d'Anlezy
  • Regiment de Livry
  • Regiment de Heudincourt
  • Regiment de Dauphin Etranger

Marquis de Blainville's Corps

Lieutenant General the Marquis de Blainville
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Marechal de Camp Dorrington		Blingy's Brigade


Marquis de Bligny
Marechal de Camp DorringtonNangis' Brigade


Marquis de Nangis

Marquis de Rosel's Corps

Lieutenant General the Marquis de Rosel
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Oberglauheim support		Buzancois' Brigade


Marquis de Buzancois
Oberglauheim supportClare's Brigade


Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare
  • Dorrington's Regiment
  • Clare's Regiment
  • Lee's Regiment
Oberglauheim supportCoetquen's Brigade
  • Regiment de Coietquen
  • 1st Chartres
Oberglauheim supportPrince d'Isenghein
  • 1st Poitou
  • 1st Guyenne
  • Regiment d'Isenghein
  • Regiment de Beauferme

Count d'Arco's Corps

Field Marshal Johann Baptist, Count d'Arco
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Lieutenant General the Marquis de Magnac		Montmain's Brigade
  • Regiment de Conde
  • Regiment de Montmain
  • Regiment de Bourck
Lieutenant General the Marquis de MagnacVivan's Brigade
  • Regiment de Abusson
  • Regiment de Vivans
  • Regiment de Fourquevaux
Lieutenant General the Marquis de LegallBarentin's Brigade
  • Regiment de Barentin
  • Regiment de la Billarderie
  • Regiment de Bissy
Lieutenant General the Marquis de LegallVigiers Brigade
  • Regiment de Royal Piedmont
  • Regiment du Vigier
  • Regiment de Merinville
Bavarian Cavalryvon Weickel's Brigade
  • d'Arco's Cuirassiers
  • Weickel's Cuirassiers
  • Garde Karabinere
  • Grenadiers a Cheval Horse Grenadiers
  • Locatelli's Hussars Leib Company
Bavarian Cavalryvon Wolframsdorff's Brigade
  • Torring-Seefeld's Dragoons
  • von Wolframsdorff's Cuirassiers
  • de Costa's Cuirassiers
Major General Alessandro Marquis de Maffeide Maffei's Brigade
  • Regiment de Maffei
  • Kurprinz Regiment
  • Leibgarde Fusiliers Regiment
  • Leibgarde Grenadiers Regiment
  • Regiment d'Ocfort
Major General Alessandro Marquis de MaffeiMercy's Brigade
  • Regiment de Mercy
  • Regiment de Tattenbach
  • Regiment von Karthausen
  • Regiment von Spilburg
Lieutenant General the Comte de DreuxFontbeausard's Dragoon Brigade
  • Regiment de Listenois
  • Regiment de la Vrilliere
  • Regiment de Fontbeausard
Lieutenant General the Comte de DreuxConflans' Brigade
  • Regiment de Conflans
  • Regiment de Rouvray
Lieutenant General the Marquis de SauffreyMontbron's Brigade


Marquis de Montron
  • Regiment de Dauphin
  • 1st Conde
  • Regiment de Montboissier
Lieutenant General the Marquis de SauffreyTourouvre's Brigade


Chevalier de Tourouvre
  • Regiment de Lorraine
  • Regiment de Toulouse
Lieutenant General the Marquis de SauffreyMontmorency's Brigade


Chavalier de Montmorency
  • 1st Béarn
  • 1st Bourbon
  • 1st Nivernais
  • 1st Vermandois
ArtilleryRoyal Artillery


Marquis de Frezeliere
  • One battery of eight 8-pounders
  • Five batteries of four 4-pounders
  • One battery of four 24-pounders
ArtilleryRoyal 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
ArtilleryAdditional
  • twenty-two 4-pounders distributed along the front.

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