Order of battle

of the Austrian Army,

battle of Aldenhoven,

1 March 1793

Composed by Geert van Uythoven

Commander in Chief: FM Friedrich Josias Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld

Chief of Staff: Colonel Karl Freiherr von Mack von Leiberich

Adjutant-General: FZM comte Wurmser (commanding the cavalry)

FZM Joseph comte de Ferraris (commanding the artillery)

Avant-Garde (Karl Ludwig Johann, Erzherzog von Osterreich, “Archduke Charles”)

Brigade Colonel Grüber

Freikorps O’Donell (2 bats)

Infanterie Regiment No. 33 “Sztaray” (2 bats)

Husaren Regiment No. 32 “Esterházy” (4 sq)

Brigade Colonel Dévay

Tyroler Jäger (6 companies)

Freikorps “Mahoney de Saint-Croix” (7 companies, German jäger)

Freikorps “Branovaczky”[1] (3 companies)

Bataillon Grenadiers “Bardodetzky”[2]

Bataillon Grenadiers “de Briey”[3]

Bataillon Grenadiers “Pückler”

Husaren Regiment No. 32 “Esterházy” (4 sq)

Uhlanen Regiment “Degelmann” (2 sq)

artillery: at least 14 battalion guns[4]

Hauptkorps

artillery de reserve: 12 x 12-pdr guns, 18 x 6-pdr guns, 12 x 3-pdr guns, 9 x howitzer; attached to cavalry: 2 x 6-pdr guns, 2 x 7-pdr howitzer

Erstes Treffen (FZM Karl Josef Graf Clerfayt)

Brigade General-Major Louis-François comte de Civalart d’Happoncourt

Infanterie Regiment No. 10 “Kheul” (2 bat)

Infanterie Regiment No. 11 “Michael Wallis” (2 bat)

Husaren Regiment No. 16 “Blankenstein” (4 sq)

Brigade General-Major Benjowski

Infanterie Regiment No. 28 “Wartensleben” (2 bat)

Dragoner Regiment No. 37 “Coburg” (8 sq)

artillery: battalion guns

pontoon bridge

Zweites Treffen (FML Stuart)

Brigade Colonel Desjardin

Oberstbat.[5] / Infanterie Regiment No. 15 “d’Alton”

Infanterie Regiment No. 55 “Murray” (1 bat)

Infanterie Regiment No. 58 “Vierset” (1 bat)

Hussards de Berchény (French émigré’s)(2 sq)

Hussards de Saxe (French émigré’s)(2 sq)

Brigade Colonel Wolff

Infanterie Regiment No. 35 “Brentano” (2 bats)

Oberstbat. / Infanterie Regiment No. 57 “Joseph Colloredo”

Brigade General-Major Prinz de Lorraine

Bataillon Grenadiers Löwen[6]

Bataillon Grenadiers Morczin[7]

Bataillon Grenadiers Rousseau[8]

Chevau-léger Regiment No. 31 “Latour" (6 sq)

artillery: battalion guns

Linke Flanke (FML Prinz von Württemberg)

Brigade General-Major Paul Baron Davidovich

Freikorps “Mahoney de Saint-Croix” (3 companies, German jäger)

Freikorps “Branovaczky” (3 companies)

Infanterie Regiment No. 2 “Erzherzog Ferdinand” (1 bat)

Infanterie Regiment No. 23 “Toscane” (1 bat)

Chevau-léger Regiment No. 18 “Karaczay" (2 sq)

Chevau-léger Regiment No. 31 “Latour" (2 sq)

Carabinier Regiment No. 6 “Kaiser" (4 sq)

Brigade General-Major Hutten[9]

Tyroler Jäger (1 1/2 company)

Infanterie Regiment No. 3 “Erzherzog Karl” (1 bat)

Infanterie Regiment No. 4 “Hoch- und Deutschmeister” (1 bat)

Infanterie Regiment No. 20 “Kaunitz” (1 bat)

Infanterie Regiment No. 56 “Wenzel Colloredo” (1 bat)

Infanterie Regiment No. 59 “Jordis” (1 bat)

artillery: battalion guns

artillery de reserve: 3 x 12-pdr guns, 2 x 3-pdr guns, 2 howitzers

Rechte Flanke (FML Maximilian Graf Baillet von Latour)

Brigade General-Major Boros

Freikorps de Laudon (6 companies)

Infanterie Regiment No. 30 “de Ligne” (2 bats)

Wurzbourg Cavalry Regiment[10] (2 sq)

Husaren Regiment No. 30 “Wurmser” (2 sq)

Hussards de Royal-Allemand (French émigré’s)(2 sq)

Brigade Colonel Charles-Philippe-Joseph-Agathon, comte de Vinchant de Gontroeul

Infanterie Regiment No. 38 “Württemberg” (2 bats)

Infanterie Regiment No. 54 “Callenberg” (2 bats)

artillery: battalion guns

Detached to Prussians (Major General von Wenkheim)

Uhlanen Regiment “Degelmann” (3 sq)

Tyroler Jäger (1/2 company)

2 companies Tyroler Schützen

Infanterie Regiment No. 25 “Brechainville” (2 bats)

Infanterie Regiment No. 34 “Anton Estarházy” (2 bats)

Husaren Regiment No. 16 “Blankenstein” (2 sq)

artillerie: battalion guns

artillerie de reserve: 4 x 12-pdr guns, 2 x howitzers

© Geert van Uythoven

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[1] Although there is still some uncertainty, I believe that this the Mihailovich or Slavonian Freikorps, consisting of six companies. With Colonel Mihailovich receiving a brigade command, the Freikorps is named after the second in command Branovaczky. Some sources, as for example Romberg, Winfried & Meißner, Armin in their “L’Affaire d’Aix-la-Chapelle” list this unit as the 6 battalion strong Branovaczky-Grenzer, although such strength is contradicting their order of battle.

[2] 6 companies strong, composed from the grenadier divisions of the Infantry Regiments No. 2 “Erzherzog Ferdinand”, No. 32 “Gyulai”, and No. 34 “Anton Esterházy”.

[3] 6 companies strong, composed from the grenadier divisions of the Infantry Regiments No. 9 “Clerfayt”, No. 30 “Ligne”, and No. 58 “Vierset”.

[4] To each battalion in the Austrian army, two battalion guns were attached, of various calibres.

[5] In the Austrian army, the 1st battalion was called the Leib-Bataillon, the 2nd battalion the Oberst-Bataillon. The 3rd or Garrison battalion, which served as the depot, was called the Oberstleutnant’s-Bataillon.

[6] 6 companies strong, composed from the grenadier divisions of the Infantry Regiments No. 33 “Sztaray”, No. 39 “Thomas Nadasdy”, and No. 52 “Erzherzog Anton Victor”.

[7] 6 companies strong, composed from the grenadier divisions of the Infantry Regiments No. 19 “Alvinczy”, No. 37 “de Vins”, and No. 53 “Johann Jellačić”.

[8] 4 companies strong, composed from the grenadier divisions of the Infantry Regiments No. 38 “Württemberg”, and No. 55 “Murray”.

[9] According to some sources this brigade was led by Lt-Col Heinrich Fürst von Reuss-Plauen.

[10] This regiment was composed of 1 ½ dragoon squadron of the Wurzbourg Bishopric, and ½ dragoon squadron of the Anhalt principalities. Wurzbourg as well as Anhalt were part of the Holy Roman Empire, and provided a small contingent for the Austrian army.