Order of battle
Of the Austrian
army in Switzerland,
4 June 1799
(First day
of the First battle of Zurich)
Composed by Roland Kessinger,
source given below
IR = Infanterie Regiment
Commander-in-Chief:
Archduke Charles
IR No. 21 “Gemmingen” (1 battalion)
IR No. 49 “Kerpen” (1 battalion)
IR No. 50 “Stain” (3 battalions)
“Modena” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 5 (1 squadron)
“Waldeck” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 7 (2 squadrons)
FML Petrasch
Colonel
Plunket
9th Peterwardein Regiment Grenzer (III. Battalion)
9th Peterwardein Regiment Grenzer (IV. Battalion)
IR No. 60 (2 battalions)
GM
Kempf
Grenadier companies of IR No. 25 “Brechainville” (2 companies)
IR No. 41 “Bender” (3 battalions)
“Erzherzog Ferdinand” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 2 (6 squadrons)
“Coburg” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 6 (4 squadrons)
“Waldeck” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 7 (2 squadrons)
IR No. 1 “Kaiser” (2 battalions)
IR No. 21 “Gemmingen” (2 battalions)
“Waldeck” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 7 (2 squadrons)
Uhlan Regiment No. 1 or 2 (1 squadron)
GM
O’Reilly
9th Peterwardein Regiment Grenzer (I. Battalion)
IR No. 20 “Kaunitz” (3 battalions)
“Coburg” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 6 (2 squadrons)
Croat-Slavonian Hussar Regiment No. 12 (2 squadrons)
GM Rosenberg
1st “Strozzi” Light Battalion (6 companies)
IR No. 35 “Wenkheim” (3 battalions)
Croat-Slavonian Hussar Regiment No. 12 (2 squadrons)
GM Lindenau
IR No. 3 “Erzherzog Karl” (3 battalions)
IR No. 29 “O. Wallis” (3 battalions)
GM
Hiller
6 Grenadier Battalions, most probable:
Grenadier
Battalion "Tegethoff" (20/22/29)
Grenadier
Battalion "Bojakowsky" (1/7/12)
Grenadier
Battalion "Teschner" (3/35/50)
Grenadier
Battalion "Lippe" (2/31/60)
Grenadier
Battalion "Sebottendorf" (41/49/56)
Grenadier
Battalion "Juch" (21/42/54)
GM
Sebottendorf
IR No. 2 “Erzherzog Ferdinand” (2 battalions)
“Latour” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 11 (6 squadrons)
“Kinsky” Light Dragoon Regiment No. 12 (6 squadrons)
“Zeschwitz” Kurassier Regiment No. 5 (4 squadrons)
FML Riesch
GM Hohenlohe
“Nassau” Kurassier Regiment No. 9 (6 squadrons)
“Mack” Kurassier Regiment No. 10 (6 squadrons)
GM Kienmayer
Tyrolean Jäger (4 companies)
Grenz Sharpshooters (4 companies)
12th “Rubinitz” Light Battalion (6 companies)
12th Deutsch-Banat Regiment Grenzer (1 battalion)
Meszaros Hussar Regiment No. 10 (8 squadrons)
Uhlan Regiment No. 1 or 2 (1 squadron)
GM Simbchen
IR No. 2 “Erzherzog Ferdinand” (1 battalion)
IR No. 12 “Manfredini” (3 battalions)
IR No. 54 “Callenberg” (2 2/3 battalions)
FML L. Baillet-Latour
GM
Mylius
IR No. 7 “C. Schroeder” (3 battalions)
IR No. 22 “Lacy” (3 battalions)
Main source: Erzherzog Karl (Archduke Charles), Geschichte des Feldzuges 1799
in Deutschland und in der Schweiz, 1. Teil, Wien 1819, pp. 216-217
©
Roland Kessinger
& Geert van Uythoven