Blenheim order of battle
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The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Blenheim
The Battle of Blenheim , fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. Louis XIV of France sought to knock Emperor Leopold out of the war by seizing Vienna, the Habsburg capital, and gain a favourable peace settlement...

 during the War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have...

 on August 13, 1704.

Allied Army

Captain General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, KG, PC , was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries...

  • Unless otherwise noted, all infantry units are composed of one battalion.

Blenheim Column

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Infantry


Lieutenant General John, 1st Baron Cutts of Gowran
John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts
Lieutenant-General John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts PC , British soldier and author, came from an Essex family.After a short university career at Catharine Hall, Cambridge, he inherited the family estates, but showed a distinct preference for the life of court and camp...

Rowe's Brigade (England)


Brigadier General Archibald Rowe
  • Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant General Emmanuel Scrope Howe (584 men)
  • The Welch Regiment of Fusiliers
    Royal Welch Fusiliers
    The Royal Welch Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. It was founded in 1689 to oppose James II and the imminent war with France...

    , Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby (520 men)
  • Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot, Captain General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (524 men)
  • Scots Fusiliers
    Royal Scots Fusiliers
    -The Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot :The regiment was raised in Scotland in 1678 by Stuart loyalist Charles Erskine, de jure 5th Earl of Mar for service against the rebel covenanting forces during the Second Whig Revolt . They were used to keep the peace and put down brigands, mercenaries, and...

     (21st Foot), Brigadier General Archibald Rowe (629 men)
  • The Earl of Bath's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant General William North, 6th Baron North
    Baron North
    Baron North, of Kirtling Tower in the County of Cambridge, is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 17 January 1554, for Sir Edward North. He was a successful lawyer, clerk of the Parliament and chancellor of the Court of Augmentations. The barony was created by writ, which...

     & 2nd Baron Grey
    Baron Grey
    Baron Grey may refer to:* Baron Grey, of Howick, a subsidiary title of the Earl Grey, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom* Baron Grey of Codnor, a title in the Peerage of England...

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


Major General Wilkes
  • Prinz Wilhelm Infantry Regiment (400 men)
  • Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel Infantry Regiment, Prinz Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel
    Frederick I of Sweden
    Frederick I, , was a prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and a King of Sweden from 1720 until his death and also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730...

     (400 men)
  • Hessian Grenadiers Infantry Regiment (400 men)
  • Hessian Guard (Leibregiment) Infantry Regiment (400 men)
  • Wartensleben Infantry Regiment, Alexander Hermann, Graf von Wartensleben
    Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben
    Alexander Hermann Graf von Wartensleben was an officer in the armies of various German states, a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts with August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg - due to their heavy taxation, this...

     (400 men)
Ferguson's Brigade (England)


Brigadier General James Ferguson
  • Archibald Douglas' Regiment of Foot, Colonel James Stanley
    James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
    James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby PC , styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer and politician.Derby was the second son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven...

    , 10th Earl of Derby
    Earl of Derby
    Earl of Derby is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby under a creation of 1139. It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the end of the reign of Henry III and died in 1279...

     (663 men)
  • Earl of Angus's Regiment of Foot, Brigadier General James Ferguson (653 men)
  • Royal Regiment of Ireland
    Royal Irish Regiment (1684-1922)
    The Royal Irish Regiment, until 1881 the 18th Regiment of Foot, was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1684. Also known as the 18th Regiment of Foot and the 18th Regiment of Foot, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in...

    , Major General Frederick Hamilton (579 men)
  • 2nd Battalion, His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant General Lord George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (577 men)
  • 1st Regiment of Foot Guards
    Grenadier Guards
    The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...

    , Captain General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (589 men)
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
Henry Lumley
General Henry Lumley was a British soldier and Governor of Jersey.He was the second son of John Lumley and Mary Compton, and younger brother of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough....

Palmes' Brigade (England)


Brigadier General Palmes
  • 2nd/Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Horse (4th Horse), Major General Cornelius Wood (one squadron, 155 men)
  • The Queen Dowager's Regiment of Horse (9th Horse), Lieutenant General Hugh Wyndham (two squadrons, 311 men)
  • Lord Cavendish's Regiment of Horse (8th Horse), Meinhardt, 3rd Duke of Schomberg (Duke of Leinster)
    Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg
    Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster, KG was a general in the service of Prince William of Orange, later King William III of England.-Military career:...

     (two squadrons, 270 men)
Wood's Brigade (England)


Major General Cornelius Wood
  • The Queen's Regiment of Horse (2nd Horse), Lieutenant General Henry Lumley (three squadrons, 482 men)
  • 1st/Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Horse (4th Horse), Major General Cornelius Wood (one squadron, 158 men)
  • Duke of Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse (7th Horse), Colonel William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
    William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
    William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan KT PC was a noted military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession...

     (one squadron, 149 men)
Ross's Dragoon Brigade


Major General Charles Ross


(Includes Hay's Brigade)
  • James Wynne's Regiment of Dragoons (5th Dragoons), Brigadier General Charles Ross (England/Ireland) (two squadrons, 324 men)
  • Grey Dragoons (2nd Dragoons), Brigadier General Lord John Hay (England/Scotland) (one squadron, 340 men)
  • Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel Dragoons, Erbprinz Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) (four squadrons, 320 men)

Centre

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, Brigadier General Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff (573 men)

1st Line (Infantry)


Lieutenant General Horn
Holstein-Beck's Brigade


Major General the Prince of Holstein-Beck


(Includes Beidebrecht'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 Pallandt
  • Bynheim Infantry Regiment (UP) (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 Hesse-Kassel Infantry Regiment, Erbprinz von Hesse-Kassel
    Frederick I of Sweden
    Frederick I, , was a prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and a King of Sweden from 1720 until his death and also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730...

     (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (540 men)

Left-center (cavalry)


Lieutenant General Bülow
Noyellas' Brigade


Major Genera Jacques-Louis, comte de Noyellas en 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 Genera Jacques-Louis, comte de Noyellas en Falais (Hanover-Calenberg-Osnabrück/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 150 men)
Viller's Brigade


Major General Viller
  • von Bülow's Dragoons Regiment (Lieutenant General 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 the Prince of Hesse-Homberg
  • Leib Horse Regiment (Hesse-Kassel/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 160 men)
  • Spiegel's Karabinere (Hesse-Kassel/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 160 men)
Schulengurg's Brigade


Major General Schulenburg
  • Schulengurg'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 (Ansbach) (four squadrons, 400 men)

Cavalry


Lieutenant General comte de Oostfriese count of East Frisia
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 the Prince of Württemberg-Neuenstadt
Carl Rudolf, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt
Carl Rudolf was third and last Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt, army commander in Danish service and Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire.- Life :...

Rantzau's Brigade (Denmark/UP auxiliary)


Major General Jørgen von Rantzau
  • 2nd Sjællandske Horse Regiment, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau (two squadrons, 585 men
  • 5th Jydske Regiment of Horse, Colonel 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)
  • Wüttemberg-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)
Infantry


Lieutenant General Lord Orkney
  • Webb's Brigade, Major General John Richmond Webb
    John Richmond Webb
    General John Richmond Webb was an English military leader and Member of Parliament.Webb was the son of Colonel Edmund Richmond Webb, a Wiltshire gentleman with a position in the household of Prince George of Denmark and second cousin to another Wiltshire man, Henry St John, who was to become the...

  • Churchill's Infantry Regiment, Winston Churchill (590 men) 3rd Regiment, The Buffs
  • Thomas Meredith's Regiment of Foot, Brigadier General Thomas Meredith (575 men)
  • The Queen's Regiment of Foot, Major General John Richmond Webb (739 men)
  • 1st/His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot, George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (639 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)

Right, Army of Imperial Austria

Field Marshal Prince François Eugène von Savoy-Carignan
Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene of Savoy , was one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history, rising to the highest offices of state at the Imperial court in Vienna. Born in Paris to aristocratic Italian parents, Eugene grew up around the French court of King Louis XIV...

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cavalry

General of the imperial cavalry Prince Maximillian von Hanover
Maximilian Wilhelm of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg was an Imperial Field Marshal.Maximilian William was born on 13 December 1666 at Schloss Iburg near Osnabrück. He was the third son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Sophia of the Palatinate...

Natzmer's Brigade (Prussia)


Major General Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer auf Gannewitz
Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer
Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and a confidant of the House of Hohenzollern.-Family:...

  • Leib Dragoons (three squadrons, 300 men)
  • Margraf Philip's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Philip Wilhelm, Margraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt (three squadrons, 300 men)
  • Wartensleben Horse Regiment (three squadrons, 300 men)
  • Bayreuth-Kulmbach Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Colonel Christian Heinrich, Margraf von Bayreuth-Kulmbach
    Christian Heinrich of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach
    Christian Heinrich of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach , was a German prince and member of the House of Hohenzollern and nominal Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach.-Family:...

     (three squadrons, 300 men)
  • von Krassow's Dragoons, Ernst Detlev von Krassow (two dragoons, 160 men)
Fugger's Brigade (Austria)


Major General Graf von Fugger
Fugger
The Fugger family was a historically prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the Höchstetter families. This banking family replaced the de'...

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


Field Marshal Margraf Frederick VII of Baden-Durlach
Friedrich VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
Friedrich VII Magnus of Zähringen was the Margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1677 until his death.Born at Ueckermünde, he was the son of Margrave Friedrich VI and Countess Palatine Christine Magdalene of Cleeburg....

  • Limburg-Styrum's Dragoons (Austria) (six squadrons, 500 men)
  • Württemberg Independent Cavalry (Leib Dragoon) (Württemberg) (three squadrons, 240 men)
  • Fugger's Cuirassier, Major General Graf von Fugger (Swabia) (three squadrons, 240 men)
  • Ottingen's Dragoons (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
Bibra family
For other Bibra and Bibran entries, go to Bibra disambiguation pageBibra family was one of the leading families in Franconia and Thuringia from the mid-15th century to about 1600. Later on the family rose from Reichsritter to Reichsfreiherr...

'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 (Neiderrhein) (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, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth....

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

Feldzeugmeister Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau. He was also a Generalfeldmarschall in the Prussian army...

Finck's Brigade (Prussia)


Major General Albrecht Conrad Graf Finck v. Finkenstein
  • Grenadier Garde, Kurprinz Friedrich Wilhelm I (two battalions, 800 men)
  • Margraf Ludwig's Infantry Regiment, Christian Ludwig, Margraf von Brandenburg (two battalions, 800 men)
  • Anhalt-Dessau Infantry Regiment, Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau (two battalions, 800 men)
Canitz' Brigade (Prussia)


Major General Christopher Albrecht v. Canitz
  • Margraf Phillip's Infantry Regiment, Margraf Phillip Wilhelm von Brandenburg Schwedt (two battalions, 800 men)
  • Leibgarde, Colonel Carl Philipp Freiherr von Wylich zu Lottum
    Carl Philipp Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum
    Carl Philipp Graf von Wylich und Lottum was a Prussian Field Marshal.-Early life :...

     (one battalion, 400 men)
  • Canitz's Infantry Regiment, Major General Christopher Albrecht von Canitz (two battalions, 800 men)

Lieutenant General Scholten
Bielke's Brigade (Denmark/Austria auxiliary)


Brigadier General Bielke
  • 1st Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince George, Carl Rudolph von Württemberg (one battalion, 824 men)
  • 2nd Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince Carl, Lieutenant General Scholten (one battalion, 627 men)
  • Regiment Dansk Den Kongelige Livgarde til fods (one battalion, 740 men)
  • 2nd Battalion, Regiment of Foot Prince George, Carl Rudolph von Württemberg (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 I, Herzog von Württemberg-Öels, 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

Camille d'Hostun de la Baume
Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard
Camille d'Hostun de la Baume, duc de Tallard was a French noble, diplomat and military commander, who became Marshal of France.-Military career:...

, Duc de Tallard, Marshal of France

Blenheim Wing Command

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


Marquis de Balincourt
  • Regiment d'Artois (two battalions, 1,000 men)
  • 1st/Provence (one battalion, 500 men)
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
  • Regiment de Languedoc (two battalions, 1,000 men)
  • Regiment de Santerre (two battalions, 1,000 men)
St. Segond's Brigade


Marquis de St. Segond
  • Zurlauben (Wallon) (two battalions, 1,000 men)
  • St. Segond (Italy) (one battalion, 500 men)

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

Marquis de Montpeyroux
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lieutenant General le Comte de Zurlauben
Vertilly's Brigade


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


Marquis de Broglie
  • Regiment de le 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
Jean-Philippe-Eugène de Mérode-Westerloo
Jean-Philippe-Eugène, Count de Mérode, 5th Marquis van Westerloo was a Belgian military and Feldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire....

  • 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
  • Regiment de Bougogne (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

Prince Maximillian II Emmanuel Wittelsbach
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
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, Elector of Bavaria


Second in command Marshal Marsin
Ferdinand de Marsin
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Marquis du Bourg's Corps

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

    Lieutenant General the Marquis de Blainville
    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    Marechal de Camp Dorrington
    Blingy's Brigade


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


    Marquis 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

    Lieutenant General the Marquis de Rosel
    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    Oberglauheim support
    Buzancois' Brigade


    Marquis de Buzancois
    • Regiment de la Reine (three battalions, 1,500 men)
    Clare's Brigade (Ireland)


    Viscount Clare
    Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare
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    • 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 Chartes (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

    Field Marshal Johann Baptist, Count d'Arco
    Jean Baptist, Comte d'Arco
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    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
    Alessandro, Marquis de Maffei
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    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 Bearn (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

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