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by danschorr » Sat Sep 14, 2013 11:16 am
Here is my take in identifying the units from D’Auvergne’s plan. I would be interested in others’ thoughts.
1 Betincours Betancourt (Spanish(Walloon) Horse) Main Army
2 Don de Augustins Juan Augustin (Spanish Horse) Main Army
3 Brinicks Brennicke (Celle Horse) Main Army
4 Pr. Philips (Brandenburg Horse in Dutch pay) Main Army
5 ?? Huberts Huybert (Dutch Horse) Main Army
6 Viscount Dernies Markies von Deynze (?) (Spanish/Walloon
Foot) garrison of Zoutleeuw (Léau).
7 Slangenburghs Slangenburg (Dutch Foot)) garrison of
Audenarde
8 Barron Sparrs Sparre (Swedish Foot)) garrison of Brussels
9 Holsteins Rudolf Fredrik Duke of Hostein-Norberg (Dutch
Foot)) garrison of Charleroi
10 Caarles de Carle or de Charles (Celle Foot)) garrison of
Charleroi
11 Lord Castletons (English Foot) garrison of Bruges
12 Blancatz Uncertain possibly Brancaccio (Spanish (Italian
Horse)) Main Army
13 Barron Stains Steyn (Dutch Horse) Main Army
14 Saxe goths Saxe-Gotha (Dutch Horse) Main Army
15 Count Tollies Torsay (Dutch Foot)) Main army
16 Barron de Heyden’s (Dutch Foot) garrison of Charleroi
17 Potbush’s Potbus (Swedish Foot)) garrison of Ath
18 Shemilpenning’s Schimmelpenninck (Dutch Foot)) garrison
of Audenarde
19 My Lord Bath’s (English Foot) Main Army
20 Danish Guards (Danish Foot) Main Army
21 Prince Christiens Prins Christian (Danish Foot)) Main Army
22 The Iuitland Reg. Jylands (Danish Foot)) Main Army
23 Lamothe’s La Motte (Celle Foot)) Main Army
24 Bernstore’s Bernstorf (Celle Foot)) Main Army
25 Weinbergs Wynberg (Dutch Foot) Main Army
26 Count Hoorns Hornes (?) (Spanish(Walloon) Foot)) garrison of
Ath. There were also two Dutch
regiments with similar names – Willem
Adriaan, Graaf van Hornes, Baron van
Kessel, and Johan Belgius, Graaf van
Hoorne, Baron van Boxtel.(see Note 3)
27 Saxa Heyfields Saxe-Heilburg (Dutch Horse) Main Army
28 Barron de Heydens (Dutch Horse) Main Army
29 Fitinghofs Vittinghof (Dutch Horse) Main Army
30 The Duke of Leinsters (English Horse) Main Army
31 My Lord Argiles Argyll (Scottish Foot)) Main Army
32 Danish Guards Curious listed twice(also 20), but only one
battalion present. (see Note 2)
33 Prins Georges Prins Georg (Danish Foot)) Main Army
34 Rhynberghs Rijngraaf (Dutch Foot)) Main Army
35 L’Ecluses (Dutch Foot) Main Army
36 Forsel’s Graf van Fallaix en Noyelles
(Spanish/Walloon Foot) garrison of
Audenarde.
37 La Forests LaForest (Danish Horse) Main Army
38 Vallareds Dragonns Valenzar (Spanish (Walloon) Dragoons)
Main Army
39 Morvits Dragonns Marwitz (Dutch Dragoons) Main Army
Notes:
1. Missing from the list is the Celle dragoon regiment Bothmer, which is only mentioned as participating by Sichart. D’Auvergne on page 40 mentions, “…and about 40 squadrons. The cavalry and dragoons listed above and including Bothmer only amount to 31 squadrons.
2. On page 35, d’Auvergne provides the names of 11 battalions drawn from a number of garrisons that joined Würtemberg’s Corps. All but one are contained in the list above. The missing unit is a Spanish Walloon tercio, Vicount d’Audringy, from the garrison of Audenarde. Probably, one of the Danish Guards (20 or 32) is this unit. I have been unable to locate a Walloon unit by that name; however the garrison of Audenarde did contain the Spanish Tercio de Flandes under Antonio Marino de Antrade. Perhaps this is the unit d’Auvergne means.
3. Number 26, Count Hoorns might be the Dutch regiment of Willem Adriaan, Graaf van Hornes. He was the Meester-General of the Dutch Artillery, and his regiment might have been responsible for guarding the artillery, tin-boats and ammunition convoy mentioned by d’Auvergne on page 36.
I hope this is helpful.
Dan