Part VI.:
The Military Sitiuation of the Saxon/Polish Army at the Beginning of the Great Northern War was not to well. There was a constant lack of money. For some reason this comes out of the not received payment by the Emperor for sending troops against the Turks and other events like a great fire in Dresden that destroyed 2/3rd of the City and swallowed up enormous amounts of money to rebuild it.
The Army stands at the end of the year 1699 as follows:
Horse: Guarde du Corps, 3 Comp. 150 men each
Kürassiere: Leibregiment, La Forest, v. Beust, Baner, Reichenau
Dragoner: Weißenfels, Flemming, Ganosky, Wolfenbüttel
Infantry:
Janitscharen Regiment, 1. Garde, 2. Garde, Feldmarschall, Röbel, Königin, Jordan, Reitschütz, Benkendorff, Venediger, Bornstädt.
Artillery:
1 Feuerwerker Comp., 3 Kannonier Comp., 1 Minier Comp. and 'Pontongäste'
1701 Reorganization of the Army from 10 to 24 Regiments. Two Regiments would have the same uniforms but different doublure.
1. Garde (polish Guard).....2. Garde(saxon Guard) .........white
3. Königin.....................4. Egidy............................skyblue
5. Kurprinz....................6. Thielau.........................lemonyellow
7. Steinau.....................8. Zeitz(new).....................green
9. Biron.......................10. Tromp(new)..................uncertain
11.Pistoris....................12. Reuß(new)...................bleumourant
13.Sacken....................14. Marschall(new)..............mossgreen
15.Fürstenberg(new).......16.Löwenhaupt(new)...........darkblue
17.Görtz(new)...............18.Rothenburg(new)............seagreen
19.Beichlingen(new)........20.Weimar(new).................grey
21.Dünhof....................22.Flemming(should be recruited in Poland)..uncertain
23. and 24. 2 Schweizer Regiments didnt get completed
At the beginning of the year 1701 the Regiments are named after their Commanders except those who had princely persons or Fieldmarshalls as chiefs.
This ends
for now my historic view of the Saxon Army at the Beginning of the Great Northern War. What remains.....is well known History.
Now back to my mini's as I got yesterday warbases for 130 GBP
Thank you for following.
Best Wishes,
Günter