Battle of Vienna order of battle explained

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Vienna of the Great Turkish War in 1683.

Catholic forces outside Vienna (until 14 July)

Catholic forces outside the city!Type!Strength
Infantry21,000
Cavalry11,000
Hungarians (led by Paul I, Prince Esterházy)5,000
Total - 37,000 men

Catholic forces inside Vienna (14 July - 12 September)

Inside the city

Total - or 14,163 men (including city militia)

Catholic forces inside the city!Type!Commander!Unit!Subdivisions!Strength
Infantry(72/73

regular

companies)

Theim Infantry Regiment3 coys10,603
Pfalz-Neuberg Infantry Regiment5 coys
Souches Infantry Regiment10 coys
Schärffenberg Infantry Regiment10 coys
Beck Infantry Regiment7 coys
Heister Infantry Regiment5 coys
Württemberg Infantry Regiment5 coys
Mansfeld Infantry Regiment10 coys
Kaiserstein Infantry Regiment5 coys
Starhemberg Infantry Regiment10 coys
City guard/militiaOberstwachtmeister

Ferdinand Dominik Marchese degli Obizzi

8 coys4,900
CavalryDupigny (ex-Dampierre) Cuirassier Regiment9 coys600
ArtilleryOberst von Borner
Oberstlieutnant

von Peekstein

Field army at Leopoldstadt

Catholic forces outside the city!Type!Commander!Unit!Strength
Imperial Cuirassier RegimentsCapara (Caprara) Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Montecuccoli Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Taff (Taaffe) Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Rabatta Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Dunewald (Dunnewald) Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Palffy Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Mercy Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Hallewyl (Halleweil) Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Gondola Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Götz Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Imperial Dragoon RegimentsSchulz Dragoon Regiment10 coys
Styrum Dragoon Regiment10 coys
Küffstein Dragoon Regiment10 coys
Savoyen Dragoon Regiment10 coys
Herbeville Dragoon Regiment10 coys
Croatian RegimentsNikolaus Lodron Croaten Regiment
Kery Croaten Regiment
Receardi Croaten Regiment

Catholic Coalition relief force at the Battle of Kahlenberg

Organization

Catholic Coalition forces in the Battle of Kahlenberg!Wing!Corps
Left WingCharles V, Duke of Lorraine1st Imperial and Saxon Corps of Infantry
2nd Imperial and Saxon Corps of Infantry Prince Hermann of Baden-Baden
Saxon Corps

John George III, Elector of Saxony

Saxon Cavalry Corps

Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski

Polish Cavalry CorpsHieronim Augustyn Lubomirski
Center

Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck

Franconian and Swabian Circles Infantry Corps

Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck

Bavarian Infantry Corps

Hannibal von Degenfeld

Imperial & Bavarian Cavalry Corps

Antonio Caraffa

Right WingGreat General of the Crown

Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski

Polish Infantry Corps Kontzki
1st Polish Cavalry Corps Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski
Imperial and Saxon Cavalry CorpsJulius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Royal Guard "Reiter" CorpsAleksander Polanowski

Imperial troop units

Total:

Imperial troops in the campaign, but those not at the battle are not included in the total figures.

Engaged Imperial troops!Type!Commander!Unit!Strength
Imperial Infantry RegimentsGrana Infantry Regiment2 bns less one company
Baden Infantry Regiment2 bns
Leslie Infantry Regiment1 bn
Croy Infantry Regiment1 bn
Thimb Infantry Regiment1 bn
Württemberg-Neustädt Infantry Regiment1 bn
Neuburg Infantry Regiment1 bn
Beck Infantry Regiment

(attached to Bavarians during the battle)

1 bn
Imperial Cuirassier RegimentsCapara Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Montecuccoli Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Taaffe Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Rabatta Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Dunewald Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Palffy Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Piccolomini Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Caraffa Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Mercy Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Veterani Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Hallewyl Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Sachsen-Lauenburg Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Gondola Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Götz Cuirassier Regiment10 coys
Imperial Dragoon RegimentsSchulz Dragoon Regiment10 coys
Lymburg-Styrum Dragoon Regiment10 coys
Küffstein Dragoon Regiment10 coys
Heissler Dragoon Regiment10 coys
Croatian & Polish cavalryKery Croatian Horse Regiment8 coys
Lubomirski Polish Cuirassier Group
Lubomirski Polish Dragoon Group
Artillery70 guns, including many

regimental guns

Imperial troops in the campaign but not in the battle!Type!Commander!Unit!Strength
Imperial Infantry RegimentsWallis Infantry Regiment2 bns
Salm Infantry Regiment2 bns
Lothringen Infantry Regiment2 bns
Dieppenthal Infantry Regiment1 bn
Heister Infantry Regiment1 bn
Thugen (Würzburg) Mercenary Infantry Regiment
Imperial Cuirassier RegimentTruchess (Würzburg) Mercenary Cuirassier Regiment
Imperial Dragoon RegimentsHerbeville Dragoon Regiment
Teutin Dragoon Regiment

Bavarians

Commander: Generalfeldmarschall-Leutnant Hannibal von Degenfeld

Total of Bavarians (discounting attached Imperial soldiers) - 8,400

Bavarian troops!Type!Brigade!Commander!Unit!Subdivisions!Strength
Bavarian Infantry RegimentsBerlo (later Mercy) Infantry Regiment4,800
Degenfeld Infantry Regiment
Steinau Infantry Regiment
Preysing Infantry Regiment (replaced the Perouse Inf. Rgt. on 15 July)
Bavarian Cavalry RegimentsGWM

Marquis von Beauvau

Haraucourt (Arco) Reiter Regiment6 coys3,400
Beauvau Reiter Regiment6 coys
Red Dragoon Half-Regiment4 coys
GWM

von Munster

Bartls (Munster) Reiter Regiment6 coys
Schutz (Schuss) Reiter Regiment6 coys
Blue Dragoon Half-Regiment4 coys
Artillery26 regimental pieces,

20 field pieces & 2 mortars

287 men &

1,022 horses

Imperial units attached to Bavarians!Type!Brigade!Commander!Unit!Strength
Imperial Infantry Regiments (attached to Bavarians)Beck (Imperial) Infantry Regiment1 bn
Steindorf (Salzburg) Infantry Regiment
Rummel (Bavarian Circle) Infantry Battalion
Rodern (Pfalz-Neuburg) Infantry Battalion

Saxons

General Staff:

Total - 10,454

Saxon Auxiliary Corps!Type!Commander!Unit!Strength
Saxon Infantry Regiments(each regiment had 2 bns,

each of 2 coys)

Oberstleutnant

von Schönfeld

Leib Infantry Regiment7,073
Oberstleutnant

von Kleist

Infantry Regiment of Feldmarschall von der Golz
Oberstleutnant

von Carlowitz

Infantry Regiment of Generalwachtmeister
Oberstleutnant

von Flemming

Infantry Regiment of Feldmarschall-Lieutenant von Flemming
Oberst

von Kuffer

Infantry Regiment of Oberst von Kuffer
Oberst

von Löben

Infantry Regiment of Oberst von Löben
GrenadiersHauptmann von BoseOne Grenadier company
Saxon Cavalry Regiments(each regiment had 3 squadrons,

each of 2 coys)

Generalwachtmeister

von Neitschütz

Leibgarde-trabanten zu Ross (Elector's personal horse mounted body guard)3,194
Oberstleutnant

von Haugwitz

Leib Reiter Regiment
Oberstleutnant Freiherr

von Engelmünster

Plotho Reiter Regiment
Oberstleutnant

de Bronne

(from Lorraine)

Goltz Reiter Regiment
Oberstleutnant von WolframsdorffTrautmannsdorff Reiter Regiment
Oberstleutnant von MintwizGeneralwachtmeister Graf Reuss' Dragoon Regiment
ArtilleryOberzeughauptmann

von Borau

16 cannons (various calibers) + 2 petards187 men &351 horses

Reich Troops

Total:

Reich troops!Type!Commander!Unit!Strength
Johann Wilhelm Köth von WanscheidKoth Infantry Regiment7,000
Philipp Heinrich von AndlauAndlau Infantry Regiment
Charles Gustav of Baden-DurlachDurlach Infantry Regiment
Öttingen Infantry Regiment
Franconian Circle Cavalry RegimentsChristian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-BayreuthCuirassier Regiment2,500
Christoph Wilhelm von AufseßHerdesdorff (Würzburg) Dragoon Regiment
Swabian Circle Cavalry RegimentsGronsfeld Cuirassier Regiment
Hohnstett Dragoon Regiment
Artillery12 guns

Polish

(A banner is a force of 200 men)

Total:

Polish troops!Type!Brigades!Commander!Unit!Divided into
Polish Royal InfantryTotal: 200 footJanissaries Infantry Company
Hayduks Infantry Company
Polish Royal CavalryTotal: 1,000 horseRoyal Guards (Drabant Reiter)
King's Hussars2 banners
King's Armored Horse2 banners
King's Cossacks1 banner
Right flank Polish Infantry RegimentsKing's Own BrigadeKing's Infantry Regiment
Crown Prince Jacob's Infantry Regiment
's BrigadeInfantry Regiment
Truchsess von Wiski Infantry Regiment
F.Kacki's BrigadeF.Kacki Infantry Regiment
Infantry Regiment
F.Greben's BrigadeFryderyk Greben Infantry Regiment
Grand Hetman Stanisław Jabłonowski Infantry Regiment
Crown Referendary Jan Krasiński Infantry Regiment
Left flank Polish Infantry RegimentsButtler's BrigadeButtler Infantry Regiment
M.Kacki Infantry Regiment

(Detached to guard guns)

Danemark's BrigadeDanemark Infantry Regiment
Stanisław Potocki Infantry Regiment
Prince Jerzy Lubomirski Infantry Regiment
Count de Maligny Infantry Regiment
T.Zamoyski's BrigadeT.Zamoyski Infantry Regiment
Grinski Infantry Regiment
Kreuzer's BrigadeWielopolski Infantry Regiment
Crown Field Hetman Sieniawski Infantry Regiment
Infantry Regiment
Cavalry36 armoured horse & hussar banners including:
  • The King's
  • Prince Jacob's
  • Prince Alexander's
  • Grand Marshal Lubomirski's
  • and Potocki's
Artillery28 guns

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