Order of battle at the Battle of Rain explained

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Rain.

Swedish Army

King Gustav II of Sweden

Infantry

• Hand Infantry Regiment (Swedish)
• Hand Infantry Regiment (Swedish)
• Second Infantry of the 3rd Regiment (Danish)
• Hastger Infantry Regiment (Finnish)
• Royal Guard Coy (Mixed)
• N. Brahe Infantry Regiment (German)
• Winckel Infantry Regiment (German)
• Thurn Infantry Regiment (German)
• Baner Infantry Regiment (German)
• Bernard Saxe-Weimar Infantry Regiment (German)
• Burt Infantry Regiment (German)
• Chemnitz Infantry Regiment (German)
• Forbes Infantry Regiment (German)
• Horn Infantry Regiment (German)
• Kagge Infantry Regiment (German)
• Kanoffsky Infantry Regiment (German)
• Liebenstein Infantry Regiment (German)
• Mitschefall Infantry Regiment (German)
• Mitzlaff Infantry Regiment (German)
• Monro of Fowles Infantry Regiment (German)
• Riese Infantry Regiment (German)
• Schaffalitsky Infantry Regiment (German)
• B. Schlammersdorf Infantry Regiment (German)
• T. Schlammersdorf Infantry Regiment (German)
• Schneidwinds Infantry Regiment (German)
• Truchsess Infantry Regiment (German)
• Wildenstein Infantry Regiment (German)
• Hepburn Infantry Regiment (Scottish)
• Mackay Infantry Regiment (German)
• Spens (German)

Cavalry

• Stenbock Cuirassier (Swedish)
• Soop Cuirassier (Swedish)
• Silversparre Squadron (Swedish)
• Sack Squadron (Swedish)
• Sperreuter Squadron (Swedish)
• Stålhandske Cuirassier (Finnish)
• Tesenhaussen (Livonian)
• Domhoff Squadron (Kurland)
• Baudissin Cuirassier (German)
• B. Saxe-Weiver Cuirassier (German)
• Horn Cuirassier (German)
• Kotchtitzky Cuirassier (German)
• Baden Cuirassier (German)
• Monro of Fowles Cuirassier (German)
• Schonberg Cuirassier (German)
• Soms Squadron (German)
• Sperreuter Cuirassier (German)
• Streiff Squadron (German)
• Tott Cuirassier (German)
• Truchsess Cuirassier (German)
• Uslar Cuirassier (German)
• Wedel Cuirassier (German)
• W. Saxe Weimer Cuirassier (German)
• Ohm Cuirassier (German)
• Horn Leib Coy (German)
• Du Menys Dragoon (German)
• Taupadel Dragoon (German)

Holy Roman Empire – Catholic League Army

John Tserclaes, Count of Tilly

Infantry

• Alt-Till Infantry Regiment (Catholic League-Wurzburg)
• Reinach Infantry Regiment (Catholic League-High German)
• Comargo Infantry Regiment (Catholic League-High German)
• Pappenheim Infantry Regiment (Catholic League-High German)
• Wahl Infantry Regiment (Catholic League-High German)
• Jung-Furstenberg Infantry Regiment (Catholic League-High German)
• Free Companies Infantry Regiment (Catholic League-High German)
• Beck Infantry Regiment (Imperialist-Walloon)
• Conteras Infantry Regiment (Imperialist-German)
• Savelli Infantry Regiment (Imperialist-Low German)
• Witzleban Infantry Regiment (Imperialist-German)
• Baldiron Infantry Regiment (Imperialist-Spanish)
• Fahrenbach Infantry Regiment (Imperialist-High German)
• Rittberg Infantry Regiment (Imperialist-German)

Cavalry

• Cronberg Heavy Cavalry (Catholic League-High German)
• Billehe Heavy Cavalry (Catholic League-High German)
• J. Fugger Cuirassier (Catholic League-Low German)
• Blankhart Cuirassier (Catholic League-Low German)
• D'Espagne Cuirassier (Catholic League-Low German)
• Cratz Cuirassier (Catholic League-High German)
• Hasslang Cuirassier (Catholic League-High German)
• Merode Cuirassier (Catholic League-High German)
• Free Coy (Catholic League-High German)
• Dragoons (Catholic League-High German)
• O.H. Fugger Croats (Catholic League-High German)
• Merode Arquebussier (Imperialist-Walloon)
• Bucquoy Heavy Cavalry (Imperialist-Walloon)
• Free Coy (Imperialist-High German)
• Croats Light Cavalry (Imperialist-Croatian)

Sources

• Welsh, William E. "The Lion Conquers Bavaria: The Battle of the Lech, April 1632." Strategy & Tactics, Number 229 (July/August 2005) ISSN 1040-886X