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The roster for the Armèe du Germanie, under the joint command of the Marechàl Ferdinand, Comte de Marsin and the Elector of Bavaria, Maximilian Emmanuel II.
The Elector of Bavaria (left) and the Marechàl (right): both were good soldiers, the Marechàl being killed at the battle of Turin in 1706.
The right wing infantry, commanded by the Lt. Gen. Marquis de Blainville, killed in the battle (he was the son of the famous Minister Colbèrt)
Brigade Bligny (regt. Champagne and Saintonge) and Nangis (regt. Agenois and Bourbonnais), together with a field and an heavy battery.
Left wing cavalry, Feld-Marschall Graf Arco (here in a studio armour, in his early years)
brigade Montmain/Vigiers (regt. Royal Piemònt and Condè), Barentin/Vivans (regt. Barentin and Vivans) and the Bavarian brigades Von Weickel (cuirassier regt. Weickel and Wolframsdorff) and Wolframsdorff (Cuirassier regt. Arco and Costa):
The right wing cavalry, linking the right of the Army with the left of Tallard’s was under the command of Lt. Gen. Bourg (later French Marshall under the Regency);
brigade D’Anlezy (regt. Royal and Hedicourt) and Prince Charles de Lorraine/Massenbach (regt. Prince Charles de Lorraine and Choiseul):
The town of Lutzingen was garrisoned by the Bavarian infantry commanded by the Maj. Gen. Marchese Alessandro Maffei, from Bologna:
Brigade Maffei (regt. Maffei and Leibgarde Grenadier) and brigade Mercy (regt. Mercy and Tattenbach) supported by a Bavarian field battery. Lutzingen is represented by a Town base, with space for two units. Its buildings came from Peter Dennis "European Buildings" Helion Papersoldier book:
On the far left of Lutzingen there was the division of Lt. Gen. Marquis de Sauffrey: from left to right brigade Montmorency (regt. Vermandois and Béarn), brigade Motbron (regt. Dauphin and Condé ) and Tourovre (regt. Toulouse) supported by a light battery:
At the very far left of there was the cavalry division of Lt. Gen. Comte de Dreux: brigade Conflans (regt. Conflans and Rouvray) and the dragoons brigade Fontbeausard (dragoons regt. La Vrilliére and Listenois).
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As before the general notes apply here.
Also as before there are no battalion guns. The French cavalry are not firing as a general rule, they are charging at a gallop. The Bavarians are using German tactics and firing.
I previously meant to add to the idea that all of the WSS cavalry tactics (French, German and Anglo Dutch) were inferior to those used by the Swedes at the time & should be less effective. This is why they were all replaced by Swedish style tactics after this war.
On artillery I will talk about all the artillery at the battle on the next section. We have few details of the artillery in this part of the battle. The medium/heavy/siege guns here were in 3 loose groups.
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