Blenheim, Order of Battle, Part III: The Anglo-Allied Amy

This is the roster for the Anglo-Allied army. There are 49sp of Infantry (equivalent to 24500 men), 24sp of Cavalry (equivalent to 12000 horse) and 6sp of Artillery (equivalent to 36 field guns). That is a total 36500 rank and file against 37109 and 36 field guns plus 36 battalion guns, for a total 72 against 80.

The Army commander, the Captain General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough:

Here the Duke himself (based with his Quartemaster, the Earl of Cadogan and two runners) and the Colonel Blood, his Artillery commander and the three V&B English field batteries:

The Infantry corps was under the orders of Charles Churchill, the Duke younger brother and second in command. 

The Left Infantry Division, entrusted of the attack of Blindheim: its commander was John, Baron Cutts of Gowan, “As brave and brainless as the hilt of his sword” according to Swift.  He earned the nickname “Salamander” by his indifference to the heaviest fire at the Siege of Namur in 1695.

Left to right: first line Rowe B.de (Marlborough and  Lord North  Regiments), Wilkes B.de (Hessian Leibgarde and Grenadier Regiments); second line Ferguson B.de (1^st Foot Guards and Royal Irish Regiments), St.Paul B.de (Hanoverian Leib and Du Breille Regiments).

1st Centre Division, commanded by Lt.Gen Richard Ingoldsby, who enjoyed the personal regard of Marlborough and whose family was related nonetheless with Oliver Cromwell; it comprises the Seckendorff Brigade (left) represented by the  Wurttemberg Leibgarde and Brandenburg-Ansbach regiments and d’Herleville Brigade (right Hessian Stuckrath and Hanover Hulsen regiments).

The 2nd Centre Division under the Lt.Gen George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney: shy in company, as a soldier he had a reputation for courage and tenacity.

From left to right: the Webb brigade (1st Royal and Prince of Denmark regiments) and the Rantzow brigade (Hannover St.Pol and Celle Rantzow regiments).

The Right Infantry division was at the orders of Lt.Gen Horn and was comprised of the Pallandt brigade (Dutch Beynheim and Meckleburg-Schwerin Dettorf regiments) and the Dutch Holstein-Beck brigade formed by the Hirzel (Swiss) and Goor regiments.

Next time the Anglo-Allied Cavalry.