The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Blenheim during the War of the Spanish Succession on August 13, 1704.
Allied Army Staff Captain General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Brigadier-General Thomas Meredyth (adjutant-general) Brigadier-General William Cadogan (quartermaster-general) Captain Alexander Spotswood (deputy quartermaster-general) Francis Hare (chaplain-general) Thomas Lawrence (physician-general) Thomas Gardiner (surgeon-general) Henry Watkins (deputy judge-advocate) Colonel Giles Spencer (waggon-master-general) Captain James Fury (provost-marshal-general) Unless otherwise noted, all infantry units are composed of one battalion.
Blenheim Column Division Brigade Regiments and OthersInfantry
Lieutenant General John, Lord Cutts Rowe's Brigade (England)
Brigadier General Archibald Rowe Howe's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel William Breton (584 men) The Welch Regiment of Fusiliers, Colonel Joseph Sabine (520 men) The Duke of Marlborough's Regiment of Foot, Colonel William Tatton (524 men) Scots Fusiliers (21st Foot), Colonel John Dalyell (629 men) Lord North and Grey's Regiment of Foot, Colonel William North, 6th Baron North & 2nd Baron Grey (580 men) Wilkes' Brigade (Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel)
Major General John Wilkes Prinz Wilhelm Infantry Regiment (400 men) Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel Infantry Regiment, Erbprinz Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel (400 men) Hessian Grenadiers Infantry Regiment (400 men) Hessian Guard (Leibregiment) Infantry Regiment (400 men) Wartensleben Infantry Regiment, Alexander Hermann, Graf von Wartensleben (400 men) Ferguson's Brigade (Scotland)
Brigadier General James Ferguson Derby's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Hans Hamilton (663 men) Ferguson's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Livingstone (653 men) Royal Regiment of Ireland, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Sterne (579 men) 2nd Battalion, His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Hamilton (577 men) 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, Captain Gilbert Primrose (589 men) St. Paul's Brigade
Major General St. Paul
(Includes Hulson's Brigade) de Luc Infantry Regiment, Major General de Luc (Lüneburg-Celle) (400 men) de Breuil Infantry Regiment (Hanover) (Lüneburg-Celle) (400 men) Gauvin Infantry Regiment (Gauvin) (Hanover) (400 men) Hanoverian Guard Infantry Regiment (1/ Lüneburg-Celle, 2/ Hanover-Calenberg) (two battalions, 800 men)Cavalry Support
Lieutenant General Henry Lumley Palmes' Brigade (England)
Brigadier General Francis Palmes 2nd/Wood's Regiment of Horse (4th Horse), Colonel John Featherstonhalgh (one squadron, 155 men) The King's Carabiniers (9th Horse), Major Philip Chenevix (two squadrons, 311 men) The Duke of Schomberg's Regiment of Horse (8th Horse), Colonel Charles Sybourg (two squadrons, 270 men) Wood's Brigade (England)
Major General Cornelius Wood The Queen's Regiment of Horse (2nd Horse), Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Crowther (three squadrons, 482 men) 1st/Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Horse (4th Horse), Major General Cornelius Wood (one squadron, 158 men) Lord Cadogan's Regiment of Horse (7th Horse), Major Robert Napier (one squadron, 149 men) Ross's Dragoon Brigade
Major General Charles Ross
(Includes Lord John Hay's Brigade) Ross's Regiment of Dragoons (5th Dragoons), Lieutenant-Colonel Owen Wynne (England/Ireland) (two squadrons, 324 men) Grey Dragoons (2nd Dragoons), Lieutenant-Colonel George Preston (England/Scotland) (one squadron, 340 men) Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel Dragoons, Erbprinz Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) (four squadrons, 320 men)
Centre Lieutenant General Charles Churchill
Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Line (Infantry)
Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby d'Herleville's Brigade
Major General d'Herleville
(Includes Stückrad's Brigade) Schöpping Infantry Regiment (Hesse-Kassel) (400 men) Stückrad Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Stückrad (Hesse-Kassel) (400 men) d'Herleville Infantry Regiment, Major General d'Herleville (Hanover-Calenberg) (400 men) von Tozin Infantry Regiment (Lüneburg-Celle) (400 men) Hulsen Infantry Regiment, Major General Hulsen (Hanover Calenberg) (400 men) Württemberg Brigade
Brigadier General Friederich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff Württemberg Regiment Stenfels (571 men) Württemberg Regiment Hermann Württemberg Grenadier Regiment (833 men) Seckendorff's Infantry Regiment (Anspach-Bayreuth), Brigadier General Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff (573 men)1st Line (Infantry)
Lieutenant General Horn Holstein-Beck's Brigade
Major General Anton Günther, Fürst von Holstein-Beck
(Includes Heidebrecht's Brigade) Heidebrecht Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Heidebrecht (Ansbach/UP auxiliary) (599 men) Stürler Infantry Regiment (Swiss/UP auxiliary) (523 men) Hirzel Infantry Regiment (Swiss/UP auxiliary) (561 men) Rechteren Infantry Regiment (UP) (548 men) Goor Infantry Regiment (UP) (581 men) Dutch Mercenary Brigade
Major General Johan van Pallandt Bynheim Infantry Regiment (Pfalz /UP auxiliary) (571 men) Schwerin Infantry Regiment, Colonel Kurt Christof, Graf von Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Prussian Meith Regiment) (547 men) de Varenne Infantry Regiment, Jacques l'Aumonier, Marquis de Varenne (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (461 men) Wulffen Infantry Regiment (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (591 men) Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel Infantry Regiment, Erbprinz von Hessen-Kassel (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (540 men)Left-center (cavalry)
Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Bülow Noyelles' Brigade
Major General Jacques-Louis Comte de Noyelles and Falais Leib Horse Cuirassier Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men) Voigt's Horse Cuirassier Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men) Noyelles' Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Jacques-Louis, comte de Noyelles and Falais (Hanover-Calenberg-Osnabrück/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 150 men) Viller's Brigade
Major General Viller von Bülow's Dragoons Regiment (Lieutenant General Cuno Josua von Bülow (Hanover-Calenberg) (three squadrons, 225 men) Viller's Dragoons (Lüneburg-Celle) (four squadrons, 320 men) Bothmer's Dragoons, Brigadier General Bothmer (Lüneburg-Celle) (four squadrons, 320 men)2nd Line (cavalry)
Lieutenant General Graf von Hompesch Hesse-Homberg's Brigade
Major General Friedrich, Prinz von Hessen-Homburg Leib Horse Regiment (Hesse-Kassel/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 160 men) Spiegel's Karabinere (Hesse-Kassel/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 160 men) Schulenburg's Brigade
Major General Alexander von der Schulenburg Schulenburg's Dragoons (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men) Breidenbach's Horse Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg & Lüneburg-Celle) (two squadrons, 160 men) Erbach's Brigade
Major General Erbach Erbach's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Erbach (UP) (two squadrons, 200 men) Baldwin's Horse, Brigadier General Baldwin (UP) (one squadron, 100 men) Schmettau's Dragoons, Gottlieb Schmettau (Ansbach) (four squadrons, 400 men)Cavalry
Lieutenant General Friedrich Ulrich, comte de Oostfries Vittinghoff's Brigade
Lieutenant General Vittinghoff Grevendorff's Dragoons, Brigadier General Grevendorff (Saxe-Gotha) (three squadrons, 240 men) Hardenberg's Dragoons (Saxe-Gotha) (three squadrons, 240 men) Sachsen-Heilburg Horse Regiment (UP) (two squadrons, 200 men) Bannier's Horse Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg) (two squadrons, 150 men) Auroch's Brigade
Major General Auroch Erbach's Horse Regiment, Major General Erbach (Hesse-Kassel) (two squadrons, 160 men) Auroch's Dragoons, Major General Auroch (Hesse-Kassel) (four squadrons, 320 men)Lieutenant General Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadt Rantzau's Brigade (Denmark/UP auxiliary)
Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau 2nd Sjællandske Horse Regiment, Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau (two squadrons, 585 men 5th Jydske Regiment of Horse, Colonel Wilhelm von Schmettau (two squadrons, 440 men) 4th Jydske Regiment of Horse, Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau (two squadrons, 440 men) Livregimentet Rytter, Colonel Christian Detlev von Reventlow (two squadrons of six companies, 556 men) Württemberg-Öls Dragoons, Carl Friedrich, Herzog von Württemberg-Öls (three squadrons of ten companies, 1,007 men) Brockdorff's Brigade (Denmark/England auxiliary)
Brigadier General Ditlev von Brockdorff 3rd Jydske Horse Regiment, Colonel Ditlev von Brockdroff (two squadrons, 591 men) Ahlefeldt's Horse Cuirassier Regiment (two squadrons, 589 men) 2nd Jydske Horse Regiment, Colonel von Uterwick Prehn (two squadrons, 568 men) Holstein's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Colonel Dewitz (two squadrons, 578 men) Württemberg-Ōls Dragoons, Carl Friedrich, Herzog von Württemberg-Ōls (two squadrons of ten companies, 589 men) von Rantzau's Brigade
Major General Jørgen von Rantzau 1st Battalion, Rantzau, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (588 men) 2nd Battalion, Rantzau, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (636 men) Bernsdorff Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Bernsdorff (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (531 men) Teckelenberg Infantry Regiment (Hanover-Calenberg/UP auxiliary) (532 men) St. Paul Infantry Regiment, St. Paul des Estanges (Hanover-Calenberg/UP auxiliary) (520 men)Infantry
Lieutenant General Lord Orkney Webb's Brigade Major General John Richmond Webb Churchill's Regiment of Foot, Colonel Henry Peyton (590 men)Historical Records of The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Foot Vol 1 by H.R. Knight, London 1905 Thomas Meredyth's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Bellew (575 men) The Queen's Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Sutton (739 men) 1st/His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot, Colonel John White (639 men)
Right, Army of Imperial Austria Field Marshal Prince François Eugène von Savoy-Carignan Division Brigade Regiments and OthersCavalry General of the imperial cavalry Maximilian, Prinz von Braunschweig und Lüneburg Natzmer's Brigade (Prussia)
Major General Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer auf Gannewitz Leib Dragoons (three squadrons, 360 men), Colonel Ludwig von Blumenthal, succeeded by Lt-Colonel von Hacke after colonel's death in the battle. Margraf Philip's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Philip Wilhelm, Margraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt (three squadrons, 300 men) Wartensleben Horse Regiment (three squadrons, 300 men) Bayreuth-Kulmbach Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Colonel Christian Heinrich, Margraf von Bayreuth-Kulmbach (three squadrons, 300 men) von Krassow's Dragoons, Ernst Detlev von Krassow (two dragoons, 160 men) Fugger's Brigade (Austria)
Major General Graf von Fugger Alt-Hanover Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 500 men) Lobkowicz's Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 500 men) Durlach's Brigade
Field Marshal Friedrich, Margraf von Baden-Durlach Limburg-Styrum's Dragoons (Austria) (six squadrons, 500 men) Württemberg Independent Cavalry (Leib Dragoon) (Württemberg) (three squadrons, 240 men) Fugger's Cavalry, Major General Graf von Fugger (Swabia) (three squadrons, 240 men) Öttingen's Dragoons, Albrecht Ernst II, Fürst von Öttingen (Swabia) (two squadrons, 160 men)Cavalry General of cavalry Eberhard Louis, Herzog von Württemberg-Teck l'Ostange's Brigade
Major General Charles Graf de l'Ostange Sonsfeld's Dragoons (three squadrons, 300 men) l'Ostange's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Charles, Graf de l'Ostange (three squadrons, 300 men) Bibra's Brigade
Major General Christoph Erhard von Bibra: Helmstaett Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Erbprinz Helmstaett von Württemberg (Swabia) (three squadrons, 240 men) Nagel's Karabinere (Münster/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 200 men) Vennigen's Karabinere, George Friedrich von Vennigen (Palatine/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 300 men) Hachenberg's Cuirassiers (Niederrhein) (one squadron, 80 men) Cusani's Brigade (Austria)
Field Marshal Marquis de Cusani Darmstadt's Imperial Cuirassiers (six squadrons, 600 men)