Order of battle for the Battle of Vienna (1683)

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

Catholic forces outside the city (until 14 July)

Catholic forces outside the city
Type Commander Unit Strength
Infantry 21,000
Cavalry 11,000
Hungarians Paul I, Prince Esterházy 5,000

Total - 37,000 men[1]

Catholic forces (14 July - 12 September)

Inside the city

  • Commander-in-Chief: Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg
    • Generalfeldwachtmeister Wilhelm Johann Anton Graf von Daun
    • Generalfeldwachtmeister Karl Ludwig Graf de Souches
    • Generalfeldwachtmeister Johann Karl Graf von Serenyi
    • Generalfeldwachtmeister Friedrich Siegmund Graf von Schärffenberg

Total - 14,163 men (including city militia)[2]

Catholic forces inside the city
Type Commander[3] Unit[3] Subdivisions Strength[4]
Infantry

(according to Staudinger,

73 regular companies

in total)[4]

Theim Infantry Regiment 3 coys 10,603
Pfalz-Neuberg Infantry Regiment 5 coys
Souches Infantry Regiment 10 coys
Schärffenberg Infantry Regiment 10 coys
Beck Infantry Regiment 7 coys
Heister Infantry Regiment 5 coys
Württemberg Infantry Regiment 5 coys
Mansfeld Infantry Regiment 10 coys
Kaiserstein Infantry Regiment 5 coys
Starhemberg Infantry Regiment 10 coys
City guard/militia Oberstwachtmeister

Ferdinand Dominik Marchese degli Obizzi

8 coys 4,900
Cavalry Dupigny (ex-Dampierre) Cuirassier Regiment 9 coys 600
Artillery Oberst

von Borner

Oberstlieutnant

von Peekstein

Field army at Leopoldstadt

Catholic forces outside the city[5]
Type Commander Unit Strength
Imperial Cuirassier Regiments Capara (Caprara) Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Montecuccoli Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Taff (Taaffe) Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Rabatta Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Dunewald (Dunnewald) Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Palffy Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Mercy Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Hallewyl (Halleweil) Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Gondola Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Götz Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Imperial Dragoon Regiments Schulz Dragoon Regiment 10 coys
Styrum Dragoon Regiment 10 coys
Küffstein Dragoon Regiment 10 coys
Savoyen Dragoon Regiment 10 coys
Herbeville Dragoon Regiment 10 coys
Croatian Regiments Nikolaus 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[6]
Wing Corps Strength Brigades Units Strength
Left Wing

Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

1st Imperial and Saxon Corps of Infantry

Albert von Caprara

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 Corps

Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski

Center

Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck

Franconian and Swabian Circles Infantry Corps

Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck

Bavarian Infantry Corps

Degenfeld

Imperial & Bavarian Cavalry Corps

Antonio Caraffa

Right Wing

Great General of the Crown

Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski

Polish Infantry Corps

Kontzki

1st Polish Cavalry Corps

Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski

Imperial and Saxon Cavalry Corps

Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Royal Guard "Reiter" Corps

Aleksander Polanowski

Imperial troop units

Total:[6]

  • 8,100 foot [less Beck]
  • 12,900 horse

Imperial troops in the campaign, but those not at the battle are not included in the total figures.[6]

Engaged Imperial troops[6]
Type Commander Unit Strength
Imperial Infantry Regiments Grana Infantry Regiment 2 bns less one company
Baden Infantry Regiment 2 bns
Leslie Infantry Regiment 1 bn
Croy Infantry Regiment 1 bn
Thimb Infantry Regiment 1 bn
Württemberg-Neustädt Infantry Regiment 1 bn
Neuburg Infantry Regiment 1 bn
Beck Infantry Regiment

(attached to Bavarians during the battle)

1 bn
Imperial Cuirassier Regiments Capara Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Montecuccoli Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Taaffe Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Rabatta Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Dunewald Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Palffy Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Piccolomini Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Caraffa Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Mercy Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Veterani Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Hallewyl Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Sachsen-Lauenburg Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Gondola Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Götz Cuirassier Regiment 10 coys
Imperial Dragoon Regiments Schulz Dragoon Regiment 10 coys
Lymburg-Styrum Dragoon Regiment 10 coys
Küffstein Dragoon Regiment 10 coys
Heissler Dragoon Regiment 10 coys
Croatian & Polish cavalry Kery Croatian Horse Regiment 8 coys
Lubomirski Polish Cuirassier Group
Lubomirski Polish Dragoon Group
Artillery 70 guns,

including many

regimental guns

Imperial troops in the campaign but not in the battle[6]
Type Commander Unit Strength
Imperial Infantry Regiments Wallis Infantry Regiment 2 bns
Salm Infantry Regiment 2 bns
Lothringen Infantry Regiment 2 bns
Dieppenthal Infantry Regiment 1 bn
Heister Infantry Regiment 1 bn
Thugen (Würzburg) Mercenary Infantry Regiment
Imperial Cuirassier Regiment Truchess (Würzburg) Mercenary Cuirassier Regiment
Imperial Dragoon Regiments Herbeville Dragoon Regiment
Teutin Dragoon Regiment

Bavarians

Commander: Generalfeldmarschall-Leutnant Degenfeld

Total of Bavarians (discounting attached Imperial soldiers) - 8,400[7]

Bavarian troops[8]
Type Brigade Commander Unit Subdivisions Strength
Bavarian Infantry Regiments Berlo (later Mercy) Infantry Regiment 4,800
Degenfeld Infantry Regiment
Steinau Infantry Regiment
Preysing Infantry Regiment

(replaced the Perouse Inf. Rgt. on 15 July)

Bavarian Cavalry Regiments GWM

Marquis von Beauvau

Haraucourt (Arco) Reiter Regiment 6 coys 3,400
Beauvau Reiter Regiment 6 coys
Red Dragoon Half-Regiment 4 coys
GWM

von Munster

Bartls (Munster) Reiter Regiment 6 coys
Schutz (Schuss) Reiter Regiment 6 coys
Blue Dragoon Half-Regiment 4 coys
Artillery 26 regimental pieces,

20 field pieces & 2 mortars

287 men &

1,022 horses

Imperial units attached to Bavarians[6]
Type Brigade Commander Unit Strength
Imperial Infantry Regiments

(attached to Bavarians)

Beck (Imperial) Infantry Regiment 1 bn
Steindorf (Salzburg) Infantry Regiment
Rummel (Bavarian Circle) Infantry Battalion
Rodern (Pfalz-Neuburg) Infantry Battalion

Saxons

General Staff:[9]

Total - 10,454[9]

Saxon Auxiliary Corps[10]
Type Commander Unit Strength
Saxon Infantry Regiments

(each regiment had 2 bns,

each of 2 coys)

Oberstleutnant

von Schönfeld

Leib Infantry Regiment 7,073
Oberstleutnant

von Kleist

Infantry Regiment of

Feldmarschall von der Golz

Oberstleutnant

von Carlowitz

Infantry Regiment of

Generalwachtmeister von Sachsen-Weißenfels

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

Grenadiers Hauptmann

von Bose

One 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 Wolframsdorff

Trautmannsdorff Reiter Regiment
Oberstleutnant

von Mintwiz

Generalwachtmeister Graf Reuss' Dragoon Regiment
Artillery Oberzeughauptmann

von Borau

16 cannons (various calibers)

+ 2 petards

187 men &

351 horses

Reich Troops

Total:[4]

  • 7,000 foot
  • 2,500 horse
Reich troops[6]
Type Commander Unit Strength
Franconian Circle Infantry Regiments Johann Wilhelm Köth von Wanscheid Koth Infantry Regiment 7,000
Philipp Heinrich von Andlau Andlau Infantry Regiment
Swabian Circle Infantry Regiments Charles Gustav of Baden-Durlach Durlach Infantry Regiment
Öttingen Infantry Regiment
Franconian Circle Cavalry Regiments Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Cuirassier Regiment 2,500
Christoph Wilhelm von Aufseß Herdesdorff (Würzburg) Dragoon Regiment
Swabian Circle Cavalry Regiments Gronsfeld Cuirassier Regiment
Hohnstett Dragoon Regiment
Artillery 12 guns

Polish

("Choragwia" (pl. Choragwien) is a force of 200 men)[6]

Total:[6]

  • estimated at 10,200 foot (20 regiments in 8 brigades)
  • 14,000 horse
Polish troops[6]
Type Brigades Commander Unit Divided into
Polish Royal Infantry

Total: 200 foot

Janissaries Infantry Company
Hayduks Infantry Company
Polish Royal Cavalry

Total: 1,000 horse

Royal Guards (Drabant Reiter)
King's Hussars 2 Choragwien
King's Armored Horse 2 Choragwien
King's Cossacks 1 Choragwia
Right flank

Polish Infantry Regiments

King's Own Brigade King's Infantry Regiment
Crown Prince Jacob's

Infantry Regiment

S. Morsztyn's Brigade S. Morsztyn

Infantry Regiment

Truchsess von Wiski

Infantry Regiment

F.Kacki's Brigade F.Kacki

Infantry Regiment

W.Leszczyński

Infantry Regiment

F.Greben's Brigade F.Greben

Infantry Regiment

Grand Hetman Jablonowski

Infantry Regiment

Crown Referendary Krasinski

Infantry Regiment

Left flank

Polish Infantry Regiments

Buttler's Brigade Buttler

Infantry Regiment

M.Kacki

Infantry Regiment

(Detached to guard guns)

Danemark's Brigade Danemark

Infantry Regiment

S.Potocki

Infantry Regiment

Prince Lubomirski

Infantry Regiment

Count de Maligny

Infantry Regiment

T.Zamoyski's Brigade T.Zamoyski

Infantry Regiment

Grinski

Infantry Regiment

Kreuzer's Brigade Wielopolski

Infantry Regiment

Crown Field Hetman Sieniawski

Infantry Regiment

W. Denhoff

Infantry Regiment

Cavalry 36 armoured horse &

hussar Choragwien including:

  • The King's
  • Prince Jacob's
  • Prince Alexander's
  • Grand Marshal Lubomirski's
  • and Potocki's
Artillery 28 guns

References

  1. Millar 2008, p. 21.
  2. Streffleur 1863, p. 234.
  3. Streffleur 1863, p. 235.
  4. Staudinger 1885, p. 162.
  5. Streffleur 1863, p. 236.
  6. Nafziger 1998.
  7. Staudinger 1885, p. 158.
  8. Staudinger 1885, p. 159-161.
  9. Schuster & Francke 1885, p. 102.
  10. Schuster & Francke 1885, p. 102-103.

Bibliography

Millar, Simon (2008). VIENNA 1683 Christian Europe repels the Ottomans. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-184603-231-8.

Streffleur, V. (1863). "Belagerung von Wien im Jahre 1683". Österreichischen Militärischen Zeitschrift. Vienna. 2.

Schuster, O.; Francke, F.U. (1885). Geschichte der Sächsischen Armee von deren Errichtung bis auf die neueste Zeit. 1.

Staudinger (1885). Geschichte der kurbayerischen Heers unter Kurfurst Max II. 1.

Nafziger, George (1998). "Relief of Vienna 13 September 1683" (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. Retrieved 10 October 2020.

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