"Help with Oudenarde 1708 OB" Topic

I have started working on identifying the regiments & personalities in the OBs around the time of Oudenarde, I'm really struggling with Dutch & Danish units, but also some others, looking for good sources on Dutch, Danish, Prussian & Imperial units, well any help in this area.
for example can't seem to find the Prussian Lattorff regiment.
I'm not concerned with uniforms at the moment, just trying to trace all the names in the various lists, don't mind what language for online sources, will look at other battles later, so anything covering 1701-1715.

If you're in N. America check out the books on CD in Dan Schorr's bookstore ( northernwars.com ) . I think the titles are also available from the pike and shot society in the UK.

They are uniform resources but there is also unit history on a lot of the units.

Dan also has a free download on the website about the Danes in this period.

From the Brandenburg-Prussia CD for example it turns out Lattorf was originally Schabendorff, became Wolffen in 1703, Lattorf in 1704, and du Trossel in 1708. There's lots more info about it on the CD….

The 'Oudenarde' book by Christoper Scott is pretty good. You can pick it up at On Military Matters here in the states or Caliver Books in the U.K.

Thank you for those replies, very useful, I will look to get all the above sources.

It seems my notes listing all the names of the Prussian regiments is missing bits, it was originally take from the dorn/engelmann books, my note starts with Schlabrendorff and then goes to Tossel in 1713, so thank you very much for that, interestingly Tossel was a brigadier at the battle.

I did just find this which looks very detailed on the Prussian army link

need something similar on the Dutch & Danes!

Any reviews available for the Christopher Scott book? whats the OB like?

There are some good OOB's available from here – link

From Scott's book, unless noted otherwise all below are single battalion regiments.

Cadogan's Vangard

Plattenberg's Brigade (5 total battalions)

Berkhoffer Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Idsinga Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Duke of Argylle's Command

Colyear's Division

Hufell's Brigade (5 battalions total)

Heuckelom Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Vegelin Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Ockinga Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Weleren's Division

Van Els' Brigade (5 battalions total)

Van Els' Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Holstein-Beck's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

The Prince of Holstein-Beck's Command

Bernsdorff's Division

Keppel's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Dohna-Ferrassiere's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Bulow's Division

General Chanclos' Brigade

Chanclos' Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Obdam's Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Laurent's Brigade

Glinstra Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Left Wing: Veldt-Marshal Overkirk

Tilley's command

Rantzau's Division

Athlone's Brigade

Liv Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Danish

Sjaelland 2nd Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Danish

Jyske 2nd Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Danish

Jyske 5th Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Danish

Wurtemberg-Oels's Regiment of Dragoons (3 sqds)- Danish

Oostfrise's Division

Baldwin's Brigade

Tilley's Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Van Oyen's Regiment of Horse (1 sqd) – Dutch

Viuttinghof's Regiment of Horse (1 sqd) – Dutch

Baldwin's Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Rechteren's Brigade

Rechteren's Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Gravemoer's Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Driesburgen's Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Posern's Brigade

D.Avergne's Regiment of Horse (1 sqd) – Dutch

Erbach's Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Dampre's Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Mauritz's Brigade

Garde te Parde Regiment of Horse (2 sqds) – Dutch

Garde du Corps Regiment of Horse (1 sqd) – Dutch

Carabiner Regiment of Horse (4 sqds) – Dutch

Schlippenbach's Brigade

Garde Regiment of Dragoons (5 sqds) – Dutch

Heuckelom's Command

Wies' (Weeks) Division

Wassenaur's Brigade

Gardes to Voet 1st – 3rd Battalions – Dutch

Woudenberg's Brigade (5 battalions total)

Pallandt's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Nassau-Woudenberg's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Zoutlande's Division

Boisset's Brigade (5 battalions total)

Gardet til Fods – Danish

Prins Carls' Regiment of Foot (2nd Batt)- Danish

Prins Georg's Regiment of Foot (2nd Batt)- Danish

Sjaelland Regiment of Foot (1st & 2nd Batt) – Danish

Bielke's Brigade

Prins Carl's Regiment of Foot (1st Batt) – Danish

Prins Georg's Regiment of Foot (1st Batt) – Danish

Fynske Regiment of Foot – Danish

Oldenburg Regiment of Foot – Danish

Prince of Orange's Command

Lt. Gen Hompesh's Cavalry Command

Dewitz' Brigade (all 2 sqds)

Dewitz's Regiment of Horse – Danish

Jyske 4th Regiment of Horse – Danish

Wurtemberg-Oels's Regiment of Horse – Danish

Holstenske Regiment of Horse – Danish

Jyske 3rd Regiment of Horse – Danish

Grosvestin's Brigade (all 2 sqds unless noted)

Grosvestin's Regiment of Horse – Dutch

Friesland Garde du Corps (1 sqd)- Dutch

Orange-Friesland Regiment of Horse – Dutch

Nassau la Leck Regiment of Horse – Dutch

Wurttemburg's Brigade (all 2 sqds unless noted)

Cranlingen's Regiment of Horse – Dutch

Wurttemberg's Regiment of Horse – Dutch

Hessen's Division

Starkenburg's Brigade

Pfalz's Regiment of Horse (3 sqds) – Dutch

Hessen's Regiment of Horse (3 sqds) – Dutch

Eck's Brigade(all 2 sqds unless noted)

Eck's Regiment of Horse – Dutch

Athlone's Regiment of Horse – Dutch

Oostfriesland Regiment of Horse – Dutch

Erbach's Brigade

Walef's Regiment of Dragoons (4 sqds) – Dutch

Van Dopff's Regiment of Dragoons (4 sqds) – Dutch

Oxenstrierna's Infantry

Oyen's Division

Bobeder's Brigade (5 battalions total)

Orange-Friesland Regiment 1st & 2nd Batt. – Dutch

Lindeboom's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Rechteren's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Ranck's Brigade (5 battalions total)

Ranck's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Soutelande's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Fagel's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Pallandt's Division

Barner's Brigade (6 battalions total)

Van der Beck's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

Dedem's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

D'Auvernge's Brigade (4 battalions total)

Wurtemberg-Oels Regiment of Foot – Danish

Slangenburg's Regiment of Foot – Dutch

whew! That's all that I see. I HIGHLY recommend you get Scott's book!! It will fill in the rest of the brigades AND it gives a very good account of the battle. I really enjoyed reading it.

Gosh I hope the author doesn't consider this 'copying' his book and tries to sue me!

Don't worry, I have ordered the book, but no one else must read your post unless they have the book or you will have to kill them ok.

Thank you for posting that, it gives me an idea what to expect, hope you have a good scanner/OCR package, i'd hate to think you typed it all in!

looking forward to reading it over christmas

Uh, I typed it all in! But I type fast.

Just so you understand, those brigades that have 5 or 6 battalions but you see only 3 or 4 units listed. Those are a single battalion regiments, I just didn't list the other battalions as they were not Dutch or Danish. Does that help?