|
Regiments which existed 1699 |
Battalions |
Musketeer Companies |
Grenadier Companies |
Privates
(peace) |
Privates
(war) |
Total strength
(war) |
1 |
Livgarden til Fods |
3 |
18 |
2 |
1 640 |
2 036 |
2 347 |
3 |
Dronningen's Livregiment |
3 |
18 |
2 |
1 460 |
1 856 |
2 111 |
4 |
Prince Christian's |
3 |
18 |
1 |
1 360 |
1 756 |
1 999 |
5 |
Prince Georg's |
3 |
18 |
1 |
1 360 |
1 756 |
1 999 |
6 |
Prince Carl's |
3 |
18 |
1 |
1 360 |
1 756 |
1 999 |
7 |
Sjællandske |
3 |
18 |
1 |
1 360 |
1 756 |
1 999 |
8 |
Jyske |
3 |
18 |
1 |
1 360 |
1 756 |
1 999 |
9 |
Fynske |
3 |
18 |
1 |
1 360 |
1 756 |
2 003 |
10 |
Schack's
(disbanded 1714) |
2 |
12 |
1 |
940 |
1 204 |
1 360 |
11 |
Marine Regiment |
2 |
10 |
1 |
1 120 |
1 120 |
1 277 |
12 |
Oldenborgske |
1 |
5 |
1 |
450 |
560 |
644 |
|
Garrison Units which existed 1699 |
Artillery Companies |
Musketeer Companies |
Cavalry Companies |
Privates
(peace) |
Privates
(war) |
Total strength
(war) |
28 |
Bornholm Militia |
1 |
3 |
1 |
555 |
555 |
612 |
29 |
Christiansö Free Company |
- |
1 |
- |
80 |
80 |
83 |
30 |
Fladstrand Free Company |
- |
1 |
- |
45 |
45 |
51 |
31 |
Hitler Redoubt Free Company |
- |
1 |
- |
45 |
45 |
51 |
|
|
SUM Regiments: |
29 |
171 |
13 |
13 777 |
17 312 |
19 737 |
|
SUM Garrison Units: |
1 |
6 |
1 |
725 |
725 |
797 |
|
* |
Apart from the units above there was
also in 1699 the 57 men strong Drabantgarden
which was the king's bodyguard. These men also served as officers in
Livgarden til Fods and other field regiments. Another free company (in
Korsör) was raised in 1706. |
|
Regiments created 1700-20 |
Battalions |
Musketeer Companies |
Grenadier Companies |
Strength |
2 |
Grenadier Corps |
Created 1701 by merging the 13
grenadier companies from the other regiments. This would suggest a
strength
of 1 339 men in both peace and war time. Torstein Snorrason has however
stated that the Grenadier Corps
only had 12
companies. The other regiments would later raise new grenadier companies
to replace those
that had been transferred to the Grenadier Corps.. |
13 |
Württemberg-Oels
(1701-1714) |
1 |
8 (or 10) |
2 (or 0) |
1 007 |
14 |
1st Danish |
Created 1703 by merging one battalion
each from Dronningen's and Prince Georg's regiments as well as a
third of a battalion from the Marine Regiment. |
15 |
2nd Danish |
Created 1703
by merging one battalion each from Prince Christian's and
Prince Carl's regimentsas well as a
third of a battalion from the Marine Regiment. |
16 |
3rd Danish |
Created 1703 by merging one battalion
each from Sjællandske and Jyske regiments as well as a
third of a battalion from the Marine Regiment. |
17 |
4th Danish |
Created 1703 by merging two newly
raised battalions (von Malzahn's and von Enden's) |
18 |
Hansen's (1710-1713) |
2 |
One battalion
transferred to Prince
Christian's regiment in 1712. |
1 400 |
19 |
Baartig's (1712-1713) |
1 |
Disbanded
1713 and temporarily
restored in 1717 |
? |
* |
Short lived units created during this
time period were: von Enden's battalion (1703), von Malzahn's battalion
(1703-04), Callenberg's battalion (1711-13)
and Klepping's battalion (1712-13). All of them had their privates
transferred to
4th Danish Regiment when
they were disbanded. |
|
National Militia raised 1701-1704 |
Battalions |
Companies |
|
|
Privates |
Total strength |
20 |
East Sjællandske |
3 |
12 |
Existed 1701-1730 |
1 800 |
1 940 |
21 |
West Sjællandske |
3 |
12 |
Existed 1701-1730 |
1 800 |
1 940 |
22 |
Fynske |
3 |
12 |
Existed 1701-1730 |
1 800 |
1 940 |
23 |
Ålborgske |
3 |
12 |
Existed 1701-1730 |
1 800 |
1 940 |
24 |
Århusiske |
3 |
12 |
Existed 1701-1730 |
1 800 |
1 940 |
25 |
Riberske |
3 |
12 |
Existed 1701-1730 |
1 800 |
1 940 |
26 |
Viborg-Lollandske |
3 |
12 |
Existed 1701-1730 |
1 800 |
1 940 |
27 |
Oldenborgske |
3 |
12 |
Existed 1704-1764 |
1 800 |
1 940 |
|
|
SUM National Militia: |
24 |
96 |
|
14 400 |
15 520 |
|
Danish Cavalry
|
|
Regiments which existed 1699 |
Squadrons |
Regular Companies |
Grenadier Companies |
Privates
(peace) |
Privates
(war) |
Total strength
(war) |
1 |
Livgarden til Hest |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
427 |
2 |
Livregiment til Hest |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
412 |
3 |
Holsteinska Cuirassier Regiment |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
412 |
7 |
1st Sjællandske |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
413 |
8 |
2nd Sjællandske
(disbanded 1714) |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
413 |
9 |
3rd Sjællandske |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
413 |
10 |
1st Fynske |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
413 |
11 |
2nd Fynske |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
413 |
12 |
1st Jyske |
2 |
4 |
- |
200 |
240 |
279 |
13 |
2nd Jyske |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
413 |
14 |
3rd Jyske |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
413 |
15 |
4th Jyske
(disbanded 1714) |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
413 |
16 |
5th Jyske |
3 |
6 |
- |
300 |
360 |
413 |
17 |
Liv-dragoon Regiment |
3 |
5 |
1 |
360 |
360 |
415 |
18 |
Holstein Dragoon Reg.
(disbanded 1701) |
3 |
6 |
Six
grenadiers in each company |
360 |
360 |
415 |
|
|
SUM: |
|
86 |
1 |
4 520 |
5 280 |
6 077 |
|
* |
1st Jyske had as a result of losses
during the Nine Years War been reduced to 4 companies, but they later
regained normal strength.
According to Torstein Snorrason a decision was made in 1710 to increase
the strength of the national cavalry regiments (No. 7-16) from 6 till
10 companies.
The four cuirassier regiments (No. 2-5 ?) all had 12 companies each while
Livgarden til Hest would continue to have just 6 companies. This reform
would
however take long time to be implemented. At the end of 1712 only 1st Sjællandske and
the Fynske regiments had 10 companies while the others had
8.
Snorrason does not mention the dragoon regiments but these also appear to
have been twice as large as the national regiments during the battles of
Helsingborg and Gadebusch. |
|
Regiments created 1700-20 |
Squadrons |
Companies |
Strength |
4 |
Württembergske Cuirassier Reg. |
Raised 1701. |
5 |
"Hungarian" Cuirassier Regiment |
Raised 1701.
Fought in the battle of Gadebusch with sex squadrons. |
6 |
Brockdorffs Cuirassier regiment |
Existed
1710-1712. Disbanded after the battle of Gadebusch in which it fought
with sex squadrons. |
19 |
"Hungarian" Dragoon Regiment |
Created
by merging two dragoon regiments that had been raised in 1700.
They consisted each of
510 men in 6 companies. |
20 |
Württembergske Dragoon Reg.
(1701-) |
5 |
10 |
1 008 |
17 |
Sjælland-Fynske National
Militia |
These two dragoon
regiments were raised by conscription in 1704 and had a combined
strength of 2 000 man. They were reorganised into enlisted cuirassiers
1710-11. |
18 |
Jyske National Militia |
23 |
East Sjællandske National
Militia |
These three regiments were the second batch of national militia
dragoons which were
raised in 1717. |
24 |
West Sjællandske National
Militia |
25 |
Jyske-Fynske National Militia |
|
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Norwegian Army 1716
|
|
Infantry |
Regular Companies |
Reserve Companies |
Regular
Soldiers |
Reserve Soldiers |
All Soldiers |
Total Strength |
1 |
Enlisted Regiment |
16 |
- |
1 600 |
- |
1 600 |
1 774 |
2 |
Akershusiske |
9 |
3 |
1 204 |
601 |
1 805 |
1 917 |
3 |
Smaalenske |
9 |
3 |
1 224 |
570 |
1 794 |
1 906 |
4 |
Oplandske |
9 |
3 |
1 129 |
562 |
1 691 |
1 803 |
5 |
Vesterlenske |
10 |
3 |
1 334 |
666 |
2 000 |
2 122 |
6 |
Bergenhusiske |
9 |
5 |
1 310 |
656 |
1 966 |
2 090 |
7 |
North Trondhjemske |
12 |
- |
1 296 |
- |
1 296 |
1 421 |
8 |
South Trondhjemske |
12 |
- |
1 296 |
- |
1 296 |
1 421 |
9 |
Ski Corps (Skiløperkorpset) |
1 |
- |
150 |
- |
150 |
166 |
10 |
Rørosske bergjegercorpset |
3 |
- |
400 |
- |
400 |
400 (+?) |
|
Dragoons |
(the reserves were mainly used as garrison
units) |
1 |
1st Søndenfjeldske |
6 |
- |
600 |
150 |
750 |
834 |
2 |
2nd Søndenfjeldske |
7 |
- |
700 |
100 |
800 |
870 |
3 |
Nordenfjeldske |
5 |
- |
500 |
100 |
600 |
662 |
|
|
SUM Infantry: |
90 |
17 |
10 943 |
3 055 |
13 998 |
15 020 |
|
SUM Dragoons: |
18 |
- |
1 800 |
350 |
2 150 |
2 366 |
3 |
* |
Norway also had a home guard called land-dragoons
which were organised in independent companies. In 1711 there was 20 of
these in
Østlandet (3 576 men) and 9 in Trøndelag (2 131 men). |
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