Saxon Uniforms in the Battle of Fraustadt

Apart from the artillery all Saxon regiments had red coats and with a few exceptions white or grey stockings. Each regiment had a distinctive colour on their facings which meant that there were many different shades of blue and yellow in the Saxon army. There were normally two regiments sharing a facing colour and these were distinguished from each other by having brass or pewter buttons.

Garde du Corps was a special elite corps consisting of drabants, carabiniers, dragoons and horse grenadiers (all with a separate uniform). They participated in the battle of Fraustadt with only one squadron, probably the dragoons who had light blue facings. The cuirassier and dragoon recruits were not proper regiments, just temporary formations created of recruits intended for regiments further east in Poland. These recruits may have been dressed in grey fatigues. The infantry had two grenadier battalions. The first was Joyeuse's battalion and the other was one of the guard battalions (Leibgarde zu Fuss).

 Right (South) Wing Cavalry

There are also pages covering the Russians and Swedes in the battle of Fraustadt.