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
Centre
Lieutenant General Charles Churchill
Right, Army of Imperial Austria
Field Marshal Prince François Eugène von Savoy-Carignan
Franco-Bavarian Army
Camille d'Hostun de la Baume, Duc de Tallard, Marshal of France
Blenheim Wing Command
Lieutenant General Philippe, Marquis de Clérambault
Maréchal de Camp, the Marquis de Blansac
Between Blenheim and Oberglauheim
Marquis de Montpeyroux
The Army of the Elector of Bavaria
<br /> Prince Maximillian II Emmanuel Wittelsbach, Elector of Bavaria <br /> Second in command: Marshal Ferdinand de Marsin
Marquis du Bourg's Corps
Lieutenant General the Marquis du Bourg
Marquis de Blainville's Corps
Lieutenant General Jean-Jules-Armand Colbert, Marquis de Blainville
Marquis de Rosel's Corps
Lieutenant General the Marquis de Rosel
Count d'Arco's Corps
Field Marshal Johann Baptist, Count d'Arco
Sources
- Higgins, David R. "Tactical File: The Famous Victory: Blenheim, 13 August 1704." Strategy & Tactics, Number 238 (September 2006).
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