Seneffe, 1674 - Part 7 - Allied Order of Battle

Dutch Musketeer, circa 1674, by Patrice Courcelle

The following is the seventh in a series of posts about the Battle of Seneffe, the first five providing sources for the battle: 1) a translation of William of Orange's letters, 2) a selection from Quincy's Histoire Militaire. 3) a selection from Aumale's Histoire des Princes de de Condé, 4) a translation of a German broadsheet entitled Beschreibung der Schlacht, and 5) a diagram showing the French Order of Battle from the French National Library. The sixth post was a reconstruction of the French Order of Battle, based on Rene Chartrand's books.

Based on information found in Bruno Mugnai's Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV, I have been able to construct the following lists of the Spanish, Imperial, and Dutch armies at the Battle of Seneffe on August 11th 1674.

The Allied Army

Spanish Forces

Prince de Vaudemont

6000 men (~2,250 horse and ~3,600 foot)

Colonel	Year raised	Uniform (detail)	Strength
Horse - Duke of Villahermosa
D’Ennetieres	1656	Grey-White (g-w)	2 squadrons
Moerbeck	1664	?	2 squadrons
Metternich	1665	?	2 squadrons
Javier	1667	?	2 squadrons
Del Valle	1667	?	2 squadrons
Chimay	1667	?	2 squadrons
Quincy	1667	Grey-White (red)	2 squadrons
Orsbeck	1667	?	2 squadrons
Waldenburg	1667	?	2 squadrons
Vaudemont	1667	Grey-White (red)	2 squadrons
Sotomayor	1668	?	2 squadrons
La Motterie	1668	?	2 squadrons
Aerschot	1674	Grey-White (red)	2 squadrons
Berloo Dragoons	1668	Red (red)	3 squadrons
Infantry - Marquis of Assentar
Espinosa	1580	Grey (red)	1 battalion
Barbeito	1643	Grey (red)	1 battalion
Merode	1667	Grey (blue)	1 battalion
Zamudio	1668	?	1 battalion
Covarrubias	1674	?	1 battalion
Reuss	1674	D. Blue (red)	1 battalion

 

Imperial Forces

Feldmarschall Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches

16,500 men (9,000 horse and 7,500 foot)

Colonel	Year raised	Uniform (detail)	Strength
Left Wing Horse – Duke of Lorraine
Lothringen	1636	Buff coats (red)	5 squadrons
Heister	1655	Buff coats (pink)	5 squadrons
Rabatta	1657	Buff coats (d. red)	5 squadrons
Jung-Holstein	1662	Buff coats (red)	5 squadrons
Dünewald	1663	Buff coats (d. red)	5 squadrons
Carafa	1672	Buff coats (brown)	5 squadrons
Infantry - Feldmarschall Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches
de Souches	1629	D. Grey (crimson)	2 battalions
Savoyen	1642	D. Grey (red)	2 battalions
Grana	1656	D. Grey (vermillion)	2 battalions
Starhemberg	1661	D. Grey (d. red)	2 battalions
Leslie	1662	D. Grey (blue)	2 battalions
Right Wing Horse – M. de Chavaignac
Montecuccoli	1632	Buff coats (blue)	5 squadrons
Sporck	1634	Buff coats (blue)	5 squadrons
Alt-Holstein	1634	Buff coats (crimson)	5 squadrons
Harrant	1672	Buff coats (red)	5 squadrons
Gallas	1672	Buff coats (d. red)	5 squadrons
Trauttmansdorff (dragoons)	1672	Red (red)	5 squadrons

Cavalry are cuirassiers unless otherwise mentioned. For numbers, I estimated battalions at 750 men each, and squadrons 150 men each.

Dutch Forces

Prince William of Orange

37,000 men (11,500 horse and 25,500 foot)

Colonel	Raised	Uniform (detail)	Strength
Commander - Prince William of Orange
Gardes van Zijne Hoogheid	1599	Red (d. blue)	1 squadron
Gardes du Corps	1673	Red (white)	1 squadron
Nassau Dragonders	1673	?	1 squadron
Gardes te Paard	1672	D. Blue (red)	1 squadron
Coerland Dragonders	1672	Grey (orange)	3 squadrons
Left Wing - Veld-Marschalk Georg Friedrich von Waldeck-Pyrmont
Cavalry Commander – Lt.-Generaal van Cavalerie Ludolf van Steenhuyzen-Heumen
Brigade - Majoor General Johan Theodor Metzger van Weybnom
Brederode	1588	L. Grey (l. blue)	3 squadrons
Steenhuysen	1621	L. Buff (red)	3 squadrons
Waldeck	1625	L. Grey (madder red)	3 squadrons
Emminghuysen	1672	L. Grey (l. blue)	3 squadrons
Welle	1672	L. Grey (crimson)	3 squadrons
Weybnum	1672	D. Grey (blue)	3 squadrons
Brigade - Majoor General Ludwig Christian von Wittgenstein
Schellart	1665	L. Grey (l. blue)	3 squadrons
Nassau-Friesland	1668	D. Blue (red)	3 squadrons
Lippe	1671	L. Grey (red)	3 squadrons
Kingma	1671	L. Grey (d. blue)	3 squadrons
Wittgenstein	1672	L. Grey (madder red)	3 squadrons
Infantry
Brigade - Majoor General Mathijs Asperen van Heeswijk
Heeswijk (I-1)	1572	¿	2 battalions
Waldeck (I-3)	1586	Madder Red	2 battalions
Marion (I-16)	1605	Red	1 battalion
Brantswart (I-37)	1665	L. Grey (d. red)	1 battalion
Palm (I-39)	1665	Grey (d. blue)	1 battalion
Sedlenitsky (I-40)	1665	L. Grey (l. grey)	1 battalion
Burmania (I-58)	1672	Scarlet (scarlet)	1 battalion
Polents (I-62)	1672	L. Grey (d. blue)	1 battalion
Holstein (I-88)	1673	Red (yellow)	1 battalion
Brigade - Majoor General Georg von Erbach
Hockinga	1671	?	2 battalions
Erbach	1671	Scarlet (d. blue)	1 battalion
Veersen	1672	Red (blue)	1 battalion
Eybergen	1672	Blue	2 battalions
Amerongen	1673	Red (blue)	1 battalion
Velpet (Lüneburg)	1673	Scarlet (yellow)	1 battalion
Leendorp	1673	L. Grey (d. blue)	1 battalion
Courval (French)	1673	?	1 battalion
Right Wing – Veld-Marschalk Johan Mauritz van Nassau-Siegen
Cavalry Commander - Generaal van Cavalerie Georg Frederik van Nassau
Brigade – Lt.-Generaal van Cavalerie Reede van Ginkel
Ginkel	1625	L. Grey	3 squadrons
Nassau	1635	L. Grey?	3 squadrons
Obdam	1645	L. Grey (madder red)	3 squadrons
Langerack	1671	L. Grey	3 squadrons
Coerland	1672	L. Grey (d. red)	3 squadrons
Flodorff	1672	L. Grey (l. blue)	3 squadrons
Brigade – Lt.-Generaal van Cavalerie Maurits Lodewijk van Nassau-La Leck
‘s Gravemoer	1577	L. Grey (green)	3 squadrons
La Leck	1588	L. Grey (l. grey)	3 squadrons
Cronenburg	1665	Azure Blue (red)	3 squadrons
Hoorenbergh	1672	L. Grey (l. blue)	3 squadrons
Mountpouillon	1672	L. Grey (red)	3 squadrons
Infantry Commander- Luitenant-Generaal van de Infanterie Baron Hans Willem van Aylva
Brigade - Majoor General Hendrik Trajectinus van Solms-Braunfels
Gardes te voet	1599	D. Blue (mustard)	3 battalions
Villamair	1599	Blue (yellow)	1 battalion
Limburg-Bronkhorst	1602	L. Grey (azure blue)	1 battalion
Graaf Maurits	1655	L. Grey (l. grey)	1 battalion
Torck	1665	L. Grey (pink)	1 battalion
Salm	1668	L. Grey (l. grey)	1 battalion
Prins Maurits	1671	Red (l. grey)	1 battalion
Birkenfeld	1672	L. Grey (red)	1 battalion
Stockheim	1672	Scarlet (l. blue)	1 battalion
Brigade - Majoor General George Johan de Weede van Walenburg
Aylva	1577	L. Grey (d. blue)	2 battalions
Schwartsenberg	1633	L. Grey?	2 battalions
Fariaux	1660	L. Grey (l. grey)	1 battalion
Amama	1664	L. Grey (blue)	1 battalion
Cassiopijn	1666	D. Grey (blue)	2 battalions
Weede (marines)	1669	Grey (d. blue)	1 battalion
Thouars	1672	?	1 battalion
Marnout	?	?	1 battalion

For numbers, I estimated battalions at ~600 men each, and squadrons ~150 men each.

Works Cited

Mugnai, Bruno. Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV. Warwick: Helion & Co., 2019-present.

    Volume 1: The Army of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 1660–1687.

    Volume 2: The Imperial Army 1657–1687.

     Volume 4: The Armies of Spain 1659-1688.

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