Order of battle for the Battle of Vienna (1683)

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Vienna of the Great Turkish War in 1683.

Catholic forces outside the city (until 14 July)

• Commander-in-Chief: Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

Catholic forces outside the city

Type	Commander	Unit	Strength
Infantry			21,000
Cavalry			11,000
Hungarians	Paul I, Prince Esterházy		5,000

Total - 37,000 men[1]

Catholic forces (14 July - 12 September)

Inside the city

• Commander-in-Chief: Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg
  • Generalfeldwachtmeister Wilhelm Johann Anton Graf von Daun
  • Generalfeldwachtmeister Karl Ludwig Graf de Souches
  • Generalfeldwachtmeister Johann Karl Graf von Serenyi
  • Generalfeldwachtmeister Friedrich Siegmund Graf von Schärffenberg

Total - 14,163 men (including city militia)[2]

Catholic forces inside the city

Type	Commander[3]	Unit[3]	Subdivisions	Strength[4]
Infantry (according to Staudinger, 73 regular companies in total)[4]		Theim Infantry Regiment	3 coys	10,603
		Pfalz-Neuberg Infantry Regiment	5 coys
		Souches Infantry Regiment	10 coys
		Schärffenberg Infantry Regiment	10 coys
		Beck Infantry Regiment	7 coys
		Heister Infantry Regiment	5 coys
		Württemberg Infantry Regiment	5 coys
		Mansfeld Infantry Regiment	10 coys
		Kaiserstein Infantry Regiment	5 coys
		Starhemberg Infantry Regiment	10 coys
City guard/militia	Oberstwachtmeister Ferdinand Dominik Marchese degli Obizzi		8 coys	4,900
Cavalry		Dupigny (ex-Dampierre) Cuirassier Regiment	9 coys	600
Artillery	Oberst von Borner
	Oberstlieutnant von Peekstein

Field army at Leopoldstadt

• Commander-in-Chief: Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

Catholic forces outside the city[5]

Type	Commander	Unit	Strength
Imperial Cuirassier Regiments		Capara (Caprara) Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Montecuccoli Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Taff (Taaffe) Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Rabatta Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Dunewald (Dunnewald) Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Palffy Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Mercy Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Hallewyl (Halleweil) Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Gondola Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Götz Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
Imperial Dragoon Regiments		Schulz Dragoon Regiment	10 coys
		Styrum Dragoon Regiment	10 coys
		Küffstein Dragoon Regiment	10 coys
		Savoyen Dragoon Regiment	10 coys
		Herbeville Dragoon Regiment	10 coys
Croatian Regiments		Nikolaus Lodron Croaten Regiment
		Kery Croaten Regiment
		Receardi Croaten Regiment

Catholic Coalition relief force at the Battle of Kahlenberg

• Commander-in-chief: King John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

Organization

Catholic Coalition forces in the Battle of Kahlenberg[6]

Wing	Corps	Strength	Brigades	Units	Strength
Left Wing Charles V, Duke of Lorraine	1st Imperial and Saxon Corps of Infantry Albert von Caprara
	2nd Imperial and Saxon Corps of Infantry Prince Hermann of Baden-Baden
	Saxon Corps John George III, Elector of Saxony
	Saxon Cavalry Corps Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski
	Polish Cavalry Corps Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski
Center Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck	Franconian and Swabian Circles Infantry Corps Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck
	Bavarian Infantry Corps Degenfeld
	Imperial & Bavarian Cavalry Corps Antonio Caraffa
Right Wing Great General of the Crown Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski	Polish Infantry Corps Kontzki
	1st Polish Cavalry Corps Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski
	Imperial and Saxon Cavalry Corps Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
	Royal Guard "Reiter" Corps Aleksander Polanowski

Imperial troop units

Total:[6]

• 8,100 foot [less Beck]
• 12,900 horse

Imperial troops in the campaign, but those not at the battle are not included in the total figures.[6]

Engaged Imperial troops[6]

Type	Commander	Unit	Strength
Imperial Infantry Regiments		Grana Infantry Regiment	2 bns less one company
		Baden Infantry Regiment	2 bns
		Leslie Infantry Regiment	1 bn
		Croy Infantry Regiment	1 bn
		Thimb Infantry Regiment	1 bn
		Württemberg-Neustädt Infantry Regiment	1 bn
		Neuburg Infantry Regiment	1 bn
		Beck Infantry Regiment (attached to Bavarians during the battle)	1 bn
Imperial Cuirassier Regiments		Capara Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Montecuccoli Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Taaffe Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Rabatta Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Dunewald Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Palffy Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Piccolomini Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Caraffa Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Mercy Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Veterani Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Hallewyl Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Sachsen-Lauenburg Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Gondola Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
		Götz Cuirassier Regiment	10 coys
Imperial Dragoon Regiments		Schulz Dragoon Regiment	10 coys
		Lymburg-Styrum Dragoon Regiment	10 coys
		Küffstein Dragoon Regiment	10 coys
		Heissler Dragoon Regiment	10 coys
Croatian & Polish cavalry		Kery Croatian Horse Regiment	8 coys
		Lubomirski Polish Cuirassier Group
		Lubomirski Polish Dragoon Group
Artillery			70 guns, including many regimental guns

Imperial troops in the campaign but not in the battle[6]

Type	Commander	Unit	Strength
Imperial Infantry Regiments		Wallis Infantry Regiment	2 bns
		Salm Infantry Regiment	2 bns
		Lothringen Infantry Regiment	2 bns
		Dieppenthal Infantry Regiment	1 bn
		Heister Infantry Regiment	1 bn
		Thugen (Würzburg) Mercenary Infantry Regiment
Imperial Cuirassier Regiment		Truchess (Würzburg) Mercenary Cuirassier Regiment
Imperial Dragoon Regiments		Herbeville Dragoon Regiment
		Teutin Dragoon Regiment

Bavarians

Commander: Generalfeldmarschall-Leutnant Degenfeld

Total of Bavarians (discounting attached Imperial soldiers) - 8,400[7]

Bavarian troops[8]

Type	Brigade	Commander	Unit	Subdivisions	Strength
Bavarian Infantry Regiments			Berlo (later Mercy) Infantry Regiment		4,800
			Degenfeld Infantry Regiment
			Steinau Infantry Regiment
			Preysing Infantry Regiment (replaced the Perouse Inf. Rgt. on 15 July)
Bavarian Cavalry Regiments	GWM Marquis von Beauvau		Haraucourt (Arco) Reiter Regiment	6 coys	3,400
			Beauvau Reiter Regiment	6 coys
			Red Dragoon Half-Regiment	4 coys
	GWM von Munster		Bartls (Munster) Reiter Regiment	6 coys
			Schutz (Schuss) Reiter Regiment	6 coys
			Blue Dragoon Half-Regiment	4 coys
Artillery			26 regimental pieces, 20 field pieces & 2 mortars		287 men & 1,022 horses

Imperial units attached to Bavarians[6]

Type	Brigade	Commander	Unit	Strength
Imperial Infantry Regiments (attached to Bavarians)			Beck (Imperial) Infantry Regiment	1 bn
			Steindorf (Salzburg) Infantry Regiment
			Rummel (Bavarian Circle) Infantry Battalion
			Rodern (Pfalz-Neuburg) Infantry Battalion

Saxons

General Staff:[9]

• Generalfeldmarschall Freiherr von der Goltz
• Generalfeldmarschall-Leutnant von Flemming
  • Generalwachtmeister von Neitschütz
  • Generalwachtmeister Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels
  • Generalwachtmeister von Trauttmannsdorff

Total - 10,454[9]

Saxon Auxiliary Corps[10]

Type	Commander	Unit	Strength
Saxon Infantry Regiments (each regiment had 2 bns, each of 2 coys)	Oberstleutnant von Schönfeld	Leib Infantry Regiment	7,073
	Oberstleutnant von Kleist	Infantry Regiment of Feldmarschall von der Golz
	Oberstleutnant von Carlowitz	Infantry Regiment of Generalwachtmeister von Sachsen-Weißenfels
	Oberstleutnant von Flemming	Infantry Regiment of Feldmarschall-Lieutenant von Flemming
	Oberst von Kuffer	Infantry Regiment of Oberst von Kuffer
	Oberst von Löben	Infantry Regiment of Oberst von Löben
Grenadiers	Hauptmann von Bose	One Grenadier company
Saxon Cavalry Regiments (each regiment had 3 squadrons, each of 2 coys)	Generalwachtmeister von Neitschütz	Leibgarde-trabanten zu Ross (Elector's personal horse mounted body guard)	3,194
	Oberstleutnant von Haugwitz	Leib Reiter Regiment
	Oberstleutnant Freiherr von Engelmünster	Plotho Reiter Regiment
	Oberstleutnant de Bronne (from Lorraine)	Goltz Reiter Regiment
	Oberstleutnant von Wolframsdorff	Trautmannsdorff Reiter Regiment
	Oberstleutnant von Mintwiz	Generalwachtmeister Graf Reuss' Dragoon Regiment
Artillery	Oberzeughauptmann von Borau	16 cannons (various calibers) + 2 petards	187 men & 351 horses

Reich Troops

Total:[4]

• 7,000 foot
• 2,500 horse

Reich troops[6]

Type	Commander	Unit	Strength
Franconian Circle Infantry Regiments	Johann Wilhelm Köth von Wanscheid	Koth Infantry Regiment	7,000
	Philipp Heinrich von Andlau	Andlau Infantry Regiment
Swabian Circle Infantry Regiments	Charles Gustav of Baden-Durlach	Durlach Infantry Regiment
		Öttingen Infantry Regiment
Franconian Circle Cavalry Regiments	Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth	Cuirassier Regiment	2,500
	Christoph Wilhelm von Aufseß	Herdesdorff (Würzburg) Dragoon Regiment
Swabian Circle Cavalry Regiments		Gronsfeld Cuirassier Regiment
		Hohnstett Dragoon Regiment
Artillery			12 guns

Polish

("Choragwia" (pl. Choragwien) is a force of 200 men)[6]

Total:[6]

• estimated at 10,200 foot (20 regiments in 8 brigades)
• 14,000 horse

Polish troops[6]

Type	Brigades	Commander	Unit	Divided into
Polish Royal Infantry Total: 200 foot			Janissaries Infantry Company
			Hayduks Infantry Company
Polish Royal Cavalry Total: 1,000 horse			Royal Guards (Drabant Reiter)
			King's Hussars	2 Choragwien
			King's Armored Horse	2 Choragwien
			King's Cossacks	1 Choragwia
Right flank Polish Infantry Regiments	King's Own Brigade		King's Infantry Regiment
			Crown Prince Jacob's Infantry Regiment
	S. Morsztyn's Brigade		S. Morsztyn Infantry Regiment
			Truchsess von Wiski Infantry Regiment
	F.Kacki's Brigade		F.Kacki Infantry Regiment
			W.Leszczyński Infantry Regiment
	F.Greben's Brigade		F.Greben Infantry Regiment
			Grand Hetman Jablonowski Infantry Regiment
			Crown Referendary Krasinski Infantry Regiment
Left flank Polish Infantry Regiments	Buttler's Brigade		Buttler Infantry Regiment
			M.Kacki Infantry Regiment (Detached to guard guns)
	Danemark's Brigade		Danemark Infantry Regiment
			S.Potocki Infantry Regiment
			Prince Lubomirski Infantry Regiment
			Count de Maligny Infantry Regiment
	T.Zamoyski's Brigade		T.Zamoyski Infantry Regiment
			Grinski Infantry Regiment
	Kreuzer's Brigade		Wielopolski Infantry Regiment
			Crown Field Hetman Sieniawski Infantry Regiment
			W. Denhoff Infantry Regiment
Cavalry			36 armoured horse & hussar Choragwien including: The King's Prince Jacob's Prince Alexander's Grand Marshal Lubomirski's and Potocki's
Artillery				28 guns

References

1. Millar 2008, p. 21.
2. Streffleur 1863, p. 234.
3. Streffleur 1863, p. 235.
4. Staudinger 1885, p. 162.
5. Streffleur 1863, p. 236.
6. Nafziger 1998.
7. Staudinger 1885, p. 158.
8. Staudinger 1885, p. 159-161.
9. Schuster & Francke 1885, p. 102.
10. Schuster & Francke 1885, p. 102-103.

Bibliography

Millar, Simon (2008). VIENNA 1683 Christian Europe repels the Ottomans. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-184603-231-8.

Streffleur, V. (1863). "Belagerung von Wien im Jahre 1683". Österreichischen Militärischen Zeitschrift. Vienna. 2.

Schuster, O.; Francke, F.U. (1885). Geschichte der Sächsischen Armee von deren Errichtung bis auf die neueste Zeit. 1.

Staudinger (1885). Geschichte der kurbayerischen Heers unter Kurfurst Max II. 1.

Nafziger, George (1998). "Relief of Vienna 13 September 1683" (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. Retrieved 10 October 2020.