Order of battle of French and Piedmontese troops, 1735

An order of battle of the Franco-Piedmontese army in Northern Italy, 22 May 1735. War of the Polish Succession (1733-8).

The style of lettering is British, rather than continental.

The General Officers of the First Line are Lieutenant-Generals (Lieutenants Generaux) Sandricourt, D’Aix, De Beuil, La Motte, Houdancourt, De Savine; Major-Generals (Marechaux de Camp) D’Apremont, Des Ganges, Mont Berceil, Cumiane, De Chatte, Boissieux, Beuzeville, Granvill[e]; Brigadiers Mauroy, Du Chillois, Trabous[?], La Roque, Mon Conseil, De Crussol, Croissy, la Fremouille Daunay.

The General Officers of the Second Line are Saint Sernin, Marquis de Suze, De Montal, D’Harcourt; Major-Generals Prince Montauban, L’Autrec, La Motte, des Carabiniers; Brigadiers Lagnase, Rietman, la Marck, Sauvré, Hautefort, D’Armentieres, Valcourt, Carabiniers, Lastro, La Grange.

The General Officers of the Three Reserves are Lieutenant-Generals Marquis de Carrail, Bonas, Maillebois; Major-Generals Biscaret, Segur, Gram[m]ont, Biron, Du Cailas; Brigadiers Chev.^r de Cumiane, Villemurs, Contades, Timareon [or Timarcon?], Mauleon, Sasselanges, La Brunie.

The General Officers commanding the ‘Corps detaché à l’Oglio [river]’ are Lieutenant-Generals De Bourgstorf, De Monlevrier; Major-Generals De Barol, S:^t Simon, D’Etourmel, Ratski; Brigadiers De Castellinard, Breton, Saint Maurice, Des Armandieres, la Case, Mazieres, Caraman, La Feronaye.

The total strength is given as 82 battalions and 85 squadrons. Regiments are named and the numbers of squadrons and battalions of each are given.

Condition: six fold lines. Verso: heavy surface dirt on bottom right quarter of the sheet which would have been on the outside of the folded document.