Battle of Halmstad
17 August 1676

 

Swedish Order of Battle

Right Flank Cavalry - Karl XI
        First Line - Lieutenant General Rutger von Ascheberg
        Second Line - Major General Johan Leonard Wittenberg

Drabanter (von Siegroth) - 2 sqds
Livregementet (N.Bielke) - 9 sqds

Center Infantry - Lieutenant General Martin Schultz von Ascheraden
        First Line - Lieutenant General Martin Schultz von Ascheraden
        Second Line - Major General Barthold de Mortaigne

Gardet (Gyllenstierna) - 3 bns
Skaraborgs regemente (Börstell) - 1 bn
Kalmar regemente (Soop) - 1 bn
Dalregementet (Kruse) - 1 bn

Left Flank Cavalry - Lieutenant General Otto Wilhelm von Fersen
        First Line - Lieutenant General Otto Wilhelm von Fersen
        Second Line - Major General Johan Benedikt von Schönleben

Smålands kavalleriregemente (v. Hagedorn) - 3 sqds
Västgöta regemente (Hierta) - 4 sqds
Änkedrottningens livregemente till häst (Wachtmeister) - 3 sqds
Skåne-Bohusläns dragonregemente (Weinholtz) - 2 sqds

Artillery - 16 guns

Total: Slightly over 6,000 men.

 

Danish Order of Battle

Commander-in-Chief: Major General Jocob Duncan

Cavalry

Combined rytterregiment under B.H. Münchhausen - 500 men (drafts from all 8 Nationale cavalry                                                                                      regiments in Skåne)
Walters Dragonregiment (G.Trop) - 500 men

Infantry

M. Rosencrantz' Infanteriregiment - 2 bns (640 men)
Fynske Infanteriregiment (Schack)
      1. Fynske (Stensen) - 1 bn (276 men)
      2. Fynske (Rantzau) - 1 bn (412 men)
Hostenske Infanteriregiment(Vogts) - 1 bn (Behrends) (292 men)
Bremers Infanteriregiment - 1 bn (Kardorf) (304 men)

Artillery

3, 12-pounders
12 regimental pieces
2 mortars

Total: 2,924 men, excluding officers and noncommissioned officers.

Orders of Battle
Danish Uniforms 1675-79