![]() The invention of hand-held gunpowder projectile weapons goes well back to late medieval times. "Although dimly remembered now if at all, the late 16th to mid 17th Centuries were the heyday of the "pike-and-shot" period. I think I did a good job then, so I'll simply copy and paste that here: Vienna Garrison (3 companies) 1,200 all ranks ( *Note: You probably don't remember this, since it was almost ten years ago and in a post about a very minor engagement in a rather forgotten war, but we've talked about the state of the infantry in the late 17th Century. Infantry Regiment Bercks (commander not listed) 2,000 all ranksĭetachment of Infantry Regiment Newbourg (7 companies, commander not listed) 1,200 all ranksĭetachment of Infantry Regiment Heister (COL Baron Heister) 1,000 all ranks (as Keiserstein)ĭetachment of Infantry Regiment Dimik (5 companies, commander not listed) 600 all ranks Infantry Regiment Schaffemberg (commander not listed) 2,000 all ranks Infantry Regiment Souches (COL Lewis of Soulches) 2,000 all ranks Infantry Regiment Mansfeld (COL Lesly) 2,000 all ranks Infantry* Regiment Staremberg (COL Maurice of Ketlin, commanding) 2,000 all ranksĭetachment of Infantry Regiment Keiserstin (LTC Wolfargschenek) 1,000 all ranks (probably 5 or 6 companies) The secondary sources I encountered did very poorly breaking this total down into unit strengths, which is remiss of the authors, since the units and authorized strengths are set out plainly in Knolles and others (1687) as follows: ![]() ![]() The regular garrison troops are reported to have comprised almost a third of the Imperial regulars then available in the central European Hapsburg lands, 11,000 of the some 30,000-odd troops reported operating in the Vienna area. The military forces available to the Holy Roman imperium in and around Vienna changed significantly in September.įrom the beginning of the siege up to the end of the first week of September the only Imperial force engaged was the Vienna garrison and the volunteer militia raised from the city's male population. ![]()
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