The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Blenheim during the War of the Spanish Succession on August 13, 1704.
Captain General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Infantry | Rowe's Brigade (England)
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| Wilkes' Brigade (Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel)
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| Ferguson's Brigade (Scotland)
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| St. Paul's Brigade
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Cavalry Support | Palmes' Brigade (England)
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| Wood's Brigade (England)
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| Ross's Dragoon Brigade
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Lieutenant General Charles Churchill
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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1st Line (Infantry) | d'Herleville's Brigade
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| Württemberg Brigade
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1st Line (Infantry) | Holstein-Beck's Brigade
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| Dutch Mercenary Brigade
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Left-center (cavalry) | Noyelles' Brigade
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| Viller's Brigade
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2nd Line (cavalry) | Hesse-Homberg's Brigade
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| Schulenburg's Brigade
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| Erbach's Brigade
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Cavalry | Vittinghoff's Brigade
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| Auroch's Brigade
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Lieutenant General Karl Rudolf, Fürst von Württemberg-Neuenstadt | Rantzau's Brigade (Denmark/UP auxiliary)
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| Brockdorff's Brigade (Denmark/England auxiliary)
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| von Rantzau's Brigade
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Infantry | Webb's Brigade
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Field Marshal Prince François Eugène von Savoy-Carignan
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Cavalry | Natzmer's Brigade (Prussia)
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| Fugger's Brigade (Austria)
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| Durlach's Brigade
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Cavalry | l'Ostange's Brigade
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| Bibra's Brigade
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| Cusani's Brigade (Austria)
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| Caraffa's Brigade
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Cavalry Reserve | Efferen's Brigade |
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| Bayreuth's Brigade (Franconia)
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Feldzeugmeister Leopold, Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau | Finck's Brigade (Prussia)
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| Canitz' Brigade (Prussia)
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Lieutenant General Jobst von Scholten | Bielke's Brigade (Denmark/Austria auxiliary)
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| Rebsdorff's Brigade (Denmark/England and UP auxiliary)
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| Artillery
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Camille d'Hostun de la Baume, Duc de Tallard, Marshal of France
Lieutenant General Philippe, Marquis de Clérambault
Maréchal de Camp, the Marquis de Blansac
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Dismounted Dragoons | Hautefeulle's Brigade |
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Blenheim Garrison | de Maulevrier's Brigade
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| Balincourt's Brigade |
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| Greder's Brigade
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Blenheim Reserve | d'Argelos' Brigade
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| St. Segond's Brigade
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Infantry Reserve | Montroux's Brigade
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| Monfort's Brigade
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| d'Enonville's Brigade
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Marquis de Montpeyroux
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Lieutenant General Beat Jacques II de Zurlauben, comte de Zurlauben | Vertilly's Brigade
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| Broglie's Brigade
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| Grignan's Brigade
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Marechal de Camp, the Duc d'Humeries | Merode-Westerloo's Brigade (Spain) |
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| la Valliere's Brigade
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| Silly's Brigade
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Marechal de Camp, the Marquis de St. Pierre | Trecesson's Brigade
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| Breuil's Brigade
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| Belleisle's Brigade
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Prince Maximillian II Emmanuel Wittelsbach, Elector of Bavaria
Second in command: Marshal Ferdinand de Marsin
Lieutenant General the Marquis du Bourg
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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1st Cavalry Line | Massenbach's Brigade |
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| Prince Charles de Lorraine's Brigade |
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2nd Cavalry Line | d'Anlezy's Brigade |
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Lieutenant General Jean-Jules-Armand Colbert, Marquis de Blainville
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Marechal de Camp William Dorrington | Blingy's Brigade
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| Nangis' Brigade |
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Lieutenant General the Marquis de Rosel
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Oberglauheim support | Buzancois' Brigade
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| Clare's Brigade (Ireland) |
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| Coetquen's Brigade |
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| Prince d'Isenghein |
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Field Marshal Johann Baptist, Count d'Arco
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Lieutenant General the Marquis de Magnac | Montmain's Brigade |
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| Vivan's Brigade |
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Lieutenant General the Marquis de Legall | Barentin's Brigade |
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| Vigiers Brigade |
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Bavarian Cavalry | von Weickel's Brigade |
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| von Wolframsdorff's Brigade |
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Major General Alessandro Marquis de Maffei | de Maffei's Brigade |
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| Mercy's Brigade |
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Lieutenant General the Comte de Dreux | Fontbeausard's Dragoon Brigade |
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| Conflans' Brigade |
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Lieutenant General the Marquis de Sauffrey | Montbron's Brigade
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| Tourouvre's Brigade
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| Montmorency's Brigade
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Artillery | Royal Artillery
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| Royal Artillery
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