BRITISH ORDER OF BATTLE
BRITISH ORDER OF BATTLE
Copyright © Dr. David Martin, August 2002
BRITISH ARMY Maj. Gen. Henry Clinton 16275
1st Division Gen. Cornwallis 8600
16th Light Dragoons Lt. Col. Harcourt 300
1st Battalion British Grenadiers Lt. Col. Meadows 600
2nd Battalion British Grenadiers Lt. Col. Henry Monckton (k) 600
1st Battalion Light Infantry 700
Hessian Grenadiers 1000
1st Batn. von Linsingen 350
2nd Batn. von Lengerke 400
3rd Batn. von Minnigerode 250
Guards Brigade Col. Henry Trelawney (?) (w) 800
1st Guards Batn. 400
2nd Guards Batn. 400
3rd British Brigade Maj. Gen. Gray 1500
15th Foot 300
17th Foot 300
42nd Foot (Black Watch) 600
44th Foot 300
4th British Brigade Maj. Gen. Agnew 1400
33rd Foot 350
37th Foot 350
46th Foot 300
64th Foot 400
5th British Brigade 900
7th Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 300
26th Foot 300
63rd Foot 300
Queen’s Rangers, Bat’n Light Dragoons[1] Lt. Col. John Simcoe (w) 500
Royal Artillery 400
4 guns 100
2 guns 50
2 guns 50
2 guns 50
4 guns 100
2 guns 50
2nd Division Gen. Wilhelm von Knyphausen[2] 7675
17th Light Dragoons Lt. Col. Birch 300
2nd Battalion Light Infantry 700
Hessian Yagers 600
1st British Brigade Maj. Gen. Vaughn 1350
4th Foot (King’s Own) 300
23rd Foot (Royal Welsh Fusileers) 400
28th Foot 300
49th Foot 350
2nd British Brigade Maj. Gen. Grant 1250
5th Foot 300
10th Foot 100
27th Foot 300
40th Foot 300
55th Foot 250
Hessian Brigade Maj. Gen. Stirn 800
Du Corpe Regt. 500
Combined Regt. 300
Hessian Brigade Maj. Gen. Van Loos 1100
Donop Regt. 500
Mirbach Regt. 600
2nd Batn. Pennsylvania Loyalists 150
West Jersey Volunteers (2nd NJ Batn.) 200
1st Batn. Maryland Loyalists 300
Roman Catholic Volunteers 150
Irish Volunteers 25
Caledonian Volunteers 50
Pioneers and Guides 175
Pennsylvania Dragoons 175
Royal Artillery 150
2 guns 50
2 guns 50
2 guns 50
Hessian Artillery 4 guns 200
NOTE
Strengths are estimated based on July 3, 1778 muster at Sandy Hook.
Battery compositions and assignments are not certain.
FOOTNOTES
1. Not on Clinton’s roster, July 5, 1778.
2. Not engaged on June 28.
BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR AMERICAN AND BRITISH ORDERS OF BATTLE
Field Return of General Clinton’s Command, Camp Naversink, New Jersey, July 3, 1778.
Copy at Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold, NJ.
Lesser, Charles H. The Sinews of Independence: Monthly Strength Reports of the Continental Army. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
Smith, Samuel S. The Battle of Monmouth. Monmouth Beach, NJ: Philip Frenau Press, 1964.
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[1] Not on Clinton’s roster, 7/5/1778
[2] Not engaged on June 28
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