Drawing on my previous notes, here is the complete OOB (now that I have the painted figures to back it up) for the planned Flossian invasion of the Störkburg Valley.
Army of the North
Elector Alfred von Strutzenheim
Army Reserve
Directly under the army commander
2rgt Dragoons4btn Fusiliers1btn Grenadiers4x field artillery pieces
I Wing (demonstrating against the Grübsheim Bridge)
Feldmarschall Otto von Leuchtenberg
2sqn Light Cavalry1btn Feldjäger3btn Foot Militia3x older field artillery pieces
II Wing (crossing the Große Grühne with boats and pontoons on the Mathiasbad Bend)
Ritter Esthvany de Kispilis-Chopak
2sqn Hussars1coy Feldjäger2btn Fusiliers1btn Foot Militia
Army of the South
Elector Bishop Michael Michheim
Main Wing (attacking on the Rosenheim Road)
Directly under the army commander
Army ReserveOberst Friedrich Freiherr von Fichte
2rgt Küirassiers1btn GrenadiersSiege Train
First DivisionGeneralleutnant Likaon von Saften-Sang, Pfalzgraf Wörmheim
1rgt Dragoons1btn Mercenaries
3btn Fusiliers2btn Militia4x field artillery pieces
Second DivisionOberst Janus von Leuchtenberg
1rgt Dragoons
1btn Mercenaries3btn Fusiliers
2btn Militia4x field artillery pieces
Light Wing (attacking from the Oberschwannsee Pass)
Oberstleutnant Pöpecz Rózsef Esq. de Kazinczlaczháza
2sqn Light Cavalry3sqn Hussars2sqn Mounted Croats2btn Feldjäger1btn Freikorps von Katzen-Katsch1btn Freikorps Puttenfrott
A few additional things can be told from this OOB:
One, that the required militia and mercenary battalions reached the frontline armies and are ready to deploy.
Two, that there was some shifting in the original concept of how a wartime division should look like, that is mostly due to the ever cautious Bishop Michheim (never commanding a full army before) creating a reserve for his southern force, and the redistributing of the light troops into concentrated wings, being sent on separate tasks. How this latter development would affect the reconnaisance ability of the larger regular bodies is going to be judged once the armies reach their operational areas.
Three, that Elector Strutzenheim's northern army is very weak and is better matched by the Böhnstadt units of the Karrotenbad Kreis and the associated garrisons. However, a concentrated attack there could divert a lot of Scultze-Böhntstadt resources from fighting the war in the south.
Speaking of the Schultze-Böhnstadt forces facing the invasion, the units immediately available are ill prepared, so to speak, at least that is what the Flossians suppose.
On the north, Dietrich von Spülge faces the invasion across the Grühne with two regular-sized infantry regiments (of one field battalion each) and five squadrons of light horse. His artillery train is in Karrotenbad, sans the small regimental pieces. He is supported by the garrisons of three fortresses, some of which should have mobile forces and heavy artillery available.
In the Störkburg Valley, an infantry regiment of one field battalion and a grenadier battalion, one dragoon and one hussar regiment is stationed, but they have no proper field pieces. However, they are under the overall command of the excellent light cavalry commander Gebhard von Paulitz.
The military problem of the Störkburg Valley is that from the direction of mainland Böhnstadt, the road is winding and badly kept. Any reinforcements should take their time to reach there. The medium-sized modern fortress of Rosenheim at the mouth of the valley is, however, a tough nut to crack for any army approaching from the west, even if it only contains its usual garrison force.
And, considering how good a spy network the Principality has, that is a very big 'if'...
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