The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-02 00:00:00

GERMAN Y.

FRANKFORT, MARCH 26.—After the most recent
authentic official reports (from January to February,
1839), the real military force of the Germanic Confe-
deration (including the whole of Austria and Prussia)
consists of 1,417,400 men. Austria furnishes 744,000
men, Prussia 451,300, and the second and third rate
States of the Confederation furnish the remaining
222,100 men.
Austria has fifty-eight infantry line regiments, each
with four battalions; seventeen frontier infantry regi-
ments of three battalions each, twenty battalions of gre-
nadiers, three battalions of Tyrolese rifles, twelve batta-
lions of chasseurs, five garrison battalions, eight regi-
ments of cuirassiers of six squadrons, six regiments of
dragoons of six squadrons, seven regiments of light ca-
valry of eight squadrons, four regiments of lancers of
eight squadrons, five regiments of artillery with 1,500
cannon, a fusee corps (Rackescn), and a corps for throw-
ing shells of 1,000 men.
The Austrian forces, numerically speaking, are the
largest in Europe. In case of war this can be in-
creased by 80 battalions of landwehr, thirty-nine thou-
sand men of the Hungarian conscription, and the fron-
tier reserve of 62,000 men (thirteen regiments of in-
fantry and 10 regiments of hussars of the above men-
tioned troops are entirely composed of Hungarians).
Austria has a small navy of eight vessels, eight fri-
gates, four corvettes, six brigs, seven schooners, and
some small craft—altogether 47 sail. Besides this,
Austria keeps on the Danube, as a guard upon Turkey,
25 vessels, mounting 131 guns, snd manned by the bat-
talion of Pschaikists. There are 28 strong holds and
58 fortresses in the monarchy.
Prussia has a royal guard of two infantry regiments,
two grenadier regiments, one infantry regiment of re-
serve ; four regiments of landwehr, each of two bat-
talions; one battalion of rifles, another of Neufchatel
arquebusicrs, arid another of picked men ; one regiment
of body guard, one of curiassiers, one of dragoons, one
of hussars, two of lancers (each with four squadrons),
one squadron of picked men, a brigade of artillery with
60 cannons, a company of pioneers, two of invalids, one
of non-commissioned officers, and six more garrison
companies.

Thirty-two infantry regiments of three battalions each,
32 infantry regiments of landwehr of three battalions
each, 8 infantry reserve regiments of two battalions
each, 4 infantry regiments of reserve landwehr of two
battalions each, 4 battalions of chasseurs of two com-
panies each, 4 battalions of arquebusiers of two com-
panies each, 48 garrison companies, 8 cuirassier regi-
ments of six squadrons each, 4 dragoon regiments of
six squadrons each, 12 regiments of hussars of six squa-
drons, 8 regiments of lancers of six squadrons, 96 squa-
drons landwehr lancers, 8 squadrons of reserve land-
wehr lancers ; 8 brigades of artillery, each consisting of
three horse companies, 12 foot companies, and another
company, with 1,400 cannons ; 3 inspections of engi-
neers, with 8 companies of pioneers ; 18 garrison com-
panies, 10 companies invalids, a body of chasseurs and
light horsemen, 10 brigades of gendarmerie. This
comprises the line and war reserve. The landwebr of
the second levee consist of 180,000 men, who are in-
tended to garrison and defend the interior of the coun-
try, and arc not comprised in the above. The Mo-
narchy contains six strong places, and 21 fortresses.
The remainder is furnished by the other States of the
Confederation, as follows :

Bavaria-16 infantry regiments, 4 battalions of chas.
seurs, 2 regiments of cuirassieni, 6 regiments of light
horse, 2 regiments of artillery, with 96 cannons-
-68,000 men.

Saxony-1 battalion of guards, 4 regiments of line
infantry, 3 battalions of light infantry, 3 regiments of
cavalry, 1 regiment of foot artillery, 1 brigade of horse
artillery, with 96 cannons-17,800 men.
Hanover-16 battalions of infantry, 4 regiments of
cavalry, 1 regiment of artillery, with 36 cannons, in all-
-29,060 men.

Wirtemberg-8 infantry regiments, 1 squadron of
chasseurs, 4 cavalry regiments, 2 battalions of artillery,
with 36 cannons-22,406 men.
Baden-5 infantry regiments, 3 cavalry regiments, 1
brigade of artillery, with 24 cannons-12,600 men.
Hesse Electoral-4 infantry regiments, 2 cavalry
regiments, 3 battalions of artillery, with 18 cannon—in
all-8,600 men.

Grand Duchy of Hesse-4 infantry regiments, 1 re-
giment of cavalry, 1 regiment of artillery, with 24 can-
nons, in all-9,479 men.

Nassau-2 regiments of infantry, 1 battalion of re-
serve, 1 company of artillery, with 6 cannons, in all-
-4,200 men.

The Grand Duchy, together with the Three Duchies
of Saxony---4 regiments of infantry, and one squadron of
cavalry, in all-9,565 men.
Brunswick-1 regiment of infantry, 1 ofcavalry,l com-
pany of artillery, with 6 cannons-3,700 men.
The Two Mecklenburgs-5 battalions of infantry, 1
squadron of cavalry, 1 body of artillery with 10 cannons,
1 garrison company-5,960 mrn.
Oldenburg—lnfantry and a company of artillery, with
6 cannons-3,450 men.

The remaining small principalities, and the four large
free towns, 27,280 men.
Total-222,100 men.
Independently of these real forces there is a reserve
in case of war. Mayence, Landau, and Luxemburg are
tbe strong places of the Confederation.