6th Royal Bavarian Jäger Battalion
The 6th Jäger Battalion was an association of the Bavarian Army . The battalion's last peacetime location before the regrouping was Erlangen .
history
The battalion was set up on January 1, 1851 from units and sub-units from the 2nd and 4th Jäger Battalion in Munich .
In the war against Prussia in 1866 the fighters of the 8th Brigade (Major General Cella) / 4. Division (Lieutenant General Ritter von Hartmann) and fought on June 4, 1866 near Roßdorf and on July 10, 1866 near Kissingen.
During the Franco-Prussian War , the battalion took part in the battles at Weißenburg and Wörth . It was involved in the Battle of Châtillon . From September 30, 1870, the battalion was integrated in the siege ring around Paris .
The battalion was assigned to the 17th Infantry Regiment on October 1, 1878 .
Commanders
First name Name | Commander of up |
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Major Maximilian Rosner | 1851 to 1854 |
Lieutenant Colonel Karl Graf von Spreti | 1854 to 1859 |
Lieutenant Colonel Hippolyt von Klenze | 1859 to 1863 |
Lieutenant Colonel Albert Freiherr von Guttenberg | 1863 to 1870 |
Major Wilhelm Caries | 1870 to 1876 |
Major Franz Popp | 1876 to 1878 |
literature
- Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984.