Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 27 (1806)
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Regiment on foot & name of owner |
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| active | 1715 to 1806 (surrender) |
| Country | Prussia |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Location | Stendal , Gardelegen |
| Origin of the soldiers | Districts of Salzwedel, Arendsee, Tangermünde, Stendal; Cities of Stendal , Gardelegen , Bismarck, Apenburg , Beetzendorf |
| owner | 1715 Leopold Maximilian von Anhalt-Dessau , 1747 Franz Ulrich von Kleist , 1757 Moritz Wilhelm von der Asseburg , 1759 Daniel Georg von Lindstedt , 1764 Peter Heinrich von Stojentin , 1776 Alexander Friedrich von Knobelsdorff , 1800 Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Tschammer und Osten |
| Tribe list | Old Prussian infantry regiments |
| Trunk number | No. 27 |
| Wars & major battles | War of Austrian Succession , Seven Years War , First Coalition War , Fourth Coalition War - Mollwitz (1741), Chotusitz (1742), Kesselsdorff (1745), Breslau (1757), Leuthen (1757), Zorndorf (1758); Wing grenadiers in further battles |
Infantry Regiment No. 27 was an old Prussian regiment on foot that was formed from Swedish prisoners of war in 1715 under King Friedrich Wilhelm I. It had its locations in the Altmark .
Garrison, replacement and social conditions
The regiment was in Stendal with seven companies and in Gardelegen with five companies . The districts of Stendal, Salzwedel, Tangermünde and Arendsee provided the replacement for the regiment. As was customary in the 18th century, the soldiers were not in barracks, but in private quarters, where they had to do sideline jobs due to the low wages.
evaluation
The regiment is described in the literature as an average good regiment in the Seven Years War. It received numerous medals in the early stages of the war, but was almost wiped out in the Battle of Wroclaw . As a result, the regiment was no longer noticed, but was praised by Frederick II after the war: "They have always advanced well".
Whereabouts and succession
The regiment was with the Blücher Corps in 1806 and went down with it.
Uniform, equipment
The regiment wore a blue uniform with red facings in the mid-18th century. On the red bush lapels and the round open cuffs were the "snake-like" trimmed white border typical of the regiment. The grenadiers' hat was white and red with a red and yellow tuft. The regimental flag was dark blue with red and yellow flames.
See also
literature
- Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician uniforms: 1753–1786 ; Dortmund: Harenberg 1984 (= The bibliophile pocket books No. 444); License d. Biblio publ. Osnabrück as: The Old Prussian Army; Part 3, Vol. 3, 4 and 5; ISBN 3-88379-444-9 . Volume I: Infantry I; Volume II: Infantry II.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Bleckwenn 1984: I 175