Old Prussian Cuirassier Regiment K 8 (1806)
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Old Prussian Cuirassier Regiment No. 8 |
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| active | 1690 to October 16, 1807 |
| Country | Prussia |
| Armed forces | Prussian Army |
| Branch of service | Cuirassiers |
| owner | 1691 Christian Heinrich von Bayreuth-Kulmbach , 1712 Albert Wolfgang von Bayreuth-Kulmbach , 1716 Stephan von Dewitz , 1723 Friedrich von Egeln , 1734 Friedrich Siegmund von Waldow ("Jung-Waldow"), 1742 Friedrich Wilhelm von Rochow , 1757 Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz , 1774 Maximilian Sigmund von Pannewitz , 1787 Karl Friedrich Adam von Schlitz called Görtz, 1797 Ludwig Ferdinand Friedrich von Heising |
| Tribe list | Old Prussian cavalry regiments |
| Trunk number | K 8 Bleckwenn |
The Old Prussian Cuirassier Regiment No. 8 was formed in 1690 and dissolved in 1806. It took part in numerous campaigns and had Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, one of the most important Prussian cavalry leaders, as chief.
formation
In 1690, Colonel Baron Kaspar Friedrich von Lethmate recruited two companies to strengthen the Kurprinz regiment . Instead, these companies and two companies from Mecklenburg riders and two companies from Bayreuth riders, a regiment under the command of Margrave Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, were established .
In 1718 four companies of the von Heyden regiment were incorporated. This brought the regiment to 10 companies (5 squadrons)
resolution
After the Prussian defeat in the battle of Jena and Auerstedt , the remnants of the regiment had to capitulate on October 29, 1806 at Pasewalk. The regiment's depot was captured during the surrender of Schweidnitz on February 16, 1807. At Pasewalk a detachemant had escaped and reached Prussia. There he was summarized together with the remains of the Dragoon Regiment No. 2, in the provisional squadron Reisewitz. During the campaign in Prussia (end of May 1807) this was the 6th Squadron of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 4 (Wagenfeld) and was finally incorporated into this by cabinet order of October 16, 1807.
Standards and timpani
The regiment had not lost a standard during the Seven Years' War. The standards held in 1806 were stored in the Erfurt Fortress and were destroyed before the surrender of Erfurt. The silver timpani and timpani flags given to the regiment by Emperor Josef were lost when Schweidnitz surrendered in 1807.
Campaigns
Great Turkish War
- 1691
- Battle of Slankamen : Dead: 1 officer, 5 NCOs, 61 men Wounded: 4 officers, 1 NCO, 59 men and 104 horses
- 1693
- Siege of Great Wardein, Siege of Belgrade
- 1695
- Battle of Peterwardein
- 1696
- Battle of Timisoara
- 1697
- Battle of Zenta
War of the Spanish Succession
- 1702
- Siege of Kaiserswerth, Siege of Venloo, Siege of Roermonde
- 1703
- Siege of funds
- 1704
- Battle of Höchstädt : The regiment captured a standard
First Silesian War
- 1742
- Battle of Chotusitz
Second Silesian War
- 1744
- Siege of Prague
- 1745
- Battles in Upper Silesia, battle near Neustadt
- 1745
- Battle of Hohenfriedberg : Dead: 6 officers, 4 NCOs, 80 men
- 1745
- Battle of Thrush : Together with the cuirassier regiment number 9, it attacks infantry regiments number 17 (Kollowrat) and number 40 (Damnitz). These are captured and 8 flags are captured. Dead: 2 officers, 1 NCO, 19 men
- 1745
- Battle of Katholisch-Hernnersdorf : there is a standard and 1 pair of kettledrum from the cuirassier regiment Dalwitz and 3 flags from the Saxe-Gotha regiment
medal
- 1745 Pour le Mérite
- for Colonel Johann Carl Friedrich zu Carolath-Beuthen for Hohenfriedberg
Seven Years War
- 1756
- Battle of Lobositz : Dead: 1 officer, 3 NCOs, 42 men, wounded: 5 officers, 19 NCOs, 73 men, 3 NCOs and 15 men missing
- 1757
- Battle of Prague , Battle of Kolin
- 1757
- Battle of Roßbach : with Seydlitz it blows up the cavalry, it conquers 2 flags, 5 standards and several cannons
- 1757
- Battle of Leuthen
- 1757
- Siege of Breslau, Siege of Schweidnitz
- 1758
- Siege of Olomouc
- 1758
- Battle of Zorndorf : after the defeat of the infantry, Seydlitz threw himself first on the right Russian wing, together with the cuirassier regiments 5, 10, 13 and the dragoon regiments 1,3,7 he brought the enemy infantry to a standstill, 4 Square was destroyed, 37 artillery pieces, 6 flags and 1 standard captured. Dead: 3 officers, 54 men, wounded: 5 officers, 5 NCOs, 87 men, 1 officer missing
- 1758
- Battle of Hochkirch
- 1759
- Battles in Saxony, battle near Hoyerswerda
- 1760
- Siege of Dresden
- 1760
- Battle of Liegnitz : The regiment fights with infantry regiments No. 1 (Kaiser Toskana), No. 24 (Emanuel Stahremberg), No. 35 (Karl August Waldeck); 5 battalions are captured, 6 flags and 11 cannons captured; Dead: 5 officers, 9 NCOs, 97 men
- 1760
- Battle of Torgau
- 1761
- Battle near Langensalza , expedition to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Bunzelwitz camp, city of choice
- 1762
- Battle of Burkersdorf and Leutmansdorf , battle of Reichenbach , siege of Schweidnitz
medal
- 1757
- Pour le Mérite for Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz for Kolin
- 1757
- Black Eagle Order for Colonel von Seydlitz for Roßbach
- 1758
- Pour le Mérite for Colonel Levin Gideon Friedrich von Apenburg for Zorndorf
- 1761
- Pour le Mérite for Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm Lölhöffel von Löwensprung for Langensalza
War of the Bavarian Succession
- 1778/79 in the king's army
Campaign in Poland
Fourth coalition war
- 1806
- Battle of Auerstedt , Battle of Boldekow (24 men captured)
literature
- Alt, The Prussian Standing Army , Volume 2, pp. 73ff.
Individual evidence