Dragoon Regiment "König" (2nd Württemberg) No. 26

Dragoon Regiment "König" (2nd Württemberg) No. 26
active	1809 to 1919
Country	Kingdom of Württemberg
Armed forces	Württemberg Army
Branch of service	cavalry
Type	Cavalry Regiment
structure	See outline
Location	See garrisons
march	Presentation march: "March Duke of Braunschweig" (A II, 9) Parade march: in the step "King's Dragoon March" (A III, 62) in a trot "Blondin-Polka"
management
Commanders	See list of commanders

The Dragoons "king" (second Württembergisches) No. 26 was from 1805 to 1919, a cavalry joined the Württemberg army .

history

Surname

In the duchy, a light hunter regiment on horseback was set up by decree of December 6, 1805 , and Prince Paul of Württemberg was appointed chief of this regiment on December 31, 1805 , and which therefore bears the name of Prince Paul hunter regiment . The regiment was renamed on March 12, 1807 in Jäger Regiment Duke Louis and on May 27, 1811 was named Jäger Regiment on Horse No. 3 Duke Louis , on November 8, 1813 the name Cavalry Regiment No. 2 Jäger Herzog Louis . When the army was reorganized, the regiment was named the 2nd Cavalry Regiment on March 31, 1817 . By a decree of King Charles of December 19, 1864, the earlier tradition was continued and the names of some regiments expanded, the regiment received the addition of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Crown Prince Friedrich .

In 1870 the regiment was renamed the 2nd Dragoon Regiment and on October 2, 1871, the 2nd Württemberg Dragoon Regiment . On December 18, 1871, all Württemberg regiments received additional numbers. These corresponded to the consecutive numbering of all regiments of the German Armed Forces, regardless of their affiliation to one of the contingents, the regiment received the number 26 2nd Württemberg Dragoon Regiment No. 26 . On December 14, 1874, all troop units were given the names in the final spelling and numbering: Dragoon Regiment (2nd Württembergisches) No. 26 . On June 20, 1891, the regiment was given the addition of Prinz Wilhelm Dragoons Regiment "Prinz Wilhelm" (2nd Württembergisches) No. 26 , and on December 23, 1891 the name was added to the name "König" Dragoon Regiment (2nd Württembergisches) No. 26 .

The regiment was disbanded on May 1, 1919.

The tradition of the regiment was taken over by the 4th (Württembergische) squadron of the 18th cavalry regiment in the Reichswehr .

Garrisons

• 1805 Esslingen
• 1807 Künzelsau , Pfedelbach , Öhringen , Kupferzell
• 1808 Saulgau , Biberach , Mengen , Riedlingen
  from autumn Ludwigsburg and Hohenheim
  from December Zwiefalten , Pflimmern
• 1810 Ehingen , Blaubeuren , Munderkingen
• 1813 Winnenden , Waiblingen , Esslingen
• 1814 Ulm
• 1817 Esslingen
• 1818 Ludwigsburg
• 1833 Ulm
• 1842 Ludwigsburg
• 1852 Stuttgart
• 1869 Ulm, Wiblingen
• 1894 Stuttgart (old cavalry barracks)
• 1911 Cannstatt (Reiter barracks)

Participation in skirmishes and combat operations

• 1806 with France against Prussia, strength 15 officers , 1 doctor, 1 auditor , 1 quartermaster , 329 NCOs and men as well as 324 service horses in 3 escadrons. Losses 11 fallen, 8 deceased, 41 wounded, 15 prisoners and 104 horses.
• 1809 with France against Austria, strength 24 officers, 1 doctor, 1 auditor, 1 quartermaster, 1 profos , 1 course blacksmith, 574 NCOs and men and 482 horses. In an attack, the regiment captured six guns and received an honor standard for it. Losses 19 dead, 23 wounded, 4 prisoners and 126 horses.
• 1812 with France against Russia , strength 30 officers, 1 doctor, 1 auditor, 1 quartermaster, 1 course smith, 580 non-commissioned officers and men and 519 service horses in 4 escadrons. The regiment disbanded on October 10, 1812. 14 officers, 16 NCOs and 61 men came back.
• 1813 with France against Prussia , strength 18 officers, 1 auditor, 1 quartermaster, 1 course smith, 511 NCOs and men and 511 horses. On October 16, the regiment still had a strength of 4 officers, 60 NCOs and men and 60 service horses and was discharged from the French army.
• 1813 with the alliance against France, strength 21 officers, 573 NCOs and men and 519 service horses. Losses are not known.
• 1814 against France with the main army in the 2nd Brigade (von Jett) of the Cavalry Division (Prince Adam), IV Army Corps (Crown Prince Wilhelm von Württemberg ), strength 21 officers and around 500 NCOs and hunters. Assignments at Neu-Breisach , Chaumont , Brienne , Montereau , Arcis-sur-Aube and Fère-Champenoise . Losses: 6 killed, 1 deceased, 25 wounded, 2 missing as well as 16 dead, 28 wounded and 2 missing horses.
• 1815 against France in III. Corps of the Upper Rhine Army in the Cavalry Division (Prince Adam), strength 28 officers, 580 NCOs and hunters, 511 horses in 4 squadrons. The regiment fought near Saarburg , Haguenau and Rheinzabern .
• In 1848 there was no fighting in the Württemberg field brigade in Schleswig-Holstein .
  After returning with the Württemberg observation corps in Frankfurt and Baden .
• 1866 against Prussia in the reserve cavalry of the VIII Federal Corps , strength 21 officers, 583 NCOs and riders, 592 riding horses and 30 draft horses, plus the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment subordinate to the regiment. Deployed in the Cavalry Reserve of the VIII Corps of the German Confederation, the regiment was stationed in Offenbach from June 18 , in Vilbel from June 21 , and in the Friedberg area from June 25 . On June 29th the regiment was split up: 1st to 3rd squadrons marched with the main force Heblos (July 3rd), the 4th and 5th squadrons with the Fischer Brigade marched to Herbstein (5th July). Then the regiment, reunited since July 12, marched back to the south-west with the 3rd Brigade of the Württemberg Division from the area west of Frankfurt. On July 24th, regimental commander von Gukelen undertook a reconnaissance ride with the 2nd and 3rd squadrons beyond Hardheim , but had to go back in front of superior Prussian troops (losses of 1 wounded, 3 prisoners, 8 missing, 1 dead, 3 wounded and 7 missing horses ). At the command post to Tauberbischofsheim the regiment in position with was Großrinderfeld , not directly involved and went to the corps Würzburg back. After the armistice on August 1, the regiment returned to Stuttgart via Gaukönigshofen , Rothenburg ob der Tauber , Langensteinbach (arrival August 16). Total losses: 5 dead, 4 prisoners, 4 missing.

Louis Braun, Württemberg Dragoons, 1870.

• 1870/71 against France . 1st and 4th squadron crew of the federal fortress Ulm , 2nd and 3rd squadron in strength 7 officers and around 300 NCOs and riders stage service with the 3rd Army.
• 1900 in the second international expeditionary corps in China 2 officers and 11 dragoons took part, no losses.
• In 1904/06 the fight against the Herero took part in 2 officers, 3 non-commissioned officers and 23 dragoons. Losses: 1 fallen, 5 deceased, 3 wounded.
• With the mobilization for World War I , the regiment came to the 26th Cavalry Brigade (Major General Robert Herzog von Württemberg), 7th Cavalry Division in the 6th Army, which was set up in Saarlouis in August 1914 . The strength after mobilization was 33 officers, 3 doctors, 3 veterinarians, 1 purser, 679 NCOs and men and 754 horses. The regiment's operations are described in the 7th Cavalry Division.

In April 1917, each squadron had to hand over 100 horses and 50 men as horse keepers. In the districts of Aachen and Mayen they were used in agriculture. On February 6, 1918, these "work squadrons" were disbanded, the horses finally handed over to the VII Army Corps and the personnel returned to the regiment. On February 5, 1918, the regiment was converted into a cavalry rifle regiment .

After the heavy losses at Cambrai, the regiment still had a combat strength of 1 officer and 123 men, a combined battalion under Major Landeck was formed on October 1, 1918 from the remnants of the Cavalry Rifle Command 30, to which each former cavalry- Rifle Regiment provided a rifle squadron with a strength of around 100 men with six to eight light machine guns. The regiment's three machine gun squadrons were combined into one, and the remnants of the three mine throwing departments and the 312 mine throwing company formed a mine throwing department.

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  March 1914

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  26th Cavalry Brigade
  August / September 1914

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  26th Cavalry Brigade
  October / November 1914

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  26th Cavalry Brigade in
  late 1914

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  26th Cavalry Brigade
  in Romania in 1916

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  26th Cavalry Brigade
  in Belgium in 1917

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  Rifle squadrons of the 26th Cavalry Brigade
  in Upper Alsace in 1917

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  Rifle squads of the 26th Cavalry Brigade in
  late 1917

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  Dragoon Regiment No. 26
  August 1918

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  Rifle squadrons of the 26th Cavalry Brigade
  march back 1918

assignment

The order of the regiment was the training of soldiers for reconnaissance ( patrol service ), flank security, as a rider and in the closed operation of the regiment as well as the further training of the remonts .

organization

Association membership

Until 1816 there were no major associations in Württemberg during peace . Such were only put together for individual campaigns.

With the fundamental reorganization in 1817, the Württemberg army was divided into large units for the first time in peacetime. The cavalry was divided into a division with two brigades , with the 1st cavalry regiment the regiment formed the 1st brigade. From 1833 to 1842 the regiment belonged to the 2nd Brigade. In July 1849 the division ceased to exist and the cavalry regiments were combined in one brigade. On September 13, 1852, this brigade was renamed Division again. From 1871 to 1914 the regiment belonged to the 26th Cavalry Brigade (1st Royal Württemberg) in Stuttgart , ( 26th Division (1st Royal Württemberg) , XIII (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps , 5th Army).

At the beginning of the First World War , the peace structure was dissolved and the regiment with four field squadrons in the 26th Cavalry Brigade was placed under the 7th Cavalry Division.

structure

The regiment was divided into four squadrons from its formation , and on July 13, 1807 a 5th squadron was added.

In 1820 the peacetime strength of the regiment was 17 officers, 67 NCOs, 264 riders and 2 non-combatants as well as 345 riding horses in four squadrons. In order to bring it to full military strength, 8 officers, 54 NCOs (including 10 doctors), 381 crews (including 64 riflemen with special training), 5 drivers recalled from vacation or called up and trained reservists or recruits as well as 462 riding horses must be procured and trained.

During the mobilization in 1914, the regiment was reorganized

1st squadron became 1st field squadron

2nd squadron became replacement squadron

3rd squadron became 2nd field squadron

4th squadron became 3rd field squadron

5th squadron became 4th field squadron

The strength after mobilization was 37 officers, 2 doctors, 1 veterinarian , 1 purser, 683 NCOs and men, 786 horses and 19 vehicles. On November 30, 1918, the strength was 8 officers and 262 NCOs and men.

Commanders

Regimental owners and chiefs

Regimental owner

• November 17, 1803 to November 19, 1816 Prince Adam Karl Wilhelm von Württemberg

Heads of regiments

• October 6, 1891 King Wilhelm II of Württemberg

Armament and equipment

Main armament

When it was set up, it was armed with a musket with a bayonet, a long pistol with brass fittings and a crooked saber. In 1818 the riders (in May only those in the first ranks, in November all of them) received a lance and short carbine so that they were armed with a lance, short carbine, saber and pistol. The riflemen had no lance, but a long carbine. In 1840/41 the cavalry received the first carbines with percussion locks and the pistols were omitted. From then on, every rider was trained in the skirmish service.

In 1868 the cavalry received a new saber, 32 men in each squadron received Prussian needle guns, the rest of them instead of more smoothly drawn percussion pistols.

In 1875 the regiment received modified Chassepot carbines , and in 1877 the M 71 carbine . In 1889 the lance was reintroduced. In 1880 the pistols were replaced by revolvers. In 1890 the regiment was equipped with the carbine 88 and tubular steel lances, in 1891 with the cavalry sword M 89.

Other equipment

On November 15, 1868, the cavalry received the helmet based on the Prussian model.

In 1890 the army saddle was introduced in place of the previous buck saddle .

In 1900 a new cavalry telegraph was introduced, which from 1908 was carried in a two-horse carriage in the battle baggage.

1914 belonged to

• Battle baggage

of the regimental staff 10 hand horses, 2 medical pack horses, 2 riding horses for the pack horse leaders, 1 two-horse cavalry medical car, 2 six-horse cavalry bridge cars, 1 two-horse telephone car;

the squadron 12 hand horses;

• Big baggage

of the regimental staff 1 four-horse staff baggage car, 1 two-horse food wagon, 1 four-horse feed wagon;

the Eskadron 1 two-horse Eskadron baggage car, 1 two-horse grocery car, 1 four-horse feed wagon.

Field kitchens were not introduced to the cavalry until 1915.

uniform

• 1805: Dark green collet with green collar (yellow extension ), lapels with red extension , yellow borders and white buttons; white vest, white breeches. Green lacquered shakos with white fittings . Black gauntlets. White leather stuff.
• 1811: Green borders with a yellow advance.
• 1814: Shako with yellow scale chains, coat of arms with crown fittings, black and red cockade on the left .
• 1816: Royal blue kutka without buttons, collar, lapels and sash blue with red piping, yellow armored paulettes . Long blue pants. Yellow shako. White leather stuff.
• 1822: Blue collet with two rows of yellow buttons, blue collar and red lapels. Red shako.
• 1844: Light blue short jacket with a row of heads, red collar, armpit flaps and lapels. Long, light blue trousers with red piping. Red shako with a black stripe on top, brass shield and chains and cockade. White leather stuff.
• 1849: Long, light blue tunic with a red collar and red Polish lapels. White belt . Shako with falling black bush.
• 1864: Dark blue double-breasted skirt with red shoulder flaps and bulges, gray trousers. Rank insignia instead of epaulettes as stars on the collar.
• 1868: Dark blue double-breasted skirt with red piping on the sides and below and yellow mirrors on the blue collar. Pickelhaube with yellow fittings (Württ. Coat of arms).
• 1874: Uniform according to Prussian standards, but still (until 1892) a double-breasted tunic with yellow buttons and yellow collar, lapels, lugs and shoulder flaps.
• 1891: Name “W” with a crown on the armpits, shoulder pieces and epaulettes.

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  in front right Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 2 Duke Louis

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  Uniforms 2nd Cavalry Regiment

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  Shoulder piece and armpit flap of the König Dragoon Regiment (2nd Württembergisches) No. 26

Standard

As the only cavalry regiment, the regiment also carried an honor standard from 1809, awarded according to Königl. Order of May 28, 1809 and handed over to Göppingen on October 10, 1910. The regiment captured six guns in one attack. The report of the sergeant Peter from the Jäger-Regiment König , however, reads: “Our infantry marched under heavy screeching fire over undulating farmland towards the Austrian columns and threw them back into the forest behind them. The circumstances noted here gave Duke Louis the opportunity to distinguish themselves without losing a man: they have taken an abandoned battery; That is the truth in their knight of fortune business, because from this general attack on the Austrians no longer made any great efforts ”. The regiment kept this standard of honor until it was dissolved in 1919, even after new standards were introduced in place of the flags in 1818 and new standards in 1851.

As with all regiments, the flags were replaced by standards on October 4th, 1818, which were replaced by new standards by the Supreme Order of September 3rd, 1851. Each squadron received a standard made of burgundy red cloth with white fringes on all sides. In the middle of one side was the gold and yellow crowned name “W”, the other side the Württemberg coat of arms held by a yellow deer and a black lion, the inscription “Feartlos und trew” on a blue foreign exchange ribbon and the white cross of the Order of Military Merit .

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  Standard of Honor 2nd Cavalry Regiment

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  Standard 1818

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  Standards of the cavalry

Others

Lieutenant Frhr won the Kaiser Prize for endurance rides . von Lindenfeld (three times), Frhr. from Validingen, from Körber.

Persons in the regiment

à la suite :

• from February 25, 1840 Count Alexander Christian Friedrich von Württemberg (* November 5, 1801, † July 7, 1844), July 18, 1837 as a lieutenant colonel in the regiment, September 26, 1838 Colonel,
• from August 4, 1871 Rittmeister August Jaromir von Gleich (* July 14, 1832, † April 1, 1892)
• from March 6, 1889 Colonel Franz Paul Herzog von Teck (* August 27, 1837, † January 21, 1900)
• from April 10, 1906, Colonel Prince Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• from September 10, 1908 as Colonel Duke Wilhelm Karl von Urach

Others

• Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Veiel (born September 23, 1817, † March 11, 1890), joined the regiment as a second lieutenant on May 20, 1839, as a first lieutenant in the 1st cavalry regiment on June 15, 1846 , January 30, 1854 Rittmeister, 5. April 1866 Major, 11 June 1866 back into the regiment, 13 September 1866 into the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 15 December 1866 Lieutenant Colonel and commander of this regiment, 13 May 1868 Colonel, 20 July 1870 Commander of the reserve cavalry, 5th March Made available for disposal in 1811. March 5, 1881 Character as Major General.
• Karl Albert von Knoerzer (born May 10, 1858 in Stuttgart, † June 4, 1932 in Stuttgart)

Knoerzer joined the regiment on June 30, 1882 as a prime lieutenant. Further career: March 29, 1892 Captain in the General Staff , November 24, 1892 Rittmeister and Wing Adjutant of the King, returned to the regiment as squadron chief on February 23, 1895, Major on February 24, 1897 Major, September 10, 1897 in the General Staff , then in the staff of the 27th Division (2nd Royal Württembergische) , then teacher at the Military Academy and department head in the Great General Staff, April 18, 1906 Lieutenant Colonel, March 10th 1904 Commander of the Uhlan Regiment "King Wilhelm I." (2nd Württembergisches) No. 20 , April 10, 1906 Colonel, February 25, 1909 Commander of the 27th Cavalry Brigade (2nd Württembergische), April 20, 1910 Promotion to Major General , December 18, 1912 Inspector of the IV Cavalry Inspection , February 3, 1913 Promotion to Lieutenant General , put up for disposal on June 27, 1914 . With the outbreak of the First World War on August 2, 1914 commander of the 30th Reserve Division, January 18, 1916 commander of the 54th Reserve Division (2nd Royal Württemberg) , July 1917 commander of the 7th ( Württemberg ) Landwehr Division, 15th February 1918 Commanding General of the Knoerzer Corps , February 25, 1918 Character as General of the Cavalry . On October 3, 1918, the Knoerzer Corps was disbanded, and General von Knoerzer took over command of the 7th (Württemberg) Landwehr Division.

• Hermann Karl Friedrich Reinhard Frhr. von Röder (born April 14, 1856, †), joined the regiment as Prime Lieutenant on June 9, 1884, Rittmeister on May 8, 1889, and January 17, 1891 in the Uhlan Regiment "King Karl" (1st Württembergisches) No. 19 , 24 September 1892 Wing adjutant of the King, February 23, 1895 Major, October 18, 1897 Dragoon Regiment No. 2, June 16, 1901 Lieutenant Colonel and Commander Kurmärkisches Dragoon Regiment No. 14 , May 17, 1904 Colonel, later Commander 33rd Cavalry Brigade .

References

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• Main State Archive Stuttgart : Holdings M 160

literature

• Starkloff: History of the Royal Württemberg Second Cavalry Regiment, former hunter regiment on horseback, Duke Louis. Edward Zernin, Darmstadt & Leipzig 1862.
• Achim Wehl : “König” Dragoon Regiment (2nd Württemberg) No. 26 in World War 1914–1918 . Belser, Stuttgart 1921. (Volume 11 of the series The Württemberg Regiments in World War I , digitally available at urn : nbn: de: bsz: 24-digibib-bsz4079441091 )
• Julis Strüder (Ed.): Blue and white equestrian stories , Neuwied 1957.
• Otto von Moser: The Württemberg people in the world war. Publishing bookstore Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1927.
• Günther Voigt: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 6, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1986, ISBN 3-7648-1484-5 .
• Leo Ignaz von Stadlinger, History of the Württemberg Warfare. K. Hofdruckerei zu Guttenberg, Stuttgart 1856.
• Hans-Joachim Harder: Military History Handbook Baden-Württemberg , ed. from the Military History Research Office . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-17-009856-X .
• Uniform regulations for the Royal Wuerttemberg Military. Royal Court and Chancellery Printing House Gebrüder Mäntler, Stuttgart 1818.
• Peter Benedikt: Sergeant Peter with and against Napoleon , 4th edition. Verlag JF Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-7984-0516-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Württ. Government Gazette 1811 Nro. 25, June 1, page 265: “With the intention of reviving the previously established establishment of naming the cavalry and infantry regiments, at the same time to honor and reward excellent military services in a special way, I think Moved me to dispose of the following: 3. The Prince Friedrich von Württemberg, Royal Highness and Libden, is the owner of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment ... graciously appointed. "
2. ^ By order of the War Ministry Ia No. 17431 the dissolution of the standing army was ordered.
3. ↑ Benedikt, Wachtmeister Peter, p. 16
4. ^ Corps loop carriers from Suevia Tübingen and Franconia Jena
5. ↑ From the estate in the Stuttgart State Archives, M 660/131: “On February 15. In the evening I received the order from General von Linsingen in Osiekrow to join the 7th (Württ.), the 45th (Saxon) L. Div and the 2nd Cav The armistice came to an end, the advance began to occupy Luck and Bonno and the Ukrainian government, which had asked for German help, to support the Bolsheviks. "

Remarks

1. ^ By a K. Ordre of May 27, 1811 the naming of the regiments in Württemberg was changed, instead of the name of the regiment owner a continuous numbering was used: "All line regiments of cavalry and infantry, except those, according to the prince of the royal. House bosses will no longer have the name of the proprietary, but will be named according to numbers as follows: Cavalry… No. 3 Jäger-Regiment auf den Herzog Louis “
2. ↑ "Following the Austrian model, the regiments changed their garrisons in 1833 and 1842 in order to prevent the cadre from becoming firmly rooted in the cities." Quoted from Harder, page 66
3. ↑ Commander Major von Reinhardt
   Regular Staff Officer Major von Mögelin
   Commander-Squadron Staff Mountaineer von Mengen
   Eskadron Mögelin Prime Lieutenant Graf von Reischach
   3rd Squadron Major von Moltke (promoted to Lieutenant Colonel after the campaign)
   4th Squadron Staff Cavalier von Thungern
4. ^ Commander since March 5th Colonel von Gukelen,
   staff officer Major Veiel, in the regiment since June 13th,
   1st Squadron Rittmeister Graf zu Lippe-Biesterfeld-Falkenflucht
   2nd Squadron Rittmeister Neuhaus since the beginning of June
   3rd Squadron Rittmeister Link
   4th Squadron Rittmeister von Ausin since March
   5th Squadron under Rittmeister Rau
5. ↑ Losses from September 22 to 28, 1918: 57 killed, 36 wounded, 103 missing
6. ↑ Because of the capture of the 6 guns by the regiment in 1809
7. ↑ This saber was supposed to be introduced in 1864, but remained in the arsenals. The 2nd squadron reported about the previous one in February 1866: “The focus is unfavorable, the blades are made of such poor material that they bend over when they are stabbed and remain in this shape, the cutting edge becomes nicks as soon as one blow on hard wood. “Spieß, Ritter, p. 237
8. ↑ "His Royal Majesty has most graciously rested by virtue of the Supreme Decree of May 28, 1809 to the hunter regiment on horseback Duke Louis to testify to your satisfaction with his excellent behavior in a meeting of May 17, 1809 near Linz a standard on which the star and the cross of the Royal Military Merit Order is embroidered. "