"Liechtenstein" dragoon regiment

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The regiment was a cavalry association, which was established in 1682 as a Saurau-Cürassiere for the imperial Habsburg army and when it was dissolved it was called the “Liechtenstein” Dragoon Regiment, or just Liechtenstein-Dragoon . In 1769 the regiment was included in the cavalry rankings as Cavalry Regiment No. 6 .

Uniform 1762

Formation history

  • 1682 According to the patent dated February 11th, the regiment was set up in Bohemia by Colonel Count Saurau .
  • 1700 parts of the disbanded "Dragoon Regiment Glöckelsperg" taken over
  • 1721 Two companies of the disbanded "Veterani Dragoon Regiment" incorporated.
  • In 1731 the Auctions Company was transferred to the "Dragoons Regiment Sachsen-Gotha" (later Uhlan Regiment No. 8).
  • In 1768 the Grenadier Company was transferred to the newly established 1st Carabinier Regiment (later Dragoon Regiment No. 3 ), while an squadron from the disbanded Dragoon Regiment Althann was taken over.
  • In 1769 the regiment was assigned the cavalry ranking number 6.
  • In 1775 the unit was dissolved, the Colonel Division was transferred to the "Dragoon Regiment Coburg" (dissolved as Dragoon Regiment No. 6 in 1801), and the Majors Division to the Zweibrücken Dragoons (later Hussar Regiment No. 15 ).

Peace garrisons

Regimental owner

Regimental Commanders

  • 1682 the owner Colonel Graf Saurau
  • 1686 Lieutenant Colonel La Lande
  • 1693 the owner Colonel Graf Dietrichstein
  • 1697 Lieutenant Colonel Max Heinrich Graf Herberstein
  • 1700 Colonel Thomas Graf Reising
  • 1706 Lieutenant Colonel Johann Peter von Saint Amour
  • 1711 Colonel owner Johann Peter von Saint-Amour
  • 1716 Lieutenant Colonel Jump
  • 1723 Colonel Franz Rudolph Count Hohen-Ems (Hohenembs)
  • 1730 Colonel Salzer von Rosenstein
  • 1737 Colonel Count Locatelli
  • 1739 Colonel Franz Wenzel Count Desfours
  • 1742 Colonel von Rottern
  • 1747 Colonel Joseph von Scorsin
  • 1754 Colonel Otto Ferdinand Graf Hohenfeld
  • 1757 Colonel Carl Prince Liechtenstein
  • 1759 Colonel Carl Emanuel Tschammer von Bortwitz
  • 1768 Colonel Johann Freiherr von Mittrowsky-Nemysl
  • 1773–75 Colonel Franz Count Desfours

Battle calendar

Great Turkish War

  • 1683–85 Security and patrol services in Inner Austria, without any action
  • 1686 Participation in the second siege of Ofen
  • 1687 Involved in the battle of Mount Harsány with the main army
  • 1688 Siege of Belgrade
  • 1689 Fighting with the main army in the battles of Batocina and Nissa
  • 1690 fighting in Serbia. Lieutenant Colonel Hompesch of the regiment was brought before a court martial because of the handover of Widdin
  • 1691 The regiment suffered heavy losses in the fighting off Szlankamen. Then relocation to Slavonia
  • Assigned to the main army in 1692. Siege of Oradea
  • 1693 Detached to Heissler Corps near Semlin . Fights under General Hofkirchen near Gyula
  • 1694–95 Security and patrol services in Lower Hungary . Relocation to Transylvania
  • 1697 relocation to Hungary . Participation in the Battle of Zenta
  • 1698 With the main army in the campaign against Temesvár

War of the Spanish Succession

  • 1701: Relocation to Italy , fighting near Capri and Chiari. A detachment was assigned to the Guttenstein Corps in South Tyrol .
  • 1702: Fights off Mantua and Luzzara
  • 1703: Security and patrol services at Ostiglia in Lombardy
  • 1704: Battle near Bastiglia, Lieutenant Colonel Saint-Amour distinguished himself by taking the entrenchments of Zevio. Then retreat to Tyrol. Two squadrons were transferred to Piedmont and were in the camp near Crescentino until 1705
  • 1705: Fights at Gazzuolo and takes part in the Battle of Cassano
  • 1706: Battle of Turin in Prince Eugene's army . Capture of Lodi
  • 1707: Campaign in Provence . Fight at Toulon
  • 1708: Relocation first to the Rhine , then to the Netherlands . Participation in the siege of Lille
  • 1709: Battle of Malplaquet
  • 1710: Assigned to the troops used to cover Béthune
  • 1711: Temporarily assigned to the Imperial Army. Security and patrol services on the Rhine, without action
  • 1712: Back in the Netherlands, the regiment fought at Denain
  • 1713: Relocation to the Rhine. Security and patrol services. No combat activity

Venetian-Austrian Turkish War

  • 1733 Security and patrol services in Silesia

War of the Polish Succession

  • 1734 relocation to Italy. Fight at Quistello, Battle of Parma and Battle of Guastalla
  • 1735 Security and patrol services in Northern Italy, then relocation to Tyrol, battle near Campara
  • 1737 command to the main army in Bosnia . Participation in the operations there
  • 1738 fighting at Kornia and Mehadia
  • 1739 Relocation to Transylvania with security and patrol services, only towards the end of the campaign did the regiment join the main army again

War of the Austrian Succession

Seven Years War

  • 1756 fighting in the battle of Lobositz
  • In 1757 Lieutenant Colonel Prince Liechtenstein distinguished himself in the skirmish near Hirschfeld. The regiment then fought in the battle near Reichenberg and the Battle of Prague .
  • 1758 seconded to the Imperial Army. Captain Joseph Graf Kinsky distinguished himself in the skirmish near Sebastiansberg
  • 1759 fighting in the battle near Asch, later commanded to Corps Loudon , the regiment fought in the battle of Kunersdorf
  • 1760 battles near Gotha and Bautzen , involved in the Lacy corps on the foray to Berlin . Only minor use in the battle of Torgau
  • 1760 Security and patrol services in Saxony , without action
  • 1762 fighting in battle near Peilau
  • 1763 no more fighting until the dissolution. Security and patrol services in the respective garrison areas.

Adjustment

  • 1738: blue coat, red lapels
  • 1757: dark blue skirt and trousers, ponceau red lapels
  • 1765: red skirt, light blue equalization , white trousers, yellow buttons
  • 1767: white skirt, light blue equalization, white trousers, yellow buttons

annotation

A regiment in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry usually consisted of three to four (exceptionally more) divisions. Each division had three squadrons , each of which consisted of two companies . The number of riders in the individual sub-units fluctuated, but was usually around 80 riders per company.

The individual divisions were named after their formal leaders:

  • the 1st division was the colonel division
  • the 2nd division was the lieutenant colonel (lieutenant colonel) division
  • the 3rd division was the majors division
  • the 4th division was the 2nd majors division

Until 1798, the regiments were named after their respective owners (who did not also have to be the commanders). There was no binding regulation of the spelling. (e.g. Count Serbelloni regiment - or Serbelloni regiment.) With each change of ownership, the regiment concerned changed its name. After 1798, the numbered designation prevailed, which could possibly be linked to the name of the owner. Due to this constant renaming, the regimental histories of the Austro-Hungarian cavalry are very difficult to follow. In addition, there is the constant and apparently arbitrary, sometimes multiple reclassification of the associations. (For example: Kuk Bohemian Dragoon Regiment "Prince of Windisch-Graetz" No. 14 )

literature

  • Hans Bleckwenn : The Empress's Regiments: Thoughts on the Albertina Manuscript 1762 of the Army History Museum Vienna ; in: Writings of the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna, Volume 3: Maria Theresa - Contributions to the history of the army of her time; Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1967. pp. 25-53.
  • Hans Bleckwenn : Horsemen, Hussars and Grenadiers. d. Uniforms d. emperor. Army on the Rhine 1734 . Harenberg, Dortmund 1979. ISBN 3883791253 ; P. 17ff.
  • Bertrand Michael Buchmann, Austria and the Ottoman Empire , Vienna, WUV-Univ.Verl.-1999. ISBN 9783851144796 .
  • Hermann Meynert : History of the KK Austrian Army, its formation and organization, as well as its fate, actions and campaigns, from the earliest to the present time . C. Gerold and Son, Vienna 1854. online at google books
  • Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century ; 3 volumes; Biblio Verlag: Osnabrück 1986–1995. ISBN 3-7648-1763-1 . P. 152ff.
  • Alphons von Wrede: The history of the kuk Wehrmacht . The regiments, corps, branches and establishments from 1618 to the end of the XIX. Century. Vienna 1898–1905. Part III, Part 1 Cavalry, Part 2 Disbanded troops on horseback. Directory of regiment chiefs at the Wrede plant (PDF; 325 kB)

Web links

Commons : Uniforms of the Austrian Cavalry 1762  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the 17th and 18th centuries regiments only carried the name of the regiment holder .
  2. ↑ The following numbering was subsequently introduced for the system: 1682/7 (after Ticino )
  3. ^ Tessin 1986 vol. 1:40, Dragoon Regiment D II ( Bleckwenn )