Hussar regiment "Emerich Esterházy"

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The regiment was a cavalry unit that was established in 1733 as Havor Hussars for the Imperial Habsburg army . In the 17th and 18th centuries regiments only carried the name of the regiment chief . The regiment was disbanded in 1768. The following numbering was subsequently introduced for the system: 1733/3 (to Ticino ), Hussar Regiment H 8 (to Bleckwenn ).

Formation history

  • According to the convention of November 4, 1733, the regiment was set up by Colonel Gabriel Freiherr Splényi with six companies at his own expense and four companies against receipt of advertising money.
  • 1748 was company of the dissolved hussar - regiment "trips" incorporated.
  • In 1768 the regiment was dissolved again. The personnel were transferred to the hussar regiments "Dessewffy" (later No. 4), "Ujházy" - (later No. 3), "Nádasdy" (later No. 9), and "Lusinsky" or "Török" .

Peace garrisons

Regimental owner

Regimental Commanders

  • 1733 the owner Colonel Gabriel Freiherr Splényi de Miháldy
  • 1737 Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Freiherr Berghe von Trips
  • 1743 Colonel Emerich Baron Barkóczy de Szala
  • 1749 Colonel Nicolaus Freiherr von Berzeviczy,
  • 1759 Colonel Nicolaus Eötvös de Vásáros-Namény
  • 1763–68 Colonel Ladislaus Freiherr Splényi de Miháldy

Battle calendar

War of the Polish Succession

  • 1734 After completion, the regiment was moved to the Rhine . Non-combat patrol and security services

Russo-Austrian Turkish War (1736–1739)

  • 1737 fighting with the main army in operations in Serbia
  • 1738 Security and patrol services in Slavonia
  • 1739 Participation in the battles at Grocka and Pancsova

War of the Austrian Succession

  • 1741 deployment in Silesia, departments carried out raids (actions of the little war). Parts of the regiment were involved in the attack near Baumgarten , in which King Friedrich II almost fell into captivity. Participation in the battle of mollwitz , later, the regiment moved to Bohemia from
  • 1742 Assigned to the Lobkowitz Corps, the unit fought in battle near Sahaj
  • 1743 relocation to Italy. Security and patrol services. No combat activity.
  • 1744 Participation in the campaign to Naples
  • 1746 Participation in the battle at Codogno and the Battle of Piacenza

Seven Years War

  • 1756 relocation to Saxony , fighting in the skirmish near Guntersdorf . Parts of the regiment fought in the attack on Hirschfeld, the whole regiment was deployed in the battle of Prague and later in the association of the Imperial Army in the battle of Roßbach .
  • 1758 divisions were in the fighting near Plauen and Asch
  • 1759 fighting in the battles at Saalfeld and Maxen from
  • 1760 Security and patrol services with the army in Silesia , the regiment was only in action in the skirmish near Goldberg
  • 1761 Security and patrol services first in Silesia, then in Saxony, skirmishes near Floriansdorf ( Schweidnitz district )
  • 1762 Participation in battles near Kirchhain and in Lausitz

Adjustment

Fur hat, light green fur and dolman , madder trousers and lapels (the regiment was not equipped with Vitéz kötés on the sleeves), white lacing and olives

Regimental divisions

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.

literature

  • Hans Bleckwenn : The Empress's Regiments: Thoughts on the Albertina Manuscript 1762 of the Military 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 3-88379-125-3 ; P. 17ff.
  • 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
  • Osprey Military, No. 271, Reprint 1999.
  • Austrian military history, special volume 1997, Verlag Stöhr Vienna.
  • Georg Schreiber : The emperor's cavalry. Austrian cavalry in 4 centuries. With a foreword by Alois Podhajsky . Speidel, Vienna 1967.
  • György Ságvári: The Book of the Hussars. Magyar Könyvklub Verlag, Budapest 1999.
  • 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)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ticino 1986 vol. 1:40
  2. ↑ Bleckwenn