Hussards de Salm-Kirburg
Hussards de Salm-Kirburg |
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Hussar of the regiment |
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active | December 15, 1791 to December 3, 1795 |
Country |
France Great Britain |
Armed forces | Armée des émigrés |
Branch of service | Light cavalry |
Strength | approx. 200 |
Location | Koblenz |
The regiment of the Hussards de Salm-Kirburg was a troop of hussars that was formed by the army of emigrants in Koblenz during the French Revolution .
history
- December 15, 1791 : The troops set up by Moritz zu Salm-Kyrburg consisted of hussars who had previously been in French service and served in the army of the Prince de Condé . The regiment was established in Koblenz through a surrender between the princes (the king's brothers) and Maurice-Gustave-Adolphe prince de Salm-Kirburg (the French name of Moritz zu Salm-Kyrburg). Salm-Kyrburg had been colonel and regimental commander in the de Esterhazy royal hussar regiment . This surrender was ratified on January 1, 1792 by an order of the princes. The troop at that time consisted mostly of former French hussars and had a strength of about 200 men. Joined the Condé army, they defended the Rhine border together with the Austrians.
- November 1792 : The troop strength was now 33 officers and 154 NCOs and men. In the campaign in Alsace (→ First Coalition War ) they were in the vanguard.
- October 1793 : Despite de Condé's accusations that the Prince de Salm was in the service of the princes, the regiment switched to British service.
- October 22, 1794 : The unit was in the service of Friedrich August, Duke of York and Albany in the Dutch campaign.
- December 3, 1795 : The British Secretary of War wanted to send the Hussars to Brittany or the West Indies , but they refused to leave Germany. The regiment was released immediately on that day.
uniform
It was a hussar uniform that was customary at the time - a white flame on the wing cap, a red dolman with a black collar, and a black pelisse with white fur. The trousers with Vitéz Kötés were black, the entire lacing was white. Hungarian-style hussar boots were used as footwear.
literature
- Viscount Robert Grouvel, Les corps de troupe de l'émigration française (1789-1815), service de la Grande-Bretagne et des Pays-Bas , Volume 1, Paris, Édition de la Sabretache, 1957
- "Les Hussards français (De l'Ancien régime à l'Empire)", Volume 1, Edition Histoire et collection
Footnotes
- ↑ so the official French name