Hussards de Salm-Kirburg

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Hussards de Salm-Kirburg

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Hussar of the regiment
active December 15, 1791 to December 3, 1795
Country Blason France modern.svg France Great Britain
Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800) .svg
Armed forces Flag of Royalist France.svg 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

  1. so the official French name