Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 13

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Regimental standard

The Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 13 was a cavalry unit of the Prussian Army .

Organization and association membership 1914

Commanding General : General of the Infantry Bruno von Mudra
Commander : Lieutenant General Claassen
Commander: Major General Eberhard von Hofacker
  • Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 13
Regimental commander : Major von Sobbe
Foundation Day: October 1, 1913
Garrison : Saarlouis

Lineup

The Highest Cabinet Order (AKO) of September 4, 1913 ordered the formation of a total of seven additional hunter-on-horse regiments of five squadrons each on October 1 of that year. Regiment No. 13 was the last unit established in peace.

To set up the regiment had to submit:

The city ​​of Saarlouis was assigned to the regiment as a garrison , but it was already a garrison; the military administration was initially unable to provide regular troop accommodation. The regiment was therefore initially housed in barracks. The new barracks that had been commissioned had not yet been completed at the beginning of the war and could no longer be occupied.

First World War

After the mobilization in July 1914, the regiment moved into Lorraine as part of the 6th Cavalry Division . After border battles, the advance through the Argonne into the Champagne began . Here the squadrons were used in the reporting and security service.

In early November 1914, the regiment moved to the east , where it took part in the Battle of Łódź from November 10 to 27, 1914 . Until March 1918, the cavalry operation took place in northern Poland, Courland , Estonia and Livonia .

In April 1918 they were relocated to Alsace , where the horses were handed in and the hunters were trained as infantry cavalry riflemen. From July to October 1918, the now cavalry rifle regiment No. 13 fought in trench warfare in Flanders .

Since the Saarlouis home garrison belonged to the French-occupied zone after the end of the war , the regiment marched to Jerichow on the Elbe, where it was demobilized on December 23, 1918 and disbanded on March 31, 1919.

A squadron of volunteers was set up for the Eastern Border Guard and deployed in Pomerania to maintain peace and order. This squadron was disbanded in July 1919.

The tradition of the regiment was later taken over by the 3rd squadron of the 10th (Prussian) cavalry regiment in Züllichau .

uniform

The tunic was made of gray-green cloth with Swedish lapels and yellow buttons. Collars, lugs and lapels were light green, the badge color dark blue. The regimental number was on the shoulder pieces. The leather gear was black. Officers wore the cuirassier helmet with dragoon eagle, men and officers the dragoon helmet. Dragoon boots were commonly used. The bandolier was only intended for officers.

Since the cuirassier helmet provided for the men when the regiments were set up - made of blackened sheet steel as for the first seven regiments, but with fittings made of tombac instead of nickel silver - were not available, these regiments were equipped with the dragoon helmet. It was not until 1915 that the equipment was converted to the originally planned equipment.

Lance flag: white-black

Prominent members of the regiment

Commanders

Rank Surname vocation Recall
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Dietrich von Sobbe October 1, 1913 January 31, 1918
Lieutenant colonel Albrecht von Hardenberg February 1, 1918 May 17, 1918
major Ernst Hammacher May 18, 1918 March 31, 1919

literature

  • Hugo FW Schulz: The Prussian Cavalry Regiments 1913/1914. Weltbild Verlag 1992.
  • Stefan rest (ed.), Jürgen Kraus: The German army in the First World War. Ingolstadt 2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The occupation of active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or formation until August 26, 1939. Cavalry, artillery, pioneers, motor and driving departments, armored forces, traffic forces and intelligence departments. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 . P. 196.