Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 13
The Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 13 was a cavalry unit of the Prussian Army .
Organization and association membership 1914
- XVI. Army Corps in Metz (→ Metz Fortress )
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Commanding General : General of the Infantry Bruno von Mudra
- 34th Division in Metz
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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
- Commander: Major General Eberhard von Hofacker
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:
- Uhlan regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden" (Rheinisches) No. 7 the 1st squadron
- Hussar regiment "King Humbert of Italy" (1st Kurhessisches) No. 13 the 2nd squadron
- 3rd Badisches Dragoon Regiment "Prinz Karl" No. 22 the 4th Squadron
- Leib-Dragoon Regiment (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 24 the 3rd Squadron
- Kurmärkisches Dragoon Regiment No. 14 the 5th Squadron
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
- Colonel General Georg Lindemann
Commanders
Rank | Surname | vocation | Recall |
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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
- ^ 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.