Kk Dragoon Regiment "Field Marshal Friedrich Josias Prince of Saxony - Coburg - Saalfeld" No. 6

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The regiment owner, Field Marshal Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
Dragoon 1762

The regiment was a cavalry unit that was established in 1683 as a Herbeville Dragoons for the Imperial Habsburg army . The regiment changed names several times and was last called "kk Dragoon Regiment" Field Marshal Friedrich Josias Prince of Saxony - Coburg - Saalfeld "No. 6"

In the cavalry ranking created in 1769, the regiment was given the name Cavalry Regiment No. 37 , and in 1798 it was initially renamed Dragoon Regiment No. 6 .

The following numbering was subsequently introduced for the system: 1683/3 (to Ticino ), Dragoon Regiment DX (to Bleckwenn ).

Until 1798, the regiments were named after their respective regiment owners (who did not also have to be the commanders). Due to this constant renaming, the regimental histories of the Austro-Hungarian cavalry are very difficult to follow. In addition, there is the constant and apparently arbitrary, sometimes multiple reclassification of the associations. (For example: Kuk Dragoon Regiment "Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz" No. 14 )

Formation history

  • 1683 With an imperial patent dated March 15, the association of Ludwig von Herbeville with a tribe of 200 men of the "Dragoon Regiment Saurau" and 100 men each of the Dragoon regiments "Schulz", "Castell" and "Kueffstein" as "Dragoons" -Regiment Graf Herbeville ”in Lower Austria .
  • Supplemented in 1691 with 500 men from the Lower Austrian Landscape Dragoons Regiment.
  • 1700 parts of the disbanded "Dragoon Regiment Glöckelsperg" taken over.
  • In 1721 a company of the disbanded Dragoon Regiment "Veterani" was assigned.
  • In 1731 the crew of the dissolved auction companies of the dragoon regiments "Savoyen" and "Philippi" were assigned.
  • 1740 Three companies of the disbanded Dragoon Regiment "Württemberg" were incorporated.
  • In 1768 the Grenadier Company had to be given over to the newly established 2nd Carabinier Regiment (later Dragoon Regiment No. 1 ). In compensation, the regiment was assigned a squadron of the disbanded cuirassier regiment "de Ville".
  • In 1769 the regiment received the cavalry ranking number 37
  • In 1775 the Lieutenant Colonel Division of the disbanded Dragoon Regiment "Liechtenstein" was assigned.
  • In 1798 it received the No. 6 as the Dragoon Regiment (light) and gave up the 4th Division for the establishment of the light Dragoon Regiment No. 13 (later Hussar Regiment No. 16 ).
  • 1801-2 the regiment was dissolved, the Colonel Division to the "Rosenberg-Chevauxlegers" (later Hussar Regiment No. 16), the Lieutenant Colonel Division to the "Kaiser-Chevauxlegers" (later Uhlan Regiment No. 6) Major division to the "Konsky-Chevauxlegers" (later Dragoon Regiment No. 10 )

additions

  • 1781 When permanent advertising areas were assigned, the regiment was transferred to Bohemia with the addition.

Peace garrisons

Regimental owner

Regimental Commanders

  • 1683 Colonel Herbeville
  • 1684 Lieutenant Colonel Vitelli
  • 1691 Lieutenant Colonel Capris delle Ciglie (called Schille)
  • 1694 Lieutenant Colonel (Obrist) Schlechtenthal
  • 1695 Lieutenant Colonel Stephan Graf Steinville
  • 1698 Lieutenant Colonel (Colonel) Heinrich de Battée
  • 1705 Lieutenant Colonel (Colonel) Franz Graf Jörger
  • 1708 Colonel Baron von Metsch
  • 1751 Lieutenant Colonel Falaize,
  • 1709 Colonel Count Jörger zu Tollet
  • 1716 Lieutenant Colonel (Colonel) Nicolaus Kleinermann,
  • 1729 Colonel Johann Friedrich Prince Anhalt-Bernburg -Zerbst
  • 1736 Lieutenant Colonel Brechtl
  • 1738 Colonel Philipp, Count of the Rhine at Salm
  • 1740 Colonel Belloute de Watters
  • 1750 Colonel Ludwig Graf Argenteau
  • 1756 Colonel Heinrich Freiherr von Jacquemin (called Schakmin)
  • 1759 Colonel Carl von Hocke
  • 1771 Lieutenant Colonel (Colonel) Sigmund Graf Kollonits
  • 1784 Colonel Carl Belleoute de Watters
  • 1789 Colonel Johann Lajos
  • 1791 Colonel Wilhelm Fischer von Ehrenbach
  • 1792 Colonel Joseph Maria Prince Lorraine-Vaudèmont
  • 1793 Colonel Anton Canisius
  • 1796 Colonel Andreas Graf Hadik von Futak
  • 1800–02 Colonel Franz Ambschel

Battle calendar

Great Turkish War

  • In 1683 divisions of the still barely formed regiment took part in the fighting on the Tabor Bridge near Vienna . It later fought on Bisamberg in the battle of Kahlenberg and Párkány
  • 1684 Siege of Oven
  • 1685–87 Security and patrol services in the army in Inner Austria and Croatia
  • 1688 Security and patrol services in Transylvania
  • 1690 Significant losses in the battle near Tohány. Heavy losses after the battle at Therda, where the regiment got caught in a Turkish ambush.
  • 1691 Battle of Slankamen
  • 1692 Deported for the siege of Grosswardein
  • 1693 fighting near Semlin, under General Hofkirchen. Battle at Gyula (Csatád)
  • 1694 Security and patrol services in Transylvania
  • 1695 Battle of Lugos
  • 1697 Involved in the foray against Uj-Palánka
  • 1698 Security and patrol services in Transylvania

War of the Spanish Succession

  • 1702 Relocation to the theater of war in Italy. Participation in the battle of San Vittoria and the battle of Lazzara
  • 1703-04 The largest part of the regiment was with the troops in Lombardy (first on the Po , later in South Tyrol), a division led a battle near Dernice
  • 1705 The regiment fought under Prince Eugene in the Battle of Cassano
  • 1706 Battle of Pianezza, Battle of Turin
  • 1707 Campaign in Provence with battles near Toulon
  • 1708 Security and patrol services in Spain
  • 1710 Participation in the battles at Almenara, Saragossa and Villaviciosa

Venetian-Austrian Turkish War

War of the Polish Succession

  • 1734 relocation to Italy. Fight at Quistello. Battle of Parma , heavy casualties in the Battle of Guastalla
  • Temporarily detached to Germany in 1735, the regiment returned to Italy in the same year for security and patrol services
  • 1737 Participation in the operations of the Hildburghausen Corps in Croatia
  • 1738 fighting with the main army at Kornia and Mehadia
  • 1739 Security and patrol services in Transylvania

War of the Austrian Succession

Battle of Kolin

Seven Years War

War of the Bavarian Succession

  • 1778 deployed in the occupation of Lower Bavaria, then commanded to Bohemia
  • 1779 Security and patrol services in Silesia

Russo-Austrian Turkish War (1787–1792)

Revolutionary Wars

  • In 1792 commanded to the theater of war in the Netherlands, three squadrons fought at Bossut, a division at Florennes, the entire regiment with distinction in the battle of Jemappes
  • 1793 Battle of Aldenhoven , battles at Berlaimont , Maubeuge and Bassuyan.
  • 1794 Security and patrol services in front of Lanrecies. Participation in the battle of le Cateau, skirmish at St. Croix and some skirmishes on the Sambre . Later skirmishes near Maastricht and Kreuznach
  • 1795 Security and patrol services on the Rhine
  • 1796 fighting on the Lower Rhine , near Wetzlar , Würzburg and Schliengen
  • 1797 No combat activity
  • 1799 Detached to the army in Germany. Battle near Stockach. March to Switzerland with participation in the Battle of Zurich . No longer in use in the further course of the campaign

Napoleonic Wars

  • 1800 With the advance troops on the Lower Rhine. Transfer to the main army with participation in the Battle of Engen and in the subsequent battles on the Iller . In December, Battle of Hohenlinden

Adjustment of the regiment

  • 1738: blue coat, yellow facings
  • 1757: dark blue skirt, ponceau red lapels , dark blue trousers
  • 1765: red skirt, parrot green leveling , white trousers, white buttons
  • 1767: white skirt, ponceau red leveling, white trousers, white buttons

structure

A regiment in the Austro-Hungarian Cavalry usually consisted of three to four (in exceptional cases 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.

The individual divisions were named after their formal leaders:

  • the 1st division was the colonel division
  • the 2nd division was the lieutenant colonel (lieutenant colonel) division
  • the 3rd division was the majors division
  • the 4th division was the 2nd majors division
  • the 5th division (if any) was the 3rd majors division

See also

Commons : Uniforms of the Austrian Cavalry 1762  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck , Erich Lessing: The KuK Army 1848-1914. Bertelsmann, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-570-07287-8 .
  • Hans Bleckwenn : The regiments of the Empress: Thoughts on the Albertina manuscript 1762 of the Army History Museum Vienna. In: Writings of the Army History Museum in Vienna. Volume 3: Maria Theresia - 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. Issue 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.
  • Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century. 3 volumes. Biblio, 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
  3. ↑ There was no binding regulation of the spelling (e.g. Regiment Graf Serbelloni - or Regiment Serbelloni). After 1798, the numbered designation prevailed, which could possibly be linked to the name of the owner.