Austro-Hungarian Dragoon Regiment "Prince of Liechtenstein" No. 10
The regiment was established in 1631 as an Ilow Dragoons for the imperial Habsburg army . From this, over the course of time, up to the joint army within the Austro-Hungarian Land Forces, the kuk dragoon regiment "Prince of Liechtenstein" No. 10 developed
In 1769 the regiment was given the name Cavalry Regiment No. 7 in the newly established cavalry ranking list . However, the name continued to be after the regiment owner (who did not also have to be the commander) until 1798 . There was no binding regulation of the spelling. (e.g. Count Serbelloni regiment - or Serbelloni regiment.) With each change of ownership, the regiment concerned changed its name.
After the system was changed in 1798, the numbered designation prevailed, which could possibly be linked to the name of the owner. At first the name was changed to Dragoon Regiment No. 12 .
The regiment had to use this name for ever since 1888 . Nevertheless, in 1915 all honorary names were deleted without replacement. From then on the regiment was only called kuk Dragoon Regiment No. 10 (However, this could not be enforced in common parlance, on the one hand because nobody adhered to it, on the other hand the thrifty kuk military administration had ordered that all existing stamps and forms should be used up first.)
The following numbering was subsequently introduced for the system: 1631/16 (to Ticino ), Dragoon Regiment D III (to Bleckwenn ).
With an existence of 287 years it was the oldest dragoon regiment and the second oldest regiment of the entire Austro-Hungarian cavalry.
Associations with the same name
- From 1798–1821 the later Uhlan Regiment No. 8 led the designation Dragoon Regiment No. 10.
- From 1671–1873 the later Hussar Regiment No. 15 led the designation Dragoon Regiment No. 10.
Formation history
- 1631 The regular troop of the regiment is the Dragoons Illow, set up by Colonel Illow from five companies
- 1634 Raised regimental status through the recruitment of five more companies
- 1649 First reduced to 4 companies, then reinforced to 8 companies by incorporating personnel from the disbanded Gallas and Paconchay regiments
- In 1657, six newly recruited companies had to be transferred to the newly established Flettinger Regiment
- In 1679 parts of the dissolved Trauttmansdorff and Chavagnac regiments were assigned
- 1682 Transfer of 200 men as a tribe to the newly established Julius Savoyen regiment
- 1683 Surrender of 100 men to the newly established Herbeville Dragoon Regiment
- 1700 parts of the disbanded Dragoon Regiment Uhlefeld incorporated
- 1721 A company of the Battée-Dragoons regiment incorporated
- 1731 parts of 1727 prepared Auctions company to the Dragoon regiments Westerloo and Saxony-Gotha leave
- In 1768 the Grenadier Company was transferred to the newly established 1. Carabinier Reg. (later Dragoon No. 3 ) surrendered, in return a squadron of the disbanded Althann Dragoon Regiment was taken over
- In 1769, the regiment was assigned the cavalry ranking number 7
- 1775 Conversion into a Chevauxlegers regiment
- In 1787 it received a squadron from the Uhlan Division assigned to the Lobkowitz Regiment (later Uhlan No. 8) as a tribe for the formation of a Uhlan Division
- The 1790 Lancer Division was attached to the newly formed Lancers Regiment. 1 released
- 1798 Conversion to Dragoon Regiment No. 12
- 1801/1802 conversion to Chevauxlegers Regiment No. 5. For this purpose, the Majors Division of the dissolved Dragoon Regiment Coburg No. 6 was taken over
- 1851 Conversion to Uhlan Regiment No. 9
- 1873 Conversion to Dragoon Regiment No. 10 (The previous Dragoon Regiment No. 10 had been converted into a Hussar Regiment and the number became vacant.)
Supplementary districts
- 1781 Bohemia
- 1853 From the supplementary district of Infantry Regiment No. 21 ( Chrudim ).
- 1857 Supplementary districts for infantry regiments No. 44 and 55 ( Milan , Monza ).
- 1860 Galicia , districts of infantry regiments No. 24, 55, 58 ( Kolomea , Brzezany , Stanislau )
- 1867 districts of infantry regiments No. 15 and 24 ( Tarnopol , Kolomea),
- 1868 districts of infantry regiments No. 15 and 55 (Tarnopol, Brzezany)
- 1875–83 District of Infantry Regiment No. 15
- 1883–89 District of Infantry Regiment No. 95 ( Czortków ).
- 1889 area of the XI. Corps (Military Territorial District Lviv )
- 1893 Area of the VIII Corps (Military Territorial District Prague ).
Peace garrisons
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Regimental owner
- 1631 Generalfeldwachtmeister Christian Reichsfreiherr von Illow (Dragoons Regiment von Illow)
- 1634 Colonel Michael D´Espaigne (Dragoon Regiment D'Espaigne)
- 1640 Colonel Johann De la Corona (Von der Cron) (Dragoon Regiment de la Corona)
- 1653 Colonel Peter de Buschiere (Dragoon Regiment de Buschiere)
- 1661 Colonel Jakob Freiherr von Gérard (Gerhard) (Dragoons Regiment Gérard)
- 1676 Generalfeldwachtmeister Johann Valentin Graf Schulz (Schultz) (Dragoon Regiment Graf Schultz)
- 1686 Colonel Johann Jakob Graf Kissel (Dragoon Regiment Graf Kissel)
- 1689 Field Sergeant General Johann Ludwig Graf Rabutin de Bussy (Dragoon Regiment de Bussy)
- 1716 Colonel Amadeus Count Rabutin de Bussy (Dragoon Regiment de Bussy)
- 1727 Generalfeldwachtmeister Joseph Peter Waderborn (Watterborn) von Dundy (Dragoon Regiment Dundy)
- 1731 Colonel Carl Joseph Prince Batthyányi (Dragoon Regiment Prince Batthyáni)
- 1773 Lieutenant Field Marshal Joseph Graf Kinsky von Kninitz and Tettau (Graf Kinsky Dragoon Regiment)
- 1775-1804 not occupied
- 1804 Lieutenant Field Marshal Johann Graf Klenau , Frhr. by Janowitz
- Unoccupied 1819-1822
- 1822 Lieutenant Field Marshal Andreas von Schneller
- 1840 Major General Carl Fürst Liechtenstein
- 1865 Lieutenant Field Marshal Alexander Graf Mensdorff-Pouilly (1869 Prince Dietrichstein, Count of Graf Mensdorff-Pouilly)
- 1871–95 General of the cavalry, Prince Wilhelm Albrecht von Montenuovo
Regimental Commanders
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Battle calendar
- 1632–33 patrols and security services in Bohemia and later in Silesia, without major combat activity
- 1634 fighting near Liegnitz
- 1635 To the army under Gallas on the Rhine ( Lorraine )
- 1636-1641 Security services in Bohemia, Pomerania and Silesia without taking part in the operations of the main army
- 1642 Battle near Schweidnitz , later, commanded to the main army, participation in the battle near Breitenfeld
- Relocated temporarily to Franconia in 1643 , it returned to Silesia without any combat activity
- 1644 Siege of Glogau , then under Galla's campaign to Northern Germany
- 1645 Involved in the defense of Pilsen and Pardubice
- 1646 Patrol and security services in Bohemia
- 1647 Fighting during the capture of the Königswarter Schanzen
- 1648 During the defense of Eger
- 1653 Relocated to Hungary, one department was in a skirmish against the Turks near Levencz
- 1657 To cover the borders partly in Silesia, partly in Upper Hungary
- 1661-62 participation in the campaign Montecuccolis to Transylvania , a company under Captain Sohir fights later in the defense of Cluj . A patrol corps made up of various regiments under the owner Colonel Gérard was assigned to Prince Kemény and suffered great losses in the battle of Sighișoara (Segesvár)
- 1663 Five companies under Lieutenant Colonel Hagen fought in the defense of Neuhäusel , a detachment under Lieutenant Müller in the defense of Freistadtl
- 1664 fighting in the battle of St. Gotthard (Mogersdorf)
- 1671–72 Individual sections of the regiment stationed in Hungary at that time took part in smaller operations against the Malcontents (= dissatisfied subjects)
- 1675 Five companies were assigned to the Corps of General Cob (Auxiliary Corps for Brandenburg) in Pomerania
- 1676 fighting in front of Anslarn and Demmin
- In 1677 this corps was left to the King of Denmark against Sweden . The five companies were present at the capture of the island of Ruegen involved
Anti-Habsburg uprisings in the Kingdom of Hungary from 1671–1711
- 1678 Relocated to Upper Hungary, the regiment took part in battles against the Kuruzen , for example in the defense of Eperjes ( Prešov )
- 1682 Five companies were in Silesia, the other five on the Waag
- 1683 Battle near Pressburg and participation in the Battle of Kahlenberg, then fighting near Párkány
- 1684 With the main army at the siege of Ofen , battle near Szent Endre
- 1685 Back in Upper Hungary during the capture of Eperjes and the siege of Košice
- 1686 In the battle near Szent Jobb, then in the siege and capture of Ofen
- 1687 Skirmish with the main army on Mount Harsány . Campaign on the Drava
- 1688 During the capture of the title and siege of Belgrade
- 1689 campaign to Serbia . Battles at Batocina and Nissa.
- 1690 Battle near Kronstadt (Tohány) in Transylvania
- 1691 Battle of Slankamen , later relocation to Slavonia
- 1692 During the siege of Grosswardein , later commanded to the Save
- 1693 With the main army at the siege of Belgrade
- 1694–95 Operations on the Lower Danube with the main army
- 1696 campaign against Temesvár
- 1697 Battle of Zenta , a detachment was involved in the capture of Uj-Palánka
- 1698-1703 patrols and security services in Transylvania
- 1704 Battle at Pata. Relief operation from Kronstadt with a battle near Sárkány
- 1705 Defense of Sibiu and breach of the blockade
- 1706 Unsuccessful siege of Košice. The detachment that remained in Transylvania took part in the battles near Déva, Cluj-Napoca, the relief of Sibiu and the battles near Székely -Kocsárd and Mühlenbach in 1707
- 1707 The rest of the regiment was out of action that year
- 1708 Relocation to Transylvania, capture of Görgény, relief of Cluj-Napoca, battle near Karika
- 1709 battles at Mühlenbach, Püspöki and at Királyhágó (provisioning of Grosswardein), then again in Transylvania
- 1710 A detachment waged a skirmish off Szilágy-Somlyó
- 1716 fighting near Peterwardein and Temesvár
- 1717 Battle of Belgrade
- 1734 Relocated from Silesia to the Rhine . No combat activity
- 1735 In the Rhineland without combat activity
Russo-Austrian Turkish War (1736–1739)
- 1737 With the main army in the capture of Nissa and the siege of Widdin
- 1738 Battle at Kornia
- 1739 Battle of Grocka and battle of Pancsova
War of the Austrian Succession
- 1741 With the army in Silesia, battle near Ottmachau and battle near Mollwitz
- 1742 Battle of Caslau, then during the siege of Prague
- 1743 fighting in Bavaria, taking the entrenchments near Deggendorf , then marching to the Rhine and participating in operations there
- 1744 on the Rhine, then in the corps of its owner in Bavaria
- 1745 Battle near Pfaffenhofen, where some of the dragoons dismounted, stormed the gate and among the first to penetrate the town. Later in the army of Field Marshal Traun on Main used
- 1746 Relocated to the theater of war in the Spanish Netherlands . Battle of Roucoux
- 1747 Battle of Lauffeldt
- 1756 In the Corps Piccolomini in Bohemia. Detachments in smaller battles near Jassena and Reichenau. The Grenadier Company under Captain Count Erdödy participated in the battle of lobositz part
- 1757 Four companies in battle near Reichenberg . The regiment suffered great losses in the Battle of Prague and the Battle of Breslau . Again great losses in the retreat of the left wing after the battle of Leuthen
- 1758 Battle of Hochkirch , then siege of Breslau
- 1759 In the association of the main army without combat activity
- 1760 Fighting in the relief of Dresden , and in the battle near Kunzendorf, then in the battle of Torgau
- 1761 Patrol and security services in the Ore Mountains
- 1762 Battle of Teplitz and the Battle of Freiberg
War of the Bavarian Succession
- 1778–79 In the main army in Bohemia, smaller units in patrol service, battles near Rumburg
Russo-Austrian Turkish War (1787–1792)
- 1788 Siege and capture of Dubica, battle near Begevstan, later storming of Novi. The Uhlan Division, divided into the main army, was involved in the battle near Bezanja
- 1789 Two divisions temporarily at the siege of Berbir, later with the other two to the Save relocated
- 1790 The Ulanen-Division as well as two others on patrol and security services at the Unna, one division involved in the siege and storming of Cetin
- 1792 Seconded to the Hohenlohe Corps on the Rhine. Detachments participated in the operations in the Champagne and Luxembourg part
- 1793 fighting at St. Croix ( Arlon ). In the second battle at Arlon, four squadrons held out against multiple attacks by superior enemy forces. In the battle at Avesnes-le-Sec , the regiment was characterized by a frontal attack on a Kareé consisting of five battalions . Departments took yet taking the entrenchments at Merbes-le-Chateau and the battle of Berlaimont part
- 1794 Participation in the siege of Landrecies (Battle of le-Cateau) the battle at Cense-du-Fagnel and Erquelinnes. Battle of Charleroi and Fleurus
- 1795 during the capture of the Mannheim camp . In December battles at Schopp, Landstuhl and Trippstadt
- 1796 Four squadrons in battle near Wetzlar , two squadrons in battle near Kircheim. Individual detachments fought at Malsch and Rothensohl, then at Stuttgart , Cannstatt , Aalen , Heidenheim , Bopfingen and Kirchheim . The regiment. fought near Teining, Neumarkt , in the battle of Amberg , Forchheim and with distinction in the battle of Würzburg . Detachments still at Aschaffenburg , Hanau , Kron-Weissenburg, one squadron in the battle of Emmendingen .
- 1797 In the army on the Rhine, no combat activity
- 1798 patrols and security services, no combat activity
- 1799 fighting near Ostrach and Stockach . Great losses in the battle of Frauenfeld . Parts of the regiment fought near Winterthur and the 1st Battle of Zurich , later with distinction near Neckarau and Mannheim
- 1800 fights near Engen, Meßkirch , Biberach , on the Iller , near Neresheim and Neuburg and later near Hohenlinden . On the further retreat a battle near Rosenhain. In the battle near Viehhausen (Wals), the Colonel Division broke through the enemy positions with an attack. Battle near Schwandorf and Kremsmünster
- 1805 Four squadrons in the main army in Germany joined Archduke Ferdinand's corps after the surrender of Ulm and led rearguard battles there. The other four squadrons were in the Jellacic Corps in Vorarlberg , evaded the surrender of Bregenz by marching at night and were able to withdraw to Bohemia
- 1809 Assigned to the IV. Corps (Rosenberg) in Germany, the regiment fought with distinction but high losses near Regensburg , then in the battle of Aspern , the battle of Wagram and in the battle of Znaim .
- 1813 Battle of Dresden , battle near Naumburg, Battle of the Nations near Leipzig and battle near Hochheim. The Lieutenant Colonels-1. Squadron was assigned to Platoff's Russian corps and fought under Rittmeister Puchner in several undertakings in the small war, for example at Altenburg , Zeitz and the Battle of Chemnitz
- 1814 Battle of Bar-sur-Aube and Battle of Brienne. The regiment suffered great losses in the battle near Troyes . Then fights at Bar-sur-Seine, Arcis-sur-Aube and Vitry
- 1815 Small outpost battles near Belfort
- 1821 Relocation to Piedmont , patrol and security services, without any action
Revolution of 1848/1849 in the Austrian Empire
- 1848 Four squadrons were with the main army in Italy , but were not used during the entire campaign. One squadron stayed in Vorarlberg to observe the Swiss border, the other three were stationed in South Tyrol and were deployed, partly to the individual infantry brigades, partly to patrol units. In this context, forays into the Valsugana , the Valle d'Arsa and the Valle di Ledro were undertaken. Skirmishes at Spiazzi and Rivoli , later these squadrons were at the siege of Peschiera
- 1849 Only individual detachments were used to suppress the uprising in Brescia. Afterwards transfer to Hungary with battles near Zsigárd, Nyárasd, Pered. Awarded in the 1st Battle of Komorn (Àcs) by taking away an enemy battery. 2. Battle of Komorn (Puszta - Herkály) and Battle of Szöreg. Battles near Temesvár and Teregova
- 1866 Three squadrons took part in battles at Trautenau , Neu Rognitz, Königshof and Blumenau as part of the X. Corps of the Northern Army . Two squadrons fought with the III. Corps in the battle of Königgrätz .
During the First World War, the dragoons were exposed to a wide variety of uses. At first they fought as cavalry in the regimental unit, but were also used as infantry in all theaters of war. On August 21, 1914, the regiment fought in the cavalry battle near Jaroslau .
Whereabouts
After the proclamation of Czechoslovakia as an independent state in October 1918, the soldiers of Czech origin were called on by the interim government to stop the fighting and return home. As a rule, this request was obeyed by the regiment's Czech crew. (In terms of constitutional law, this also applied to the German-Bohemian soldiers, as they were suddenly Czechoslovak citizens. The extent to which they complied with this request is no longer comprehensible, but it should have been the exception.) Thus, the association was its previous high command, the The kuk war ministry was withdrawn and could not be demobilized by the latter and, at best, theoretically dissolved. It is currently not known whether, when and where such a dissolution took place. The regiment was disarmed in Poland on the way home from the Ukraine and was only able to reach the home garrisons with great difficulty.
Uniform of the regiment
- Adjustment as a dragoon regiment
- 1738: blue coat, red lapels
- 1757: dark blue skirt and trousers, ponceau red lapels
- 1765: red skirt, light blue equalization , white trousers, yellow buttons
- 1767: white skirt, light blue equalization, white trousers, yellow buttons
- Chevauxlegers Regiment
- 1775: white skirt, light blue equalization, white trousers, yellow buttons
- Dragoon Regiment No. 12
- 1798: dark green skirt, light blue equalization, white trousers, yellow buttons
- Chevauxlegers Regiment No. 5
- 1802: white skirt, light blue equalization, white trousers, yellow buttons
- 1850: dark green tunic and pantaloons, pale red equalization, yellow buttons (not carried out because the regiment was converted to Uhlans in 1851)
- Uhlan Regiment No. 9
- 1851: white czapka , dark green kurtka and pantaloons, scarlet equalization, white buttons
- 1865: white Tschapka, light blue ulanka and pantaloons, madder red equalization, white buttons
- 1868: white Tschapka, light blue ulanka, madder red equalization, madder red bootie pants, white buttons
- Dragoon Regiment No. 10
- 1873: light blue tunic, sulfur yellow equalization, madder red ankle trousers, yellow buttons
structure
A regiment in the Austro-Hungarian Cavalry usually consisted of three to four (in exceptional cases more) divisions. (A division was used here to refer to a battalion-strength unit. The correct division was called an infantry or cavalry division.) 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 or 160 riders per squadron.
(During the army reform begun by Emperor Joseph II , the company structure within the cavalry was abandoned.)
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
Due to the 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 Bohemian Dragoon Regiment "Prince of Windisch-Graetz" No. 14 )
See also
Status and association membership 1914
- I. Corps - 7th Cavalry Troop Division - 11th Cavalry Brigade
- Nationalities: 62% Czech - 29% German - 9% various
- Regimental languages: Czech and German
literature
- 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. Böhlau, Graz et al. 1967, pp. 25-53.
- Hans Bleckwenn: Horsemen, Hussars and Grenadiers. The uniforms of the imperial army on the Rhine 1734. Harenberg, Dortmund 1979, ISBN 3-88379-125-3 , p. 17ff. ( The bibliophile paperbacks 125).
- Bertrand Michael Buchmann: Austria and the Ottoman Empire. A bilateral story. WUV-Universitäts-Verlag, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85114-479-1 .
- 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 .
- 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
- ↑ according to “Announcement of the Quartermaster's Department” of Army Group Command FM. Archduke Eugen / Q.Op. No. 665/15. Issued by the field post office 512
- ^ Ticino 1986 vol. 1:40
- ↑ Bleckwenn