Kuk Feldjäger Battalion No. 22
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Imperial and Royal Feldjäger Battalion No. 22 |
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 Unterjäger in winter march adjustment |
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| active | 1849 to 1918 |
| Country |
 Austria-Hungary
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| Armed forces | Austro-Hungarian Land Forces |
| Armed forces | army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Military Police Battalion |
| structure | See outline |
| Location | See garrisons |
| management | |
| Commanders | See list of commanders |
The Austro-Hungarian Feldjäger Battalion No. 22 was a battalion of the Joint Army from 1849 to 1918 and thus part of the land forces of Austria-Hungary .
history
The battalion was set up on April 1, 1849 as kk Galizisches Jäger Battalion No. 22 from the 5th and 6th companies of the later kuk Feldjäger Battalion No. 12. These became the 1st and 2nd company. The 3rd and 4th companies were set up by recruiting recruits first in Karthaus , then later in Mauer near Vienna . Renamed in 1853 to kk Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 22, it was renamed kuk Böhmisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 22 in 1871 when it moved to Komotau . In 1878 it was named kuk Böhmisches Feld-Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 22 and from 1908 as kuk Bohemian Feldjäger Battalion No. 22. In 1880 the reserve company for the establishment of the Austro-Hungarian Feld-Jäger Battalion No. 38 in Kaaden is handed over.
It was popularly called the Egerländer Feldjäger Battalion .
Garrisons
| year | Rod | Reserve company and supplementary company cadre station | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1849 to 1850 | Szathmár | Przemyśl | - |
| 1850 to 1853 | Leutschau | Znojmo | - |
| 1853 to 1855 | Five churches | Przemysl | - |
| 1855 to 1857 | Oedenburg | Przemysl | - |
| 1857 to 1859 | Gran | Przemysl | 1857 Introduction of the supplementary districts |
| 1859 to 1860 | Oedenburg | Przemysl | - |
| 1860 to 1863 | Vienna and Pressburg | Przemysl | - |
| 1863 to 1865 | Prague | Przemysl | - |
| 1865 to 1866 | Kiel | Przemysl | - |
| 1866 to 1867 | St. Polten | Przemysl | - |
| 1867 to 1868 | Herzogenburg | Przemysl | from 1867 addition from the Prague district of Infantry Regiment No. 28 |
| 1868 to 1869 | Wilhelmsburg | Przemysl | - |
| 1869 to 1871 | Hungarian Hradish | Przemysl | - |
| 1871 to 1880 | Komotau | Przemysl, from 1873 Chomutov | from 1873 addition from the Eger district to infantry regiment No. 73 |
| 1880 to 1881 | Gacko | Prague | - |
| 1881 to 1882 | Banja Luka | Prague | - |
| 1882 to 1888 | Prague | Eger | - |
| 1888 to 1891 | Livno | Eger | from 1889 additions from the entire territorial area |
| 1891 to 1906 | Prague | Eger | - |
| 1906 to 1910 | Neuhaus | Eger | - |
| 1910 to 1914 | Tione | Eger | - |
| 1914 | Borgo | Eger | - |
Participation in skirmishes and combat operations
1849 Participation in the campaign in Hungary
- June 26 and 27, 1849: Battle near Arpás.
- June 28, 1849: Battle near Szemere .
- August 5, 1849 crossing over the Tisza , on August 9 to Temesvar and on August 19 to Déva , where the campaign ended.
Losses: 2 fallen and 8 wounded soldiers and 1 missing person.
1854 as a result of the Russo-Turkish War
- mobilized on February 28th and used to secure the border in the east until 1855.
1859 Participation in the campaign in Italy
- from May 1859 until the preliminary peace of Villafranca in July 1859 deployed in coastal protection.
1864 Participation in the campaign against Denmark
- January to October 1864 advance from Hamburg to the northern tip of Jutland amid numerous skirmishes and outpost skirmishes .
1866 Participation in the campaign against Prussia
- On June 12, 1866, the battalion left Altona by steamboat and train and went to Prague. There the mobilization took place. Among other things, the battalion took part in the Battle of Königgrätz . There it was on July 3, 1866 the last fighting force on the battlefield.
Losses: 10 officers and 311 soldiers dead and wounded.
1914/18 deployed on the Eastern and Italian fronts:
Eastern Front
- In 1914 he marched out and took part in the Battle of Komarów and the Battle of Rawa Ruska in Galicia . Then retreat to the San , participate in the Battle of the San and advance to Jaroslau . After the battles near Cracow and Limanowa, position battle on Dunajec . Then the battalion was transferred to the Carpathians.
- 1915 Participation in the Carpathian campaign and the fighting in Eastern Galicia . After being transported to Tyrol
Italy
- 1916 Participation in the spring offensive in South Tyrol . Fights on the high plateau and in the Adamello area .
- 1917 at the Civaron (Ortigaraschlacht) and in the Suganertal . As part of the 1917-18 winter offensive , the battalion stormed Monte Tondarecare and Monte Meletta.
- 1918 last fighting in Italy.
assignment
The order of the hunter troops did not differ from that of the kuk infantry regiments and the kuk Bosnian-Herzegovinian infantry . Since the great reform of 1868, the entire infantry had been uniformly trained and armed. The different names were only retained for historical reasons.
organization
As of 1914
- Subordinated to: 121st Infantry Brigade - 8th Infantry Troop Division - XIV Army Corps
- Nationalities: 50% German - 49% Czech - 1% other
- Complementary district: Eger
- Garrison: Borgo Valsugana (moved here from Tione di Trento in the same year)
structure
In 1849 the battalion was divided into four companies. The 1st and 2nd companies formed the 1st division, the 3rd and 4th companies the 2nd division.
Strength in June 1866: 27 officers and 1,055 men
In 1867 the hunter troop was reorganized and the battalion was divided into four companies.
In 1908 a machine gun department was set up.
August 1914
- Battalion headquarters
- 1st to 4th field company
- Machine gun department
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lieutenant Colonel Wenzel Schröder | April 1, 1849 |
| 2. | Lieutenant Colonel Karl von Baltin | 1851 |
| 3. | Lieutenant Colonel Georg Milanes | 1857 |
| 4th | Lieutenant Colonel Franz Siller Ritter von Gambolo | 1864 |
| 5. | Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Baron Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld | 1866 |
| 6th | Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Czemak | 1875 |
| 7th | Lieutenant Colonel Alois Mauler | November 1881 |
| 8th. | Major Ferdinand Mayer | May 1, 1885 |
| 9. | Major Heinrich Weinhofer | May 1890 |
| 10. | Major Karl Klarner | February 1892 |
| 11. | Lieutenant Colonel Richard Kettner von Kettenau | 1894 |
| 12. | Lieutenant Colonel Georg Mladenovic | December 2, 1899 |
| 13. | Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Freiherr Stillfried von Rathenitz | Fall 1905 |
| 14th | Lieutenant Colonel Josef Ritter von Paic | May 1912 |
| 15th | Lieutenant Colonel Wenzel Ort | Autumn 1913 |
| 16. | Lieutenant Colonel Wenzel Köbe | after July 1914 |
| 17th | Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich Ritter Clanner von Engelshofen | 1918 |
Armament and equipment
Main armament
In 1854 the troops were equipped with the Lorenz M nozzle and nozzle system in 1854. In 1867, the old socket against were breech-loading rifle system Wänzl exchanged, in 1869, finally, the launch was the breech-loading rifle system Werndl . In 1907 the repeating rifle M. 5 was introduced and in 1908 the troops received the first two Schwarzlose M7 machine guns .
Other equipment
In 1861 the hunting horn with the battalion number in the middle was introduced, in 1863 the soldiers were equipped with cookware.
uniform
In 1861 the hunter's hat replaced the shako as headgear, in 1908 the uniform system was reformed and the previous blue-gray trousers were replaced by pike-gray ones.
Others
People in the battalion
- Julius Lustig-Prean von Preanfeld, (born February 11, 1871 in Pilsen , † July 1957 in Vienna), 1899 to 1901 with the Feldjäger Battalion No. 22, most recently major general and commander of the 2nd Kaiserjäger Brigade. Received the title of Lieutenant Field Marshal in January 1938 .
- Franz Freiherr von Berlepsch, (born February 14, 1875 in Bichor ; killed on October 29, 1914 in Razlawice), 1909 with the Feldjäger Battalion No. 22, officer and first Austrian balloon pilot, most recently captain of the kuk Kaiserjäger
Foundation day
Although the battalion was set up on April 1st, March 1st was celebrated as the anniversary day.
References
swell
- Austrian State Archives, War Archives Department, holdings AdT, BA, FA, VL
literature
- Oskar Brüch, Günter Dirrheimer: The kuk army 1895. Graz 1997, ISBN 3-7020-0783-0 . (Writings of the Army History Museum in Vienna, Military Science Institute, Volume 10)
- Anton Heinzl: The former kuk Feldjäger 22 in the world wars 1914 - 1918. Reichenberg 1935.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk Generalität 1816-1918. Austrian State Archives, Vienna 2007, p. 109.
Remarks
- ↑ However, the latter no longer existed in 1914