kuk Feldjäger Battalion No. 8

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First lieutenant in marching adjustment

The kuk Feldjägerbataillon No. 8 was an infantry unit within the joint army of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy , which grew to regimental strength in the event of mobilization.

Establishment

During the coalition wars, the 8th Imperial-Royal Feldjägerdivision was set up in Zistersdorf im Marchfeld in 1808 . The first in command was Colonel Sergeant Hieronymus von Mumb. The only evidence of this time are various documents such as billing, accommodation lists, repair reports, complaints about unsettled deficiencies in the area of ​​billeting of the battalion commander, Obristwachtmeister von Mumb, and evidence of their completion. However, these are sufficient to document the presence of the battalion.

Skirmishes and combat operations

A patrol leader's tunic

Coalition wars

Wars of Liberation

  • 1813 The battalion belonged to the cover troops on the right wing of the army in Inner Austria under Feldzeugmeister Freiherr von Hiller . On September 14, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Mumb, it defeated a French unit of equal strength (around 1,500 men) in one battle and captured a battalion commander, nine other officers and 242 men. Five flags and 800 rifles were also captured.
On September 28th and 29th, the battalion undertook a violent reconnaissance against Pontafel . The place was attacked and the bridge at Leopoldskirchen destroyed.
October 7th: The battalion attacked in the Bartolograben, but was then repulsed at Seifnitz . During this operation, the division commander Colonel Mumb was so badly wounded that he died in Klagenfurt on November 2nd as a result of this wound .
November 15: In battle near Caldiero.
  • 1814 The association was involved in a battle near Parma on March 2nd and suffered heavy losses.
Unterjäger in march adjustment

Reign of the Hundred Days

  • 1815: Fights against the Neapolitan army of Joachim Murat . Occupation of Aquila and participation in the decisive battle on May 16 near San Germano.
Officer rankings from 1909

Risorgimento

  • In 1821 the division was deployed in Piedmont and fought in a battle near Novara . Six detached trains under Major Gatterburg were involved in the capture of the fortress of Alessandria .

Revolution of 1848/49 in the Austrian Empire

  • 1848: At the outbreak of the revolution in Italy, the two companies stationed in Este and remaining loyal to the oath were united by Field Marshal Radetzky with two German companies from Feldjäger Battalion 9 to form the "Combined 8th Feldjäger Battalion". The newly formed battalion fought under Colonel Poschacher on April 30th in the battle near Pastrengo and took part in Radetzky's famous flank march from Verona to Mantua on May 27th ; Fight in the Battle of Vicenza with the capture of the Malarelli Castle.
After the heavy losses in December 1848, the battalion was reorganized and in May 1849 commanded to the reserve corps, which Feldzeugmeister Nugent had deployed against revolutionary Hungary in Pettau . From July 23 to August 3 the advance took place via Csakathurn to Fünfkirchen . There the troops were loaded onto steamships and transported up the Danube to Vác. It was here that the siege troops were assigned to the fortress of Komorn , which was occupied by the Hungarians , until it capitulated on October 3, 1849.

German war

  • Assigned to the 4th Corps of the Northern Army, the battalion fought in the battle of Pig Skull and the Battle of Königgrätz . In this it covered the artillery positions, with almost all officers (including the battalion commander Baron von Reitzenstein) and a large part of the crew fell. With an actual strength of 1,100 men, there were losses of 738 men.
  • In 1869, the battalion , which was then stationed in southern Dalmatia , took part in a military expedition to the Krivošije and was involved in battles near Santa Barbara, San Giorgio and Risano .

First World War

  • After the mobilization, the battalion moved on August 10, 1914 with 38 officers and 1,220 men to the Russian front.
  • August 26, 1914 Battle at Gologory
  • September 7, 1914 Participation in the Battle of Grodek
  • October 15, 1914 Battle of Przemysl
  • 1915: Delegation to the German Southern Army. Fight in the Lomnica valley and at the Jawornikhöhe. Then transfer to the Bessarabian border with fighting near Dobronoutz. In July positional and defensive battles on the Dniester near Koscielniki. Defensive battles at Sinkow.
  • October 23, 1915 Relocation to the Isonzo Front. Deployment in the Fourth Isonzo Battle on Monte San Michele .
  • On October 26, 1917 advance as part of the 12th Isonzo battle from the Plöckenfront via Stauli, Roner, Paluzza, Ravascletto, Ovaro into the Canziano Valley. Heavy fighting with the retreating Italian troops. In the night of November 7th to 8th 1917, the Col Rementerra was initially occupied and from there attacks through the Piave Valley downstream to Longarone and Belluno / Feltre . On December 19, there was another attack on the northern slope of Monte Grappa .
  • From January 20 to February 11, 1918 defensive battles on Monte Pertica. Since the beginning of the 12th Isonzo Battle, the battalion of 1,100 men had lost 900 men through sabotages.

On November 5, 1918, the battalion was captured on the march back by the following Italian troops at Madonna di Campiglio .

Association membership 1914

  • III. Corps - 6th Infantry Troop Division - 12th Infantry Brigade

Ethnic composition

  • 78% Germans - 22% others
Barracks of the battalion in Villach

garrison

Commanders

  • 1903–1910: Major (Obstlt.) Guido Novak
  • 1911: Major Bogumil Novakovic von Gjuraboj
  • 1912–1915: Lieutenant Colonel Julius Lustig-Prean von Preansfeld
  • December 12, 1915: Major Wünsch

Motto and march of the battalion

The motto was: "Brave and loyal"

The march of the battalion was the march "Achter-Jäger vor" by Hans Handl (1887–1973)

Honors

In Klagenfurt, the Achterjägerpark and a memorial stone there commemorate the battalion.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The fighters of the Austro-Hungarian Army were normal infantrymen who only used this name for traditional reasons. The light infantry, for which the term "Jäger" originally stood, was abandoned during the army reform in 1867. The only difference between the hunters and the infantry was their peace uniform.
  2. ↑ In the Kuk Army, the troop strength of the individual units was already higher in peacetime than in Germany . During mobilization , an independent battalion achieved regimental strength through growth .
  3. ↑ In Austria-Hungary, battalion-strength units were often referred to as “divisions”. Correct divisions, however, were called troop divisions .
  4. ↑ March of the Achterjäger
  5. ↑ Eighth Hunter Monument. Retrieved April 3, 2013 .

source

  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jakob Baxa "History of the kuk Feldjäger Battalion No. 8 1808-1918"
  • Bulletin of the 7th Staff Battalion of the Austrian Armed Forces