Imperial and Royal Hussar Regiment "Graf von Hadik" No. 3

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The namesake, Count von Hadik
Coat of arms of the KuK Hadik Hussar Regiment No. 3 in 1917

The association was established in 1702 as Forgách Hussars for the Imperial Habsburg army . From this, the Hussar Regiment "Graf von Hadik" No. 3 developed in the course of time up to the Joint Army within the Austro-Hungarian Land Forces

In 1769 the regiment was given the name Cavalry Regiment No. 32 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. (For example the Count Serbelloni regiment - or the 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.

In 1915, all honorary names were deleted without replacement. From then on, the association was officially called Hussar Regiment No. 3.

Lineup

On February 28, 1702, Sergeant General Forgách received the patent from Emperor Leopold I and thus the permission to set up a hussar regiment. The counties Raab , Gran , Komorn and Wesprim were assigned as advertising districts .

In 1705 this hussar regiment Forgách was increased by parts of the dissolved hussar regiments Gombos , Czungenberg (Czonkabeg) and Loósy .

  • In 1748 the regiment was reinforced by a squadron of the disbanded Hussar Regiment Trips .
  • In 1768 there was a further reinforcement by a squadron of the disbanded Hussar Regiment Emerich Esterházy .
  • In 1769 the association was assigned the cavalry ranking number 32.
  • In 1775 the regiment was reinforced by the incorporation of the majors division (one division consisted of two squadrons) of the disbanded Wurmser regiment
  • In 1798 a division had to be handed over to the newly established Hussar Regiment No. 7 .
  • 1849 After the uprisings in Hungary , in which the regiment actively fought on the side of the rebellion, a reorganization and reorganization took place in Opava (Silesia)
  • In 1860 the 4th Squadron Division was disbanded and a squadron formed from these personnel was transferred to the newly established Volunteer Hussar Regiment No. 2.

Workforce

The capitulation document signed by Emperor Leopold I on March 2, 1702 is still available and is in the Army History Museum in Vienna. The passage relating to the number of staff reads:

“The regimental strength should amount to ten companies, each of which should be equipped with the cavalry master, the lieutenant, the cornet, the sergeant, the fourier, the model clerk, the field shear, the trumpeter, the blacksmith and the saddler. There are also three corporals and 87 riders, which is why the company is composed of one hundred senior officers, junior officers and riders. The regiment prima plana consists of a colonel, lieutenant colonel, regimental schoolteacher, regimental chaplain, steward, adjutant, wagon master, the regimental professor including seynen Leuthen and the army drummer. In total, the regiment consists of one thousand and fifteen military men who are due to be paid "

It has not been established whether this strength was ever achieved.

Supplementary districts

Peace garrisons

I. II. III.

Regimental owner

Regimental Commanders

I. II. III.
  • 1702 the owner, Colonel Count Forgách
  • 1703 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Count Csáky
  • 1704 the owner Colonel Lehoczky Márton
  • 1711 Lieutenant Colonel Pál Babócsay
  • 1712 the same as the colonel-owner
  • 1721 Colonel István Freiherr von Dessewffy
  • 1723 Lieutenant Colonel- Colonel Peter Franchicz
  • 1732 Lieutenant Colonel Pestvármegyey
  • 1733 Lieutenant Colonel-Colonel József Freiherr von Festetics de Tolna
  • 1739 Colonel Ladislaus Count Cziráky von Denésfalva
  • 1742 Colonel Samuel Graf Teleky
  • 1747 Colonel Franz Schreger
  • 1754 Colonel Georg Freiherr von Luszinsky
  • 1756 Colonel Carl Wilhelm Nauendorf
  • 1757 Colonel Stephan Freiherr von Vécsey
  • 1759 Colonel Franz von Petrowsky
  • 1763 Colonel Philipp Graf Batthyány
  • 1773 Colonel Michael Baron Splényi de Miháldy
  • 1779 Colonel Joseph Pallasty
  • 1784 Colonel Stephan Graf Keglevich
  • 1790 Colonel Paul Dévay
  • 1797 Colonel Franz Freiherr von Löpper
  • 1801 Colonel Johann von Andrássy
  • 1804 Colonel Peter Baron Vécsey von Hajnácskeö
  • 1809 Colonel Ferdinand Prince of Saxe-Coburg
  • 1810 Colonel Stephan Freiherr von Wesselényi
  • 1813 Colonel Joseph von Gosztonyi
  • 1820 Colonel Carl Fürst Auersperg
  • 1831 Colonel Johann von Zahn
  • 1836 Colonel Carl Otto
  • 1844 Colonel Leopold Graf Kolowrat -Krakowsky
  • 1849 Colonel Adolph Schönberger
  • 1851 Colonel Johann Freiherr Jósika von Branyicska
  • 1858 Colonel Heinrich Rupprecht von Virtsolog
  • 1863 Colonel Julius Gradwohl
  • 1868 Colonel Johann Graf Attems
  • 1873 Lieutenant Colonel Eugen von Mehlem
  • 1873 Colonel Arthur Graf Lichtenberg-Mordaxt-Schneeberg
  • 1878 Lieutenant Colonel-Colonel Theodor Galgóczy de Galantha
  • 1884 Colonel Otto Ritter Görger von St. Jörgen
  • 1890 Lieutenant Colonel-Colonel Ludwig Maxon de Róvid
  • 1891 Colonel Joseph Gaudernak
  • 1895 Lieutenant Colonel-Colonel Ignaz Kaffka
  • 1903 Colonel Peter Arnold
  • 1904 Colonel Friedrich Lázár
  • 1905 Colonel Peter Arnold
  • 1909 Colonel Johann Ostermuth
  • 1913 Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Friedrich Edler von Kirsch

Battle calendar

War of the Spanish Succession

  • 1702: the regiment moved out to the Rhine and took part in the siege of Landau .
  • 1703: Security and patrol services
  • 1704: Battles in Baden , in the Upper Palatinate and near Hohen-Aschau. Forays into the contested area.
  • 1705: Fighting in the Electorate of Bavaria , participation in the battle near Sendling .
  • 1706: Battle near Aidenbach.
  • 1707: Occupation of Freiburg im Breisgau and Landau. Patrol services on the Upper Rhine. Assault near Ellingen under Frhr. v Babocsay.
  • 1708: Patrol services on the Rhine and in Bavaria. No fighting.
  • 1709: Patrol services on the Upper Rhine, skirmishes near Rumersheim.
  • 1710/11 : Patrol services on the Rhine and in Bavaria. Skirmishes near Erlebach and Lauterburg .
  • 1712: A division takes part in the attack on the Lauterburg line
  • 1713: Participation in the siege and conquest of Landau.

Venetian-Austrian Turkish War

  • 1716: Skirmishes at Carlowitz and the Battle of Peterwardein , then switched to the siege ring around Temesvár .
  • 1717: Siege of Belgrade (protection of the Danube bridge), persecution of the Turks, reconnaissance attack against Zwornik .
  • 1734/35: Patrol service with the army of Prince Eugene on the Rhine.
  • 1737: Took part in the conquest of Bagna-Palánka under Baron Festetics.

Russo-Austrian Turkish War (1736–1739)

  • 1738: The regiment was part of the main army and did not take part in any combat operations.
  • 1739: high losses (around 150 men) in the battle of Grocka.

War of the Austrian Succession

Seven Years War

  • 1757: the unit fought in the capture of Brandeis and in the Battle of Kolin. Afterwards, as part of the Imperial Army, the battle near Gotha .
  • 1758: Skirmishes and pursuit battles under Baron Vécsey in the area around Bamberg .
  • 1759: Participation in the capture of Herzfeld, battles near Ochsenfurt and Meißen . Successful participation in the Battle of Maxen .
  • 1760: Battles near Dresden and Kunzendorf. Battle of Torgau .
  • 1761: Patrol services in Saxony .
  • 1762: Attack on Meißen, attack on the fortifications of Pretschdorf and battle near Freiberg .

War of the Bavarian Succession

  • 1778: Patrol services in Silesia, skirmishes near Mittelwalde , Grulich and Troppau.
  • 1779: Patrol and security services

Coalition wars

  • 1792: The regiment was in Bohemia, a division fought in the Netherlands in skirmishes near Evrehaillem Assesse and Cense de Viet. The rest of the regiment also moved to the Netherlands, forays into Champagne , with a battle near Croix-au-Blois. Parts of the regiment fight in the skirmishes near Tirlemont , Maubeuge , Templeuve, Annapes Lille, Etreux, Mons-eu-Pévelle and Cysoing.
  • 1793: assigned to York Corps . Skirmishes at Abscon and Vaux (there Major Löpper and his division managed to capture a number of cannons), at Landrecies, Tournay, Tourcoing , Tongeren and Houtain-St.Siméon. Participation in the battle of Neerektiven and the conquest of Marchiennes.
  • 1795: Patrol and security services in front of the Mannheim Fortress .
  • 1796: Patrol and security services on the Upper Rhine, skirmishes near Mündelheim , Appenweier , Oberkirch , Dillingen , battle near Neresheim , Friedberg and Biberach .
  • 1797: Patrol and security services on the Upper Rhine. There was no fighting.
  • 1799: Used in the Battle of Ostrach and the Battle of Stockach , fighting near Donaueschingen and Alt-Breisach .
  • 1800: fighting on the Upper Rhine. Battles near Breisach and Schliengen, Wettenhausen, Schwabmünchen and Hohenlinden .
  • 1805: Relocation to Italy with battles at Castelvecchio , Caldiero, Villanova and San Pietro-Engú.
  • 1809: the regiment belonged to III. Corps of the Imperial and Royal Army in Germany. It took part in the battle near Eglofsheim, the battle near Aspern and near Wagram .
  • 1813: Assigned to the army group in Bohemia. Fights near Dresden, Zeitz , Chemnitz , Penig, and in combat near Liebertwolkwitz . Participation in the Battle of Nations near Leipzig .
  • 1814: Seconded to IV Corps, six squadrons of the regiment fought at Langres , Brienne, Montereau, Fontaine-Guerins, Arcis-sur-Aube and at Fére-Champenoise. The 2nd majors and both Veliten divisions were in the Southern Army at this time.
  • 1815: Pursuit battles and skirmishes at Dannemarie and Belfort in France.

Risorgimento

  • 1821: The regiment performed security tasks in Italy, one division in the Naples area , the second in Piedmont .

Revolution of 1848/1849 in the Austrian Empire

  • 1848/49: The Hungarian secessionist government used the regiment against the imperial troops and their allies.

Sardinian war

Third Italian War of Independence

  • 1866: The unit belonged to the Southern Army in Italy and fought in the Battle of Custozza . A squadron had been assigned to the Verona occupation forces .

First World War

Cemetery of the regiment at Rarancze around 1916

During the First World War, the hussars were exposed to a wide variety of uses. At first they fought as cavalry either in regiments or in squadrons as division cavalry , but were also used as infantry in all theaters of war.

Uniform until 1916

Whereabouts

After Hungary was proclaimed as an independent state in October 1918, the soldiers of Hungarian descent were called on by the interim government to stop the fighting and return home. As a rule, this request was followed. Thus the association was withdrawn from its previous high command, the Austro-Hungarian War Ministry, 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.

Status and association membership 1914

VII Corps - 2nd Cavalry Troop Division - 16th Cavalry Brigade
Nationalities: 68% Magyars - 32% other
Regimental language: Hungarian
Uniform: Dark blue Attila with yellow olives (buttons). The shako cover was white.

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 had already been 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

In the course of the army reform, the cavalry regiments were reduced to two divisions from 1860 onwards.

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 )

Remarks

  1. ↑ 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

See also

literature

  • Obstlt. Alphons Frhr. v. Wrede: History of the KuK Wehrmacht from 1618 to the end of the XIX century Vienna 1898–1905.
  • Georg Schreiber : The emperor's cavalry. Austrian cavalry in 4 centuries. With a foreword by Alois Podhajsky . Speidel, Vienna 1967.
  • BM Buchmann: Austria and the Ottoman Empire. WUV-Univ.-Verl., Vienna, 1999.
  • Allmayer-Beck / Lessing: The K. (below) K. Army 1848–1914 Bertelsmann, Munich 1974.