kuk hussar regiment "Wilhelm Crown Prince of the German Empire and Crown Prince of Prussia" No. 13
The hussar regiment "Wilhelm Crown Prince of the German Empire and Crown Prince of Prussia" No. 13 was a cavalry association of the kk or joint army within the Austro-Hungarian land forces .
Status and association membership 1914
- IV Army Corps - 10th Cavalry Troop Division - 4th Cavalry Brigade
- Nationalities: 97% Magyars - 3% others
- Uniform: dark blue capka cover and Attila, white olives
- Garrison : Staff, II. Div: Székesfehérvár - I Div: Tolna
- Commander: Colonel Stephan Horthy de Nagy-Bánya
- Regimental language: Hungarian
Establishment
On September 10, 1859, during the campaign against Sardinia-Piedmont , it was originally set up as a Jazygier and Kumanian volunteer hussar regiment only for the duration of the war. Later it was expanded to the strength of 2 divisions through the incorporation of the Kecskeméter and Arader volunteer hussar divisions as the 13th volunteer hussar regiment . The designation as "Jazygier and Kumanier Volunteer Hussar Regiment No. 13" remained.
- Reorganized in 1861 as "Jazygier und Kumanier Volunteer Hussar Regiment No. 1". The hussar regiments No. 5 , No. 8 , No. 9 and No. 12 each delivered a division for this purpose.
- In 1862 it was converted into a regular hussar regiment with No. 13
All honorary names of the regiments were deleted without replacement in 1915. From then on the regiment was only to be called "Hussar Regiment No. 13". (However, this could not be implemented in practice, on the one hand because no one adhered to it, on the other hand because the very thrifty Austro-Hungarian military administration had ordered that all remaining forms and stamps be used up first!)
additions
- 1860–67 Ofen , Szeged , Erlau , Szolnok and Stuhlweissenburg
- 1867–73 Kecskemét, Ofen and Erlau
- 1874-89, from then on from the area of IV Corps ( Budapest )
Peace garrisons
- 1860 catfish
- 1864-66 Padua
- 1866 Brezany
- 1871 Stuhlweissenburg
- 1874 Temesvár
- 1886 Budapest
- 1893 Kecskemét
Regimental owner
- until 1861 without regiment owner
- 1861–85 General of the Cavalry Prince Friedrich Liechtenstein
- 1885–95 vacant
- 1895–96 Lieutenant Field Marshal Theodor Galgóczy de Galántha
- 1896–99 vacant
- 1900 Wilhelm, Crown Prince of the German Empire and Crown Prince of Prussia
Campaigns and fighting
- The regiment fought in Silesia throughout the war
- In 1744 the regiment was called up, but released again at the end of 1745
- In 1757 the contingent took place again. According to the instructions of Empress Maria Theresa , the regiment - although it came from the insurrection - was on an equal footing with the regular regiments in terms of rank, benefits and pay during its service
- In 1775 the regiment was released again
- 1859, among other things, participation in the Battle of Solferino .
- 1866: fighting in Italy . Four squadrons in association with the 10th Military Police - Battalion were to guard the lower Po parked and formed during the subsequent retreat of the southern army up the rear. A squadron was alternately with the crews from Peschiera del Garda and Legnano
During the First World War, the hussars 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. It is currently unknown whether the regiment was deployed as a unit or as a split division cavalry . The status as a cavalry regiment existed until the end of the war.
After the end of the war, the regiment returned from Bulgaria in an orderly manner and was demobilized in Budapest.
structure
In the Austro-Hungarian cavalry, a regiment 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.
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
In the course of the army reform, the cavalry regiments were reduced to two divisions from 1860 onwards.
Until 1798, the regiments were named after their respective owners (who did not also have to be the commanders). 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 1798, the numbered designation prevailed, which could possibly be linked to the name of the owner. 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 Bohemian Dragoon Regiment "Prince of Windisch-Graetz" No. 14 )
- see: kuk hussars
Remarks
- The Cumans , a Turkic people and the Yazygians attacked Eastern Hungary as early as 1068-1071 on their flight from the Tatars. After they were defeated by the Hungarian King Solomon, they converted to the Christian faith and settled as fortified farmers to guard the borders. The Hungarian King Ladislau IV, who ruled between 1272 and 1290, was of Cuman descent. From the beginning, these ethnic groups provided excellent horsemen for the Hungarian army.
- see also: Kyptschaken
Footnotes
- ↑ 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
literature
- Obstlt. Alphons Frhr. v. Wrede: History of the KuK Wehrmacht from 1618 to the end of the XIX century Vienna 1898–1905.
- György Ságvári: The Book of the Hussars. Magyar Könyvklub, Budapest 1999.
- 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.
- Richard Brooks: Solferino 1859, The Battle for Italy's Freedom , Osprey Publishing, Oxford UK 2009, ISBN 978-1-84603-385-8