kuk Uhlan regiment "Graf Huyn" No. 12

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The first regiment owner, King Ferdinand II.

The Austro-Hungarian Uhlan Regiment "Count Huyn" No. 12 was a cavalry unit of the Joint Army of Austria-Hungary .

In 1914 the regiment belonged to: - XIII. Army Corps - 10th Cavalry Troop Division - 8th Cavalry Brigade.

The ethnic composition at that time consisted of:

81% Serbs / Croats
19% other nationalities, the language of the regiment was Croatian.

In 1915, all honorary names were deleted without replacement. From then on, the association was officially called “kuk Uhlan Regiment No. 12”. (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 be used up first.)

Establishment

By the highest order of March 4, 1854, the Uhlan Regiment No. 12 was set up in Austerlitz in the same year as four divisions. To do this, all cavalry regiments had to deploy personnel.

additions

The regiment always received its personnel replacement from Croatia and Slavonia , initially from the area of ​​infantry regiment No. 53 (Varaždin | Warasdin)

  • 1860–1875 also from the district of Infantry Regiment No. 78 ( Essegg )
  • 1875–1883 ​​again from the district of Infantry Regiment No. 53 (now Agram)
  • 1883–1889 from the districts of infantry regiments No. 16, 70 and 78 ( Belovár , Peterwardein and Essegg)
  • Since 1890 from the area of ​​the XIII. Corps (Military Territorial District Agram)

Peace garrisons

Regimental owner

Second owner

  • 1854–1882 General of the Cavalry August Freiherr von Lederer

Regimental Commanders

  • 1854: Colonel Ferdinand Wussin
  • 1859: Colonel Carl Freiherr von Sturmfeder
  • 1863: Colonel Franz Berres Edler von Perez
  • 1867: Colonel Alexander Raimondi
  • 1875: Colonel Miecislaus Ritter Laszowski von Kraszkowice
  • 1877: Lieutenant Colonel-Colonel Sebastian Zwakon
  • 1879: Lieutenant Colonel-Colonel Maxmilian Graf Schönfeld
  • 1886: Lieutenant-Colonel-Colonel Heinrich Graf Lamberg
  • 1891: Lieutenant Colonel-Colonel Gustav Freiherr von Goumoens
  • 1897: Lieutenant Colonel-Colonel Emil Lyro von Onor
  • 1903: Colonel Heinrich Matic von Dravodol
  • 1909: Colonel Johann Schilling
  • 1913: Colonel Johann Pollet Edler von Polltheim

Battle calendar

Sardinian war

1859: The regiment was divided into divisions or squadrons, partly as part of the IX. Corps ( Johann Franz von Schaffgotsch ), partly deployed in the V Corps ( Graf Stadion ). Divisions were involved in battles at Frassinetto and Valenza , the 1st, 3rd and 4th squadrons fought in the battle at Montebello , the 5th squadron in the battle at Palestro . In the Battle of Magenta , the 4th Division (Major Berres) covered the right flank of the Baltin Brigade with losses (fighting around Buffalora). A patrol command consisting of platoons of several squadrons under Major Freiherr von Appel fought successfully at Castel Venzago and in the Battle of Solferino , where it covered the retreat of the Prince Hesse division of the VII Corps through several attacks. the other squadrons assigned to individual infantry brigades also took part in this battle. Major Appel subsequently received the Military Maria Theresa Order .

German war

In the Third Italian War of Independence, the regiment fought with four squadrons with parts in the association of the V Corps and in the cavalry reserve in the battle of Custozza . In particular, there were three platoons under Rittmeister Freiherr von Bechtolsheim that broke them up by attacking two enemy brigades.

The 5th squadron was assigned to the mobile "Zastavnikovic Stripe Brigade" in Friuli . Rittmeister Bechtolsheim received - in the meantime promoted to major - in 1870 the Military Maria Theresa Order.

Occupation of Bosnia-Herzegovina

When the occupation of Bosnia-Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary was sanctioned on the occasion of the Berlin Congress in 1878 , the regiment was part of the occupation forces. Except for a few minor skirmishes , it had no combat contact.

First World War

During the First World War, the cavalry regiments were exposed to a wide variety of uses. Some of them continued to exist in the regimental association, some of them were divided up by squadrons into the infantry divisions, corps and army staffs as so-called division cavalry . They provided services there as reconnaissance and reporting riders, as well as security detachments. Most of the regiments, however, soon had to surrender their horses, if they still had any, and were then used by infantry. The only exception to this were the regiments of the 4th Cavalry Troop Division.

Since a regimental history is not yet available, the exact whereabouts of the unit at the end of the war is not known.

Adjustment

  • 1854: carmoisinrote Czapka , dark green Ulanka and pantaloons, scarlet leveling , yellow buttons
  • 1865: blue Tatarka, light blue ulanka, madder red leveling and trousers, yellow buttons
  • 1868: dark blue Tatarka, light blue ulanka, madder red leveling and boot pants, yellow buttons
  • 1876: dark blue czapka, light blue ulanka, madder red leveling and boot pants, yellow buttons.

With the adjustment in 1876, the regiment moved out into the First World War. Only the Tschapkas were provided with a reed-gray coating or simply painted over gray.

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 or 160 riders per squadron.

With 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 called the 3rd majors division

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

Individual evidence

  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
  2. ↑ Division was a battalion-strength unit in the Austro-Hungarian armed forces. "Correct" divisions were called infantry or cavalry troop divisions
  3. ↑ The seat of the divisional staff is indicated - the individual squadrons of the division could well have been garrisoned elsewhere
  4. ↑ for the colors see the color sample tables in the article "Equalization"

Literature and Sources

  • kuk war ministry “Dislocation and division of the kuk army, kuk navy, kk landwehr and ku landwehr” in: Seidel's small army scheme - published by Seidel & Sohn Vienna 1914
  • 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.
  • 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.