Slavonian Border Hussar Regiment

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The regiment was a cavalry unit that was established in 1747 as Slavonian hussars for the Imperial Habsburg army . In 1769 the regiment was added to the cavalry rankings as Cavalry Regiment No. 43 and dissolved again in 1780. The following numbering was subsequently introduced for the system: 1747/2 (to Ticino ), Grenzhusarenregiment H IV (to Bleckwenn ).

The border regiments did not use the name of a regiment owner (if one existed), but a regional designation.

Formation history

  • In 1747 the regiment was set up in the area along the Save by Field Marshal Lieutenant Engelshofen with initially six squadrons .
  • In 1750 the border troops were reorganized, the "Slavonian Border Hussars" were merged with the Syrian Hussars and from then on they were called "Syrian Hussars Regiment". This association had eight squadrons.
  • In 1753 this regiment was renamed the "Slavonian Hussar Regiment" and reduced to six squadrons.
  • 1780, the regiment was disbanded, two squadrons were an infantry - regiment assigned.
  • 1785 the planned reconstruction with the involvement of the "Banat-Illyrian Hussar Squadrons" was not carried out.

garrison

Regimental owner

Regimental Commanders

Battle calendar

→ Seven Years War

→ War of the Bavarian Succession

  • 1778, the regiment of the army was in Bohemia allocated and took in the battle Taubnitz part
  • 1779 became a squadron under Captain Graf Brankovich at Skrochowitz into an ambush, but was free to fight on their own. The regiment was still involved in the battle near Freihermersdorf .

Adjustment

  • Black shako with parrot-green Kolpak , parrot-green fur, red Dolman , madder- red trousers, yellow buttons

annotation

A regiment in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry usually consisted of three to four (exceptionally more) divisions. 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

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.

literature

  • Hans Bleckwenn : The Empress's Regiments: Thoughts on the Albertina Manuscript 1762 of the Army History Museum Vienna ; in: Writings of the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna, Volume 3: Maria Theresa - Contributions to the history of the army of her time; Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1967. pp. 25-53.
  • Hans Bleckwenn : Horsemen, Hussars and Grenadiers. d. Uniforms d. emperor. Army on the Rhine 1734 . Harenberg, Dortmund 1979. ISBN 3-88379-125-3 ; P. 17ff.
  • Hermann Meynert : History of the KK Austrian Army, its formation and organization, as well as its fate, actions and campaigns, from the earliest to the present time . C. Gerold and Son, Vienna 1854. online at google books
  • György Ságvári, “The Book of Hussars” Magyar Könyvklub Verlag, Budapest 1999.
  • Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century ; 3 volumes; Biblio Verlag: Osnabrück 1986–1995. ISBN 3-7648-1763-1 . P. 152ff.
  • 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. Directory of regiment chiefs at the Wrede plant (PDF; 325 kB)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ticino 1986 vol. 1:40
  2. ↑ Bleckwenn