Flags and uniform of Prussian Ex-Saxon Regiment IR 59

And here are the last flags of the ex-Saxon regiments. I'll be taking a break from Prussian flags for a while now!

Formerly Saxon Regiment Prinz Maximilian Infantry, after the surrender at Pirna in October 1756 this regiment became Prussian IR59, and was made  the garrison of Wittenberg.

Its commander from November 1756 to 1st August 1757 was nominally Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Preussen but the actual commander was Lieutenant-Colonel von Plotho.

From April to June 1757 the regiment was with the Prussian army which invaded Bohemia and was then made the garrison of Leitmeritz. On August 1st, after many desertions, the regiment was disbanded at Pirna and the surviving men distributed amongst other Prussian regiments.

[Again the short account is taken from details in Kronoskaf.]

Once again here are two versions of the flags, the ones below with the new improved eagle.

And this was the uniform in 1756:

Flags and uniform of Prussian Ex-Saxon Regiment IR 58

The penultimate ex-Saxon Prussian regiment flags!

Formerly Saxon Regiment Prinz Clemens Infantry, after the surrender at Pirna in October 1756 this regiment became Prussian IR58, and was made  the garrison of Halberstadt.

Its commander was Major-General Count E. B. von Flemming, January 1757 to October 1757.

Having had many desertions in 1757 the regiment was disbanded in October that year and the surviving troops absorbed into the Pomeranian Provincial troops at Stettin.

[Again the short account is taken from details in Kronoskaf.]

Once again here are two versions of the flags, the ones below with the new improved eagle.

 

And this was the uniform in 1756:

Flags and uniform of Prussian Ex-Saxon Regiment IR 57

Formerly Saxon Regiment Prinz Xaver Infantry, after the surrender at Pirna in October 1756 this regiment became Prussian IR57, and was made  the garrisons of Krossen and Kotbus.

Its commander was Major-General Karl Duke of Braunschweig-Bevern (aka Jung Bevern).

On March 28th 1757 the 2nd battalion threw off its new forced allegiance and escaped to Poland, followed by the 1st battalion on the 30th March. (Presumably this involved the process described in Duffy Army of Frederick the Great which I recounted in my previous post about IRs 55 and 56: "Over the course of the following months the Saxon troops defected by entire battalions at a time. "Most of the battalions in question, after they had chased their commanders away or shot them, withdrew with full military formalities. They took with them their bread and ammunition carts, their regimental chests and all the other items of their baggage, and they either marched to Poland or broke through to the French".

 The regiment was reraised with new men but on November 12th the new 1st battalion surrendered at Schweidnitz and the 2nd battalion was lost on the retreat from Breslau. The regiment was not raised again.

[Again the short account is taken from details in Kronoskaf.]

Once again here are two versions of the flags, the ones below with the new improved eagle.

And this was the uniform in 1756: