First raised 1741 as the Brieg Garrison Regiment. Expanded from 2 battalions to 4 in June 1756.
1741-1746 garrisoned only Brieg but from 1747-1756 garrisoned the fortresses of Cosel and Brieg and also Namslau.
In 1758 the 4th battalion accompanied the royal army on its campaign in Northern Moravia and was at the siege of Olmütz. In 1759 it was again with the royal army. In 1760 it was employed in Prinz Heinrich's Corps along with six other garrison regiments, replacing five line regiments too weakened by their losses. In 1761 the 4th battalion was assigned to Goltz's Corps which was supposed to advance against Posen but in June it was given to Zieten's Corps. In 1761 the battalion was with the army in Silesia.
The grenadiers formed a grenadier battalion with the grenadiers of Garrison Regiment no.8 in the Seven Years War and suffered heavy losses at Hochkirch and Kunersdorf.
And this was the uniform in 1756:
Fantastic stuff David.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. _:-) Just three flag sets to go to make up the full Prussian Garrison Regiment set!
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David.
Lovely colour of flag, very nice work as always sir!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-)
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David.