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1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
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1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion 100 Uniform of the 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment's Fusilier Battalion in 1813-1815 March 1–July 1, 1813(as a separate Battalion) Kingdom of Prussia Prussian Army
Napoleonic Wars
War of the Sixth Coalition
German campaign of 1813
Battle of Luckau Major von Lettow Firstcommander Major von Röming Secondcommander
The 1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion (lt 1-asis lietuvių fuzilierių rezervinis batalionas; de 1. Litauisches Füsilier Reserve Bataillon or de 1. Litthauisches Reserve-Füsilier-BataillonMischke 1838 1) was a fusilier battalion of the Prussian Army during the War of the Sixth Coalition. The name "Lithuanian" references Lithuania Minor and its Prussian Lithuanians.
1813
Formation
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg marched into Königsberg on 8 January 1813 and immediately declared the mobilisation of all remaining able-bodied men.Hofschröer 1987 7 First, he called all the Krümper and recruits, which von Bülow had left to the east of the Vistula.Hofschröer 1987 7 So, Yorck created a large training camp to train the new soldiers.Hofschröer 1987 7 On March 1, seven reserve battalions were formed, which were the:Hofschröer 1987 7
1st East Prussian Musketeer Reserve Battalion
2nd East Prussian Musketeer Reserve Battalion
3rd East Prussian Musketeer Reserve Battalion
4th East Prussian Musketeer Reserve Battalion
1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
2nd Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
3rd Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
The 1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion was formed in Königsberg, under the command of Major Georg Wilhelm von Lettow de.Mischke 1838 12Mittler 1914 108 Major von Lettow was from the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment.Mittler 1914 108 The battalion was supposed to have 60 Non-commissioned officers, 13 musicians, 4 surgeons, and 728 Gemeiner.Mischke 1838 12
At the end of May, this battalion was in Cottbus.Alt 1869 149 Under the same commander, the unit fought in the Battle of Luckau on June 4.von Plotho 1817 222
Assigning to various regiments
The unit retained its name until July 1.Fremont-Barnes 2011 Then, on 1 July 1813, this and other reserve battalions were concentrated into various reserve regiments.Hofschröer 1987 8 The 1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion was made the 13th Infantry Regiment (German Empire) 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment de Infanterie-Regiment „Herwarth von Bittenfeld“ (1. Westfälisches) Nr. 13's 3rd, i.e. Fusilier, Battalion.von Plotho 1817 70Hofschröer 1987 9Mischke 1838 1 At the time, the unit was commanded by Major von Röming.von Plotho 1817 70
1815
After Napoleon was defeated, the Prussian Army was reorganized, and so the 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment became the 13th Infantry Regiment on 1 March 1815.Hofschröer 1987 9
Footnotes
Sources
von Plotho Carl https://books.google.com/books?id=IRYLVfK-rgUC Der Krieg in Deutschland und Frankreich in den Jahren 1813 und 1814 1817 1 Berlin de
Mischke https://books.google.com/books?id=YEQRAAAAYAAJ Geschichte des Königlich Preussischen Dreizehnten Infanterie-Regiments, von 1813 bis 1838: zur 25 jährigen Jubel-Feier der Stiftung des Regiments 1838 Münster de
Alt Georg https://books.google.com/books?id=P69SAAAAcAAJ&dq=1.+Litthauisches+F%C3%BCsilier+Reserve+Batallion&pg=PA155 Das Königlich Preußische stehende Heer: Kurzgefasste Geschichte seiner sämmtlichen Truppenkörper 1869 de
Mittler E.S. https://books.google.com/books?id=GKhDAAAAYAAJ Das preussische Heer der Befreiungskriege: Das preussische Heer im Jahre 1813 1914 de
Hofschröer Peter Prussian Reserve, Militia & Irregular Troops 1806-15 1987 9780850457995
Fremont-Barnes Gregory https://books.google.com/books?id=wfvLDwAAQBAJ Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Pen & Sword Books 2011 9781783032082
Category:Military units and formations established in 1813
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