18th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment

18th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment July 1812 – December 1813 30px Lithuania (1812) French invasion of Russia Battle of Nowo Schwerschen War of the Sixth Coalition Siege of Modlin (1813) Aleksander Franciszek Chodkiewicz First and only 18th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment – infantry regiment of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw. 1812 Formed pursuant to a resolution of the Confederation and the Grodno County of July 3, 1812, in Vilnius, Lithuania. Originally under the name of the 1st Lithuanian Infantry Regiment.Gembarzewski 1925 57 Its commander from July 13, 1812, was Colonel Aleksander Franciszek Chodkiewicz,Gembarzewski 1925 57 Major Suhr, and the battalion commanders were Trębicki, Słupecki, and Roland.Askenazy Gembarzewski 2003 80 In July 1812, a large group of deserters and prisoners of war from the Imperial Russian Army joined the regiment.Morawski Paczuski 2009 31 On August 1, 1812, the regiment had 600 men, who were described as high-quality virtuous citizens.Gaidis 1984 1813 The regiment took part in the defense of Modlin in 1813.Gembarzewski 1925 57 As of May 1, 1813, the regiment's strength was 54 officers and 824 soldiers.Nafziger 2012 39 1814 After Napoleon's abdication, Tsar Alexander I of Russia agreed to repatriate Polish–Lithuanian units. They were to serve as a base for the formation of the Army of Congress Poland under the command of Grand Duke Konstantin. On June 13, 1814, the regiment was assigned a concentration site in Bydgoszcz.Wimmer 1978 455 However, the regiment was not recreated, as the new army provided for only 12 infantry regiments. Lineage Lineage chartkariuomene.lt 2021 aa717 717R 1717 0 1st Lithuanian Infy Infantry Regt Regiment ! aa795 D1795 1795 0 Destroyed during the failed Kościuszko Uprising 0 vertical-align: top aa812 a18R 1812 0 18th Lithuanian Infy Infantry Regt Regiment ! aa813 D1813 1813 0 Fought at Modlin until the end 0 vertical-align: top aa831 831R 1831 0 25th Lithuanian Infy Infantry Regt Regiment ! aa831 831D 1831 0 Defeated during the failed Uprising of 1831 0 vertical-align: top aa918 1R 1918 0 1st Infy Infantry Regt Regiment ! aa919 1R 7 1919 0 1st Infy Infantry Regt Regimentof the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas ! : aa940 Dbndd : 1940 0 Disbanded following the Soviet occupation of Lithuania (1940) 0 vertical-align: top : aa993 SCB : 1993 0 Separate Commandant Bn Battalion ! : aa998 GSB J 1998 0 Grand Duke GediminasStaff Bn Battalion ! References Sources Gaidis Henry L. Spring 1984 Klimas Antanas Napoleon's Lithuanian Forces http://www.old.lituanus.org/1984_1/84_1_01.htm Lituanus 30 1 0024-5089 Nafziger George 2012 Grande Armée, 1 May 1813 https://www.napoleon-series.org/nafzigger/813EXF.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20201022182215/https://www.napoleon-series.org/nafzigger/813EXF.pdf 22 October 2020 kariuomene.lt 2021 LDK Gedimino Štabo Bataliono istorija https://kariuomene.lt/ldk-gedimino-stabo-batalionas/istorija-ir-simbolika/istorija/23289 live https://web.archive.org/web/20211020041623/https://kariuomene.lt/ldk-gedimino-stabo-batalionas/istorija-ir-simbolika/istorija/23289 20 October 2021 Lietuvos kariuomenė lt Polish-language sources Morawski Ryszard Wojsko Księstwa Warszawskiego. Ułani, gwardie honorowe, pospolite ruszenie, żandarmeria konna Paczuski 2009 9788361229032 Warszawa Wimmer Jan Historia piechoty polskiej do roku 1864 Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej 1978 Warszawa Zych Gabriel Armia Księstwa Warszawskiego 1807–1812 Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej 1961 Warszawa By Gembarzewski Askenazy Szymon Wojsko Polskie: Księstwo Warszawskie 1807–1814 Gembarzewski Bronisław 2003 Wydawnictwo Kurpisz 8388841475 Poznań Gembarzewski Bronisław http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=132690&from=publication Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej 1925 Warszawa Gembarzewski Bronisław Żołnierz polski. Ubiór, uzbrojenie i oporządzenie od wieku XI do roku 1960. T.3 od 1797 do 1814 roku 1964 Warszawa Category:Military units and formations established in 1812 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1813 Category:Infantry regiments of Lithuania Category:19th-century establishments in Lithuania