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The Dragoon Guards of the "Field Marshal Nieto" Regiment of Cavalry were to Perú what the British Household Cavalry Brigade is to United Kingdom in the 19th century and were fashioned after French dragoon regiments of the late 19th to early 20th centuries, today, upon its reestablishment it is now the Peruvian equivalent, alongside the Junin ...
The dragoon division was made up of the 3rd, 6th, 10th, 11th, 15th, and 25th Dragoon Regiments. Kellerman had no more than 3,000 cavalry and 12 guns immediately available. [ 12 ] This authority omitted the 6th and 11th Dragoons, listed Lorcet as leading only the 3rd Hussars and 15th Chasseurs, and stated that the other four dragoon regiments ...
King's Guard Cavalry Regiment 1st Dragoon Division General of Division Marie-Victor-Nicolas de Fay, Marquis de La Tour-Maubourg: 3,279 83 1st Dragoon Regiment 2nd Dragoon Regiment: 4th Dragoon Regiment: 9th Dragoon Regiment 14th Dragoon Regiment 26th Dragoon Regiment Horse Artillery Battery (6 guns) 2nd Dragoon Division General of Division
The capture of Rheinfelden (1633). The Spanish empire was one of the most powerful in the world and one of largest in history.. The military history of Spain, from the period of the Carthaginian conquests over the Phoenicians to the former Afghan War spans a period of more than 2200 years, and includes the history of battles fought in the territory of modern Spain, as well as her former and ...
The modern French Army retains three dragoon regiments from the thirty-two in existence at the beginning of World War I: the 2nd, which is a nuclear, biological and chemical protection regiment, the 5th, an experimental Combined arms regiment, and the 13th (Special Reconnaissance).
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On 11 April 1813, Harispe fell upon General Mijares and his 3,000 Murcians at Yecla. In a surprise attack led by the 4th Hussar and 24th Dragoon Regiments, the Spanish troops were routed, losing 400 killed and 1,000 prisoners. Two infantry battalions were virtually annihilated. The French admitted losses of 18 killed and 61 wounded. [6]
Historic portrait of the founder Raimondo Montecuccoli. The regiment was a cavalry unit raised in the 17th century for the Imperial Habsburg Army.Over time, this unit became the 8th Bohemian Dragoons (Count Montecuccoli's) (Böhmischen Dragoner-Regiment „Graf Montecuccoli“ Nr. 8) within the "Common Army" that formed part of the Austro-Hungarian Army.