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This is a List of Imperial German cavalry regiments [1] before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 110 regiments of cavalry. Some of these regiments had a history stretching back to the 17th century [ 2 ] but others were only formed as late as October 1913.
Because German hussar, dragoon and cuirassier regiments also carried lances in 1914, there was a tendency among their French and British opponents to describe all German cavalry as "uhlans". The lance carried by the uhlans (and after 1889 the entire German cavalry branch) was known as the Stahlrohrlanze which consisted of a 3.18 m (10.4 ft ...
Trumpeter of the regiment in 1812. The 3rd Lithuanian Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (French: 3e régiment de chevau-légers lanciers de la Garde impériale (Lituanien) / Lithuanian: 3-iasis lietuvių gvardijos lengvosios kavalerijos (švoležierių) pulkas) was a foreign Lithuanian light cavalry lancers regiment which served as part of Napoleon's Imperial Guard during ...
Together with it, the regiment fought near Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck. [1] On 20 April 1813, men from the 19th regiment were drafted into the regiment, after 225 soldiers from the 19th regiment were selected for the Imperial Guard. [5] And the former commander of the 19th regiment col. Konstanty Rajecki became the new commander of the 17th ...
The Tatars were then transferred to the 3rd Polish Scouts Regiment of the Imperial Guard and saw further losses during the 1814 French Campaign, having 6 killed and 7 taken prisoner. [13] After the abdication of Napoleon on 6 April, Ulan and the few survivors returned to Lithuania. [ 8 ]
The regiment was disbanded on 31 July 1926 but reconstituted in 1935. [3] 2nd Artillery Regiment: 19 October 1919 Kėdainia, Seredžius, Raseiniai Colonel Vincas Jasulaitis [3] 3rd Artillery Regiment: 2 March 1920 Marijampolė, Kaunas, Prienai Colonel Petras Dočkus [3] 4th Artillery Regiment: 30 March 1920 Šiauliai, Tauragė, Plungė, Varniai
a further 27 active regiments and 5 war-formed regiments continued to serve as Cavalry Schützen Regiments [6] about 250 individual squadrons remained mounted as divisional cavalry; they represented 61 active and 22 war-formed regiments [6] As the war ended, the regiments marched back to Germany and dissolved as the troops reached their home towns.
Pułk Ułanów Litewskich, 10 puł) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic. From 1922 until 1939, it was garrisoned in Białystok. The regiment was created as part of the so-called Lithuanian and Belarusian Self-Defence. Also, in 1920–1922, it belonged to the armed forces of the Republic of Central Lithuania.