Regimiento de Infantería Kurmainz

Ejército Imperial en la Guerra de los Siete Años, 1757–1763

In 1757, the electoral archbishopric of Mainz provided one infantry regiment Kurmainz of 16 Füsilier companies (4 battalions), 2 grenadier companies, and eight 3-pdr battalion guns for service with the Imperial Army. The Kreis-Regiment Kurmainz consisted of companies drawn from Kurmainz infantry regiments von Wildenstein (Mainz garrison), von Ried (Erfurt garrison), and von Knorr. In addition, there was an Infanterie-Regiment Kurmainz, with 18 companies organized on the Austrian pattern, serving in the Austrian Army from 1756 to 1763.

General Soubise rated the Kreis-Regiment Kurmainz well, based on its performance at the Battle of Rossbach. However, the quality of the regiment decreased in the course of the war, as inexperienced replacements were recruited to fill its depleted ranks. The new recruits proved less reliable than the original household troops of Kurmainz.

Dueño

• Feldmarschall-Leutnant Freiherr von Wildenstein, 1757
• Feldmarschall-Leutnant Freiherr von Gudenus, 1757–1763

Comandante

• Oberst Freiherr von Gudenus, 1757–1758
• Oberstleutnant Franz Arnold Freiherr von Brencken, 1758–1763

Illustrations

• Funcken, L. & F.: Historical Uniforms of the 18th Century, Volume 2
• Funcken, L. & F.:Historische Uniformen, Seite 49
• Deutsche Uniformen im Zeitalter Friedrichs des Großen, Sturm Zigaretten, Dresden

Uniforme

• white coat with yellow buttons
• green collar
• green lapels with 5 x 2 buttons
• green cuffs with 3 buttons
• green turnbacks
• green or white? shoulder-strap

• black stock
• green vest with yellow buttons
• straw-coloured breeches
• black gaiters with yellow buttons
• black tricornio with white edging and white pompom
• brown fur cap for grenadiers, with a small yellow front plate
  and silver grenade badges, green bag and yellow lace

Historia de Campañas

• Batalla de Rossbach, 1757
• Defence of Erfurt, 1758
• Combate de Maxen, 1759
• Defence of Dresden, 1760
• Campaign in Saxony, 1761

Infanterie-Regiment Kurmainz looks absolutely splendid in its white uniform with green facings. This units is a must-have for collectors and wargamers interested in raising a contingent of the Imperial Army of the Seven Years’ War.

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– Publicado: 17.09.2005 – Actualizado: 27.06.2007
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