Regimiento de Dragones Liechtenstein

Austria, 1756–1763

Regimiento de Dragones Liechtenstein, Austria 1756–1763, Guerra de los Siete Años By decree dated 11 Febrero 1682, Oberst Carl Graf Saurau raised a dragoon regiment in Bohemia. From 1725 until 1775, when it was disbanded, the regiment was owned by the current Fürst von Liechtenstein. During the Seven Years’ War the regiment fought at the Battles of Lobositz, Prag, Kunersdorf, and Torgau.

Dueño

GFWM, later FM Joseph Wenzel Fürst Liechtenstein, 1725–1772

Comandante

Oberst Otto Ferdinand Graf Hohenfeld, 1754–1757
Oberst Carl Fürst Liechtenstein, 1757–1759
Oberst Carl von Bortwitz, 1759–1768

Uniforme

dark blue coat with yellow buttons
red lapels with seven buttons and buttonholes left and right
red cuffs with three buttons
red turnbacks
dark blue shoulder-strap left
red aiguillette right

black stock
red vest with eight yellow buttons
red or straw breeches
black gaiters with yellow buttons for dismounted service
white boot cuffs and tall black riding boots for mounted service
black tricornio with yellow border, and black cockade with yellow button

red saddlecloth with yellow border, and black and white rhombical design
black pistol holsters, with red holster covers and border design as above
round red mantlesack with border design as above
black leather brida

Historia de Campañas

Batalla de Lobositz, 1756
Emboscada de Hirschfeld, 1757
Combate de Reichenberg, 1757
Batalla de Prag, 1757
Combate de Sebastiansberg, 1758
Combate de Asch, 1759
Batalla de Kunersdorf, 1759
Combate de Gotha, 1760
Combate de Bautzen, 1760
Raid on Berlin, 1760
Batalla de Torgau, 1760
Combate de Peilau, 1762

Light straw-coloured leather breeches were worn on campaign. Dragoner-Regiment Liechtenstein was distinguished from Dragoner-Regiment Batthyany by its red vest.

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