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1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
Active1813 March 1 - July 1 (as a separate Battalion)
CountryKingdom of Prussia
EngagementsNapoleonic Wars
Commanders
First commanderMajor von Lettow

The 1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion ( Lithuanian: 1-asis lietuvių fuzilierių rezervinis batalionas; German: 1. Litauisches Füsilier Reserve Bataillon or 1. Litthauisches Reserve-Füsilier-Bataillon [1]) was a fusilier battalion of the Royal Prussian Army formed by Lithuanians.

1813

Formation

Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg marched into Königsberg (Lithuanian: Karaliaučius) on 8 January 1813 and immediately declared the mobilisation of all remaining able-bodied men. [2] First, he called all the Krümper and recruits, which von Bülow had left to the east of the Vistula. [2] So, Yorck created a large training camp to train the new soldiers. [2] On March 1, seven reserve battalions were formed, which were the: [2]

The 1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion was formed in Königsberg, under the command of Major Georg Wilhelm von Lettow [ de]. [3] [4] Major von Lettow was from the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment. [4] The battalion was supposed to have 60 Non-commissioned officers, 13 musicians, 4 surgeons, and 728 Gemeiner. [3]

At the end of May, this battalion was in Cottbus. [5] Under the same commander, the unit fought in the Battle of Luckau on June 4. [6]

Assigning to various regiments

The unit retained its name until July 1. [7] Then, on 1 July 1813, this and other reserve battalions were concentrated into various reserve regiments. [8] The 1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion was made the 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment's 3rd, i.e. Fusilier, Battalion. [9] [10] [1] At the time, the unit was commanded by Major von Röming. [9]

1815

After Napoleon was defeated, the Prussian Army was reorganized, and so the 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment became the 13th Infantry Regiment on 1 March 1815. [10]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Mischke 1838, p. 1.
  2. ^ a b c d Hofschröer 1987, p. 7.
  3. ^ a b Mischke 1838, p. 12.
  4. ^ a b Mittler 1914, p. 108.
  5. ^ Alt 1869, p. 149.
  6. ^ von Plotho 1817, p. 222.
  7. ^ Fremont-Barnes 2011.
  8. ^ Hofschröer 1987, p. 8.
  9. ^ a b von Plotho 1817, p. 70.
  10. ^ a b Hofschröer 1987, p. 9.

Sources

  • von Plotho, Carl (1817). Der Krieg in Deutschland und Frankreich in den Jahren 1813 und 1814 (in German). Vol. 1. Berlin.
  • Mischke (1838). Geschichte des Königlich Preussischen Dreizehnten Infanterie-Regiments, von 1813 bis 1838: zur 25 jährigen Jubel-Feier der Stiftung des Regiments (in German). Münster.
  • Alt, Georg (1869). Das Königlich Preußische stehende Heer: Kurzgefasste Geschichte seiner sämmtlichen Truppenkörper (in German).
  • Mittler, E.S. (1914). Das preussische Heer der Befreiungskriege: Das preussische Heer im Jahre 1813 (in German).
  • Hofschröer, Peter (1987). Prussian Reserve, Militia & Irregular Troops 1806-15. ISBN  9780850457995.
  • Fremont-Barnes, Gregory (2011). Armies of the Napoleonic Wars. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN  9781783032082.
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