1st Pomeranian Landwehr Cavalry
military unit
The 1st Pomeranian Landwehr Cavalry (German: 1. Pommersches Landwehr-Kavallerie) was a cavalry regiment of the Prussian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.
History
On 17 March 1813, King Frederick William III ordered the formation of the Landwehr cavalry. The regiment was formed from June to July 1813. The 1st Squadron of the regiment was formed in early July from several contingents in Pyritz and Greifenhagen. The 2nd Squadron was formed almost entirely from men from Pyritz. The 3rd Squadron consisted of 28 from Pyritz, 30 from Greifenhagen, and 15 from Saatzig, and formed up in Massow. The 4th Squadron formed in Naugard on 1 July by combining detachments from Saatzig and Daber.
In 1813, the regiment participated in the War of the Sixth Coalition as part of the Prussian III Corps under General Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow. At the Battle of Großbeeren, it participated as part of the 6th Brigade under Major General Karl August Adolf von Krafft, and achieved good results for the Prussian Army.
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