Cavalleggeri Lancieri del Granducato di Berg delle Guerre Napoleoniche, 1809–1813

A régiment de chevau-légers du grand-duc de Berg was raised by decree of 21 maggio 1807 from a cadre of German-speaking officers e NCOs drawn from various reggimenti di cavalleria francese in Francia ed Italia. The reggimento was organized à la française, con one depot company e quattro combat squadrons (escadrons) of due companies of 87 men each. The first squadron received the titel of Garde du Corps.

In the spring of 1808, the Garde du Corps deployed to Spagna. When Joachim Murat became King of Naples on 1 agosto 1808, e relinquised his titel of Grand Duc de Berg, Napoleon took the Garde du Corps de Berg into his Imperial Guard. On 11 gennaio 1809, the Garde du Corps was disbanded, its remaining officers e men were taken into the cacciatori e granatieri delle Guardia Imperiale, o transferred to the newly raised cacciatori a cavallo of the Grand Duchy of Berg.

By decree of 28 agosto 1808, the new governor of the Grand Duchy de Berg had raised a new reggimento dei cacciatori a cavallo di Berg from the tre squadrons of the reggimento which had remained in Berg. This reggimento participated in the 1809 campaign of the Armée d’Allemagne. By decree of 17 dicembre 1809, the unit was armed con lances e re-designated as the régiment de lanciers de Berg.

In the Spring of 1810, the reggimento deployed to Spagna. From 1811, the Lanciers de Berg consisted of six squadrons, tre of which fought in Spagna, e tre were stationed nella Germania. By Decree of 4 marzo 1812, the tre squadrons nella Germania formed a new 2e régiment de lanciers de Berg. Both reggimenti were later known as régiment de chevau-légers de Berg. The 2nd reggimento participated in the Invasion of Russia in 1812, while the 1st reggimento continued to fight in Spagna.

In 1813, survivors of the Russian campaign were augmented by 750 men from Hamm (Westphalia), e combined con the returned squadrons from Spagna to form the brigade des lanciers de Berg, commanded by Oberstleutnant Ludwig Ernst Philipp von Toll. The Berg lancieri brigade participated in the Battle of Dresden e the Battle of Leipzig. For the duration of the campaign, the lanciers de Berg ed i lancieri olandesi della Guardia imperiale formed the Brigade Colbert, commanded by Général Pierre-David (Edouard) Colbert de Chabanais.

The Grand Duchy of Berg was disbanded in novembre 1813, e placed unter administration prussiana. Remnants of the Lanciers de Berg ed of Saxon reggimenti di cavalleria formed a new hussar reggimento of quattro squadrons ed a volunteer Jäger detachment, which became the 11. (Berg und Sachsen) Reggimento Ussari prussiano on 20 aprile 1815. The 11. Reggimento Ussari served in the 2. Kavalleriebrigade des II. Armeekorps during the 1815 campaign.

Modellini Disponibili

• 1re Chevau-Légers Lanciers du Grand-Duc de Berg, 1812, 1:30 del Prado 009
• Lancieri della Guardia
  • Ufficiale, 25mm Hinchliffe FNC21
  • Trombettiere, 25mm Hinchliffe FNC22
  • Trooper, 25mm Hinchliffe FNC20
• Lancieri olandesi/polacchi
  • Ufficiale, 25mm Essex Miniatures FN108
  • Eagle-Bearer, 25mm Essex Miniatures FN109
  • Trombettiere, 25mm Essex Miniatures FN110
  • Trooper, 25mm Essex Miniatures FN107
• Lancieri polacchi, 1:72 ESCI P-218
• Lancieri polacchi, 1:72 Italeri 6039
• Lancieri polacchi (Peninsular War), 1:72 Falcata FE-12
• Lancieri della Guardia, 1:72 Hinton Hunt BB20
• Lancieri della Guardia con Lance e Command, 15mm Old Glory FOG7
• Lancieri della Guardia con Sword e Command, 15mm Old Glory FOGl1
• Lancieri della Guardia Command (polacco), 15mm Minifigs 55NFC
• Lancieri della Guardia (polacchi), 15mm Minifigs 5NFC
• Lancieri polacchi, 15mm Minifigs 4NWC
• Lancieri polacchi Command, 15mm Minifigs 14NWC
• Lancieri della Guardia imperiale francese (polacchi), 1:300 Heroics & Ros MFN02

Lancieri della Guardia imperiale francese o lancieri polacchi of the Grand-Duchy of Warsaw may be painted to represent the Chevau-Légers Lanciers de Berg, if no dedicated soldatini are available. Professionally designed lance pennons for your reggimento of Chevau-Légers Lanciers de Berg may be downloaded from the Miniatures Forum.

Storia delle Campagne

• Spagna, 1808–1809
• Germania & Austria, 1809
• Spagna, 1810–1813
• Russia, 1812
• Battaglia di Dresden, 1813
• Battle of Leipzig, 1813

Bibliografia

• Knötel-Sieg: Handbuch der Uniformkunde, p. 132
• Haythornthwaite, Philip: Uniforms of 1812, Plate 40

Domande più frequenti

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Granducato di Berg

– Pubblicato: 05.04.2007 – Aggiornato: 16.07.2007
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