Death's Head Hussars

The Hussars of Ruesch fought in 1744 in the Second Silesian War Smatschna successful in Moldova and Thain. With the General of Zieten out of 22 Eskadons Hussar cavalry charge was on 23 November 1745 in Catholic Henner village wiped out a Saxon army association. For the demonstrated bravery Frederick II granted the schwartzen Hussars captured the timpani , which were led by the regiment until 1918.
In the Seven Years War (Third Silesian War) attacked the regiment on 25 August 1758 in the Battle of wrath village .
In the War of Bavarian Succession 1778/79 the hussars had been used only in the outpost and reconnaissance services.
In the war against Napoleon in 1806/07, the regiment remained first in Poland and then to the Vistula up to Thorn preferred, where on 10 The 55th June 1807 French Line Infantry Regiment aufrieb and the eagle captured.
In the War of 1813/14, the hussars fought in the battle of big berries and in the Battle of Leipzig . After the abdication of Napoleon, the unit went with the victorious troops in Paris a.
During the riots in Poland in the years 1830, 1848 and 1863/64, the regiment was as a backup to the Prussian-Russian border respectively.
In the war against Austria in 1866, the regiment fought in Bohemia and took on 3 July 1866 at the Battle of Hradec Kralove part.
The German-French war saw the hussars in the Battle of Sedan against the troops of the Emperor Napoleon III. with subsequent transfer to the Southern Army in the area of Orléans . On 28 June 1871, the regiment returned to his homeland garrison.
At the beginning of the First World War, the regiment advanced on 3 August 1914 with its sister regiment (2nd Hussars Regiment No. 2), with which it should remain in the Union Brigade throughout the war, at the west front of. The hussars took part in the Battle of the Marne and the fighting around Arras and some were in the autumn of 1914 to the Eastern Front moved. Here they fought first in Galicia and in the Battle of Riga and were in the occupation of the islands of Osel and Dago involved. In support of the struggle for independence in 1917 after the brigade Finland sent. After the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Russia on 3 March 1918, the remaining units as occupation troops in the Russian regions. In January 1919, the Hussars returned to Gdansk, where in spring the demobilization began and the regiment was disbanded. By war's end had 1 Hussars Cavalry Regiment No. 1 retain the status.
The tradition took over in the Reichswehr , the first Squadron of the 5th (Prussian) Reiter-Regiment in Belgard.

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