1741 Szirmay, 1744 Josef Esterhazy, 1762 Siskovics
Unit History
Fifth of the six Hungarian regions formed in 1741. Originally, the Hungarian government had proposed thirteen regiments but difficulties in recruiting reduced the number to six. Each legion consisted of one garrison and three field battalions. During the Seven Years War, the unit was engaged at Pirna, Prague, Breslau, Leuthen, Hochkirch, Maxen, Meissen, Landeshut and Schweidnitz.
At Lobositz, October 1756, the unit formed part of the reinforcements, commanded by Lacy, which were thrown into the fray on Lobosch Hill. The Prussians, including Bevern (No. 7), Itzenplitz (No. 13), Alt-Kleist (No. 27) and the Converged Grenadiers (No. 3 and No. 6), drove the Austrian troops off the Hill and forced them back through the burning streets of Lobositz. This unit, along with the rest of the Austrian troops, retreated in good order.
Under the command of Graf d' Arberg at Leuthen, who was the inhaber of Arberg (No. 55). The regiment, Josef Esterhazy, lead the second assault column on the village of Hochkirch. It was considered one of the elite units serving within the Austrian service.
Both Regimental and Lieb flags
Comments
This is one of my favourite Austrian units only because of the Hungarian uniform and the fact that this is the only unit primarily in red. The rest of the Hungarians use a variety of blue for the trousers and lapels and at the time I was painting enough Prussian blue that the red was a nice change. The unit has been in my collection since the late 1980’s without really distinguishing itself on the gaming table. The unit was painted in the late 1980’s.
Sources
Flag: T. Wise, Military Flags of the World, Brandford Press, page 120.
Text: Osprey’s The Austrian Army 1740-80 (2) Infantry (Men-at-Arms 276) Image:
Knötel cards at http://www.grosser-generalstab.de
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