IR No. 55 – d’Arberg

Inhaber
1742 Chanclos, 1746 d' Arberg, 1768 Murray


Unit History
The regiment was raised in 1742 as the 1st Netherlands National Regiment. Other Netherlands regiments included De Ligne (No.38) in rose red cuff and lapels, Los Rios (No. 9) in green cuffs and lapels, and Sachsen-Gotha (No. 30) in blue cuffs and lapels. Most of the recruits of the Netherlands regiments came from the regions Luxembourg, Flanders, Hainault and Tournai.
The regiment fought at Prague, Moys, Kolin (where it was part of the reserve), Breslau, Leuthen (where it again was part of the reserve), Hastenbeck (3rd battalion only), Hochkirch, Landeshut, Leignitz and Schweidnitz.
At Kolin, June 1757, the unit was on the far right early in the engagement in Wied's corps along with the Los Rios regiment, actually as part of the reserve, when it was attacked in the flank and rolled up by the Prussian Normann Dragoons (1st) and Rochow Cuirassiers (8th). It was a regular unit heavily used during the Seven Years War.

Comments
What caught my eye with this unit was the participation at Hastenbeck and that it was originally from the Netherlands. Is it a surprise that I like units that fought on both the Eastern and Western theatres in the Seven Years War. Another unit painted in the early 1990’s when I studied in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The flag is from GMB Design.

Sources
Flag: Warflag at http://www.warflag.com/
Text: Osprey’s The Austrian Army 1740-80 (2) Infantry (Men-at-Arms 276)