No. 13 - Jung Modena Dragoons

Inhaber
1740 Khevenhüller, 1744 Holly, 1756 Erbprinz (1780 Herzog) von Modena

Unit History
After participating at Prague, 1757, some of the dragoons helped to defend the city itself. Another group of squadrons were present at Kolin and skirmished at Moys. At Kolin, four squadrons formed a brigade under Marquis Castiglione with the Saxon Guard Cuirassiers and the O’Donnell Cuirassiers. The regiment took part in the siege of Schweidnitz and the battles at Breslau and Leuthen. At Leuthen, the regiment was overrun by the Prussian Garde du Corps and in the subsequent flight lost a number of banners.
In 1758, a detachment assisted in the defence of Schweidnitz while the regiment helped besiege Neisse. In 1759, the regiment fought with the Reichsarmee in skirmishes at Eulenburg, Pretsch and Maxen. In the years 1760 and 1761, the unit saw no action. In the ending phase of the war, still assigned to the Reichsarmee, the unit skirmished at Kammerndorf.
The regiment converted in 1773 to Chevau-légers and disbanded 1802.

Comments
This was the last Austrian Dragoon unit painted and I had had enough of blue and green so red became the coat colour. Actually I really like the colour combination of sky blue and red and enjoy seeing a variety of coat colours in the armies. On the table, the four squadrons of Austrian Dragoons look imposing. The unit was painted in 2003.

Sources
Flag: Warflag at http://www.warflag.com/
Text: Osprey’s The Austrian Army 1740-80 (1) Cavalry (Men-at-Arms 271)
Austrian regimental information at http://www.kuk-wehrmacht.de/regiment/index.html