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8th Uhlan Regiment
8 Pułk Ułanów, 2 Pułk Jazdy Galicyjsko-Francuskiej(Polish)
Lance Pennant
Active1809-1813
CountryDuchy of Warsaw
BranchArmy
TypeCavalry
Size954 soldiers (1809)
Part ofCavalry Division of Antoni Paweł Sulkowski - 1813
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A painting of the 8th Uhlan Regiment

The 8th Uhlan Regiment (Polish: 8 Pułk Ułanów) was Polish cavalry division of the Duchy of Warsaw Army.

The regiment formed in 1809 in the Galician Podolia region. Until 28 December 1809, it was called the 2 Pułkiem Jazdy Galicyjsko-Francuskiej (English: 2nd Galician-French Cavalry Regiment). By the end of 1809, the regiment had 954 soldiers.

Uniform

From 1810 the following colour of uniform was in force:

Mottled collar; navy blue rebates.

Sleeve lining in mottled blue.

Trouser Lampasse in purple.

Battles and engagements

The regiment took part in battles during the Polish-Austrian War, the invasion of Russia in 1812 and the War of the Sixth Coalition.

Battles and skirmishes:

  • Rożniszewo (6 June 1809)
  • Jedlińsk (9 June 1809)
  • Chorostków (10 July 1809)
  • Grzymałowo, Zaleszczyki, Tarnopol (15 July 1809)
  • Wieniawka (16 and 17 July 1809)
  • Ostrowno (26 July 1812)
  • Witebsk, Smoleńsk (17 July 1812)
  • Walutina Góra (19 August 1812)
  • Możajsk (7 September 1812)
  • Woronowo (2 October 1812)
  • Tarulina (4 October 1812)
  • Neustadt (15 October 1813)
  • Wachau (16 October 1813)

Footnotes

  1. ^ Bronisław 1925.
  2. Zych 1961.
  3. Askenazy & Gembarzewski 2003.

References

  • Bronisław, Gembarzewski (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831. Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej.
  • Karol, Linder (1960). Dawne Wojsko Polskie. Ubiór i uzbrojenie. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.
  • Ryszard, Morawski; Paczuski (2009). Wojsko Księstwa Warszawskiego. Ułani, gwardie honorowe, pospolite ruszenie, żandarmeria konna. Warszawa: Karabela. ISBN 978-83-61229-03-2.
  • Askenazy, Szymon; Gembarzewski, Bronisław (2003). Wojsko Polskie: Księstwo Warszawskie 1807-1814. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Kurpisz. ISBN 83-88841-47-5.
  • Zych, Gabriel (1961). Armia Księstwa Warszawskiego 1807 - 1812. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.
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