[XII] [3] 5 pułk Konfederacji Reńskiej- ks. Anhalt (Gotowe)
: czwartek, 13 lipca 2017, 08:58
Figurki to Perry oraz konny oficer od Calpe. Krótki opis historyczny działalności tej jednostki:
The three Anhalt territories, Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Koethen and Anhalt-Bernbund, were awarded the title of Duchies in 1807. That was the year that their sovereigns entered the Rhinebund, a union of German States under the dominance of Napoleon. Consequently, they had to raise a five company battalion of infantry to serve in Napoleons Army. Two companies were provided by Dessau, two by Koethen and one by Bernburg. The Battalion saw its first action during the 1809 fighting in Tyrolia. Also in 1809, the battalion was combined with the Lippe Infantry Battalion to make up the 5th Rhinebund Regiment. At this time the battalion adopted the French structure of four Fusilier Companies, one Grenadier Company and one Voltigeur Company.
The 5th Rhinebund Regiment was sent to the Spanish theater of war where it was engaged from1809 until 1811. In 1811 a small surviving core of the Anhalt Battalion returned home where the Battalion was reformed. It was again combined with the Lippe Infantry Battalion to make up the 5th Rhinebund Regiment. The Regiment took part in the end of the Russian Campaign of 1812 when it met the returning debris of Napoleons Army as it fled Russia. At the beginning of 1813, the Battalion entered the City of Danzig where it became part of the garrison. Danzig was besieged by the Allied forces shortly after. The soldiers from Anhalt left Danzig on November 30th 1813. By this time, another newly raised Anhalt Battalion was already fighting on the Allied side against the French.
