19th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment

19th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment
Active1812–1813
Country Lithuania (1812)
Engagements
Commanders
First and onlyKonstanty Tyzenhauz

19th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment – infantry regiment of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw.

1812

Formed in 1812 in Samogitia[1] in Raseiniai.

Its commander from July 13, 1812, was Colonel Konstanty Tyzenhauz,[1] Major Pawłowski, and the battalion commanders were Radwan, Rymiński and Górski.[2]

On August 16, 1812, Tyzenhauz reported that the regiment had been formed and bore arms.[3]

1813

The 19th Infantry Regiment took part in the defense of Modlin in 1813.[1] As of May 1, 1813, the regiment's strength was 22 officers and 22 soldiers.[4]

1814

After Napoleon's abdication, Tsar Alexander I of Russia agreed to repatriate Polish–Lithuanian units. They were to serve as a base for the formation of the Army of Congress Poland under the command of Grand Duke Konstantin. On June 13, 1814, the regiment was assigned a concentration site in Płock.[5] However, the regiment was not recreated, as the new army provided for only 12 infantry regiments.

References

Bibliography

  • Gaidis, Henry L. (Spring 1984). Klimas, Antanas (ed.). "Napoleon's Lithuanian Forces". Lituanus. 30 (1). ISSN 0024-5089.
  • Nafziger, George (2012). "Grande Armée, 1 May 1813" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2020.

Polish-language sources

  • Wimmer, Jan (1978). Historia piechoty polskiej do roku 1864 (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.
  • Zych, Gabriel (1961). Armia Księstwa Warszawskiego 1807–1812 (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.

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