22nd Lithuanian Infantry Regiment
| 22nd Lithuanian Infantry Regiment | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1812–1813 |
| Country |  Lithuania (1812) |
| Engagements |
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| Commanders | |
| First and only | Aleksander Franciszek Chodkiewicz |
22nd Lithuanian Infantry Regiment – infantry regiment of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw.
1812
The regiment was raised in 1812 in Minsk at the expense of Colonel Stanisław Hutten-Czapski, who took command of it on July 13 of that year.[1][2] The regiment's major was Hilchen, and the battalion commanders were Mieszkowski, Łaszewski, Jezierski, and Bitner.[3]
Three months after the regiment began to be formed, Czapski still wrote in October 1812, that the regiment was not at full strength and lacked 600 men.[2] In addition, the 2nd Battalion was unarmed.[2]
The unit fought near Babruysk, Klyetsk (mid-October 1812) and near Minsk (November 15, 1812).[1]
1813
As of May 1, 1813, 12 officers and 53 soldiers from the regiment were still defending at the siege of Modlin.[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
- ^ a b Gembarzewski 1925, p. 58.
- ^ a b c Gaidis 1984.
- ^ Askenazy & Gembarzewski 2003, p. 80.
- ^ Nafziger 2012, p. 39.
- ^ Wimmer 1978, p. 455.
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
- Tomaszewicz, Andrzej (2006). "Wojsko Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego w roku 1812". Nasz Czas (in Polish). 18 (692).
- 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.
By Gembarzewski
- Askenazy, Szymon; Gembarzewski, Bronisław (2003). Wojsko Polskie: Księstwo Warszawskie 1807–1814 (in Polish). Poznań: Wydawnictwo Kurpisz. ISBN 8388841475.
- Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej.
- Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1964). Żołnierz polski. Ubiór, uzbrojenie i oporządzenie od wieku XI do roku 1960 (in Polish). Vol. 3: od 1797 do 1814 roku. Warszawa.
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