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Austrian Cavalry Regiments and Their Commanders 1792-1815: the UhlansBy Istvan Nagy The Uhlans were Polish lancers. The traditionally Polish light cavalry appeared in the Imperial Army first in the middle of the 17th century only for a short period. After more than a century, in 1772 part of Poland came under the Habsburg Emperor. The first uhlan unit, the „Uhlan Pulk” was raised in 1784 with 600 men for use against the rebellion in the Netherlands. That year the unit was made part of the regular armyand consolidated in two divisions and renamed „Uhlan Freicorps”. Next year a third division was added. In 1785, the Corps went to Vienna. The divisions were separated and added to three Chevauxleger Regiments (Lobkowitz, Levenehr, Modena) but remained until the sspring of 1787 in Vienna. In 1786, six new squadrons were raised and six divisions were organised for each Chevauxleger Regiment. In 1790, after the Turkish War, the six divisions were collected and a regular uhlan regiment was formed. It was the first uhlan regiment in the Austrian Army. In 1790 Colonel O’Donell raised a Volunteer Corps in Galizien. It contained two uhlan divisions. These divisions were separated in 1791. With a staff and a newly raised division it formed the "Uhlan Volunteer Corps" under Major Degelmann. This corps was reorganised in 1798 and the second regular uhlan regiment was formed. In 1801 and 1813, two other regiments were raised. The regular uhlan regiments had in the 1790s, 1576 men (the squadrons had 168 men). From 1798 to 1848, the uhlans had the same organisation as the hussars except for some minor changes of the staff. The main weapons of the Uhlan were the lance, the light sabre, and pistols. The officers did not carried lances. In each squadron there were 16 men armed with carabines. Raised on 1 November 1791 from the Uhlan Divisions of the chevaux-legers regiments Kaiser, Karaiczai, Lobkowitz and Levenehr Numbering
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Raised in September 1790 from the three Divisions of the O’Donnel Freikorps and renamed the "Ulanen Freikorps". It was designated after tits commander. In 1798, it was reorganised as a regular uhlan regiment. Numbering
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Raised in 1801 from the 1st and 2nd Uhlans, the Kinsky and Savoya Dragoons, and recruits from Krakau Numbering
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Raised in 1813 (finished in January 1814) from the other three uhlan regiments, the O’Reilly Chevauxlegers, and the Kienmayer Hussars in Gródek. Numbering
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Placed on the Napoleon Series: October 2005
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