"Baden, any battles 1813-14 ?" Topic

Was the Baden army involved in any battles, skirmishes,sieges etc as part of the allied armies 1813-14 ?
Liberation of Germany, invasion of France or the 100 days campaign ?

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When Baden joined the Allies all of the captured Baden troops were sent back to Baden.

on 1 January 1814 the Leib-Grenadier-Garde & 1st Horse battery marched from Karlsruhe to join the Prussian Guard infantry brigade. on 13 January they crossed the Rhne near Basel as part of the Russo-Prussian Guard Corps.

They stood as part of the allied reserves at the battle of Brienne on 1 February and at arcis-sur-Aube on 21 march. They were engaged during the battle of Paris on 30 march as part of the Prusso-Baden Brigade near Pantin. By 30 june 1814 they had returned to Karlsruhe.

The Baden line troops and Landwehr were made part of VIII Corps under General Leutenant Graf Wilhelm von Hochberg. They operated with VI Army Corps Detachment of Count Wittgenstein. They were engaged along the lower Rhine with blockading various French held fortresses.

Line infantry Regiments Nr 1 & 3 plus light battalion and foot battery took part in the siege of Kehl.

Dragoon Regiment Nr 2 took part in the blockade of Strasbourg and ended up as part of the Russian Cavalry Corps commanded by Count Pahlen III. They were engaged by the garrison on 24 Jan & 4 Feb. 1st battlion from Nr 2 infantry regiment joined the besiegers but om 15 Feb was sent to Pfalsberg. Line infantry Regiment Nr 1 plus light battalion
were sent from Kehl to join the besiegers. The besiegers were commanded by Baden General von Neuenstein after the Russias departed. One further skirmish occurred on 24 Feb and the garrison surrendered on 5 May.

2nd battion Infantry Regt Nr 2 joined the blockade corps around Landau

8 Landwehr battaions were fieled. 1st, 4th & 5th joined the Kehl blockade corps. 3rd, 6th, 7th & 8th joined the Strasbourg siege corps and the 2nd was at Pfalzburg.

Freiwillger Reitende Jager Regiment joined the Strasbourg siege corps on 1 February

In 1815, the Baden corps was incorporated into the 2nd Austrian Army Corps under Prinz von Hohenzollern, crossing the Rhine near Basel (26th to 28th June).

The light battalion joined Austrian Lioght Brigade under Vecsey and served in the battle of Burgfelde on 26 June.

Rest of Baden corps took up positions for the siege of Strasbourg. Sharp clash on 5 July.
were sent from Kehl to join the sieg force.

Sorry above was posted in great haste as had to dash out – corrected version below – the notes below were adapted from George Nafziger's 2The Armies of Germany and the Confederation of the Rhine 1792-1815 Volume 2"

When Baden joined the Allies all of the captured Baden troops were sent back to Baden.

on 1 January 1814 the Leib-Grenadier-Garde & 1st Horse battery marched from Karlsruhe to join the Prussian Guard infantry brigade. On 13 January crossed the Rhine near Basel as part of the Russo-Prussian Guard Corps.

They stood as part of the allied reserves at the battle of Brienne on 1 February and at Arcis-sur-Aube on 21 March. They were engaged during the battle of Paris on 30 March as part of the Prusso-Baden Brigade near Pantin. By 30 June 1814 they had returned to Karlsruhe.

The Baden line troops and Landwehr were made part of VIII Corps under General Leutenant Graf Wilhelm von Hochberg. They operated with VI Army Corps Detachment of Count Wittgenstein and were engaged along the lower Rhine blockading various French held fortresses.

Line infantry Regiments Nr 1 & 3 plus light battalion and foot battery took part in the siege of Kehl.

Dragoon Regiment Nr 2 took part in the blockade of Strasbourg and ended up as part of the Russian Cavalry Corps commanded by Count Pahlen III. They were engaged by the garrison on 24 January & 4 February. 1st battlaion from Nr 2 infantry regiment joined the besiegers but on 15 February was sent to Pfalzburg. Line infantry Regiment Nr 1 plus light battalion were sent from Kehl to join the Strasbourg besiegers. The besiegers were commanded by Baden General von Neuenstein after the Russians departed. One further skirmish occurred on 24 February and the garrison surrendered on 5 May.

2nd battion Infantry Regt Nr 2 joined the blockade corps around Landau.

8 Landwehr battalions were fielded.
1st, 4th & 5th joined the Kehl blockade corps.
3rd, 6th, 7th & 8th joined the Strasbourg siege corps and the 2nd was at Pfalzburg.

Freiwillger Reitende Jager Regiment joined the Strasbourg siege corps on 1 February.

In 1815, the Baden corps was incorporated into the 2nd Austrian Army Corps under Prinz von Hohenzollern, crossing the Rhine near Basel (26th to 28th June).

The light battalion joined Austrian Light Brigade under Vecsey and served in the battle of Burgfelde on 26 June.
Rest of Baden corps took up positions for the siege of Strasbourg. There was a sharp clash on 5 July and the French garrison under Rapp surrendered on 9 July.

1st, 5th & 8th Landwehr battalions formed part of the blockading corps before Neu-Breisach under General Volkmann.

Funny. I am sure many of us still think of 1815 as just the Army of the North, Wellington and Blucher somewhere between Mt St Jean and Paris.

Thank you for the information, much appreciated.
Didn't realise they raised landwehr battalions, probably dark blue tunics, red facings and a landwehr cross on caps or shakos.

Unfortunately Nafziger is silent on the Landwehr uniforms and I couldn't find any in the Boisselier gouaches of the Baden army.

W J Rawkins has: No positive details found, but 2 conflicting descriptions!

1st given to Rawkins by Rene North in the 1980s – uniform as for line infantry, double breasted coat as for "inhaber" regiment on the collar but with dark blue cuffs & brass buttons for all battalions.

2nd from correspondence with Dr Peter Gebhardt of Karlsruhe in 1980s – dressed in Prussian fashion in a long coat and white trousers with a shako & black belts. He interpreted this to mean shakos probably of Prussian pattern, and uberrock or Litewka probably without facing colours & may have been distinguished with a colour patch or number on the collar. Trousers thought to be white overalls. The uberrock was in use by others in the Baden army so may be reasonable conjecture.

Unfortunately neither author gave the original source of their quotation.

For 1814 the Landwehr battalion were brigaded as follows:
2nd, 3rd & 4th battalions with 3rd line regiment
1st, 5th & 6th battalions with 2nd line regiment
7th & 8th battalions with 1st line regiment.

Thanks for the landwehr uniform information, either simple uniform seems likely.