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Personal logo enfant perdus Supporting Member of TMP10 Aug 2026 3:28 p.m. PST

Can anyone help with organization and uniforms for these fellows? They aren't in Lyulin & Summerfield's "Prussian Freikorps and National Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars" and my internet searches have turned up nothing.

I'm working up some ideas for the fighting in the Low Countries in the winter of 1813-14, so that's my primary interest if they (like many Prussian units) had changes after the Armistice.

BillyNM10 Aug 2026 11:13 p.m. PST

Have you been through this book (in German)?

link

Also, as he seems to go on to command this unit, their history / origins might be worth examining:

link

Oliver Schmidt10 Aug 2026 11:38 p.m. PST

Peter von Colomb of the Brandenburgisches Husaren-Regiment had been promoted Rittmeister (captain) and leader of the Freiwillige Jäger (volunteer) detachment of this regiment on 6 May 1813. He was promoted Major and attached to the Leichtes Garde-Kavallerie-Regiment on 18 June 1813.

His Streifkorps (raiding corps) consisted of 1 Lieutenant, 1 Unteroffizier (NCO) and 10 hussars of his regiment, and 1 Lieutenant, 6 Oberjäger (volunteer NCOs) and 72 Freiwillige Jäger of his regiment. It rejoined the regiment during the 1813 armistice.

On 23 September 1813, von Colomb was made commander of another Streifkorps. Besides him, this consisted of

1 Rittmeister, 1 Premier-Lieutenant, 70 men from the Leichtes Garde-Kavallerie-Regiment
1 Rittmeister, 1 Seconde-Lieutenant, 50 men from the Freiwillige Jäger Detachement of the Brandenburgisches Kürassier-Regiment
1 Seconde-Lieutenant, 20 men of the Neumärkisches Dragoner-Regiment
1 Seconde-Lieutenant, 22 men of the Schlesisches Ulanen-Regiment
1 Seconde-Lieutenant of the Freiwilliges Jäger-Detachement of the Brandenburgisches Husaren-Regiment (only him, no other soldiers from this regiment)
1 Seconde-Lieutenant of the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß (sic)

This detachment was dissolved on 11 April 1814 in Paris, and the men sent back to their regiments.

While they were assigned to the raiding corps, all these officers and men continued to wear the uniforms of their regiments.

Prince of Essling11 Aug 2026 6:17 a.m. PST

Better copy of volume in BillyNM's link as map is included: link

Personal logo enfant perdus Supporting Member of TMP11 Aug 2026 6:28 a.m. PST

Bless you gentlemen! That's exactly what I needed, many thanks!

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