East Prussian National Cavalry Regiment

On the orders of Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Count Lehndorff-Steinort [de] began establishing the regiment in February 1813.^[1] He was assigned 38 recruits; all others had to be recruited from the ranks of those exempt from military service.^[1] The volunteers had to bring their own horses and equipment. All 833 cavalry members came from East and West Prussia.^[1]

The regiment was assigned to Blücher's Silesian Army [de] and fought gloriously in the Battles of the Katzbach and Leipzig.^[1] Until the Battle of Paris on March 30, 1814, it belonged to the cavalry vanguard of Blücher's army under Major General von Katzler [de].^[1]

Three squadrons of the regiment were used to establish the Life Guard Hussar Regiment [de] in 1815.^[1]

• Albinus, Robert (1985). Königsberg Lexikon. Stadt und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.
• von Selle, Götz (1956). Geschichte der Albertus-Universität zu Königsberg in Preußen (in German) (2nd ed.). Würzburg. p. 262.