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The regiment was reconstituted as a hussar regiment in 1807 as the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars). [2] It landed at Corunna in November 1808 for service in the Peninsular War [ 15 ] and defeated two regiments of French cavalry at the Battle of Sahagún in December 1808. [ 16 ]
A Dragoon regiment, the Light Dragoons, was formed by the amalgamation of two Hussar regiments, the 13th/18th Royal Hussars and the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, in 1992, reversing the mid-19th-century trend of all existing light-dragoon regiments being converted to hussars.
The cavalry consisted of Guards (Household Cavalry), Dragoon Guards, Dragoons, Hussars and Lancers. The volunteer cavalry was the Yeomanry. 1st Life Guards;
Uniform of the 14th Light Dragoons, 1847 Carte-de-Visite of a lieutenant in the 14th (King's) Hussars. Maull & Co. Studios, London, 1867. The regiment was renamed in July 1830, to mark the coronation of William IV as the 14th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, [2] and it took part in the suppression of the Bristol riots in October 1831. [30]
Wolfskehl commanded five regiments of Austrian cavalry, a total of 2,750 troopers. These included the same two dragoon regiments that fought at Sacile, plus eight squadrons each of the Archduke Joseph Nr. 2 and Ott Nr. 5 Hussar Regiments, and six squadrons of the Frimont Hussar Regiment Nr. 9. [22]
The 13th Hussars (previously the 13th Light Dragoons) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the Napoleonic Wars , the Crimean War and the First World War but then amalgamated with the 18th Royal Hussars , to form the 13th/18th Royal Hussars in 1922.
Mounted Russian dragoon armed with an infantry long gun, c. 1710. Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from horseback ...
Dragoon officer in parade dress. Together with the Hussars and Uhlans, the Imperial and Royal Dragoons (German: k.u.k. Dragoner) made up the cavalry of the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1867 to 1914. After 1867, Austria-Hungary had de facto three armies at the same time.