Reply To: Prussia- 1806/07

[OotKust]

Whirlwind wrote:

Apologies OotKust, what exactly are you after that isn’t in the wiki? I could have a look and see which regiments Oliver & Partridge have for the Prussians at Eylau: Infantry Regts (2, 11, 14 (Grenadiers)) Fusiler Bns (3rd, 6th, 11th, 23rd, 24th) Dragoons (6th, 7th, 8th, 13th) Hussars (5th, 9th (Towarczys))

Thanks Whirlwind- Well call me thick but I hadn’t been to that url for a long time.

I’d ignored it simply because I wanted to know what and how his full Corps that reached an estimated 19,000 troops [before December 1806 perhaps?], got whittled down to 5,500 by Eylau.

I know there were detachments, illness and some other ‘garrisons’ along the way; of course paramount to his Corps actions was the defence of Königsberg as the last remaining ‘city’ of Prussia not occupied by the invader, and ‘home’ to the King and government.*

Like d’Erlon a decade later, they marched hither and thither to conflicting orders or supposed threats that like all in that climate, made them suffer more.

The Towarczys’ Regiment is particularly interesting unit- written off again by many, a bit like cossacks, their main body and detachments seem to have had exceptional luck and fortitude.

Do you think I know where I saw models of them?? Not Perrys apparently! Perhaps I’m deceived by too many illustrations again?

Thanks for the info, davew

7Sep- *Edit addition for clarity.