• Source: 3rd Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion

    • The 3rd Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion (Lithuanian: 3-asis lietuvių fuzilierių rezervinis batalionas; German: 3. Litauisches Füsilier Reserve Bataillon) was a fusilier battalion of the Royal Prussian Army formed by Lithuanians.


    1813




    = Formation

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    Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg marched into Königsberg (Lithuanian: Karaliaučius) on 8 January 1813 and immediately declared the mobilisation of all remaining able-bodied men. First, he called all the Krümper and recruits, which von Bülow had left to the east of the Vistula. So, Yorck created a large training camp to train the new soldiers. On March 1, seven reserve battalions were formed, which were the:

    1st East Prussian Musketeer Reserve Battalion
    2nd East Prussian Musketeer Reserve Battalion
    3rd East Prussian Musketeer Reserve Battalion
    4th East Prussian Musketeer Reserve Battalion
    1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
    2nd Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
    3rd Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
    The 3rd Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion was formed in Königsberg, under the command of Captain von Clausewitz from the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to Major on March 26. In early June, the Battalion was in the vanguard of von Bülow's Corps.


    = Assigning to various regiments

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    The unit retained its name until July 1. This and other reserve battalions were concentrated into reserve regiments on 1 July 1813. The 3rd Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion was made the 5th Reserve Infantry Regiment's 4th Battalion.
    The Battalion was disbanded on December 12 and its men used to reinforce the regiment's other battalions.


    1815


    After Napoleon was defeated, the Prussian Army was reorganized, and so the 5th Reserve Infantry Regiment became the 17th Infantry Regiment on 1 March 1815.


    Footnotes




    Sources


    von Plotho, Carl (1817). Der Krieg in Deutschland und Frankreich in den Jahren 1813 und 1814 (in German). Vol. 1. Berlin.
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    Pohlmann (1905). Geschichte des Infanterie-regiments Graf Barfuß (4. Westfälischen) Nr.17 in neunzehntem Jahrhundert (PDF) (in German). pp. 9–12.
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