Dragoons No. 9 - Holstein-Gottorp

Inhaber
1741 Platen, 1753 Georg Ludwig Herzog v. Holstein-Gottorp, 1761 Pomeiske, 1785 Zitzwitz

Unit History
The unit was formed in 1741. It served in the Western theatre from 1758 to 1759 and present at Krefeld, Bergen and Minden. Later shifted to the Eastern Prussian theatre being present at Gross-Jagersdorf.
At Minden, August 1759, five squadrons fought on the left flank in the first line brigaded with Prinz Wilhelm (Hessian), Lieb (Hessian), and Hammerstein (Hanoverian No. 2B). The brigade was under the command of Lieutenant-General Duke von Holstein.
At Gross-Jagersdorf, August 30, 1757, five squadrons brigaded under Lt.-General Holstein-Gottrop, tangled early and briefly with the Russian advance guard on the Prussian right wing with no real result. Later in the battle, Holstein again advanced, this time against the Russian vanguard. Holstein's 20 squadrons, including ten squadrons of the Black Hussars (No. 5), broke through the Apscheron and Butyrski regiments and captured some field guns, before being chased back to the Roser Wald across the Sittengraben by three Russian horse grenadier regiments and the cuirassier regiments Kievski and Nowotroitzski.
The unit was destroyed in 1806.

Comments
This is one of my ‘Bergen’ units which is a local battle fought near Frankfurt am Main. What makes this unit so nice to use is that it historically fought in both the Western and Eastern theatres of the Seven Years War. The squadron was another gift from my gaming buddy, Robert Swan (the Marquis de Sangfroid).

Sources
Image: Sturm cards at http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/sturm/sturm10.html
Text: Prussian troop website at http://www.preussenweb.de/preussstart.htm