Austrian Dragoon Regiment Savoy of the Seven Years’ War, 1756–1763

Austrian Dragoon Regiment Savoy of the Seven Years’ War, 1756–1763 By decree dated 7 February 1682 Oberst Graf Kueffstein raised a dragoon regiment in Silesia. In 1683, Eugen Franz Prinz von Savoyen became the new Inhaber, and the regiment continued to be known as Dragoner-Regiment Savoyen even after it was given to General- Feldwachtmeister Ferdinand Carl Graf Aspremont-Linden in 1737. During the Seven Years’ War the regiment fought at the Battles of Kolin and Torgau.

Proprietor

Oberst, later GL Eugen Franz Prinz von Savoyen, Graf von Soissons, 1683–1736
GFWM, later FM Ferdinand Carl Graf Aspremont-Linden, 1737–1773

Commanding Officer

Oberst Joachim Pantaleon Graf Gourey, 1756–1758
Oberst Johann Friedrich Alexander Freiherr von Berlichingen, 1758–1771

Uniform

red coat with yellow buttons
black lapels with seven buttons and buttonholes left and right
black cuffs with three buttons
black turnbacks
red shoulder-strap left
black aiguillette right

black stock
red vest with 2 x 8 yellow buttons
red or straw breeches
black gaiters with yellow buttons for dismounted service
white boot cuffs and tall black riding boots for mounted service
black tricorne with yellow border, and black cockade with yellow button

red saddlecloth with yellow border, and black and white rhombical design
black pistol holsters, with red holster covers and border design as above
round red mantlesack with border design as above
black leather bridle

Campaign History

Battle of Kolin, 1757
Raid on Berlin (detachment), 1757
Engagement at Eulenburg, 1758
Engagement at Herzfeld (detachment), 1759
Capture of Tanne, 1759
Engagement at Meißen, 1759
Engagement at Maxen, 1759
Battle of Torgau, 1760
Campaign in Silesia, 1761
Attached to the Reichsarmee, 1762
Defence of Schweidnitz (detachment), 1762

Light straw-coloured leather breeches were worn on campaign. Dragoner-Regiment Savoyen was distinguished from Dragoner-Regiment Württemberg by its red vest.

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