6th Infantry Regiment (Duchy of Warsaw)
| 6th Infantry Regiment | |
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| 6 Pułk Piechoty | |
| Active | 1806-1814 |
| Country | Duchy of Warsaw |
| Branch | Land Army |
| Type | Infantry |
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6th Infantry Regiment (Polish: 6 Pułk Piechoty) was an infantry division in the Duchy of Warsaw Army.
Formation and organisational change
The infantry regiment was formed in 1806 in Dobrce near Kalisz. At the end of 1809 the regiment had 2,673 soldiers.[1] According to the 1810 etat, the regiment consisted of a 27-man staff and three infantry battalions of six companies each. The battalions' staff were to consist of four men, and the companies of 136 soldiers. A total of 2,487 soldiers were to serve in the regiment. In fact, the unit's personnel was somewhat smaller.[2]
According to Napoleon's order of 17 May 1811, three divisions were formed in the Duchy of Warsaw. The regiment became a part of the 2nd Division.[2]
During the preparations for the invasion of Russia in 1812, the regiment was incorporated into the structure of the 17th Division of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski's V Corps of the Grand Army of Prince Józef Poniatowski.[2]
After Napoleon's abdication, Tsar Alexander I agreed to send Polish troops back to the Poland. They were to form the base for the formation of the Polish Army under the command of Grand Duke Constantine. On 13 June 1814, the regiment was assigned a place of concentration in Siedlce.[2]
Comannders
Commanders of the division were:[3]
- Colonel Maciej Sobolewski,
- Colonel Ignacy Zieliński,
- Colonel Jan Kanty Julian Sierawski (from the 19 January 1809).
Uniform
The dress regulation of 3 September 1810 did not lead to a complete standardisation of the infantry uniform. Some regiments differed quite significantly from the regulation arrangements.[note 1]
In the 6th Infantry Regiment, these were the berms of the grenadiers without the visor, plate and grenade; the cordons of the pashas.[4]
Standard
The standard of the regiment came into being in 1807 it consisted of a Polish eagle, embroidered in white silk, on a crimson silk cloth, measuring 50 cm X 54 cm. Crown, beak, sceptre and apple embroidered with yellow threads. The same threads embroidered the inscription: ‘6 PUŁK PIECHOTY’ (6th Infantry Regiment). Surrounded by yellow silk tassels, it is displayed in the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków.[5]
Notes
- ^ Differences presented by Gembarzewski based on drawings, accounts and other regimental documents of the time.
References
Notes
Sources cited
- Askenazy, Szymon; Gembarzewski, Bronisław (2003). Wojsko Polskie: Księstwo Warszawskie 1807–1814. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Kurpisz. ISBN 8388841475.
- Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831. Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej.
- Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1964). Żołnierz polski. Ubiór, uzbrojenie i oporządzenie od wieku XI do roku 1960. T.3 od 1797 do 1814 roku. Warszawa.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Wimmer, Jan (1978). Historia piechoty polskiej do roku 1864. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.
- Zych, Gabriel (1961). Armia Księstwa Warszawskiego 1807–1812. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.