Offiziere:
 -Hauptmann-Hptm
 -Oberleutnant-OLt
 -Leutnant-Lt
Unteroffieziere:
 -Fähnrich-Fhr
 -Feldwebel-Fw
 -Unteroffizier-Uffz
 -Koporal-Kpl
Manschaft:
 -Grenadier-Gren
 -Gefreiter-Gefr
 -Gemeiner-Gem
 -Kadett-Kdt
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Infanterie-Regiment "Freiherr von Klebeck" No. 14
The death of the Polish king August II in 1733 and the eruption of the Polish Succession War in Austria was obliged to enlist new troops.
With instruction by Emperor Charles VI on the 4th November 1733, President of the presented Hofkriegsrat , Prince Eugene of Savoy a Bestallungsbrief for Truppenaushebungen to the colonels and thus first Colonel owner Nikolaus Leopold Count von Salm was elected. He received the order to set up a regiment off 2300 men. This regiment was called initally the "van Salm".
In 1769, the current practice to designate the regiments after their owner has been supplemented by a continuous numbering. The regiment was given the number 14.
The serving as a distinctive badge color was supplied in 1748 which was blue and was then changed to black.
After the Peace of Teschen which was in 1779, Austria was defeated, the regiment No.14 first came to Upper Austria. It was after Linz and Braunau the regiment was garrisoned. Linz was first training and supplying the District Infantry Regiment No.14th
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There was an interesting description of Austrian infantry published in Putnam's Monthly. "The great confusion of nationalities is a serious evil. In the British army, every man can at least speak English, but with the Austrians, even the NCOs of the non-German regiments can scarcely speak German.
This creates, of course, a deal of confusion, difficulty, and interpreting, even between the officer and the soldier. It is partly remedied by the necessity in which frequent change of quarters places the officers of learning at least something of every language spoken in Austria. But yet, the inconvenience is not obviated...
The infantry, and in this respect it is similar to the English [infantry], is more distinguished by its action in masses [lines], than by its agility in light infantry service. We must, however, except the frontier troops (Grenzers) and the jagers. The first are; for the most part, very efficient in skirmishing, especially the Serbians, whose favorite warfare is one of ambuscades. The jagers are mainly Tyroleans, and first-rate marksmen. But the German and Hungarian infantry generally impose by their solidity, and ... have more than once received cavalry, in line, without deigning to form square, and wherever they have formed squares, the enemy's cavalry could seldom break them up - witness Aspern."
The 'German' regiments were the best trained and disciplned part of the infantry. "German sense of duty caused them to rally after lost battle to fight again."
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Perhaps the most important of the reforms carried out by Archduke Charles was the new Dienst-Reglemet. It aimed to humanize discipline and raise troop morale by better treatment. It sharply condemned brutality. The introduction of the code was accompanied by a shortened term or conscription. The enlistments were 6 years for infantrymen and 10 for cavalrymen. According to John Stallaert "Training was inconsistent; whereas the regulars were well-disciplined, numbers of untrained men were often present in units enlarged to wartime establishment, and the usual parsimony hindered practice. For example, in 1805 Archduke Ferdinand reported, "Since many of the newly-arrived troops have still to be trained in musketry, I approve the issue of six live rounds to be fired by every such man"! Though an isolated case, the evidence of an exercise before the Emperor at Minkendorf, in which cavalry and grenadiers actually began to fight each other, leaving 3 dead and 60 wounded, does not reflect well either upon the central command nor upon methods of training ! "
As an army the Austrians lost more battles than won. In general the bigger was the tactical unit the greater chance was for the French to win. French army, corps and even division was better trained in large scale maneuvers and had more battle experience than the Austrian army and corps. The individual Austrian line regiments however were reliable and some fought with great tenacity and bravery. The individual Austrian soldier was well trained and far more disciplined than the Frenchman. There is much exaggeration about the "poor Austrians". The white-coats enjoyed many successes on regimental level (but less on brigade and divisional levels).
Noted than the In 1809 at Neumarkt the 14th Regiment {Austrians} attacked French cavalry with bayonet.
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