 | Historically speaking...
Although everybody's first thought when asked about Polish cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars would be the uhlans, among the cavalry units put on field under the flags of Duchy of Warsaw, you could find the whole diversity of cavalry types, including everybody's favourites: the hussars. The two notable regiments of such type were the 10th and 13th, nicknamed respectively: the "golden" and "silver" hussars. Assembled in may of 1809 under command of Colonel Jan Nepomucen Umiński, they joined military operations the following summer. They took part in 1812 campagin and were the very first soldiers of Grande Armée to enter Moscow on september 14th, after participating in famed battle of Borodino. Still fighting during Napoleon's retreat, including Battle of Berezina and Kalisz, they suffered high casualties and what remained of the regiment was finally absorbed by other cavalry formations, including the 13th Polish hussars, later in 1813.
History aside...
The values and principles that this regiment was made to embrace are: the vanity of the officer(s) who want to lead yet another cavalry regiment and to have their own members to order around. It has been created on the initiative of Rastignac, rotmistrz of the regiment, and is currently co-led by L'Empereur, officer in the range of lieutenant (porucznik). The birth of the regiment can be placed either in september of 2015, when it was conceived and assembled, or october, when it launched the real activity. We aim to be competitive part of the NW cavalry scene, but we also take interest and participate in classic line battle events.
We are international, English speaking regiment.
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