8th Lithuanian Cavalry Regiment

8th Lithuanian Vanguard Regiment
Active	1794-1795
Country	Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Type	Cavalry
Garrison/HQ	Wizna (1794 Oct)
Engagements	Kościuszko Uprising

The 8th Lithuanian Cavalry Regiment (Polish language: 8 Pułk Jazdy Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego ) was a military unit of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, raised during the Kościuszko Uprising.

History[]

Origins[]

Formed in 1794 from Gen. Andrzej Karwowski [pl]'s unit.^[1]^[2]

Kościuszko Uprising[]

The unit partook in the battle of Magnuszew.^[1]^[2] On October 1794, the regiment was stationed in Wizna.^[1]^[2]

Commanders[]

During the regiment's whole existence, it was commanded by Mjr. Józef Weyssenhoff [pl].^[1]

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925) (in Polish). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831. Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. pp. 14. https://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/132690?id=132690&from=publication. "Utworzony r. 1794 w oddziale gen. Karwowskiego. Stanowisko: Wizna. Dowódca: mjr. Weyssenhoff Józ. Potyczki: Magnuszew."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rospond, Vincent W. (2013). Commonwealth Armies of the Partitions 1770 - 1794. Great Britain: Osprey Publishing. pp. 40. ISBN 978 1 84908855 8. "(F) 1794, by Gen Karwowski. (S) Wizma [sic] (by Oct 1794). (B) Magnuszew (1794)."

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[:1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925) (in Polish). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831. Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. pp. 14. https://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/132690?id=132690&from=publication. "Utworzony r. 1794 w oddziale gen. Karwowskiego. Stanowisko: Wizna. Dowódca: mjr. Weyssenhoff Józ. Potyczki: Magnuszew."

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rospond, Vincent W. (2013). Commonwealth Armies of the Partitions 1770 - 1794. Great Britain: Osprey Publishing. pp. 40. ISBN 978 1 84908855 8. "(F) 1794, by Gen Karwowski. (S) Wizma [sic] (by Oct 1794). (B) Magnuszew (1794)."

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