5th BIR in franco-prussian war
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Hi Bruno
The 5th Bavarian Infantry served with the III Army under the Prussian Crown Prince. IInd Bavarian Army Corps, 4th Division, 7th Brigade and was commanded by Colonel Muhlbaur. At the battle of Weissenburg its 3rd Battallion was engaged and suffered the loss of 7 killed and 47 wounded. I'll do some further research to see what other engagements it participated in. Hope this helps.
Larry
The 5th Bavarian Infantry served with the III Army under the Prussian Crown Prince. IInd Bavarian Army Corps, 4th Division, 7th Brigade and was commanded by Colonel Muhlbaur. At the battle of Weissenburg its 3rd Battallion was engaged and suffered the loss of 7 killed and 47 wounded. I'll do some further research to see what other engagements it participated in. Hope this helps.
Larry
Hi Bruno
I finished doing some basic research on the 5th BI and it appears that it served with the III Army for the entire war and after the Battle of Sedan was involved with the Siege of Paris. I'll note below some casualty returns which will give an idea of the regiments activities.
Battle of Worth, 3 killed, 35 wounded, 1st & 2nd Btl engaged
Battle of Sedan 1 killed, 3 wounded
Drive on Paris, battles Petit Bicetre & Chatillon 1 killed, 6 wounded 1st & 2nd Btl.
Investment of Paris
21 September 4 wounded
27 September (3rd Battalion assigned to 8th Brigade) 2 wounded
Battle of Chevilly 1 killed, 7 wounded
Battle of Bagneux 9 kiled, 9 wounded
19th October 4 wounded
7th January 1871 4 wounded
8th January 2 wounded
9th January 2 wounded, 1 missing
15th January 2 wounded
17th January 1 wounded
The total casualties for the IInd Bavarian Army Corps were 808 killed, 2582 wounded.
The 3rd battalion of the 5th Regiment seems to have been attached to the 8th Brigade for the better part of the campaign.
Best Regards
Larry
I finished doing some basic research on the 5th BI and it appears that it served with the III Army for the entire war and after the Battle of Sedan was involved with the Siege of Paris. I'll note below some casualty returns which will give an idea of the regiments activities.
Battle of Worth, 3 killed, 35 wounded, 1st & 2nd Btl engaged
Battle of Sedan 1 killed, 3 wounded
Drive on Paris, battles Petit Bicetre & Chatillon 1 killed, 6 wounded 1st & 2nd Btl.
Investment of Paris
21 September 4 wounded
27 September (3rd Battalion assigned to 8th Brigade) 2 wounded
Battle of Chevilly 1 killed, 7 wounded
Battle of Bagneux 9 kiled, 9 wounded
19th October 4 wounded
7th January 1871 4 wounded
8th January 2 wounded
9th January 2 wounded, 1 missing
15th January 2 wounded
17th January 1 wounded
The total casualties for the IInd Bavarian Army Corps were 808 killed, 2582 wounded.
The 3rd battalion of the 5th Regiment seems to have been attached to the 8th Brigade for the better part of the campaign.
Best Regards
Larry
joerookery
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I did not put two and two together! Larry, I did not know you were in the mix! Perhaps next year, we can get you and your lovely wife to join us at the La Quinta. I think I ended up with one of your helmets.
joerookery
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I am posting this for Larry.
Thought this might be fun to show what a typical Bavarian Infantryman would have looked like in the years 1870-71. This soldier is armed with the M1867 Podewils rifle which was Bavaria's crash and burn attempt to develop a breech loading weapon to counter the Prussian needle gun. It was a stop gap measure at best which although was indeed a breech loading weapon it still relied upon the seperately affixed percussion cap. Interestingly this soldier wears on his chest the 1866 cross which was awarded for the campaigns against Prussian in the Austro-Prussian War of the same year.
Larry has a bunch more Franco-Prussian war images he would like to post. So I guess we'll put our request in. I would very much like to see images of a Franco-Prussian Bavarian Kürassier. Specifically I would like to see an officer's breastplate and compare it against an enlisted breastplate.
Thought this might be fun to show what a typical Bavarian Infantryman would have looked like in the years 1870-71. This soldier is armed with the M1867 Podewils rifle which was Bavaria's crash and burn attempt to develop a breech loading weapon to counter the Prussian needle gun. It was a stop gap measure at best which although was indeed a breech loading weapon it still relied upon the seperately affixed percussion cap. Interestingly this soldier wears on his chest the 1866 cross which was awarded for the campaigns against Prussian in the Austro-Prussian War of the same year.
Larry has a bunch more Franco-Prussian war images he would like to post. So I guess we'll put our request in. I would very much like to see images of a Franco-Prussian Bavarian Kürassier. Specifically I would like to see an officer's breastplate and compare it against an enlisted breastplate.