11th Hussar Regiment (Germany)
The 11th Hussar Regiment, initially called the 2nd Westphalian Regiment, was a notable cavalry unit of the
German Imperial Army
.
It was established in
Chevau-légers Uhlan Regiment of the Duchy of Berg formed by Joachim Murat earlier during the Napoleonic Wars
.
In 1906 the regiment gained the nickname of "Dancing Hussars of
Emperor Wilhelm II personally ordered the regiment to relocate from Düsseldorf to Krebs following that city's aristocracy's complaints that there were not enough bachelors to dance at the balls. Thereupon the Emperor promised to send appropriate dancers. What was at first thought of as a joke, was later the same day confirmed by General Moritz von Bissing
, the commanding officer of the 7th Army Corps.
The regiment took part in
Polesie
). Dismounted in 1916, the regiment was disbanded along with the rest of the division in early March 1918.
See also
References
- Schulz, Hugo (1992). Die preussischen Kavallerie-Regimenter 1913/1914 nach dem Gesetz vom 3. Juli 1913. Augsburg: Weltbild. pp. 114–115. ISBN 3893503439.
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