The Coratian - Slavonic Grenz (Border) Hussars' Role in the Campaigns 1793-94 against the Revolutionary France Cover Image

The Croationa-Slavonic Grenz (Border)Hussars' Role in the Campaigns 1793-94 against the Revolutionary France
The Coratian - Slavonic Grenz (Border) Hussars' Role in the Campaigns 1793-94 against the Revolutionary France

Author(s): Attila Réfi
Subject(s): History
Published by: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Új-és Jelenkori Egyetemes Történeti Tanszék
Keywords: Hussar, War of the First Coalition, Iperial-Royal Army, Freikorps, Military Frontier, Croatia and Slavonia, Southern Slav

Summary/Abstract: The paper elaborates the creation and hitherto practically undiscovered history of the cavalry for the Austrian-Styrian or also known as Wurmser Free Corps based on research in archives. The study keeps track the history of the cavalry for the Free Corps from its creation in early 1793 until the officially separation from the infantery in the end of 1794. The pepar presents the reasons and the process of the road to the independency as a body of troops and the relevent commanders and the officer corps of the formation in addition to the unit's participation in the military operations.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 197-212
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English