Another hard
fighting Prussian Regiment although it is hard to find a regiment
that had an easy time in the SYW. This one took part to the battle of
Lobosit where it was assigned to the brigade of major-general Zastrow
in Kleist's Division. During this battle, the regiment saw intense
fighting and lost 13 officers (including its colonel) and 277 men.
For their conduct in this battle, all captains of the regiment
received the “Pour le Mérite”.
In the
battle of Breslau it lost 13 officers and
687 men and at Zorndorf 12 officers and 623 men. Like many other
regiments maybe only 5-10% of its original strength were still in the
ranks by the end of the war, it have been refilled with 'recruits'
many times over.
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