Bayreuth Dragoons

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The Bayreuth Dragoons were an elite Prussian cavalry regiment famed for their devastating charge that helped secure victory at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg during the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Prussian cavalry regiment ⓘ
dragoon regiment ⓘ
allegiance Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
associatedPlace Hohenfriedberg ⓘ
associatedRegion Silesia ⓘ
associatedWith Frederick the Great ⓘ
battle Battle of Hohenfriedberg ⓘ
commander Friedrich Wilhelm Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth ⓘ
conflict Second Silesian War ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
country Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
date 4 June 1745 ⓘ
engagementOutcome helped secure Prussian victory at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
honorificTitle elite regiment ⓘ
legacy often cited as a classic example of effective 18th-century cavalry shock action ⓘ
militaryBranch Prussian Army ⓘ
militaryFunction decisive charge against enemy infantry and cavalry formations ⓘ
militaryUnitType cavalry ⓘ
heavy cavalry ⓘ
notableFor devastating cavalry charge at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg ⓘ
opponent Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
partOf Prussian cavalry arm ⓘ
reputation one of the most celebrated cavalry units of the Prussian Army in the mid-18th century ⓘ
resultOfAction decisive breakthrough of Austrian and Saxon lines at Hohenfriedberg ⓘ
role shock cavalry ⓘ
service Prussian line cavalry ⓘ
tactic mass cavalry charge ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Silesian Wars ⓘ

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Battle of Hohenfriedberg → notableUnit → Bayreuth Dragoons ⓘ