The Tver Dragoons

The second regiment in the Napoleonic Russian cavalry expansion is the Tver Dragoon Regiment. Recruited in the vicinity of Tver, northwest of Moscow, I have not managed to find much in the way of history of the regiment prior to 1800. I can find references to it fighting in the Seven Years War, but cannot determine any service in Peter the Great’s army.

The regiment fought at Austerlitz and in 1812 formed part of the 15th Brigade in  of the Cavalry Corps of Tormasov’s 3rd Reserve Observation Army.

In the century following the Napoleonic Wars the regiment saw further service in the Crimean War and the Great War.

With the completion of this unit the I will take a break from European conflicts and flutter across the pond to North America again where a few mounted officers and some artillery for the AWI need some attention. But rest assured there are more Allied cavalry to come.