The Garde du Corps regiment were an heavy
cavalry regiment (Kürassier) and were formed on the 22nd
June 1740 from personnel of other Kürassier and Dragoon regiments.
They were engaged during the Napoleonic Wars at the following
battles sometimes only in detachment strength:
Auerstädt - 14 Oct 1806
Heilsberg - 5 Jan 1807
Schippenbeil - 9 Jan 1807
Bialochowo - 30 Jan 1807
Gollau - 13 June 1807
Königsberg - 16 Jun 1807
Neu-Flemmingen - 25 Apr 1813
Groß Görschen - 2 May 1813
Bautzen - 20/21 May 1813
Haynau - 26 May 1813
Leipzig - 16-18 Oct 1813
Aube - 20 Mar 1814
The commanding officers during this period were:
1806 Carl von Zawadzky
1 Mar 1810 Florenz von Bockum gennant Dolffs (Killed at Haynau)
15 Jun 1813 Heinrich von Knobelsdorff
Throughout this period, the colonel in chief was King Friedrich
Wilhelm III.
(The History of the Garde du Corps)
