1809 CAMPAIGN IN GERMANY

For this campaign, 1. Linien-Infanterie-Leib-Regiment again formed part of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division. The regiment took part in the battles around Regensburg, in April, that compelled the Austrians to retreat from Bavaria. The regiment then marched to Salzburg, to support the first action against the Tyrolian insurgents, during the month of May.

In June, the regiment was called eastwards to Linz, to help guard the line of communication of the Grand Army. In July, after Wagram, the regiment was again sent to the Tyrol, but the Tyroleans proved too strong for the Bavarians, and they were forced to retreat to Salzburg in August. In October, the Tyrol was invaded for the third time, and subdued. 1. Linien-infanterie-Leib- Regiment remained with the occupying forces until July 18 10, when it returned to Munich.

ACTIONS FOUGHT IN 1809

20.4.1809 Battle of Abensberg.
22.4.1809 Battle of Eggmuhl.
25.7.1809 Combats of Lofer, Unken and Meleck.
17.10.1809 Combat of Schnaizlreut.
24.11.1809 Combat of Landeck

On 8th May 1809, 1. Reserve-Bataillon was raised for the support of 1. Linien-Infanterie-Leib-Regiment. This battalion consisted of 4 fusilier companies.

The higher battalion staff consisted of: 1 Unter-Lieutenant (Adjutant)

The lower battalion staff consisted of:

1 Bataillons-Quartiermeister
1 Bataillons-Chirurg
1 Chirurgischer Fracticant
1 Bataillons-Tambur
1 Profoss
1 Profoss-Jung

Each company consisted of:

1 Capitain
1 Ober-Lieutenant
1 Unter-Lieutenant
1 Feldwebel
1 Furier
2 Sergeanten
6 Corporals
2 Tambours
10 Gefreite
110 Gemeine

On 1st October 1810, the companies, which had previously been known by their commanders' names, were numbered. The Fusilier companies were numbered 1 to 4 in each battalion.

On 29th April 1811, the line infantry regiments were radically reorganised. 1. Linien-Infanterie-LeibRegiment was renamed 1. Linien-Infanterie-Regiment Konig. Each field battalion was reorganised into 1 grenadier company, 1 schutzen company and 4 fusilier companies.

The higher regimental staff now consisted of:

1 Oberst-Inhaber
1 Oberst-Commandant
1 Oberst-Lieutenant
2 Majors
3 Unter-Lieutenants (Adjutants)
3 Junker

The lower regimental staff consisted of.

1 Regiments-Quartiermeister
1 Regiments-Auditor
1 Regiments-Chirurg
3 Bataillons-Chirurgen
3 Chirurgische Practicanten
1 Regiments-Tambour
1 Bataillons-Tambour
1 Profoss
1 Bichsenmacher

Each company consisted of:

1 Capitain
1 Ober-Lieutenant
1 Unter-Lieutenant
1 Feldwebel
1 Furier
2 Sergeanten
4 Corporals
1 Zimmermann
2 Tambours
8 Gefreite
128 Gemeine

The Schutzen companies had hornists instead of drummers. The first and second ranks of Schutzen had rifled muskets; the third rank had short rifles.

On 15th April 1812, officers discarded the sash, and adopted a silver gorget with a gold coat-of-arms.

1812 CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA

For this campaign, 1. Linien-infanterie-Regiment-Konig again formed part of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division, in the 6th Corps of the Grand Army. The regiment marched into Russia in July, to form the north flank guard of the main body of the Grand Army. In performing this function, the regiment spent most of August, September and October stationed near Polozk, in eastern Lithuania. The regiment started its retreat in late October, and arrived back in Poland in December, with its numbers very much reduced.

ACTIONS FOUGHT IN 1812

18.8.1812 Battle of Polozk
22.8.1812 Combat of Biailoe
9.12.1812 Combat of Wilna

During the course of 1812, Oberst Johann Baptist Graf von Waldkirch became Oberst-Commandant.

1813 CAMPAIGN IN POLAND AND GERMANY

In January 1813, the Bavarian forces in Poland were amalgamated, due to losses, into a single division, under the command of Graf von Rechberg. 1. Linien-Infanterie-Regiment Konig became part of the 1st Brigade of this division. The regiment helped to guard the line of the Vistula until February, then retreated into Saxony, and then in April into Thuringia. The regiment was ordered back to Munich in mid-April, and took no further part in the fighting in 1813, until Bavaria left the Confederation of the Rhine, 14th October 1813.

ACTIONS FOUGHT IN 1813

10.2.1813 Combat of Gnesen
27.3.1813 Combat of Wildsruf

The regiment was renamed 1. Infanterie-Regiment-Konig Ludwig on 23rd October 1825, then becoming:

28th October 1835 - Infanterie-Regiment Konig Ludwig.
20th March 1848 - 1. Infanterie-Regiment Konig Ludwig.
15th March 1868 - 1. Infanterie-Regiment Konig.

1. Infanterie-Regiment Konig was disbanded after the First World War.

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