Napoleon Series Archive 2008

Re: von Linsingen , Ditfurth, Knyphausen Battalion

Fusilier Regiment von Ditfurth

Raised 1702

New York August 1776: Brooklyn, Fort Washington and White Plains
Newport November 1776
New York 1779
Charleston December 1779
New York November 1782
Germany 1783

Re-designated a Musketeer Regiment 1782.

Regimental Chief: Major General W. M. von Ditfurth
Commanded by Colonel C. Bose 1776-1777; Colonel M. von Westerhagen 1777-1783

Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen

Raised 1684

New York August 1776: Brooklyn, Fort Washington and White Plains
Trenton New Jersey 1776
Survivors went to New York and placed in Combined Regiment von Loos 1777 campaign: Brandywine
Reformed as Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen 1778
Sent to Quebec September 1779, but lost heavily in a storm and returned to New York
Quebec May 1780
New York October 1781
Germany 1783

Regimental Chief: Lieutenant General W. von Knyphausen
Commanded by Colonel H. Borck

1st Battalion Grenadier von Linsingen (two grenadier companies Hessian Guards attached)

Formed 1776

New York August 1776
Philadelphia Campaign 1777: Brandywine, Germantown, Red Bank New Jersey
New York 1778
Charleston November 1779
New York November 1782
Germany 1783

Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel O. C. W. Linsingen

Sources:

King George III's Army 1775-1783 by Philip Katcher. Osprey Publishing Ltd. 1973 & The Stackpole Company 1973
Uniforms of the American Revolution by John Mollo & Malcolm McGregor. Blandford Press Ltd. 1975

Messages In This Thread

von Linsingen , Ditfurth, Knyphausen Battalion
Re: von Linsingen , Ditfurth, Knyphausen Battalion
Re: von Linsingen , Ditfurth, Knyphausen Battalion