1st Lithuanian National Cavalry Brigade

1st Lithuanian National Cavalry Brigade, also known as Hussar or Kaunas Brigade was an 18th-century National Cavalry Brigade of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army. It was formed in 1776.

The uniform of a soldier of this Brigade in 1792.
The Seal of the 1st Lithuanian National Cavalry Brigade

Dislocation: Kaunas, Minskas (1789), Kėdainiai (1790), Vilkmergė, Panevėžys, Raseiniai, Šiauliai.

Commanders
  • Antoni Kazimierz Tyszkiewicz, Lieutenant general (died in 1778)
  • Tadeusz Puzyna, General major (3 December 1778)
  • Szymon Zabiełło (26 June 1788)
  • Mikołaj Sulistrowski (1791)
  • Frankovskis (1792)

Battles

Naujieji Sveržanai (10 June 1792), Mir (June 11), Joniškėlis, Lithuanian Brest (23 July 1794), Shchuchyn (May 13), Panevėžys (?) (May 20), Skuodas (before July 12).

References
  • Gembarzewski, B. (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa.
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