Prussian Dragoon Plates: 1806-1807 Campaign

 

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In the past, I used to love painting miniature soldiers, specifically 6mm Adler Miniatures, but I lost that desire, and have never gotten it back. I have always gone through these periods in my life where sometimes I am super motivated, almost to my point of obsessing over things, and then the next moment I find myself lacking the desire to work on something. Usually, this happens when my routine shifts or when I am stressed. At the moment, I am not very stressed, other than having my mother-in-law here for six weeks, but she is very kind and a fantastic cook, yet we just have a slight language barrier between us! Also, I have gotten back into gaming, which I hadn't been into in a long time. I am playing Masters of Command and really enjoy the game. It reminds me of the American Conquest: Fight Back game with the European Warfare mod, which I was part of a gaming group about 18 years ago, called the Hawks. The Master of Command game is set in the Seven Years' War, but hopefully, with modding, Napoleonic War uniforms will be added. Hopefully, my interest in painting miniatures will return, but for now, the focus is on research and uniform design.

I decided that, as my way of painting, without the need for extra tools, I would edit and create new uniform plates using Mr. Alexis Cabaret's fantastic Waterloo Campaign plates found on Les Uniformes pendant la campagne des Cent Jours (Uniforms during the Hundred Days Campaign). One of my favorite sites, created by another Napoleonic enthusiast named JC has a blog called The Waterloo Campaign in Miniatures, which expands upon Mr. Cabaret's work and delves deeper into men who fought during the Battle of Quatre-Bras. I have played with the idea of creating uniform plates for Davout's III Corps, very similar to those for the opening battle of the 1809 campaign at Teugn-Hausen.

Uniform plate from JC Waterloo Campaign in Miniatures

 

 

As mentioned in a previous post, I am focusing on the 1806-1807 campaign, with my current focus on Generalmajor Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq's corps, mainly fighting against Marshal Ney and Bernadotte on the North-Western flank of the Grande Armée. At the moment, I have finished all of the Dragoons, save for making a Cuirassier Pallasch for the Regiment von Baczko. Not sure why, but the design is causing me issues, and I am unhappy with what I have made. I will need to go back to the drawing board. I have also finished the Hussars Nr. 5 von Prittwitz regiment and both the Towarczy regiment and the battalion. I have started a work in progress on the Wagenfeld Cuirassiers, but the Cuirassiers' saddle cloth is very intricate, and it will take me a lot of time to work out the correct design. So we pivot and move to the easier-to-create Prussian infantry next.

 

Below are the four regiments of Dragoons serving with L'Estocq's Corps in 1806. These include the Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 6 von Auer, Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 7 von Baczko, Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 8 von Esebeck and Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 13 von Rouquette. I have done my best to include all the materials required for those painting miniatures, such as the trumpeter lace, the shabraque pattern, and uniform distinctions. I used three main sources to finish these plates and would highly recommend them all. The first is the Osprey Publishing title, Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars (1) by Peter Hofschröer. The second, with images depicting the Dragoons and Hussars, was created by Stephan Huber and is titled Dragoons of the Kingdom of Prussia 1806. Unfortunately, Mr. Huber has not created uniform plates of the Cuirassiers. Still, his plates on the Hussars and Infantry are valuable references, with Osprey Publishing offering more detailed information on regimental histories, standards, and organization. Lastly, The Prussian Army 1792-1815 Volume III The Cavalry & Artillery by George F. Nafziger, which can be found as PDF. All great sources, but if you prefer a more contemporary primary source, you can not go wrong with Markus Stein's excellent site, filled with images from the period. 

Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 6 von Auer 

 

 

In 1806, the vaunted Prussian cavalry had 14 Dragoon Regiments, 12 five-squadron regiments, and two 10-squadron regiments. One of those 10-squadron regiments was the Dragoon Regiment von Auer Nr. 7. The regiment was divided into two 5-squadron battalions (each with 2 companies) to facilitate easier battlefield control. The total strength of 1,682 cavalrymen consisted of 63 officers, 150 NCOs, 29 Trumpeters, and 1,440 Privates. The Colonel-in-Chief was aging 69-year-old Generalmajor Johann Kasimir von Auer, a veteran of the Seven Years' War, who commanded from April 1803 to March 1807. On March 20, 59-year-old Christoph Johann Friedrich Otto von Ziethen, a relative of the legendary Frederick the Great's light cavalry commander Hans Joachim von Zieten (Ziethen), through his brother's marriage to Zieten's daughter, was appointed Colonel-in-Chief. The regiment was renamed the von Ziethen Dragoons and took part in the Battle of Heilsberg in June 1807. On September 7, 1808, the 1st Battalion of the Ziethen Dragoons No. 6 and their depot became the East Prussian Cuirassier Regiment and the 2nd battalion of the von Ziethen Dragoons, the depots of Graf Herzberg Nr. 9 and vacant Manstein Nr. 10 Dragoon Regiments, plus cantonists from the Graf Henckel Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 1, the Prittwitz Nr. 2 and Krafft Nr. 11 Dragoon Regiments were merged together to create the 1st West Prussian" Dragoon Regiment Nr. 2.

Generalmajor Johann Kasimir von Auer

Battles & Combats

Campaign in Poland (1794) Tuchel (11/14/1806), Sorquitten (12/31/1806), Eylau (02/08/1807) and Heilsberg (06/10/1807).

Standards

Colonel's: Red with a white cross, blue center disc, gold embroidery, blue pole with gold inlay.

Regimental: Red with a blue cross, red center disc, gold embroidery, blue pole with gold inlay.

Uniforms

Officers: Light Blue Kollet, white collar, lapels, cuffs, and embroidered coats only worn on parades. Interimsrock with long tails was worn on campaign without embroidery. A silver sash was worn around the waist over the coat, and a gold aiguillette was worn on the right shoulder. Officers also wore a Leibrock, a single-breasted coat with gold buttons. Officers wore a white plume with a black tip at the bottom.

NCOs: Light blue Kollet, white leather gauntlets, white collar, lapels, lining, waistcoats, shoulder straps, white buttons, black-tipped white plume & cords on hat, gold cuff lace, white and black aiguillettes, and sword knot.

Trumpeters: Light blue Kollet, white collar, lapels, cuffs, with white lace on blue swallows’ nest, white leather gauntlets, white trim on collar, cuffs, lapels, silver shoulder straps, buttons, red-tipped white plume with red trim & black & white cords on the hat, white & black aiguillettes, and sword-knot.

Karabiniers: Light blue Kollet, white collar, lapels, cuffs, lining on coat tails. White leather gauntlets, white shoulder straps, white buttons, black & white plume & cords on the hat, white and black aiguillettes, and sword knot. Armed with rifled cavalry carbine with 12 Karabiniers per squadron.

Dragoons: Light blue Kollet, white leather gauntlets, white collar, cuffs, lapels, lining, white waistcoats, white shoulder straps, white buttons, white plume, scarlet cords on hat, white aiguillettes, and sword-knot in squadron color.

Schabraque: Made of medium-blue cloth, cut squarely. Its edge consisted of a narrow blue piping, a thin white stripe, a thin red stripe, a broad white stripe, a thin red stripe, and a thin
white stripe. The pistol holster followed the same pattern.

Sources: Hofschröer, P. (2012). Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars (1): 1792–1807. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Huber, S. (2025). Dragoons of the Kingdom of Prussia 1806. Perry Miniatures.

The Prussian Army 1792-1815 Volume III The Cavalry & Artillery George F. Nafziger

Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 7 von Baczko

 

 

The Baczko Dragoons Nr. 7 was created in 1716 and comprised 5 squadrons (each with 2 companies) and a strength of 31 Officers, 75 NCOs, 15 Trumpeters, and 720 Privates, totaling 841 Officers and men. Before the 1806 campaign, the Colonel-in-Chief was the 60-year-old Oberst Adrian-Gottlieb von Rhein, who took command in October 1805, but died in the same month, passing the command in November 1806 to the relatively young 55-year-old Oberst (later Generalmajor) Josef-Theodor-Sigmund von Baczko, who assumed command until September 1808, when it was converted into the Lithuanian Dragoon Regiment Nr. 3.

Battles & Combats

1794 Invasion of Poland, 1806: Schulitz, Thorn, Biezun, Soldau and Gross-Schiemanen,

1807: Schippenbeil, Waltersdorf, Eylau, Domnau, Spanden, Diedersdorf, Heilsberg, and Ludwigswalde.

Standards

Colonel’s: Red with white cross, blue center disc, gold embroidery.

Regimental: Red with a blue cross containing a white cross, black center disc, blue pole with gold inlay.

Uniforms

Officers: Light Blue Kollet, scarlet collar, lapels, cuffs, and embroidered coats only worn on parades. Interimsrock with long tails was worn on campaign without embroidery. A silver sash was worn over the coat around the waist and a gold aiguillette was worn on the right shoulder. Officers also wore a Leibrock, a single-breasted coat with gold buttons. Officers wore a white plume with a black tip at the bottom. Armed with cuirassier Pallasch until 1808.

NCOs: Light blue Kollet, white leather gauntlets, scarlet collar, lapels, lining, waistcoats, shoulder straps, yellow buttons, black-tipped white plume & cords on hat, gold cuff lace, white and black aiguillettes, and sword knot. Armed with cuirassier Pallasch until 1808.

Trumpeters: Light blue Kollet, scarlet collar, lapels, cuffs, with orange and scarlet lace on blue swallows’ nest, white leather gauntlets, orange and scarlet trim on collar, cuffs, lapels, gold shoulder straps, buttons, red-tipped white plume with red trim & black & white cords on the hat, white & black aiguillettes, and sword-knot. Armed with cuirassier Pallasch until 1808.

Karabiniers: Light blue Kollet, scarlet collar, lapels, cuffs, scarlet stripe on coat tails. White leather gauntlets, yellow shoulder straps, yellow buttons, black & white plume & cords on the hat, white and black aiguillettes, and sword knot. Armed with cuirassier Pallasch until 1808 and rifled cavalry carbine with 12 Karabiniers per squadron.

Dragoons: Light blue Kollet, white leather gauntlets, scarlet collar, cuffs, lapels, lining, scarlet stripe on coat tails, white waistcoats, red shoulder straps, yellow buttons, white plume, scarlet cords on hat, yellow aiguillettes, and sword-knot in squadron color. Armed with cuirassier Pallasch until 1808.

Schabraque: Made of pink cloth, cut squarely. Its outermost edge was a thin white piping. Next came a row of white and orange wolf's teeth, the base of the white teeth being to the
outer edge. This was followed by a white stripe, an orange stripe, and another row of orange-and-white wolf's teeth, with the orange teeth's bases toward the outer edge. The holster had the same decorations

Sources: Hofschröer, P. (2012). Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars (1): 1792–1807. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Huber, S. (2025). Dragoons of the Kingdom of Prussia 1806. Perry Miniatures.

The Prussian Army 1792-1815 Volume III The Cavalry & Artillery George F. Nafziger

 

Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 8 von Esebeck 

  

The Esebeck Dragoons Nr. 8 was created in 1744 and comprised 5 squadrons (each with 2 companies) and a strength of 31 Officers, 75 NCOs, 15 Trumpeters, and 720 Privates, totaling 841 Officers and men. During the 1806 campaign, the Colonel-in-Chief was the 61-year-old Oberst (later Generalmajor) Karl-Christian-Burghard von Esebeck, in command from May 1803 to September 7, 1808, when the regiment was absorbed into the 2nd West Prussian Dragoon Regiment Nr. 4.

Battles & Combats

(1794) Raigrad and Biala during the campaign in Poland. (1806) Schulitz, Gniewkowo, Gollub, Beinzun, Soldau, and Gross-Schiemanenz. (1807) Eylau, Braunsberg, Jesau, and Gollau/Wittenberg.

Colonel's: Red with a white cross, blue center disc, gold embroidery, blue pole with gold inlay. Regimental: Red with a blue cross, red center disc, gold embroidery, blue pole with gold inlay.

Standards

Colonel's: Red with a white cross, blue center disc, gold embroidery, blue pole with gold inlay. Regimental: Red with a blue cross, blue center disc, gold embroidery, blue pole with gold inlay.

Uniforms

Officers: Light Blue Kollet, scarlet collar, lapels, cuffs, and embroidered coats only worn on parades. Interimsrock with long tails was worn on campaign without embroidery. A silver sash was worn around the waist over the coat, and a silver aiguillette was worn on the right shoulder. Officers also wore a Leibrock, a single-breasted coat with silver buttons. Officers wore a white plume with a black tip at the bottom.

NCOs: Light blue Kollet, white leather gauntlets, scarlet collar, lapels, lining, waistcoats, shoulder straps, white buttons, black-tipped white plume & cords on hat, silver cuff lace, white and black aiguillettes, and sword knot.

Trumpeters: Light blue Kollet, scarlet collar, lapels, cuffs, with scarlet and white swallows’ nest, white leather gauntlets, scarlet and white trim on collar, cuffs, lapels, and lining of the coat tails, silver shoulder straps, buttons, red-tipped white plume with red trim & black & white cords on the hat, white & black aiguillettes, and sword-knot.

Karabiniers: Light blue Kollet, scarlet collar, lapels, cuffs, lining on coat tails. White leather gauntlets, scarlet shoulder straps, white buttons, black & white plume & cords on the hat, white and black aiguillettes, and sword knot. Armed with rifled cavalry carbine with 12 Karabiniers per squadron.

Dragoons: Light blue Kollet, white leather gauntlets, scarlet collar, cuffs, lapels, lining, white waistcoats, scarlet shoulder straps, white buttons, white plume, scarlet and white cords on hat, white aiguillettes, and sword-knot in squadron color.

Schabraque: Made of red cloth cut squarely. Its outermost edge was a thin red piping, followed by equally thin white and blue piping. Then came a broad white band with another blue, then white piping. The pistol holster was similarly decorated

Sources: Hofschröer, P. (2012). Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars (1): 1792–1807. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Huber, S. (2025). Dragoons of the Kingdom of Prussia 1806. Perry Miniatures.

The Prussian Army 1792-1815 Volume III The Cavalry & Artillery George F. Nafziger

 

Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 13 von Rouquette 

 

The Rouquette Dragoons Nr. 13 was created in 1802 and comprised 5 squadrons (each with 2 companies) with a strength of 31 Officers, 75 NCOs, 15 Trumpeters, and 720 Privates, totaling 841 Officers and men. During the 1806 campaign, the Colonel-in-Chief was the 64-year-old Generalmajor Hans-Stephan von Rouquette, who commanded the regiment from February 1802 to September 7, 1808, when what remained of the regiment and its depot were absorbed into the Silesian Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 1.

Battles & Combats

(1806) Schneidemühl, Bromberg, and Schulitz (1807) Preussisch-Holland, Eylau, Marienwerder, and Siege of Danzig

Standards

Colonel's: White with a blood red center disc, gold embroidery, blue pole with gold inlay. Regimental: Blood red, white center disc, gold embroidery, blue pole with gold inlay.

Uniforms

Officers: Light Blue Kollet, carmen (dark red) collar, lapels, cuffs, and embroidered coats only worn on parades. Interimrock with long tails was worn on campaign without embroidery. A silver sash was worn around the waist over the coat, and a silver aiguillette was worn on the right shoulder. Officers also wore a Leibrock, a single-breasted coat with gold buttons. Officers wore a white plume with a black tip at the bottom.

NCOs: Light blue Kollet, white leather gauntlets, carmen collar, lapels, lining, white waistcoats, brass shoulder straps, yellow buttons, black-tipped white plume & cords on hat, silver cuff lace, white and black aiguillettes, and sword knot.

Trumpeters: Light blue Kollet, carmen collar, lapels, cuffs, with blue and white swallows’ nest, white leather gauntlets, white trim on collar, cuffs, lapels, and lining of the coat tails, brass shoulder straps, yellow buttons, red-tipped white plume with red trim & black & white cords on the hat, white & black aiguillettes, and sword-knot.

Karabiniers: Light blue Kollet, carmen collar, lapels, cuffs, lining on coat tails. White leather gauntlets, carmen shoulder straps, yellow buttons, black & white plume & cords on the hat, white and black aiguillettes, and sword knot. Armed with rifled cavalry carbine with 12 Karabiniers per squadron.

Dragoons: Light blue Kollet, white leather gauntlets, carmen collar, cuffs, lapels, lining on coat tails, white waistcoats, carmen shoulder straps, yellow buttons, white plume, carmen and orange cords on hat, yellow aiguillettes, and sword-knot in squadron color.

Schabraque: According to Nafziger, the schabraque of the von Rouquette Regiment is unknown. However, Huber's illustration depicts the schabraque in a dark red (carmen) cloth. Its outermost edge was a thin orange piping. Next a row of carmen, and finished with another row of orange along the outer edge. The holster had the same decorations

Sources: Hofschröer, P. (2012). Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars (1): 1792–1807. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Huber, S. (2025). Dragoons of the Kingdom of Prussia 1806. Perry Miniatures.

The Prussian Army 1792-1815 Volume III The Cavalry & Artillery George F. Nafziger

I hope this was helpful. I will continue the series next with the Prussian Hussars and Towarczys. Please leave any feedback or comments about the uniform plates. Any errors are my fault, and I will make any necessary changes.

 

Portraits of Arnould-François-Léopold-Odile-Sigismond du Pouget, Marquis de Nadaillac

Sigismond Du Pouget painted in miniature weaing the uniform of the Gendarme d'ordonnance in 1806

Chef d'escadron Pouget 5e Hussards in campaign dress 1813

Chef d'escadron Pouget 5e Hussards in full dress 1813

Portrait of Colonel Du Pouget wearing the uniform of the Hussards de la Moselle (N.3) Below a Brigadier and an S.Lt of the 3e Hussards de la Moselle. Colonel Du Pouget's pelisse would be the same color as the Brigadiers below but made of better quality materials.

Portrait of Colonel du Pouget, Marquis de Nadaillac as Colonel of the 3e Hussards in Full Dress

Portrait of Marchel de Camp (General) Du Pouget, Marquis de Nadaillac 1830

3eme Ligne Voltigeurs 1809

      

    The last company that I will be showcasing is the voltigeurs of the 3eme Ligne in 1809.  According to Petit Soldats de Strasbourg, the voltigeurs wore green with yellow crescent epaulettes, yellow-tipped green plumes, and green shako cords, and a black shako.  The Otto Manuscript shows a voltigeur wearing green epaulettes and a small green plume and green shako cords c1807-1808. When the battalion was formed up in line formation, the voltigeurs took their place on the left of the line, the second most prestigious position of honour after the grenadier company on the right of the line. 

       The voltigeur company in a the post-1808 french battalion had 121 voltigeurs, 2 cornets instead of tambours, 8 caporals, 1 furrier, 4 sergeants, 1 sergeant-major, 1 sous-lieutenants, 1 lieutenant, and 1 captain.  Unlike other companies in the regiment, the voltigeurs of the 3eme Ligne had 2 cornets with each company. According to Colonel Schobert's order book, he writes to General de Brigade Candras on May 26,1807, "  Six carbines are necessary to arm the cornets of the voltigeurs." The cornets would carry a carbine because their main function was to relay the orders of the officers using their cornet and not take part in the skirmishing like the other voltigeurs. The voltigeurs carried the dragoon musket due to their short stature. The Model 1777 Dragoon musket had a 42-inch barrel and an overall length of 57 inches. According to General de Division Guillaume- Philibert Comte de Duhesme in his Essai historique sur l'infanterie legere 3.ed, "I will offer the rifle and the bayonet that we gave to the dragons. The weight of a heavier weapon does not suit a man who has to be nimble and stout, whose maneuvers in the ranks must often be done on the run. Its fire will be brighter and more deadly with a light weapon because it will charge it faster and aim better he will defend himself better, if he finds himself compromised in the plain with a man on horseback, he will defend himself better and will better deal the blows, will carry some more with the bayonet if his rifle is short than if it is so long because he will handle it with more dexterity and force."

       

       I could go on and describe the voltigeur company's roles, but I believe General de Division Duhesme covers best all their roles and functions. He writes, "Their name and their weaponry say that they have to fight outside the ranks, skirmishers cover the masses and the lines. Voltigeurs must be explorers of their bodies march; it is, therefore, necessary, in the maneuvers of their regiments, to train them in the spirit of their functions, by giving them, in these maneuvers, a role which is their image, and a theory which prepares them for the practice of the profession. of tirailleur: it is what made me imagine, at the beginning of the campaign of 1805, while presiding over the instruction of the regiments of my division, to adopt the following provisions. 

       

      When a regiment of three battalions is in battle, the first battalion has its company of voltigeurs on the right, a hundred or a hundred and fifty paces, the third on its left, at the same distance, and the second behind or in front of it, at about the same distance. This first arrangement announces to the two companies of the wings that they must keep the flanks of the body, and to that of the center, that it must illuminate the forehead and provide the sentinels advanced in its march; they usually maneuver on two ranks. If the regiment gets into one column to march to the enemy, the column will be preceded and flanked during all the march by these three companies, which will march, that of the center by platoon and that of the wings by file, always taking the heights and detaching the third of their world in riflemen. The column passes to the order in battle, the company of left starts to go to take, in the direction of the new line, a position suitable to a position to guarantee the left and thus cover the movement; the one on the right is similarly worn at the most favorable point for keeping the right; that of the center is lowered in front of the front: both detach skirmishers in all the avenues through which we can approach the line; the same arrangements are made for the tight column as for the other. If the column deploys, and if it is to fire, what in war the approach of the enemy would indicate, the company of the center and its skirmishers flow on the side where there is more fear of being turned, in order to protect it more effectively, either by doubling the riflemen or by placing themselves in a gallows (if it is necessary), always taking the advantages ground. 

    

     If one forms the columns of attack by battalions, which announces that one wants to march on the enemy, it is then that the captains of the voltigeurs will launce almost al their world in skirmishers, to join in the terrible effect of the masses and the more deadly effect of a hail of well-directed rifle shots. However, they will do well to keep with them a third or quarter of their men to serve as a rallying point in case they are repulsed, especially by some cavalry charge."

     General de Division Guillaume- Philibert Comte de Duhesme essays on the roles of light infantry and voltigeurs are fascinating to read. He was leading advocate for light infantry and learned the pros and cons through his very long military career during the Napoleonic wars.   It is free and easily accessible on google play books and can be easily read by using the google translate function. The next post will be the Etat Major and Colonel Laurent Schobert to finish the regiment!

3eme Ligne Voltigeur office, cornet, sergent porte-fanion, and voltigeur from Petit soldats de Strasbourg

3eme Ligne Voltigeur Sergent porte-fanion and fusilier sergent-major from Commandant BUCQUOY plates

3eme Ligne Voltigeur in capote(greatcoat) according to Commandant Bucquoy Plates

 

3eme Regiment d'infanterie de Ligne in 1809

           In 1809, the 3e Regiment d'infanterie de Ligne had a strength of 70 officers and  2,496 men in 3 battalions and two elite companies (grenadiers & voltigeurs) from the 4th battalion. The regiment was commanded by Colonel Laurent Schobert, who had been in command since 1 February 1805. The regiment had fought in many famous battles such as Austerlitz (1805), Heilsberg (1807), and Friedland (1807). In the campaign of 1807, the regiment suffered at Battle of Heilsberg 7 officers and 44 men killed and 726 wounded including Colonel Schobert who was wounded and captured! Less than one week later the regiment under the command of Chef de Bataillon Laffithe will suffer again at the Battle of Friedland 85 NCOs and soldiers killed; 21 officers and 635 soldiers wounded.  In 1808, the regimental situation report shows the regiment was able to replenish her strength with 3 battalions of 88 officers, 2,179 men in cantonments in Prenzlow.
         At the Battle of Teugen-Hausen (Battle of Thann), the 3rd Ligne will be the first regiment of the III Corps to come in major contact with the Austrian light infantry. In haste, the entire 3rd Ligne will be sent by Marshal Davout in skirmish order to attack the Austrians on the Buchberg. Rushed and disorganized, the regiment was repulsed by the Austrian light troops and sent to reform behind the advancing 57th Ligne. Two battalions of the 3rd Ligne who reformed, advance to support the 57th Ligne who was bravely sustaining itself against as many as six Austrian regiments and one squadron of hussars.  After advancing to the right of the 57th Ligne, the 3rd Ligne has a sustained firefight with the overwhelming Austrian forces located on the Hausner Berg. The regiment's battalion kept in reserve is sent with the 10th Legere near Roith to outflank the Austrian left. After successfully forcing the Austrian Grenzer and artillery to retreat the 10th Legere, 3rd Ligne, 57th Ligne, and 72nd Ligne will force back multiple attempts by the Austrians to retake the Hausner Berg and forest located on both sides of the key position.
        According to the Austrian sources in Der Krieg Napoleons gegen Oesterreich 1809 by Binder, the 3rd Ligne only lost 18 officers and 157 men killed and wounded. However, in Martinien's work Tableaux, par corps et par batailles, des officiers tués et blessés pendant les guerres de l'Empire (1805-1815), the regiment suffered 3 killed and 25 wounded! Sadly, I am unaware of any French sources that give the actual killed and wounded soldiers for this battle. The short regiment history Historiques des régiments de l'Armée française, the Combat de Thann is only mentioned with one passage saying that "Chef de Bataillon Laffithe attacks the enemy first with his battalion and removes the enemy position".  In retrospect, this combat is very small compared to many famous battles the regiment fights before and after this combat. However, the regiment will suffer only a few officer casualties less than the ferocious Battle of Aspern-Essling on May 21-22. 
       Even though it is considered a combat according to the french, this battle was just as much as a test for the regiment than any of the previous battles in 1807. The confusing fighting in the woods near Teugen and being only 2 days before the massive Battle of Eckmuhl may have caused this battle to be forgotten for how considerable it was.

 Sources:
HISTORIQUE DU 3ème REGIMENT D'INFANTERIE DE LIGNE EX PIEMONT, 1569-1891, by Marius Bourgue
Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of The Habsburgs by John H. Gill Vol. 1
EGGMÜHL 1809 STORM OVER BAVARIA, Campaign 56, Osprey, Oxford,1998. by Ian Castle
CAMPAGNE DE 1809 EN ALLEMAGNE ET EN AUTRICHE TOME I ET II, Berger-Levrault, Paris, 1899 – 1900. by Charles Saski
Tableaux par Corps et par Batailles des Officiers Tues et Blesse pendant les Guerres de l'Empire 1805-1815 A. Martinien

Historiques des régiments de l'Armée française: 3e Regiment d'infanterie de Ligne
Der Krieg Napoleons gegen Oesterreich 1809 by Freiherr Karl Binder von Krieglstein
Base de données Léonore http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=NOUVEAU&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P

État général de la Légion d'honneur by le comte De Lacépède