22nd Lithuanian Infantry Regiment


22nd Lithuanian Infantry Regiment – infantry regiment of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw.

1812

The regiment was raised in 1812 in Minsk at the expense of Colonel Stanisław Hutten-Czapski, who took command of it on July 13 of that year. The regiment's major was Hilchen, and the battalion commanders were Mieszkowski, Łaszewski, Jezierski, and Bitner.
Three months after the regiment began to be formed, Czapski still wrote in October 1812, that the regiment was not at full strength and lacked 600 men. In addition, the 2nd Battalion was unarmed.
The unit fought near Babruysk, Klyetsk and near Minsk.

1813

As of May 1, 1813, 12 officers and 53 soldiers from the regiment were still defending at the siege of Modlin.

1814

After Napoleon's abdication, Tsar Alexander I of Russia agreed to repatriate Polish–Lithuanian units. They were to serve as a base for the formation of the Army of Congress Poland under the command of Grand Duke Konstantin. On June 13, 1814, the regiment was assigned a concentration site in Płock. However, the regiment was not recreated, as the new army provided for only 12 infantry regiments.

Polish-language sources

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