Karl Joseph von Simbschen
Karl Joseph von Simbschen or Josef Carl was an Austrian military commander that reached the rank of feldmarschall-leutnant. He commanded Military Frontier battalions in the areas of present-day Serbia and Croatia.
Career
Temes Battalion
Simbschen was the commandant, while ranked major, of the "Temesvárer Frei-Bataillon" volunteer unit established by the knezes in the Banat of Temeswar. It saw action in the War of the Austrian Succession and was dissolved after the Treaty of Dresden. A part of that unit joined to form the Banat Land Militia.Banat Land Militia
In 1744–47 Engelshofen organized the Banat Land Militia, a continuation of the Militia of the Banat of Temeswar organized by graf de Mercy in 1724, led by Serbian veterans. The ober-knezes of the Banat had, in sign of loyalty to Maria Theresa, raised a freikorps on their own expense that numbered 700 infantry and 106 Hussars, mostly ethnic Serbs. This volunteer unit was transformed into the Banat Land Militia, put under the command of hauptmann and obristlieutenant Simbschen. The Banat Military Frontier was established in 1751, and by 1752 the Land Militia had 1841 men.Infantry Regiment
In 1753 Simbschen was the commander of a Pandur Corps called the "Slavonian Pandur Battalion". He had the rank of oberst at the time. This unit was peacetime-stationed at Freiberg in Silesia in 1751. In 1755 the unit was peacetime-stationed in Fulnek. The Pandur Battalion recruited from Trenck's Pandurs, from Slavonia and Syrmia. In 1756 this Battalion was transformed into a regular Infantry Regiment put under Simbschen as Inhaber, called the "Linien-Infanterie-Regiment", made up of 16 fusilier- and two grenadier companies. This was made according to a patent issued on 8 September 1756. It was peacetime-stationed in Troppau in 1756. The Regiment recruited from the Bács Comitat and Serbian villages in the Banat, mostly the area of southern Banat.In 1758, Anton von Calveria was the commander of the "Linien-Infanterie-Regiment" under Simbschen. Simbschen was elevated to feldmarschall-leutnant. He was succeeded as Inhaber of the "Linien-Infanterie-Regiment" by in 1763.
His son Joseph Anton von Simbschen was also an Austrian general.