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348: 818:, the Bavarian Army had an effective strength of 87,214 men including 4,089 officers, physicians, veterinarians and officials; and 83,125 NCOs and other ranks, plus 16,918 horses. With the beginning of mobilisation on 1 August 1914, the supreme command of the Bavarian field army passed from the 4th Army Inspectorate to the German Emperor. Units in Bavaria remained under the command of the Bavarian War Ministry. The Bavarian Army — consisting of the three Bavarian Army Corps, the Bavarian Cavalry Division  — was bolstered by the addition of the XXI Corps (of two divisions, recruited largely in the 166: 178: 455:, the army consisted of eight infantry, two dragoon and three cuirassier regiments, and a brigade of artillery. In 1757, one of the cuirassier regiments was disbanded and its men distributed among the other regiments, while only one company of dragoons in each regiment was mounted. Infantry regiments consisted of two battalions with four Füsilierkompanien (each of 130 men) and one infantry company (100 men) as well as two four-Pounder 142: 33: 893: 1542: 550:, reformed the army along French lines, and it soon became the most modern in Germany, and the first in Germany to abolish flogging. The field army was based largely on compulsory military service. A national guard with three classes was also developed (1st class: Reserve battalions of the Line regiments; 2nd class: Territorial army; 3rd class: Citizen levy). 1157:
The Bavarian Army had a smaller proportion of aristocratic officers than the Prussian Army: in 1832 there were 1.86 common officers for every one noble; by 1862 it was 2.34 commoners for every noble and by the outbreak of the First World War 5.66. Since the dissolution in 1826 of the Lifeguard unit,
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In 1815, the 7th (National) Light Cavalry regiment was formed into two Cuirassier regiments. The Hussars and Uhlans were disbanded in 1822. Following the recommendations of the Military Savings Commission in 1826, one infantry regiment was converted into two Jäger battalions, and the Grenadier Guard
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The Bavarian NCO Corps consisted of long-serving and career soldiers, usually recruited from those completing military service. There was a strict career separation between officers and NCOs. This led to substantial social problems during World War I, because qualified NCOs were blocked from
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found the army in abject condition on his accession to the throne in 1799: hardly any of the units were at full strength, the Rumford uniforms were unpopular and impractical, and the troops were badly-trained. The young Prince-Elector, who had served under the
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1790 brought a fundamental reform of the Bavarian Army. All field troops received an identically-cut uniform, including a leather helmet with a horsehair plume, known as the "Rumford Casket" after the then Minister for War
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is often known as the "Potato War" due to the amount of time and effort the sides expended in securing food supplies and denying them to the enemy, and the war actually passed relatively uneventfully for the Bavarian army.
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battalions. The cavalry consisted of three regiments of light cavalry and two each of dragoons and cuirassiers. The infantry returned to their traditional light blue and, in 1801, all branches of service introduced the
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The bulk of the Bavarian Army was housed in fortresses, secularised monasteries and former castles. The first co-ordinated programme of barracks-building took place in 1806 (such as the New Isar Barracks), and after a
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ended in a narrow defeat for his Austro-Bavarian corps. The campaign of 1814 began badly for the Allies, but Wrede made up for his earlier defeat with valuable victories over his former allies at the battles of
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dynasty with sufficient scope of action, in the context of effective alliance politics, to transform Bavaria from a territorially-disjointed small state to the second-largest state of the German Empire after
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In 1814, the Bavarian Army consisted of a Grenadier Guard regiment, 16 regiments of Line Infantry, two battalions of Jäger, seven regiments of light cavalry (of which one was territorial), one regiment of
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and the confusion surrounding its overthrow and the defeat of its "Red Army" persuaded the drafters of the Bamberg Constitution of 1919 to relinquish military sovereignty to the
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regiment into an Infantry lifeguard regiment. The Garde du Corps became the 1st Cuirassier Regiment, and the former 1st Cuirassier Regiment was merged into the 2nd Regiment.
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led to a worsening in relations between Prussia and France in 1870, von Prankh mobilised the two Bavarian army corps on 14 July. The Bavarian Army Corps fought in the
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there was no specific Guard regiment. Only in the following units was the proportion of aristocratic officers considerably higher than average:
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in 1916 largely on account of his outstanding ability; however, after Frontiers, the units under his command came largely from outside Bavaria.
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In 1809, after the French model, the territorial forces were converted into a national guard, which from 1814 to 1868 was known as the
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line added eight regiments to the infantry in 1777, and the Palatine troops brought with them a lighter blue tunic colour. The
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in 1809, which could only be put down with French assistance. When Austria attacked Bavaria once more that same year in the
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abolished the use of substitutes, introduced compulsory conscription for three years, and instituted the {{lang|de|
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power-politics. At a field camp in Schwabing on 12 October 1682, the newly recruited troops, under the command of
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reorganisations in Autumn 1914 onwards. Rupprecht held command for the duration of the war and was promoted to
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In 1785, the infantry's uniform changed to white, and the cuirassiers abandoned their traditional armour.
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to War Minister von Lüder, and contributed crucially to the modernisation of the Bavarian Army with his
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of the Kingdom of Bavaria. During the 1868 reforms, the older classes of reserves became known as the
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was initially successful, but the campaign ended once again with an Austrian occupation of Bavaria.
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The line infantry was reduced to ten regiments, which were made up to their full strength. The two
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according to Bavaria's Imperial military obligations. They fought unsuccessfully at Schweidnitz,
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Im Kampf an der Seite Napoleons. Erfahrungen bayerischer Soldaten in den Napoleonischen Kriegen
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1st Royal Bavarian Heavy Cavalry Regiment "Prince Karl of Bavaria" (formerly 1st Cuirassiers).
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was forced to abdicate, Bavaria retained its military sovereignty. However, the rise of the
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Bavaria placed at first two and later three army corps in the army of the German Empire:
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In the fight at Napoleon's side. Experiences of Bavarian soldiers in the Napoleonic Wars
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of 1866 was only concluded on 22 June, by which time the Prussian Army was almost in
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During World War I, around 200,000 soldiers of the Royal Bavarian Army were killed.
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as the new War Minister on 1 August. Von Prankh already had political experience as
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Flag of a Royal Bavarian Army Infantry Regiment bearing King Ludwig's royal monogram
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The museum for the Bavarian Army was moved from the Hofgarten in Munich into the
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outbreak in 1881, modern buildings with married quarters were built (such as the
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According to the Constitution of 1808, recruitment was according to a system of
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and a blue-and-white lozenge edging to the collar distinguished Bavarian units.
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The difficulties of the Bavarian Army were attributed mainly to the Bavarian
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In 1800, Bavaria reluctantly fought on Austria's side against France in the
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Bavaria also maintained troops in the German Confederation fortresses of
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1st Royal Bavarian Uhlan Regiment "Emperor Wilhelm II, King of Prussia"
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also took responsibility for supervising the veterans' associations.
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Quartermaster Generals and Chiefs of the General Staff of the Army
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as a reward, but unrest erupted into a full-blown rebellion under
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1682–1790: From the first standing army to the Napoleonic Wars
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regiment, made the reconstruction of the army a priority.
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of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty (
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when he heard of the Hanoverians' surrender after the
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from the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion Dietfurth, 1806.
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1790–1871: The Napoleonic Wars until the German Empire
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Uniforms of the Bavarian cavalry regiments, 1682–1726
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units and other German troops from outside Bavaria.
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