Caltojar Cavalry
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Origin and History
The regiment was raised in Barcelona on 1 June 1705 from 5 companies of Guardias y Generales de Cataluna:
- Corazas de la Guardia
- Arcabuceros de la Guardia
- Guardia de Cataluna
- Guardia del General de Caballeria
- Guardia del Teniente General de Caballeria
The unit was known as the "Regimiento de Caballería la Muerte."
During the War of the Spanish Succession, the successive colonels of the regiment were:
- from 1 June 1705: Marquis de Caltojar
- from 29 June 1706: Antonio Leiva de la Cerda (killed in action on 7 May 1709 at the Battle of La Gudiña)
- from 30 July 1709: Bernardo de Salas
- from 1711: José Manrique de Arana y Aranguren, Marquis de Villalegre
Service during the War
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Uniform
Privates
Headgear | black tricorne laced white, with a red cockade fastened with a clip and a pewter button | ||||||||||||
Neck stock | white | ||||||||||||
Coat | blue with red lining; pewter buttons on the right side
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Waistcoat | red with pewter buttons | ||||||||||||
Cape | white with blue lining and a blue collar | ||||||||||||
Breeches | blue | ||||||||||||
Leather Equipment |
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Horse Furniture |
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Troopers were armed with a sword, a pistol and a carbine.
Officers
Officers
Uniforms of officers differed from those of privates and NCOs by the finer material used. Their waistcoat, saddle cloth and housings were edged with a wide golden braid. They always wore a tricorne notwithstanding the headgear worn by soldiers.
The regulation of 30 December 1704 specified the distinctive of each military rank:
- colonel: a baton with a gold knob
- lieutenant-colonel: a baton with a silver knob
- sargento mayor: a baton with a silver topped knob
- captain: silver or golden epaulettes (according to the metal colour of the regiment) on both shoulders
- lieutenant: silver or golden epaulette (according to the metal colour of the regiment) on the right shoulder
- cornet: silver or golden epaulette (according to the metal colour of the regiment) on the left shoulder
NCOs
The regulation of 30 December 1704 specified the distinctive of each military rank:
- sergeant : baton without knob and halberd
- mariscal de logis (quartermaster): small woolen epaulette (red or of the distinctive colour of the regiment)
- brigadier: swagger stick
- corporal of squadron: swagger stick
- second corporal of squadron (rank suppressed in 1706): swagger stick
Musicians
Trumpeters wore reversed colours coats: red with blue lining, blue cuffs and blue aiguillettes
Standards
no information found yet
References
Caballipedia - Regimiento de Caballería la Muerte
Dragonas Magazine, 1998
Acknowledgement
Jean-Pierre Loriot for the initial version of this article.