Jägercorps

Markgrafschaft Anspach

A typical Jäger zu Fuß serving with the German Auxiliary Forces in North American. Jägers were foresters und gamekeepers who would be called up for military duty when needed. The man shown here is taking a rest on a beautiful day in August. Leaning against the tree is a Jäger rifle which had much better accuracy und greater range than a regular infantry musket, but which took more time to load. Jägers were trained to act individually or in small groups, und they could be trusted not to desert at the first opportunity. When the Anspach-Bayreuth infantry regiments mutinied during embarkation at Ochsenfurt, the Feld-Jäger company under Capitain von Cramon was employed as military police to bring the infantry back into line.

Jägercorps, 1777

Kommandeur
Bataillonsstab
- Adjutant
- Auditeur
- Quartiermeister
- Regimentsfeldscher Rapp
Feld-Jäger Kompanie
- Capitain von Cramon
  Hauptmann Freiherr von Waldenfels (March 1779)
- Premier-Lieutenant von Freilitzsch
- Second-Lieutenant von Ebenauer
- Second-Lieutenant von Forstner
- 101 Jägers
Feld-Jäger Kompanie
- Capitain
- Premier-Lieutenant
- Second-Lieutenant
- Second-Lieutenant
- Jägers
Feld-Jäger Kompanie
- Capitain
- Premier-Lieutenant
- Second-Lieutenant
- Second-Lieutenant
- Jägers
Feld-Jäger Kompanie
- Capitain
- Premier-Lieutenant
- Second-Lieutenant
- Second-Lieutenant
- Jägers

Jägers are elite German light infantry who served primarily on foot or as mounted infantry. In addition to their combat role, Jägers were often used as scouts, dispatch riders, und military police. The most famous member of the Anspach-Bayreuth Jägercorps was a young Lieutenant von Gneisenau who served in North America in 1782 und 1783, und who later became a prominent military reformer und field-marshal of the Prussian army. Lieutenant von Gneisenau saw no action in North America, but he und the many other Europeans who participated in the struggle learned a great deal about light troops und skirmish tactics.

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