Pěší pluk č. 8 [1873-1918]

8th Infantry Regiment / Infanterieregiment Nr. 8
     
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Sources:
Wrede, Alphonse von - Semek, Anton: Geschichte der k. u. k. Wehrmacht I
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Infantry Regiment No. 8 (IR 8)



Infanterieregiment Erzherzog Carl Stephan Nr.8
(formed in 1642)



The regiment's field deployment in February 1914:
Commander - Oberst Robert Trimmel
Regimental Headquarters, I, II and IV Battalions (Brünn), III Battalion (Trebinje)
Reconstituting District: 4th Infantry Division (2nd Battalion), 2nd Infantry Division (II. Brünn (now Brno in the Czech Republic)



Status of the regiment in July 1914:
National composition: 67% Czechs, 31% Sudeten Germans, 2% others

Reconstitution district: Brünn (now Brno in the Czech Republic)



Classification of the regiment in August 1914:

IR 8 (I, II, and IV Battalion) in the 8th Bn. Infantry Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division (II Army Corps) - a regiment assigned to the front in Halych against Russia

III Battalion IR 8 in the formation of the 2nd Mountain Brigade (a brigade directly subordinate to the XVI Army Corps) - a battalion assigned to the front in Bosnia and Herzegovina against Serbia



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IR 8 was assigned to the front in Bosnia and Herzegovina against Serbia.
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Prince of Saxony-Hilldburghausen's Infantry Regiment No.8




Colonel Alexander Free Lord Schifer (1612-1661) was commissioned to establish an infantry regiment as early as 1642, which later became the basis of the second oldest infantry regiment of the Austrian army.
Already in 1642 the regiment intervenes in the fighting at Olomouc and is taken to the German theatre of war. The regimental chronicle describes the Battle of Breitenfeld (2 November 1642). In 1643-1644, under Marshal Gallas, the regiment took part in the campaign in Holstein, which was not successful. A chapter of interest is the siege of Jihlava, which was occupied by the Swedes. Here also Colonel Johann Bernhrad von Knöring fell,( he was killed on November 30, 1647). The losses were considerable, Lieutenant Colonel Matthias Heizer von Hiezenberg also fell, ( he is often incorrectly given as regimental commander). The last battle of the Thirty Years War was the Battle of Zusmarshausen (near Augsburg).


In the 17th century the regiment fought in the wars against the Ottoman Empire. In 1662 at Levoča and in 1663 the regiment distinguished itself in the defence of the fortress of Nové Zámky. Field Marshal Raimund Count Montecuccoli defeated the enemy army at the Battle of St. Gotthard on 1 August 1664. The soldiers of this famous regiment distinguished themselves in this memorable battle.


The Turkish army launched another war of conquest and reached Vienna, but suffered a crushing defeat there. In 169l the Turks are again defeated at Slankamen (19 August 1691). Here, however, the regiment lost its owner and commander in one person, Colonel Philip the Free Lord Chizzola dying of wounds.


In 1672 the Austrian monarchy becomes involved in the Franco-Dutch War. In 1673, the regiment fights on the Rhine and takes part in the siege of Bonn. At the siege of Philippsburg, the regiment's owner and field armourer Herbert Prince Pio di Savoy, Marquis di Castell-Rodrigo, was killed in early September.


In 1688, Louis XIV's troops invaded the Rhine False. Here, too, the regiment fought with alternate fortunes. But here the regiment lost another regimental owner. Field armourer Maximilian Lawrence Count Starhemberg fell in September 1689 during the conquest of Mainz.


In 1700 Count Nicholas Palfy of Erdöda became the owner of the regiment. In the years 1728-31, the well-known Franz Baron Trenek was an officer of this regiment.


In the early 18th century, the regiment's units were on the Balkan battlefield.The regiment distinguished itself at the Battle of Petrovaradin (5 August 1716) , when Eugene of Savoy famously won and scattered the Turkish army. The regiment also claimed the spoils of three enemy flags (banners). It also took part in its own campaign to Belgrade and its subsequent capture (16 August 1717).


In 1731, Joseph Friedrich Prince of Saxe-Hildenburghausen ( 1701- 1787) became the regiment's commander. He was the regiment's owner from 1732 to 1787, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal in 1741. He married a niece of Prince Eugene of Savoy , who was his universal heiress. She was not beautiful, quite the opposite, but she was very rich. Princess Anna Victoria of Savoy-Soissons ( 1687-1763). This lady was twenty years older.


The regiment fought in Italy during the War of the Polish Succession, at the Battle of Parma ( 29 June 1734) and at the Battle of Guastalla on 19 September 1734, but here the Austrians were defeated. In 1737-1741, the regiment participated in the occupation of Tuscany.


In the war with Prussia, the regiment fought under the commander-in-chief Ludwig Count Khevenhüller (1683-1744). The victorious Battle of Simpach (9 March 1743) marked the recapture of most of Bavaria.


The Seven Years' War was actually a continuation of the previous conflicts. It also took place on our territory, so just a few notes. The first major battle of this war was fought at Lovosice on October 1, 1756. The Austrians retreated (withdrew from the battlefield). The Prussians, however, had higher losses. The battles at Sterbohol and Malešice can perhaps be described as part of the Battle of Prague, which took place on 6 May 1757. The Austrians, and thus the soldiers of our already famous regiment, fought bravely, but the battle ends with the defeat of the Austrian arms. ( On 18 June 1757, however, Count Daun wins at Cologne and the King of Prussia loses the gloriole of the undefeated warrior).


Colonel Kaspar, Free Lord von Trais was the first officer of this unit to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa.



In 1752, Ferdinand, Free Lord von Bülov became the regiment's commander. As commander of the fortress, he was promoted to the rank of major-general in January 1758 for his brave defence of the fortress of Lehnice and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa at the end of the year. The glorious history of the regiment begins!


Major General Charles Marquis Pollavicini- Centurioni (born in 1742) was also the last regimental owner to die from the effects of a war wound. He was wounded on the night of 13-14 September 1788 at Armenish in Banat and died in March the following year in Temesvár.


Note:
All regular infantry regiments of the Imperial Army bore the name of their owner and also from 1769 onwards are marked with a number. Thus, Prince Saxe-Hildburhausen's regiment from this year onwards bears the number "8".



Literature:
Petr Jung : Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War
Zdeněk Jaroš : From the history of the Jihlava garrison 1751-1939
Tomasz Nowakovski : The Astro-Wengier Army. Warsaw 1992
Vilém Wodák : History of the 8th Regiment (Archive)
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History of IR 8



The formation of the regiment's predecessors can be traced back to the Thirty Years' War, and this places it among the oldest regiments of the Imperial Army.
Some authors place its origins in Holkov's regiment, formed on 20 March 1629, others in Stadion's regiment of 1634, whose core consisted of soldiers from the previous unit. As a direct predecessor can be considered the Upper Austrian regiment built from the former Stadionav regiment on 26 August 1642 in Linz by Alexander, free lord von Freyling, Daxberg u. Lichtenou. This regiment, consisting of five companies of 1,500 men, was admitted to the Imperial service by patent of 22 October 1642 and deployed in battle.
Since the blockade of Olomouc, it was in the ranks of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm's corps, where it suffered its first major defeat in Saxony on 2 November 1642 at the Battle of Breitenfeld, in which the combined Saxon-Emperor army was crushed by the Swedish army. The regiment operated in the ranks of the corps for the next two years in Holstein. From 1645 onwards it was again in Bohemia. As part of Field Marshal Melchior Count von Hatzfeldt's army, it took part in the attempt to stop the advancing Swedish troops. Already in April, however, he was released. The remnants of the regiment were joined with Johann Bernard von Knöring's regiment, which first operated in the vicinity of Cheb, but already in September took part in the second siege of Jihlava. During the reconnaissance of the fortifications in the section of the so-called cat, which was a large bastion in the northeastern bend of the walls in the area of today's Úhel Street, the owner of the regiment was killed between 18-20 November, and his deputy Colonel Mathias Haizer von Heizenberg did not survive the fighting at Jihlava. The unit, weakened by heavy losses, was replenished by the end of 1647 and given to the new owner, Richard von Starhemberg, by decree of Ferdinand III of 17 December 1647. At the beginning of 1648 the regiment was supplemented by several detachments of the former Holzapfel regiment, then as part of Marshal Ottavio Piccolomini's army it took part in the campaign to Bavaria, where it fought at Zusmarshausen on 17 May 1648.
The regiment was preserved during the post-war reductions of the Imperial Army. In the first half of the 1750s the regiment stayed in Hungary. 1656 in Austria, 1657 in Silesia. In 1658-59 it operated with the corps of Gen. Raduit de Souches on the Baltic coast in Toruń, Kamien Pomorski, Wolin, Demmin and Szczecin. This was followed by deployments in Upper Hungary and Transylvania. The commander and owner of the regiment, von Starhemberg, died of cholera near Satu Mare on 4 September 1661. His place was taken by the field armourer Herbert Prince Pio di Savoya, Marquis di Castell-Rodrigo. Under his command the regiment fought in 1662 at Levoča, the following year at the Battle of Ostrihom, then defended Nové Zámky. As part of the army of Marshal Raimundo Count Monteccucoli, it distinguished itself on 1 and 2 August 1664 and in the victorious Battle of Mogersdorf. From 1673, six hundredths fought in the Rhineland against the French, followed by participation in the siege of Bonn. He then moved to Seneffe, where he took part in the battle and then the siege of Oudenaarde on 11 Aug 1674. While six hundredths of the regiment took part in the clashes at Willstätt and Altenheim in the following year, another four hundredths were in the victorious battles of Consarbrück and Trier on 11 Aug. 1675. In 1676 the regiment was involved in the siege of the fortress of Falkenstein near Philippsbourg, where the regiment's owner was mortally wounded. The new owner of the regiment was Field Armourer Prosper Count Arco. Under his command, the regiment took part in the Battle of Rheinfelden in 1678, in the following year it was supplemented by two hundredths from the Stadl Regiment, but the same year Arco died. The next owner of the regiment was the field armourer Maximilian Lawrence Count Starhemberg. In September 1688, the regiment defended Philippsbourg against the French and after a year of brave defence was granted the right to leave freely. A year later, Starhemberg was mortally wounded during the siege of Mainz and in October the regiment was taken over by Philippsburg Freeholder von Chizzola. 1691 was followed by a move to Hungary where he fought against the Turks at the Battle of Slankamen on 19 August, the regiment's owner was killed in the battle. Under the new owner the regiment participated in the capture of Oradea and the following year the siege of Belgrade, where it formed the rearguard of the army during the retreat across the Sava River. In the years leading up to the signing of the Peace of Carlsbad, part of the regiment operated in Hungary and part was garrisoned in the capital of Transylvania. Pálffy's regiment operated in Upper and Lower Hungary. In 1703-11 it was mainly against the Hungarian rebels - the Kuruts. In 1706 the regiment besieged Košice and on 3 September 1708 it played a major role in the defeat of the rebel troops of Prince Francis II. Rákoczi at Trenčín. A year later the regiment fought in the clash at Bucea and a year after that at Nové Zámky. A novelty was the creation of two grenadier companies (1708 and 1712).
The regiment entered the fighting against the Turks in the ranks of the army of Eugene of Savoy. On 5 September 1716 he became famous for capturing three enemy flags in the battle of Petrovaradin. He also fought at Temesvár and was present at the capture of Belgrade. After the end of the fighting, the regiment remained garrisoned in 1718 in Temesvár. In the first half of 1729 it operated in Banat, Serbia, then in northern Italy - in 32 it was again in Transylvania. In these years the regiment was re-equipped with the Manlicher 1722 rifle. The regiment's officer was also the famous Franz Baron Trenk, who came in 1729 at the rank of ensign and left in 1732 at the rank of lieutenant.
1 January 1732 the owner of the regiment became the previous commander, Colonel Josef Friedrich Prince of Saxe-Hildburghausen. He remained the owner for the next 55 years. As part of Field Marshal Count von Mercy's corps, the regiment fought at Quistell and on 29 June 1734 in the victorious Battle of Parma. In the battle the regiment lost ten officers and the owner was twice severely wounded. At the turn of 1734-35 part of the regiment took part in the defence of Mirandola and in 37-41 the regiment participated in the occupation of Tuscany.
Since 1742 the regiment was in continuous combat: it took part in the capture of Linz and later Munich, fought at Hilgertsberg and Plattling. In the spring of '43 it fought at Simbach, on the bridgehead at Braunau and captured Deggendorf. In the following year 44 he was already on the Rhine and fought at Weissenburg. Grenadiers took part in the clash at Roeschwoog in this year. In 1745 the regiment operated in Bavaria, taking part in the capture of Vilshofen and the battle of Pfaffenhofen. The II Battalion was sent to Italy in 46, where it took part in the campaign to Provence and the clash with the French at San Isidoro. Late in the year it distinguished itself in the forays to St. Margaritta and St. Honorius. A year later this battalion besieged the rebels at Genoa and in '48 took part in the raid on the Riviera. Other parts of the regiment were in Austria. In the autumn of 1754 the regiment left Písek and took part in the great manoeuvres at Cologne. After that the headquarters and two battalions stayed in Prague, the 3rd battalion stayed in Olomouc.
The Seven Years' War started with a battle on 1 October 1756 at Lovosice and in May 57 at Sterbohol, where the grenadiers of Colonel Gausce were especially distinguished. The regiment got into battle on the left flank at Malešice at a time when the battle was already almost lost. It lost 181 soldiers and two officers. In addition, 21 officers were wounded, including the regimental commander, Colonel von Bülow. After the defeat, the regiment withdrew to Prague where it defended the Rye Gate and later the walls of the New Town. Afterwards, the regiment participated in pushing Keith's corps away from Prague towards Upper Lusatia and Silesia. It continued in minor skirmishes in Silesia to Jaworow, the grenadiers took part in the capture of Jablonné, the clash at Maslovice and the Battle of Wrocław on 14 July 1757 as part of Daun's army. The regiment also fought in the Battle of Lutynia (Leuthen) and after the retreat defended the bridges over the Svídnica River. 200 men took part in the defence of Svídnica. Colonel von Bülow was appointed commander of the Lehnice fortress and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa for his bravery in its defence. At the beginning of 1758, Colonel Kaspar von Trais was appointed the new regimental commander, he took part with the regiment in the defeat of the Prussian army at Hochkirch and received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa for his heroism in this battle. The III Battalion was garrisoned in Olomouc and defended the city during the Prussian siege. From 1759 the regiment fought in Germany - the clash at Wasungen, then fought at Meissen and Maxen. Grenadiers fought at Dresden and Kunersdorf, then with the rest of the regiment together at Thoreau. III Battalion took part in the attack on Kladsko. The regiment spent the year 1761 without fighting in Saxony, the next year the grenadiers and one battalion fought at Altenberg, the whole regiment then at Dippldiswalde, Hennersdorf and at Freiberg.
After the end of the Seven Years' War the regiment was withdrawn to Bohemia for rest and replenishment, then moved to peacetime garrisons in Moravia - Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Žďár nad Sázavou and Velké Meziříčí. In 1764 and 1765 the regiment took part in large military exercises in the area of the eastern part of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands between Zhorie and Kochanov.
1766 the regiment took part in a six-week exercise there, starting from the camp near Velky Meziříčí, from there it marched via Brno to Olšan near Prostějov, where it trained from 21 June to the end of July. When the regiment finished, it moved to a line-up near Jihlava. The great autumn manoeuvres from 4-19 September, in which the Moravian regiments concentrated at Jihlava clashed in mock combat with the Czech regiments concentrated at Stoki. One corps was commanded by Emperor Joseph II himself, the other by General Laudon. The main "fighting" in the vicinity of Jihlava took place in the area from Kosov to Hosov. The victory was claimed by the commander of the Moravian troops, Gen. Laudon, when he even managed to capture Emperor Joseph II. After the manoeuvres were over, the I and II Battalions moved to Trebic and Slavonice, while the headquarters and the III Battalion remained in Velké Meziříčí.
In 1769, the numbering of infantry regiments was assigned the serial number 8. In September 1769 the headquarters was transferred to Jihlava together with two battalions. In August 1774, the regiment's owner, Field Marshal Josef Friedrich of Saxe-Hilburghausen, was in Jihlava for an inspection. A year later, during the Peasant Riots, the regiment's soldiers were deployed in a cordon on the Bohemian-Moravian border. In January 1776, soldiers of the 8th Regiment suppressed riots in Beranovo and later in July in Kozlov. 1778 Colonel Franz Jordan von Beck became the regiment's commander. During the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778 two battalions were assigned to the main army in Bohemia. In 1788-90 two battalions of the regiment took part in the battles with the Turks. In August 1789 at Mehadia, at Lazu Mare and at Armenis and on the outskirts of Belgrade. The regiment's owner died of wounds sustained in the fighting.
On February 2, 1790 the new owner of the regiment was Charles the Free Lord Huff von Kandersdorff.
The Napoleonic Wars also meant for Infantry Regiment No. 8 participation in the battles in France. Two field battalions were assigned to Wurmser's corps on the Rhine in 1793. This was followed by engagements at Barbelroth, Offenbach, Riedheim, Reichshofen and Geisberg. For his services in this campaign, the regimental commander, Josef von Baader, was promoted to the rank of major general. From 1 January 1794, Colonel Ernst Freiehrer von Beust became the new commander. Both field battalions took part in the 1794 defence of Luxembourg. After the surrender of the garrison they were dismissed and withdrawn to Jihlava. After replenishment, a year's training and rearmament, they went into action again. While the III Battalion took part in the third partition of Poland and remained stationed at Radomer, two field battalions fought in the 1796 Italian campaign at Codogne, one hundredth was forced to surrender at Adde. Then in the battle of Valeggio, at Campora-Rivoli and at Castiglione. After losing the battle of La Favorita, he retreated to Mantova. After its surrender they were sent as prisoners until exchanged back to the garrison. The III Battalion arrived from Bielsko-Biala to take part in the battles of Nesselwang, Isna and Ravensburg, then also moved to Italy. In December 1797 he fought at Monte Baldo. Parts of the III Battalion were captured at the Battle of Rivoli. The rest of the battalion fought in the retreat battles of Chiusa and Mittewald. The regiment's grenadiers were at Frankfurt am Main in 1796, and later distinguished themselves at the Siege of Kehl.
In the second anti-Apoleonic coalition, the regiment fought in the Russo-Austrian army under the command of Marshal Suvorov. The Grenadiers, together with two field regiments, were in Field Marshal P. Kray's corps, were defeated by the French at Magnano on 5 April 1799, and later, together with the III Battalion, were surrounded at Peschiera. The regiment besieged Mantova. The field battalions besieged Turin and Alessandria, the grenadiers fought at Cassano and on the Trebbia River. After the fall of Alessandria, the regiment and grenadiers were involved in the battles of Novi, Fossano, Savigliano and Genoa. Grenadiers took part in the siege of Cuneo. In 1800 the regiment operated in northern Italy. During the Spring Campaign, most of the regiment was taken prisoner during Sujet's surprise attack on the Austrian positions at Settepani. The only survivors of the regiment were the grenadiers who later took part in the Battle of Marengo. The reorganized battalion of Regiment No. 8, under the command of hetman Karl freeman von Stutterheim, intervened in the last battles of 1800 in Padua. After the battle of Pozzolo in December, Stutterheim and his battalion managed to fight their way through Treviso to Venice, where they arrived on 12 January 1801. After the conclusion of the Peace of Lunéville, the regiment returned to the garrison in Jihlava and after two years without an owner, the Emperor's brother Archduke Ludwig Joseph became the new owner, whose name the regiment bore for the next 63 years until 1864. The 1805 reorganisation changed the regiment's name to Linien-Infanterie-Regiment No. 8. The 1808 reform established the Landwehr and added two battalions of Landwehr to the infantry regiments stationed in Bohemia, Moravia and Inner Austria. The training of these battalions with arms took place on Sundays and holidays. Once a month, the men were called together for drills in larger detachments, companies and battalions commanded by officers of the regular detachments. Each year they participated in a 21-day training camp. Together with the Army Reserve, the Land Guards became an important addition to the Army in the event of war. Jihlava's 1st Home Guard Battalion, as part of a regular infantry regiment, distinguished itself in the bayonet attack at Glinzendorf, and participated in repelling a French cavalry attack, for which its commander, Captain Vavřinec Kurz, received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa. In 1813, the Landgrenadier battalions were incorporated directly into the structure of the infantry regiments. In times of peace, the Land Guards formed Battalion IV of each infantry regiment, and in times of war Battalions IV and V. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the men of all 2nd Battalions were discharged and only cadres remained. The years 1801-04 were spent by the battalions of the regiment at their home garrisons. In the Third Anti-Apoleonic Coalition, battalions of the regiment were involved in the Ulm Campaign of 1805, and as part of the higher units saw most of the Austrian army fighting. The other battalions fought at Günzburg on 9 October. The greater part of the III Battalion was captured on 11 October at Haslach-Junigingen and the other part of the III Battalion three days later at Elchingen. The II and IV Battalions fought at Ulm, where they came under siege, which ended in the surrender of the Austrian army. The I Battalion distinguished itself in the attack on Augsburg, where it forced the retreat of 800 men of Marshal Ney. Together with the remnants of the III Battalion and the earthworks, it defended the fortifications at Scharnitz Pass in early November, but was forced to surrender. The conclusion of the Peace of Bratislava on 26 December 1805 ended the campaign. The remnants of the regiment returned to the Jihlava garrison in March 1806. The command highly appreciated the regiment's bravery. The commander of the regiment, R. von Seinburne, received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Maria Theresia, and other officers and soldiers were decorated along with him.
1809 was followed by another campaign - in April at the Bavarian Dinzling, then in the battle of Aspern and Essling. Great merit was especially given to the III Battalion, which repulsed the attack of the French 6th Cuirassiers Regiment at the cost of heavy losses. For his heroism in battle, the regimental commander was promoted to major general. In the next battle of Wagram, four battalions of the regiment stood on the left flank and defended Glinzendorf and Markgrafneusiedel against the troops of Davout's corps. The next day the regiment's units covered the retreat of IV Corps. In 1810 the regiment changed its colours and instead of the existing red regiment it received the grass green regimental colours of the abolished infantry regiment No. 13, which remained until the end of the monarchy.
In the war of 1813 two battalions of the regiment fought in the battle of Dresden and then at Augustenburg. In the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig, the regiment was part of the army of Karl Philipp, Prince von Schwarzenberg, and secured the crossings of the Saale at Naumburg-Weissenfels. II Battalion fought at Kösen, the whole regiment captured Hochheim. 1814 the regiment fought on the territory of France. The III Battalion distinguished itself at the Battle of Brienne-le-Chateau, for which the regimental commander received promotion to major general and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa, and the battalion commander, Major Fössel, became a lieutenant colonel. Already with the new regimental commander, Col. Josef Giesel von Gieslingen, the regiment fought at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Bar-sur-Aube, Arcis-sur-Aube and after the capture of Paris was transferred to Dijon. Afterwards the regiment returned to Jihlava.
After Napoleon's escape from Elba, three battalions of the regiment set off for Italy in March 1815. At the time of the Battle of Waterloo, it conquered the passes in the Jura Mountains. The battalion was wounded at Chattilon, where the battalion commander, Maj.
The other battalions distinguished themselves on 10 July 1815 during the capture of the bridgehead on the Saone River at Macon. After the end of the fighting, the regiment was withdrawn back to the Jihlava region, where it remained until 1820.
On 9 October 1820 the regiment went to northern Italy, where it remained temporarily garrisoned in Verona until 21 February 1821. After that it was used without combat deployment in the intervention against the rebels in Naples. Next the regiment operated in central Italy. The I Battalion remained in Znojmo, the II Battalion in Telč and the III Battalion in Jihlava. The regiment stayed in Jihlava with short breaks for the next 23 years.
On 29 August 1830 the previous regimental commander Ignác šl. Moese von Nollendorf was promoted to Major General and left the regiment, the new commander was Colonel Karel Tretter von Trittfeld.
1834 the second owner of the regiment changed - the new one was Sub-Marshal Karel Freeman Schneider von Arno.
1836 the regiment commander was Colonel Johann Franz Kempen from Fichtenstamm, who contributed a lot to the development of Jihlava. He remained in office until December 1843, when he was promoted to major general. He was succeeded as commander by Colonel Johann Landwehr von Wahrheim.
On January 16, 1846, the second regimental owner, Field Marshal Karl Freeman Schneider von Arno, died in Linz and was succeeded by Field Marshal Ignaz Knight von Gerhardi.
On 21 February 1846, an uprising broke out in Kraków, which necessitated the deployment of 14 Austrian regiments, including the Jihlava Infantry Regiment No. 8. The III Battalion was at that time on fortification work in Komárno. After the annexation of Kraków to Austria, the battalions were able to return to Jihlava at the end of 1847.
The beginning of the revolutionary year 1848 found the I and II Battalions still in Silesia. After the outbreak of the March riots in Vienna, they moved by rail to Vienna on 16 and 17 March, arriving there on 18-20 March, where they were immediately deployed against the rebels in the suburb of Laimgrube. A brief reassignment to Linz followed, but then the entire regiment moved to South Tyrol and northern Italy. The I and II Battalions took part in the forays into Vallarsa, the firefight at the bridge over the Piave (Ponte della Priula), the clash at Lazise and a number of other engagements. The battalions later joined together and fought together at Monte Baldo, in the capture of Peschiera and Venice, in which the Earthworks Battalion also took part. After the promotion of the regimental commander to the rank of major-general, Colonel Josef Schwäger, freeman von Hohenbruck, became the new commander. While the I, II and the Territorial Battalion were operating in Italy, the III Battalion was assigned to Windischgrätz's army and sent to take Vienna. The grenadier battalion was also garrisoned in Vienna, and briefly in the Hofburg. It became famous on October 6, 1848, for the successful defence of the Vienna Arsenal against several thousand insurgents. In November, it took part in the fighting to regain control of Vienna, in which the Grenadier Battalion was also involved.
In 1849, four hundredths of the regiment helped to put down the uprising in Brescia, while the other troops remained in Verona. The III Battalion took part in several battles in Upper Hungary during the summer, along with the Grenadiers. Both battalions distinguished themselves in both battles of Komárno and the capture of Györ. Many members of the 8th Infantry Regiment were decorated for their extraordinary combat deployment and heroism. Among the officers, Colonel Geor Hartmann and Lt. Adolf Smrček were decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold, Hjtm. Josef Moese von Nollendorf and Karl Leschke with the Order of the Iron Crown 3rd Class and Hjtm. Moric Freeman Haugwitz and Josef Naske and Npor. Johann Sarkander Weigl and Josef Massauer with the Military Cross of Merit.
After the end of the Northern Italian campaign, the regiment did not return to its home garrison and moved to Tyrol in the spring of 1850.
In November 1850 the regiment was ordered to march north to participate in the occupation of Hoštín, where it operated until 25 February 1852. Then it moved by rail from Hamburg to Brno, from where it continued to Debrecen, which became its new home garrison.
1859 not the regiment under Colonel Ferdinand Knight von Lindner joined the Northern Italian campaign. In the battles of Magenta and especially at Solferino, the regiment's soldiers distinguished themselves despite the defeat of the Austrian troops.
On 1 February 1860, the III Battalion was detached from the regiment to become, together with the III Battalions of the rank and file infantry regiments No. 12 and No. 54, the basis of the new rank and file infantry regiment of Grand Duke Leopold II.
During the Prusso-Austrian War, the soldiers of the regiment with the new owner, Sub-Marshal Joseph, Free Lord Gerstner von Gerstenkorn, under the command of Colonel Karl Kirchmayr, went as part of the Northern Army, assigned to the VIII Corps in the Brigade of Maj. Gen. Karl Schulz, the regiment (I, II and III battalions) came to the first battle with the Prussians on 28 June 1866 at Česká Skalice. The IV Battalion served divided into individual divisions as a staff detachment with the II, VI and X Corps and distinguished itself at Střítež. In the decisive battle of Hradec Králové on 3 July, the VIII Corps was deployed on the left flank of the Austrian troops together with a corps of Saxon allies. In the first phase it was in the second line, later it was deployed to cover the left flank of the Saxon corps. After the end of the fighting, he retreated with the Northern Army across Moravia and engaged in the final clash with the Prussians at Tovačov. Later, a number of officers received decorations for their heroism in battle. For example, Colonel Kirchmayr received the Order of the Iron Crown 3rd Class, the regimental physician Dr. Johann von Villas received the Golden Clerical Cross of Merit, etc.
1878 the regiment took part in the occupation of Bosnia as part of the 4th Infantry Division of the III Army Corps. The regiment distinguished itself in the clashes at Doboj and Lipač, but also suffered appreciable casualties.



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Owners of the regiment



1647 Johann Reichard Count von Starhemberg
1661 Herbert Prince Pio di Savoya, Duke del Castell-Rodrigo
1676 Maximilian Prosper Count von Arco
1679 Maximilian Laurenz Count von Starhemberg
1689 Philip Free Lord von Chizzola
1691 Leonhard Alexander Free Lord Lapaczek von Rzave
1700 Nikolaus Count Pálffy von Erdöd
1732 Josef Friedrich Prince von Sachsen-Hilburgshausen
1787 Karl Count von Pallavicini
1790 Karl Free Lord Huff von Kandersdorf
1798-1801 not occupied
1801 Archduke Ludwig Joseph
1865 Joseph Free Lord Gerstner von Gerstenkorn
1870 Friedrich Free Lord Jakobs von Kantstein
1877 Vinzenz Free Lord von Abele


Second Regiment Owners


1801 Ferdinand Free Lord Minckwitz von Minckwitzburg
1815 Josef Xaver free lord von Stuterheim
1831 Josef free lord Swäger von Hohenbruck
1834 Karl free lord Schneider von Arno
1846 Ignaz knight von Gerhardi
1856 Josef free lord Gerstner von Gerstenkorn


Source:
Zdeněk Jaroš - Soldiers, Wars and Jihlava between 1741 and 1939
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Regiment Commanders



1647 Johann Reichard Count von Starhemberg
1653 Johann Georg Vogl
1657 Van der Ehr
1661 Herbert Prince Pio di Savoya, Duke del Castell-Rodrigo
1666 Free Lord von Dietrichstein
1671 Jaroslav von Steinwacht
1674 Octavio Count von Nigrelli
1682 Philip Free Lord von Chizzola
1691 Leonard Alexander Free Lord Lapaczek von Rzave
1694 Schlichting
1696 Don Francesco Gaeatano d'Arragona
1700 Gottfried Hennisch
1708 Mathias Christian von Mossburg
1711 Johann von Schwenninger
1720-22 vacant
1722 Samson Count von Katzianer
1728 Franz Count Pálffy von Erdöd
1729 Georg Leonhard Free Lord von Stentsch
1731 Josef Friedrich Prince von Sachsen-Hildburgshausen
1734 Franz Count von Roggendorf
1739 Christian von Zschock
1745 Michael Gottfried von Rosenfeld
1752 Friedrich Free Lord von Bülow
1758 Kaspar Free Lord von Trais
1769 Elias Free Lord von Fischer
1770 Cornelius von Ayrenhoff
1771 Ferdinand Free Lord Kaltschmidt von Eisenburg
1778 Franz Jordan von Beck
1788 Joseph Knight von Baader
1793 Ernst Ludwig Free Lord von Beust
1797 Johann Schröckinger von Heidenburg
1800 Anton Count von Schiaffinatti
1806 Robert Free Lord von Swinburne
1809 Carl Free Lord von Fürstenwärther
1813 Georg Sagbur von Helbersdorf
1814 Josef Gisel von Gieslingen
1820 Ignatz Moese von Nollendorf
1830 Carl Treter von Trittfeld
1836 Johann Franz Free Lord Kempen von Fichtenstamm
1843 Johann Landwehr von Wehrheim
1848 Josef Free Lord Schwäger von Hohenbruck
1850 Josef Free Lord von Cordon
1852 Anton Wirth
1859 Ferdinand Knight von Lindner
1866 Carl Kirchmayr
1871 Hannibal Raynaud
1875 Alexander Free Lord Kuhn von Kuhnfeld
1876 Moriz Pürcker von Pürckhein
1878 Adolf Giesl von Gieslingen
1879 Hermann Bordolo von Boreo



Source:
Zdeněk Jaroš - Soldiers, wars and Jihlava between 1741 and 1939
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I would like to add that Colonel Johann Franz Kempen von Fichtenstamm was personally involved in the training of "his" regiment. And he did so so intensively that under his command the regiment reached such a state of readiness that this body was considered a model.


Source:
Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Kempen v. Fichtenstamm, Johann Franz Frhr. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie. Band 11. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977
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The Directory of the C.A.K. Troops, Navy, C.K. Provincial Defence and Royal Hungarian Provincial Defence (1897)
gives the following information about the regiment:


Regiments of rank and file infantry:


8. Archduke Charles Stephan
Established: 1642
Command staff and command perimeter. District: Brno
Commander: Colonel Jiří Tomičič


Source:
Military Friend, calendar for 1897
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Zdroj: SCHEMATISM FOR THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL ARMY AND FOR THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL NAVY FOR 1914
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