The Löwenstein's Chasseurs
Löwenstein's Chasseurs were raised in Bavaria by Prince Löwenstein-Wertheim from Poles, Germans, Walloons and French émigrés. The Chasseurs wore a black round hat with a green plume and was armed with rifles fitted with sword-bayonets. It served in the West Indies and Egypt and on disbandment many of the men enlisted in the 60th Rifles.
The Löwenstein's Chasseurs
1801 Löwenstein's Chasseurs
26 May 1801 Löwenstein's Chasseurs arrived from Trieste. The men had no clothing, weapons and other necessities and had to be equipped from the stores of the garrison. Major General Henry Pigot placed it on the strength of the Malta Garrison particularly as the garrison was extremely weak, and the French were in control of the Kingdom of Naples.1
5 July Löwenstein's Chasseurs sailed from Malta for Egypt and the following day, joined the convoy with the 20th Regiment and Ancient Irish Fencibles from Minorca. It arrived at Egypt on 3 August with Frederick De Watteville's Regiment.
1 Nov 1801 Strength: 21 officers and men with 18 fit for duty and 2 sick in hospital.
1802 Löwenstein's Chasseurs
Feb 1802 Löwenstein's Chasseurs left Malta.
Bibliography
- TNA:WO 17/2117, Monthly Returns to the Adjutant General 1800–1844.
- TNA:WO 1/292, Pigot to Hobart dated 26 May 1801.