Just three months after formation, the regiment saw service during the Battle of Villinghausen, and pursued the army of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, who had decamped Soëst. The regiment then was near Hausdülmen when it engaged a battalion of the British legion and almost completely destroyed the entire force. On the 20th, the regiment fought remainders of the main allied army near Ibbenbüren, and kidnapped some 40 prisoners. On the 30th near Rhen, the regiment surprised retreating troops and took 50 prisoners from Scheither's Light Troops (Prussian unit) and brought back 30 crew cars. The regiment then detached from the main French army and occupied the city of Osnabrück and captured some 400 horses and 800 food wagons.