Cuirassier Regiment " Queen " ( Pomeranian ) No . 2 The Cuirassier Regiment " Queen " ( Pomeranian ) No . 2 ( ) was a Prussia n cavalry regiment . Formed in 1717 as Dragoner - Regiment Nr . 5 " Bayreuth Dragoner " it was originally a dragoon regiment and was part of the Prussian order of battle until 1918 . The " Bayreuth Dragoons " achieved fame for their role in winning the Battle of Hohenfriedberg in 1745 . In 1819 it was transformed into a cuirassier regiment . Apart from short interruptions , the regimental garrison was Pasewalk in Western Pomerania from 1721 to 1919 . History . Pre - Napoleonic . The Prussian Dragoner - Regiment Nr . 5 was formed by a royal order on 2 April 1717 . The new formation was to be sponsored by Oberst Achaz von der Schulenburg and raised from recruits in the Duchies of Ansbach and Bayreuth . by 1 June the regiment was formed , with 44 officers and NCOs and 295 cavalry troopers , all aged between 20 and 40 years old . By 1718 , the regiment had expanded to four squadrons comprising 689 men . It was not until 1730 that the regiment reached its full size , ten squadrons , a total of 62 officers , 120 NCOS , standard bearers , 30 drummers and 1 , 320 cavalry troopers . On 7 August 1731 the regiment was granted the honor title " Bayreuth Dragoner " ( Bayreuth Dragoons ) and was redesignated Dragoner - Regiment Nr . 5 " Bayreuth Dragoner " . The regiment wore the standard powder blue coat of the Prussian dragoons with crimson turnbacks and facings . The regiment first saw action during the War of Austrian Succession . At the Battle of Mollwitz , six squadrons of the regiment were engaged on an attack on the Austrian ' s left wing . This attack caused the enemy to retreat and brought victory for the Prussian king , Frederick the Great . At the Battle of Chotusitz , the regiment did not fare as well . During two cavalry attacks , the Bayreuth Dragoons failed to break through the enemy lines and suffered heavy losses including 14 officers , and three standards . The regiment won its reputation at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg . The Austrian commander , Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine , was holding against repeated Prussian infantry attacks . The commander of the Bayreuth Dragoons , Generalleutnant Gessler , saw an opportunity to attack a large force of Austrian infantry attacking the exhausted Prussian infantry . The ten squadrons of the regiment formed into two columns and charged into the Austrians . In the fighting that followed , the Bayreuth Dragoons destroyed 20 Austrian and Saxon battalions , took 2 , 500 prisoners , and captured 67 regimental standards , losing only 6 officers and 28 men killed . Prinz Karl was forced to retreat in disarray , and the battle was won . After the charge at Hohenfriedberg , the regiment was permitted to wear a golden " 67 " on their cartridge cases . They also received a " diploma " from Frederick the Great , naming all officers who took part in the charge and praising the regiment , as well as granting them their own regimental march , the " Hohenfriedberger Marsch " , composed by Frederick himself . Although the regiment was present at the Battle of Soor , it did not see any action , arriving just before the Austrian defeat . With the outbreak of the Seven Years ' War in 1756 , the regiment was in the vanguard of the Prussian advance into Saxony . At the Battle of Lobositz , the regiment was involved in the two failed cavalry charges against the Austrians on the Homolka - berg . The regiment performed as well as could be expected , with two squadrons rescuing the Gardes du Corps from annihilation . The dragoons participated in the Siege of Pirna , and on 6 May 1757 took part in the bitterly fought Battle of Prague . In the French Revolutionary Wars the regiment marched southwest in 1792 to fight in northern France in Electoral Palatinate and Baden . In the battle of Jena - Auerstedt against Napoleon it was almost routed . Coalition wars and onwards . In 1806 , Queen consort Louise of Prussia became Colonel - in - Chief of the regiment . Subsequently it was renamed to Königin - Dragoner ( The Queen ' s Dragoons ) per royal order on 5 March 1806 . After the death of the Queen a royal order from 4 August 1810 declared that the regiment should forever bear the name " Regiment of the Queen " ( " Regiment der Königin " ) . Thus it was called Regiment Königin - Dragoner until 5 November 1816 . On 6 November 1816 it was renamed to 1 . Dragoner Regiment ( Königin ) ( 1st Dragoon Regiment ( Queen ) ) . From 28 May 1819 on it was restructured into a cuirassier regiment and was then called 2 . Kürassier Regiment Königin . Its final name was awarded on 4 June 1860 , Kürassier Regiment " Königin " ( Pommersches ) Nr . 2 ( Cuirassier Regiment " Queen " ( Pomeranian ) No . 2 ) . In the War of the Sixth Coalition , the Queen ' s Dragoons fought in the battle of Ligny , the battle of Waterloo and at Meaux in 1815 / 1816 . The regiment was mobilised in the Second Schleswig War and went to war but did not see considerable action . In the Austro - Prussian war of 1866 , the cuirassiers took part in the battle of Königgrätz amongst others . During the Franco - Prussian war , the regiment fought at Colombey on 14 August and at Gravelotte on 18 August 1870 . From 1 September to 29 October 1870 the regiment was part of the army that besieged Metz and Thionville . After that followed engagements near Beaume la Rolande , Monnaie , Danzé and on 6 and 7 January 1871 at St . Amand and Villechauvre - Villeprocher . World War I . The regiment ' s campaigns in World War I were mostly in cooperation with the 2nd Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment No . 9 as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade / 6th Cavalry Division . Engagements and tasks include : After the ceasefire the regiment retreated home to Pomerania . It was formally disbanded in 1919 .