The Ouestbourg Regiment
Commanding officer: Colonel Jacques Wadoux
Garrison/HQ: Douvres
Nickname: The Nutcrackers
Origin
In 1572, rebels led
by Prince Otto in Grunewald called on Wenceslaus
III of Volgar for military help. Three hundred men from the Trained Bands
of the City of Maison Dieu were selected to serve in Boleslaus Závětří 's
Company.
By 1665, still
fighting in Grunewald, this unit had
become one of three Volgan regiments in a seven-strong international brigade.
That year, the brigade was required to choose between allegiance to the Prince
of Grunewald or disbandment. The
three Volgan regiments chose to disband.
Their veterans returned home and were formed into the Ouestbourg regiment. This marked the regiment's formal entry into the Volgan Army.
The war of independence
Its first engagement against
the Kingdom of Volgar was in 1667. The
regiment contributed a company to the force sent to the King of Volgar to
formally declare the independence of the Duchies. The following year, the
regiment raised a second Battalion, which fought alongside the first Battalion in
Feweszem for a year.
In 1688,
the Five Duchies were able to secure their secession from the Kingdom of Volgar.
At this point the first and second battalion were split into two separate
regiments, and to avoid confusion the first battalion retained the original name,
while the second battalion became the Maison Dieu regiment.
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