Alexander Albrecht (general)

On 2 December 1805, at the rank of cornet, he was put in command of a squadron during the battle of Austerlitz before being wounded in the head and arm by a sabre and captured.

[1] In December 1809, promoted to captain, he was transferred into Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna's Dragoon Regiment.

In 1812 colonel Albrecht commanded a cavalry regiment formed from reserve dragoon, lancer and hussar squadrons.

From 18 to 20 October 1812, during the Russian victory over the French and Bavarians at the Second Battle of Polotsk, his regiment seized 12 guns but he was wounded in his right hand.

During the War of the Sixth Coalition, commanding a dragoon squadron, Albrecht distinguished himself in the battles of Lützen, Bautzen (where he was wounded in the right side[2]) and Leipzig.