FREE: "Russian drum and flute 1812" Postcard

Contents of the text translation on the postcard:

12. Flautist and company drummer of the Oryol infantry regiment

Orlovsky Infantry Regiment was formed in 1811. During
 The Patriotic War of 1812, his two active battalions were part of the 2nd Western Army, the 7th Corps of Lieutenant-General
 N. N. Raevsky, in the 26th Infantry Division. Commanded
 the regiment of Major P. S. Bernikov. Orlovsky regiment with success took part in the defense of the city of Smolensk. In August 1812, the 1st and 2nd
 Western Russian armies united under Smolensk. Goal of
 Napoleon - to break them singly, was ripped off.At the walls of the ancient
 his city a bloody battle ensued, in which participated infantrymen of the Orel regiment.
   Under Borodino, the regiment covered the battery of Raevsky and the
 The first attack of the enemy was repulsed. In this bloody battle the enemy lost about three thousand people.
 The danger of the breakthrough of the center of the Russian position was liquidated.
 vana. Known and another feat of soldiers Orlovsky regiment. Near
  the village of Dashkovka, the French seized the flag of the regiment from the killed ensign. The non-commissioned officer snatched it from the enemy, but was killed. But then the adjutant of the regiment dashed into the thick of the battle, took the flag and rendered it.
   Being in the forefront of the General's Army General from the Infante-
 Mikhail Miloradovich, the Orlovsky regiment fought at
 Maloyaroslavets, Vyazma, under the Red. For valor and courage
 He was awarded two silver pipes with the inscription " For
 the determination in the defeat and expulsion of the enemy from the limits
 Russia in 1812 year>
   Company of flautist ,as well as drummers in the army parts, had a special porch of green color and a taping. The drums hung on the belt sheepskin cavity, which protected pants from the wiping by tool.