In memory of the heroic act of Baron Wrangel at Kaushen.

On August 19, 1914, exactly 108 years ago, the squadron of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment, commanded by Rittmeister Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, conducted a frontal cavalry charge against an enemy battery, destroying it. During this attack, some cavalrymen were killed, and Wrangel's horse was shot. However, he mounted another horse and continued the advance.

This attack became one of the last in the history of cavalry as a branch of the military. For his displayed heroism, the future leader of the White Movement was awarded the Order of Saint George 4th class, becoming the first George's cavalier in the Great War. The decree for the award was signed by the Emperor himself, who also approved the awarding of the George's Cross to Cossack Kozma Kryuchkov. Kryuchkov later died in battles against the Bolsheviks.

After Baron Wrangel was awarded, a notable incident occurred. The officers of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment gathered in a German hotel to celebrate the award. A young German girl asked them to provide their names for the guestbook. Hearing a series of loud German surnames, she became flustered and asked, 'Gentlemen, are you officers joking?' To which they replied, 'No!' The girl clarified, 'Gentlemen, are you Russian officers or German?' The answer was: 'Russian!'

These officers were true Russians, and many of them soon gave their lives for Russia.

Painting: A. Sheloumov. The attack of Baron Wrangel with the squadron of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment on the German battery.