Through an imperial decree from 1762 the Empress Maria Theresa sets up the military units for the guarding of the borders, and so, in the year 1768, the Romanian-Banat Border Regiment nr.13 is established. From its founding, the regiment had quite a few names: the Border Regiment nr.72 (1769), the Romanian - Illyrian Border Infantry Regiment (1775), the Wallachian - Illyrian Border Regiment nr.13 (1798), the Wallachian - Banat Border Regiment nr.13 (1838), and finally, the Romanian - Banat Border Regiment nr.13 (1849).
In its organization it had many stages, before it finally contained: the Bistra Valley, from the Marga commune until Caransebes, the Timis - Cerna passage (with the adjacent valleys), from Orsova until the Svinita commune, Craina Banateana and the Almaj Valley, from the Prigor commune until the Lapusnicul Mare commune. From a military point of view, in the peace time, regiment was organized in 12 companies, who had a variable number of border guard communes (a total of 96).
During the 104 years in which the regiment functioned, it gave 25 generals, over 200 superior officers, a great number of inferior officers and sub officers. Over 40 boarder guards followed the superior courses. For the courageous actions, the flag of the regiment, officers and sub officer and also boarder guards were recompensed with the following orders and medals: 10 of gold, 31 of silver 1st class and 36 of silver 2nd class. On one of the straps of the flag of the regiment there was written: “The courage of Romus, let it be over us”. This strap is exposed at the History Museum in Vienna.
20 years after the disbanding of the Nasaud regiment, in 1871, the border regiment of Caransebes is also disbanded, because of a new form of governing, the Austro-Hungarian dualism, but also because of the reduction of the Turkish danger.
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