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2nd Regiment Of Senegalese Tirailleurs
The 2nd Regiment of Senegalese Tirailleurs was a regiment composed of African infantry formed by the French Army. It was created by decree on 23 April 1892 as the Régiment de Tirailleurs Soudanais. Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, Godefroy Cavaignac, the List_of_naval_ministers_of_France#Ministers_of_the_Navy_and_the_Colonies,_1790–1893, Minister of Marine and of the Colonies, reported to Marie François Sadi Carnot, President Carnot, that the regiment consisted of six companies of Senegalese Tirailleurs at the time stationed in Sudan with two additional companies of Sudanese people, Sudanese auxiliaries. They participated in the capture of Sikasso in 1898. Creation and various names * 1892: Creation of the Régiment de Tirailleurs Soudanais * 1900: Renamed 2nd Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais * 2 September 1939: Renamed 2nd Régiment Mobile de Tirailleurs Sénégalais * 1 April 1940: Went back to 2nd Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais * 1 October 1940: be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirailleur
A tirailleur (), in the Napoleonic era, was a type of light infantry trained to skirmish ahead of the main columns. Later, the term "''tirailleur''" was used by the French Army as a designation for indigenous infantry recruited in the French colonial territories during the 19th and 20th centuries, or for metropolitan units serving in a light infantry role. The French army currently maintains one tirailleur regiment, the '' 1er régiment de tirailleurs''. This regiment was known as the 170th infantry regiment between 1964 and 1994. Prior to 1964, it was known as the ''7e régiment de tirailleurs algériens'', but changed its name after it moved to France as a result of Algerian independence. History Napoleonic period In the wars of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods, the designation "tirailleur" was a French military term used at first to refer generically to light infantry skirmishers. The first regiments of Tirailleurs so called were part of the Imperial G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
