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List Of Royal French Foreign Regiments
Royal French foreign regiments were enlisted abroad for French service during the 17th and 18th centuries. Coming mainly from Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, and Wallonia they gave a significant contribution to the French military effort. Swedish and Polish regiments were counted as German, Scottish as Irish. After the French Revolution the foreign regiments were in 1791 merged with the indigenous French regiments to new, numbered, regiments of the line. Danish regiments Régiment de Yoel Raised 1690 → 1692: Régiment de Royal Danois (disbanded 1698) File:Rég de Yoel 1690.png, Régt Yoel and Régt Royal Danois Irish regiments File:Albany inf 1734.png, Régiment d’Albany File:78RI Betagh1762.png, Régiment de Betagh Régiment de Berwick Raised 1698 → 1791: ''88ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne'' Rég de Berwick Col 1698.png, Colonel 1698 Rég de Berwick 1698.png, Rég irlandais Col.png, Colonel 1781 File:Rég de Berwick 1781.png, Berwick 1781 File:Berwick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
77th Infantry Regiment (France)
The 77th Infantry Regiment (77e régiment d’infanterie de ligne) is a regiment of the French Army. It traces its origins to both the 2nd Light Royal-Italian Regiment (1671) and the Kônigsmarck Regiment (1680). It was dissolved in 1940. People who served with the 77th Infantry Regiment * Charles Mangin Charles Emmanuel Marie Mangin (6 July 1866 – 12 May 1925) was a French general during World War I. Early career Charles Mangin was born on 6 July 1866 in Sarrebourg. After initially failing to gain entrance to Saint-Cyr, he joined the 77th ... Regiments of the First French Empire 20th-century regiments of France Military units and formations disestablished in 1940 Infantry regiments of France {{France-mil-unit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Régiment De Béarn
A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation. In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted in one geographical area, by a leader who was often also the feudal lord ''in capite'' of the soldiers. Lesser barons of knightly rank could be expected to muster or hire a company or battalion from their manorial estate. By the end of the 17th century, infantry regiments in most European armies were permanent units, with approximately 800 men and commanded by a colonel. Definitions During the modern era, the word "regiment" – much like "corps" – may have two somewhat divergent meanings, which refer to two distinct roles: # a front-line military formation; or # an administrative or ceremonial unit. In many armies, the first role has been assumed by independent battalions, battlegroups, task forces, brigades and other, similarly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Regiment De Karrer
The Régiment de Karrer ''(Karrer's Regiment/Karrer Regiment)'' was a Swiss foreign regiment in French colonial service 1719–1763. Overview The regiment ''de Karrer'' was raised in 1719 by Franz Adam Karrer, a Swiss officer in French service, for the French army. Two years later it was transferred to the French Navy for service in the colonies. Ludwig Ignaz Karrer succeeded his father as colonel-proprietor in 1736. At his death in 1752, Franz Josef von Hallwyl became the last colonel-proprietor. The officers of the regiment were Swiss; the men were recruited in Switzerland and Germany. Organization Originally the regiment contained three companies: the colonel's company constituted the depot in Rochefort; the second company was stationed on Martinique; the third company on Saint-Domingue. Detachment from the colonel's company was sent to the Louisbourg fortress in Acadia; 50 men in 1722, 100 men in 1724; 150 men from 1741 until the fortress' surrender in 1745. Soldiers from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergeants
Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt. and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and other units that draw their heritage from the British light infantry. Its origin is the Latin , 'one who serves', through the French term . The term ''sergeant'' refers to a non-commissioned officer placed above the rank of a corporal, and a police officer immediately below a lieutenant in the US, and below an inspector in the UK. In most armies, the rank of sergeant corresponds to command of a squad (or section (military unit), section). In Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth armies, it is a more senior rank, corresponding roughly to a platoon second-in-command. In the United States Army, sergeant is a more junior rank corresponding to a squad- (12 person) or platoon- (36 person) leader. More senior non-commissioned ranks are often variation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Mercenaries
The Swiss mercenaries (german: Reisläufer) were a powerful infantry force constituted by professional soldiers originating from the cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy. They were notable for their service in foreign armies, especially among the military forces of the Kings of France, throughout the Early Modern period of European history, from the Late Middle Ages into the Renaissance. Their service as mercenaries was at its peak during the Renaissance, when their proven battlefield capabilities made them sought-after mercenary troops. There followed a period of decline, as technological and organizational advances counteracted the Swiss' advantages. Switzerland's military isolationism largely put an end to organized mercenary activity; the principal remnant of the practice is the Pontifical Swiss Guard at the Vatican. Ascendancy During the Late Middle Ages, mercenary forces grew in importance in Europe, as veterans from the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) and other con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
99th Infantry Regiment (France, 1757–1803)
{{no footnotes, date=October 2017 The 99th Infantry Regiment (French - ''99e régiment d'infanterie'' or ''99e RI'') was an infantry regiment of the French Army. It was formed in 1791 by renaming the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment and fought in the French Revolutionary Wars before being merged into another unit in 1803. A new and unrelated 99th Infantry Regiment was formed in 1855 and took on the traditions of the previous regiment. History On 1 January 1791 the National Constituent Assembly decided to remove the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment's royal affiliation and rename it the 99th Line Infantry Regiment. On 21 July that year it lost its original status as a foreign-raised regiment and was fully integrated into the French army. It helped pursue the fleeing Prussians at Valmy and at Jemmapes in 1792 and in the battles of Blaton, Neerwinden and Kaiserslautern in 1793. In 1793 it also became the 99th Battle Demi-Brigade, formed of the 1st Battalion of the 50th Line Infantry Regiment and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment
The Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment (german: Deutsches Königlich-Französisches Infanteries Regiment Zweibrücken, or Royal German Regiment Zweibrücken) was a military unit which served France, raised in the Pfalz-Zweibrücken (french: Deux-Ponts). Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, raised and contracted the regiment to Louis XV of France in a 1751 subsidy treaty. The Regiment served France in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t .... At the latter, it was commanded by the son of Christian IV, Christian of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, who was with the regiment at the Siege of Yorktown. France annexed Zweibrücken in 1797, and the Regiment was incorporated into the French Revolutionary Army and desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
94th Infantry Regiment (France)
The 94th Infantry Regiment (''94e régiment d’infanterie'' or ''94e RI'') is a French Army regiment. It originated in 1709 as a German regiment in the French army known as the régiment Royal-Bavière. From 1780 to 1791 it was known as the régiment Royal-Hesse-Darmstadt. It is the inheritor of the traditions of the French Imperial Guard and thus is also known as the Grenadiers de la Garde or La Garde rather than by its number. In addition to its traditions being from the Imperial Guard, their beret insignia is that of a French Imperial Eagle. After having been dissolved in 1993 following the reorganization of the French army in 1993, it was reformed in 2005. Retaining its name and traditions, it is now the regiment in the French army that specializes in urban combat Urban warfare is combat conducted in urban areas such as towns and cities. Urban combat differs from combat in the open at both the operational and the tactical levels. Complicating factors in urban warfare inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Régiment Royal-Suédois
The Régiment de Royal Suédois ( en, Royal Swedish Regiment) was a foreign infantry regiment in the Royal French Army during the Ancien Régime. It was created in 1690 from Swedish prisoners taken during the Battle of Fleurus. The regiment eventually acquired the privilege of being called a Royal regiment. German regiment The regiment nominally accepted only Swedish officers. However most of the privates and NCOs were of German origin, from Swedish Pomerania, in view of the difficulty of obtaining sufficient numbers of Swedish recruits, and at least one Irishman, Daniel Charles, Count O'Connell, was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the regiment. The actual Swedish element in the regiment diminished after 1740. Between 1741 and 1749 only one of the 438 men enlisted was actually Swedish. By 1754 even the officer corps numbered only 14 Swedes out of a total of 41. In spite of its origins and connections the Royal-Suedois came to be ranked as a German regiment. Count Axel von Fersen purch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
96th Infantry Regiment (France)
The 96th Infantry Regiment (''96e régiment d’infanterie'') was a French infantry regiment. Like all the French infantry regiments numbered 76 to 99, it inherited the traditions of two regiments - in the case of the 96th, these were the 96th Infantry Regiment and the 21st Light Infantry Regiment. The 96th Infantry Regiment was initially raised on 1 November 1745 by prince William of Nassau-Saarbruck, who had already also raised and paid for a cavalry regiment. It was initially called the 'régiment de Nassau-Saarbrück'. It was given the numeral 96 by an ordinance of 1 January 1791. It was known as both a demi-brigade and a regiment during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars before being disbanded in September 1815. (A 21st Light Infantry Regiment - initially known as a battalion then a demi-brigade - was raised on 21 August 1792 and disbanded in 1814.) The 21st Light Infantry Regiment was initially raised on 6 September 1815 as the 'légion royale étrangère' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
