11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Volontaires de Soubise
11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval

11RChasseurs2.jpg

Last internal association badge
Lineup 1762-1994
Country Blason France modern.svg France
Armed forces Flag of France.svg French armed forces
Armed forces Flag of France.svg Armée française de terre
Branch of service dragoon
Type Panzer Regiment
Insinuation Brigade de Berlin
Location Berlin
motto " Voila les Bons "
Awards Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with two palm branches
Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre 1914–1918
Standard of the regiment (without decorations)

The 11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval (11th regiment of hunters on horseback) was an association of the light cavalry of the French Army , which was stationed in the " Quartier Napoléon " in Berlin until its dissolution on September 15, 1994 .

List and changes in chronological order

  • 1762: The Maréchal de Soubise puts together a mixed association of cavalry and infantry from voluntary foreigners . The association then called "Volontaires de Soubise" forms a legion of four escadrons (squadrons)
  • 1766: The name was now: "Légion de Soubise" (also called "Volontaires étrangers de Würmser").
  • 1779: Renamed "5 e régiment de chasseurs".
  • 1781: Renamed "Régiment de chasseurs de Gévaudan".
  • 1788: At the suggestion of the Comte de Brienne , the “Régiment de chasseurs du Gévaudan” was renamed “Chasseurs de Normandie”.
  • 1791: renamed "11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval"
  • 1815: dissolution
  • 1816: re-established as "Régiment de chasseurs de l'Isère"
  • 1825: Renaming to "11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval"
  • 1831: dissolution
  • 1831: re-established as "11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval"
  • 1939: dissolution
  • 1944: re-established as "11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval"
  • 1947: dissolution
  • 1948: re-established as "11 e groupe d'autos-mitrailleuses" (11th motorized machine gun group)
  • 1950: Reclassification into "11 e groupe de chars moyens" (11th medium tank group)
  • 1954: Renaming to "11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval"
  • 1963: Reclassification into "11 e régiment de chasseurs" (11th Jägerregiment)
  • 1994: dissolution

List of garrisons

Regimental commanders

Mestre de camp was from 1569 to 1789 the rank designation for the regiment owner and / or the actual commander of a cavalry regiment. The name Colonel was used from 1789 to 1793 and then again from 1803. Should the mestre de camp be a person of the high nobility who had no interest in leading the regiment (such as the king or queen), the command was given to the “mestre de camp lieutenant” (or “ Mestre de camp en second ”). From 1793 to 1803 the designation Chef de brigade was used in the French army . From 1791 there were no more regimental owners.

  • 1761: Maréchal Prince de Soubise
  • 1762: Baron de Würmser
  • 1763: Comte de Wargemont
  • 1770: Baron de Kinglin
  • 1779: Comte de Grivel de Saint-Mauris
  • 1784: Baron de Treva
  • 1788: Baron d'Allonville d'Arnancourt (11 e chasseurs)
  • 1791: Marquis d'Anglade
  • 1791: Comte de Lallemand de Waites
  • 1792: Henri de Granval de Fregeville
  • 1793: Chief de brigade Nicolas
  • 1794: Chef de brigade de La Cour
  • 1794: Chef de brigade Treillard
  • 1799: Chef de brigade Defrance
  • 1800: Chef de brigade Baron Bertrand Bessieres
  • 1806: Colonel Baron Jacquinot
  • 1809: Colonel Désirat
  • 1812: Baron Jean-Baptiste Nicolas
  • 1814: Colonel Deschamps
  • 1815: Comte de Fontenille
  • 1816: Colonel d'Espinay Saint-Luc
  • 1824: Comte de Chasteignier
  • 1831: Rossignol-Dupré
  • 1837: Viscount de Boislecomte
  • 1845: Lieutenant-colonel Périchon de Kerversan
  • 1849: Lt-Colonel Ney de la Moskowa
  • 1850: Lt-Colonel Lentz
  • 1850: Baron Marion
  • 1855: Colonel Campenet
  • 1855: Colonel Legrand
  • 1856: Colonel Bro
  • 1856: Colonel Grandvalet
  • 1864: Colonel Nerat
  • 1869: Colonel Dastugue
  • 1870: Colonel Bailliencourt dit Courcol
  • 1878: Colonel de Moucheron
  • 1887: Colonel d'Esclaibes d'Hust
  • 1892: Colonel Cabrol
  • 1894: Colonel de la Chaise
  • 1896: Colonel Gillain
  • 1898: Colonel de Pontac
  • 1901: Colonel Lescot
  • 1905: Colonel Louvat
  • 1908: Colonel Thierry d'Argenlieu
  • 1913: Colonel Alexandre Durand
  • 1917: Colonel Charles Henri Dodelier
  • 1918: Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Audibert
  • 1919: Colonel Dejussieu
  • 1922: Colonel Mejer
  • 1926: Colonel Compagnon
  • 1933: Général Choderlos de Laclos
  • 1934: Colonel Bizot-Espiard
  • 1935: Colonel de Contenson
  • 1939: Colonel de Saint-Didier
  • 1945: Lt-Colonel Salesse-Lavergne
  • 1945: Colonel Huguet
  • 1946: Lt-Colonel Contaud de Coulange
  • 1949: Lt-Colonel de Bodman (11 e GAM)
  • 1951: Lt-Colonel Buretel de Chassey (11 e GECM)
  • 1952: Lt-Colonel Combourieu (11 e GECM)
  • 1954: Lt-Colonel Piquart (11 e GECM / 11 e RCC)
  • 1956: Lt-Colonel Delegorgue
  • 1958: Lt-Colonel le Coat de Saint-Haoen
  • 1960: Lt-Colonel Touzet
  • 1961: Lt-Colonel Bondet de la Bernardie
  • 1963: Colonel Mangin (11 e RCH)
  • 1965: Colonel Largy
  • 1967: Lt-Colonel Tréhu
  • 1969: Lt-Colonel Graillat
  • 1971: Lt-Colonel Pont
  • 1973: Lt-Colonel Bruno de Mollerat du Jeu
  • 1975: Lt-Colonel Ronan de Blois
  • 1977: Lt-Colonel Rilhac
  • 1979: Lt-Colonel Millot
  • 1981: Colonel Clouet de Peruches
  • 1983: Lt-Colonel de Susbielle
  • 1985: Colonel Jean-Louis Mourrut
  • 1987: Colonel Dupla
  • 1989: Colonel Bruno de Blignières
  • 1991: Colonel Gérald Bigot
  • 1993: Lt-Colonel Patrick Chanoine (75th and last in command of the 11e Chasseurs)
Chasseur à cheval of the Grande Armée

Campaigns and battles of the revolution and empire

The regiment near Hohenlinden (1800) as battle cavalry
October 8-20, 1805: Battle of Ulm
December 2, 1805: Battle of Austerlitz
October 14, 1806: Battle of Jena and Auerstedt
November 6, 1806: Battle of Lübeck .
November 22, 1806: The regiment took part in the victory parade in front of Napoleon Bonaparte in Berlin .
  • 1807:
Battle of Eylau
Battle of Friedland
May 1807: After the previous battles, General Charles Lassalle presented the 11e Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval to the emperor at a troop display in Elbing with the words: "Sire, voilà les bons" (Sire, there they are, the good guys), what should then become the motto of the regiment.
  • 1812: Campaign to Russia
Battle of Borodino
  • 1813: Campaign in Germany
October 16-19, 1813: Battle of the Nations near Leipzig

The glory of the Napoleonic era was followed by the inglorious life in the garrison.

1815-1869

  • 1861–1865: The 11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval was used in the fighting in Algeria. It formed the vanguard of the columns Martineau and Lapasset-Deligny.

Franco-German War

  • 1870: Involved in the debacle of the Battle of Sedan , the regiment fell into retreat and lost three quarters of its population. In Avignon the association was renewed.

First World War

Interwar period

  • 1919: As an occupation force in Aachen , the unit was awarded the Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre . It then returned to its garrison at Vesoul.

Second World War

In the event of mobilization, it was intended to reorganize the cavalry formations into "Groupes de Reconnaissance" (reconnaissance groups). After the declaration of war, the regimental association was dissolved and four reconnaissance groups were formed:

  • 9 e Groupe de Reconnaissance de Corps d'Armée (reconnaissance group of the 9th Army Corps)
  • 4 e Groupe de Reconnaissance de Division d'Infanterie (reconnaissance group of the 4th Infantry Division)
  • 17 e Groupe de Reconnaissance de Division d'Infanterie (reconnaissance group of the 17th Infantry Division)
  • 25 e Groupe de Reconnaissance de Division d'Infanterie (reconnaissance group of the 25th Infantry Division)
  • 1944: In the course of the liberation campaign, it was initially set up again as a non-motorized association, moved into the Palatinate and stayed here until it was dissolved again on April 30, 1947.

1945 to 1994

  • April 15, 1946: Parts of the dissolved 13th e régiment de dragons were incorporated.
  • April 30, 1947: dissolution
  • On December 31, 1954, the 11th e régiment de chasseurs à cheval in Berlin was reestablished and received its standard and decorations back.
  • The withdrawal of French troops from Berlin on September 15, 1994 made the fifth dissolution necessary. The standard was given to the military museum (Service historique de la Défense) in Vincennes . The decorations of the 11 e chasseurs were brought to Sankt Wendel and handed over to the security and scouting cadron of the 1st Division, which at the same time maintained the tradition of the regiment. After the dissolution of the 2 e corps d'armée (2nd Army Corps) and with it the 1st Division in 1999, they were taken to the "École d'application de l'arme blindée cavalerie" (armored troop school) in Saumur .
  • In March 1987 the 3rd Escadron fired the last shot from the 90 mm cannon of the last tank destroyer AMX-13 of the Arme blindée et cavalerie at the Baumholder military training area . At the same time, the last AMX-30 destined for the 3rd Escadron arrived in Berlin.
  • In August 1994 an AMX-30B battle tank was given as a gift to the Allied Museum in Berlin-Zehlendorf as part of the withdrawal.

composition

During the time in Berlin the regiment consisted of:

  • 1 e escadron (Semper Primus)
  • 2 e escadron (Duo Deorum)
  • 3 e escadron
  • 11 e escadron - (training escadron)
  • ECR Escadron de commandement - Staff Squadron (from 1990 with reconnaissance component)

Over time, it had the following equipment:

  • M8 Greyhound

  • M5 Stuart

  • M4 Sherman

  • AMX 13

  • AMX 30, West Berlin, 1988

Standard

The following inscriptions are placed on the standard of the regiment:Regimental standard of the 11th regiment de chasserurs à cheval

anniversary

The regiment's anniversary was the day of St. Georges de Lydda

The Croix de guerre awarded to the regiment

Honors

  • On the battlefield of Waterloo there is a stele of the regiment (Stèle au 11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval)

The flag ribbon is decorated with:

  • The Croix de guerre (1914–1918) with two palm branches for the double mention in the army report
  • Since 1919 the regiment has had the right to wear the Fourragère des Croix de guerre (1914–1918).
  • Since March 26 and 27, 1994, the regiment carried a pennant in the German colors and a pennant from the city of Berlin.

Association badge

On the 750th anniversary of the founding of the city, under the command of Colonel Jean-Louis Mourrut, according to the provisions of the rules of heraldry and derived from the historical symbolism, the regiment was awarded a new badge. This replaced the previous badge from 1955.

  • 1st execution (1936)

  • 2nd version (1949)

  • 3rd version (1955)

Motto

Sire, voilà les bons or Voilà les bons
(Majesty, these are the good guys)

Known members of the regiment

literature

  • SectionBerlin, PO Box 650224, D-13302 BERLIN.
  • The amicale des anciens du 11e regiment de chasseurs. President: Monsieur Jacky Chudant, maison du combattant, 26 rue Pierre de Coubertin 70014 Vesoul.
  • Général de brigade Philippe Peress 31, rue Hoche 49400 Saumur .
  • Musée des Blindés ou Association des Amis du Musée des Blindés 1043, route de Fontevraud, 49400 Saumur.
  • Serge Andolenko : Recueil d'historique de l'arme blindée et de la cavalerie. Eurimprin, Paris 1968.

Remarks

  1. ^ Barracks for the cavalry, the hunters and the artillery were called quarters
  2. ↑ In terms of equipment and armament, it was ultimately a tank battalion.
  3. ^ Marshal of France
  4. ↑ The regiment owner was automatically a colonel. Should he not (want to) lead the regiment himself, this was transferred to the representative, the lieutenant-colonel.
  5. ↑ Décision n ° 12350 / SGA / DPMA / SHD / DAT du 14 septembre 2007 relative aux inscriptions de noms de batailles sur les drapeaux et étendards des corps de troupe de l'armée de terre, du service de santé des armées et du service des essences des armées, Bulletin officiel des armées, n ° 27, November 9, 2007
  6. ↑ Source journal internal du 11e regiment de chasseurs, VLB Voila Les Bons

Web links