1 he régiment de chasseurs à cheval
Regiment de chasseurs d'Alsace |
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active | 1651 until active |
Country | France |
Armed forces | French armed forces |
Armed forces | Armée française de terre |
Branch of service | Hunter on horseback |
Type | Panzer Regiment |
Insinuation | "7 e brigade blindée" (7th armored brigade) |
Location | Thierville-sur-Meuse |
Patron saint | Maurice d'Agaune |
motto | «Ne pas subir» " Take nothing" |
commander | |
commander | Present: Colonel Thierry de Courrèges |
The 1 er régiment de chasseurs à cheval is an (armored) cavalry unit of the French army, which was set up under the Ancien Régime . The regiment excelled in the wars of revolution and the wars of the Premier Empire , for example in the cannonade near Valmy , the battle near Hohenlinden , the battle near Austerlitz , the battle near Wagram and the battle near Borodino .
List and renaming in chronological order
- 1651: On September 24th, the regiment named Humières-cavalerie after its owner was set up. It was assigned number 22 in the ranking of cavalry regiments.
- 1733: Renamed the Régiment de Conti-cavalerie
- 1776: Conversion into a dragoon regiment with the new name Dragons de Boufflers
- 1788: Transformation into a regiment of hunters on horseback with the new name Régiment de chasseurs d'Alsace
- 1791: All regiments lost their names and were only given numbers. It was renamed 1 he régiment de chasseurs .
- 1814: renamed Chasseurs du roi
- 1815: dissolution
- 1816: Re-established as Régiment de l'Allier , then renamed to 1 er régiment de lanciers (1st Uhlan Regiment)
- July 14, 1880: The regiment received its standard, still in use, from the President of the Republic.
- in 1938 it was renamed to 1 he régiment de chasseurs à cheval
- 1940: The armistice was first dissolved, then returned to service in August 1940 in Orange as part of the Army of Vichy France .
- November 27, 1942: After the German Wehrmacht marched into previously unoccupied France, the association in Vienne was dissolved.
- March 16, 1945: New installation in Montauban
- Until March 1956: Service in the Indochina War , then dissolution
- New installation in Algiers on September 1st, 1956 . Used in the Algerian War of Independence .
- July 31, 1976: Dissolution in Phalsbourg
- August 1, 1976: Re-establishment in Canjuers ( Département Var ) with incorporation of the CPCIT (Center de perfectionnement des cadres et de l'instruction des tireurs) as "1 er régiment de chasseurs-CPCIT"
- December 31, 1997: acquisition of the tradition of the one he régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique
- January 1, 1998: Renaming to "1 er -2 e régiment de chasseurs"
- End of 2009: Renaming to 1 er régiment de chasseurs à cheval , garrison in Thierville-sur-Meuse
Mestres de camp / Colonels / Chefs de brigade
Mestre de camp was the rank designation for the regimental owner and / or the actual commander. 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). The name "Colonel" was used from 1791 to 1793 and from 1803, from 1793 to 1803 the name Chef de brigade was used . From 1791 there were no more regimental owners.
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Garrisons
- September 21, 1896 to 1919: Châteaudun
- 1919 to May 31, 1940: Alençon
- June 1 to 28, 1940: Les Essarts-le-Roi
- August to October 1940: orange
- October 1940 to November 27, 1942: Vienne
- March 16, 1945 to December 7, 1945: Montauban
- until March 1956: Indochina , then dissolution
- September 1, 1956 to April 5, 1964: Algiers , then Algerian War
- April 6, 1964 to June 30, 1969: Montbéliard
- July 1, 1969 to July 31, 1976: Phalsbourg
- August 1, 1976 to December 31, 1997: Canjuers
- January 1, 1998: Thierville-sur-Meuse
Uniform during the Ancien Régime
Uniforms as a cavalry
Uniforms as dragoons
Uniforms as chasseurs à cheval
Battle calendar in chronological order
Ancien Régime
- 1688–1697: War of the Palatinate Succession
- 1701–1713: War of the Spanish Succession
French Revolution and First Empire
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1792 :
- Siege of Courtrai
- Cannonade at Valmy . On December 1, 1792, he was sent to the "Armée de Moselle" campaign to Trier .
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1793 :
- Battle of Arlon
- August 5, 1794: Part of the "Brigade de cavalerie Laboissière" (Laboissière cavalry brigade) in the Saint-Cyr division of the " Armée du Rhin " (Rhine Army)
- 1794 :
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1796 :
- Battle of Altenkirchen
- Battle near Wildendorf
- July 10th: Battle near Friedberg
- August 9: Battle near Altendorf
- 1797 :
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1799 :
- Battle of Ostrach
- Battle of Stockach
- Battle at the Niddabrücke
- Battle at Groß-Gerau
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1800 :
- Battle near Offenburg , battle near Kirchberg, battle near Hohenlinden , battle near Griesen and Schwalmstadt
- 1805 :
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1806 :
- Battle of Auerstedt
- Battle at Łowicz
- Battle at Nasielsk
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1807 : Campaign to Prussia and Poland
- February 8: Battle of Eylau
- 1809 :
- 1812 : Russian campaign in 1812
- 1813 : Campaign in Germany
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1814 : Campaign in France
- In the besieged fortress Maubeuge
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1815 : Campaign to Belgium
- Battle of Quatre-Bras
- July 1st: Battle at Rocquencourt
- Fallen or wounded commanders of the regiment
- Chef de brigade Dubois-Crance: killed on April 26, 1800
- Colonel Meda: died of his wound on December 7, 1812
- Colonel Simoneau: Wounded June 18, 1815
- Fallen or wounded officers between 1808 and 1814
- fallen: 11
- died of the wounds: 0
- wounded: 82
1815-1848
Between 1840 and 1847 the regiment fought in the French conquest of Algeria.
Second empire
- 1860: Second Opium War
- 1863–1867: French intervention in Mexico
- 1870–1871: Franco-Prussian War , siege of Paris
First World War
- 1914: There is no information on combat activities for this year
- 1915:
- 24.-27. April 1915: Trench warfare in Champagne
- 1916: There is no information on combat activities for this year
- 1917:
- 23 October 1917: fighting near Courcy (Marne)
- 1918: There is no information on combat activities for this year
Second World War
Defensive battles in eastern France. After the armistice in 1940, the regiment belonged to the army of the Vichy regime and was disbanded in 1942 after the German occupation of the previously unoccupied part of France.
After 1945
- 1945–1954: Deployment in Indochina
In 1948 the regiment was deployed in Gia Lam, east of Hanoi , not far from the Pont Doumer (Doumer Bridge) (now Long Biên Bridge ). Here it had the task of securing the Hanoi Haiphong route .
- October 1950: Battle at That Khé
- May 1951: Battle at Ninh Bình and Mai Cau
- December 10, 1951: Battle at Tu Vu
- 1954: Battle of Điện Biên Phủ
Algerian war
- May 21, 1958: Battle at Djebel Tanout
Current
Insinuation
The regiment is subordinate to the 7 e brigade blindée (7th Armored Brigade) and belongs to the Force d'action terrestre (rapid reaction force).
The unit was not affected by the realignment of the French Army in 2016 .
Division of troops
- 4 tank scadrons
- 1 staff and logistics cadron
- 1 reserve intervention unit (5 e escadron)
assignment
The armored regiment is equipped with the Leclerc battle tank as its main weapon system. This provides permanent firepower, mobility and protection and is used in combined arms combat. The main battle tank Leclerc (in Lebanon), the wheeled armored vehicle ERC-90 Sagaie (in the Ivory Coast and - as exchangeable equipment - in Chad ), as well as the VAB and the VBL (in Afghanistan ) have already been used .
vehicles
- 60 Leclerc battle tanks
- 3 VAB PC ( Véhicule de l'avant blindé as command vehicles)
- 5 VABSAN
- 94 VBL ( Véhicule Blindé Léger - 4 of them with MILAN )
- 19 VBLL
- 110 PL (Poids lourd - trucks over 3.5 t payload)
- 1 PEB
- 200 × Lucie
- 16 × Vector ( drones )
- 16 × Sophie
- 40 × Ugo
- 9 Zodiacs (inflatable boats)
address
1 er régiment de chasseurs
Quartier Maginot
BP 82 041 - Thierville-sur-Meuse
55 108 Verdun CEDEX
Tel. 03 29 73 59 25
Fax. 03 29 73 59 42
Standard
Simplified regimental flag with the listed battles in which the regiment has participated since the revolution.
Motto
(take nothing)
Awards
- The flag ribbon is decorated with the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with a palm branch and a bronze star and with the Croix de guerre des Théâtres d'opérations extérieurs with four palm branches.
- Since March 17, 1958, relatives have had the right to wear the Fourragère in the colors of the Médaille militaire with the olive of the Théâtres d'opérations extérieurs.
Known members of the regiment
- Marc-René de Montalembert (1714–1800), fortress construction engineer, in the regiment from 1733 to 1741
- Louis Antoine Choin de Montgay , Marquis de Montchoisy, Revolutionary General , served as a lieutenant in the regiment during the American Revolutionary War
- Général Étienne Tardif de Pommeroux de Bordesoulle (1771–1837), 6 Brumaire on XII (October 29, 1803) as a major in the regiment
- Louis Caillemer (1764-1827)
- Antoine Richepanse (1770-1820)
literature
- Roland Jehan, Jean-Philippe Lecce: Encyclopédie des insignes de l'Arme Blindée Cavalerie. Volume II: Les Chasseurs à cheval. Cheminements Éditions, 2008, ISBN 978-2-84478-708-8 .
- Les Chasseurs de Lorraine 1 er – 2 e Chasseurs. Éditions Cénomane, Verdun 2001, ISBN 2-905596-78-3 .
Remarks
- ^ Témoignages de Volontaires. In: FNCV - Fédération Nationale des Combattants Volontaires.
- ↑ No longer part of the regiment's equipment.
- ↑ Regulation No. 12350 / SGA / DPMA / SHD / DAT of September 14, 2007 on the appearance of the inscriptions on the flags and standards of the troops of the army, the medical service and the fuel supply industry. Published in the Official Army Bulletin No. 27 of November 9, 2007.
- ^ Order AFN 1952–1962 on the assignment of the inscriptions on the flags and standards of the formations of the army and the services of November 19, 2004 (A) NORDEF0452926A by Michèle Alliot-Marie.
Web links
- 1st regiment de chasseurs. French Ministry of Defense website
- Journaux des marches et operations des corps de troupe. 1st regiment de chasseurs à cheval. In: Mémoire des hommes. Ed .: French Ministry of Defense ( SHD ).