2 e régiment de dragons

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Régiment de Condé-dragons
2 e régiment de dragons (NBC)

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active 1556 until active
Country Armoiries république française.svg France
Armed forces Flag of France.svg French armed forces
Armed forces Flag of France.svg Armée française de terre
Branch of service cavalry
Type NBC defense regiment
Strength 849
Location Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
motto Since materiam splendescam
Donnez-moi l'occasion et je resplendirai
commander
Current
commander 		Last: M. de Lullin de Châteauvieux

The 2nd e régiment de dragons (NBC) is the only NBC defense regiment of the French land forces .

Before the regiment numbering was introduced on January 1, 1791, it was last named Régiment de Condé dragons in the royal French army .

It belongs to the division troops of the 3rd Division.

In July 2005, the previous armored regiment was reclassified as an NBC defense regiment and merged with the other units of the NBC defense group DNRBC (défense nucléaire, radiologique, bactériologique et chimique). As is not uncommon in the French army, it continues to use its old name as a dragoon regiment despite the change in the type of weapon.

It is one of the oldest cavalry regiments in France and one of the twelve that were set up as regiments permanently present.

Lineup and significant changes

  • 1556: There was a cavalry company belonging to the Maison de Condé . ("Great cavalerie", from 1635 "cavalerie lourde")
  • 1635: A cavalry regiment was set up from this company, which was named after the regiment holder until 1660.
  • 1660: The regiment changed its name to "Régiment de Condé-cavalerie". The new (and from now on permanent) regiment owner was the respective "Prince de Condé", beginning with Louis II. De Bourbon, prince de Condé
  • December 11, 1686: after the death of the "grand Condé", his infantry and cavalry regiments passed to his son Henri Jules .
  • February 21, 1740: Louis V Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé, became the new regiment holder
  • In 1763 the "Régiment de Lautrec cavalerie" was incorporated.
  • May 25, 1776: Conversion into a dragoon regiment with the new name: "Régiment de Condé dragons".
  • On January 1, 1791, all regiments lost their names and were only given numbers. The former "Régiment de Condé dragons" was renamed the 2 e régiment de dragons .
  • In 1814 the last 25 members of the military interpreting company (set up in Boulogne-sur-Mer for the invasions of Great Britain in 1803 ) were incorporated.
After the first abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy, the regiment was named Dragons du Roi with the number 1 in the army's ranking.
  • April 23, 1815: During the reign of the Hundred Days it became the 2 e régiment de dragons again .
  • December 4, 1815: Disbanded by order of July 16
  • December 29, 1815: With the same staff as the "Régiment de dragons du Doubs" re-established
  • 1930s: Reclassified into a mechanized association, equipped with motorcycles, sidecar wheels and half-track vehicles . Renamed to: "2 e bataillon de dragons portés".
  • December 1, 1939: renamed "2 e régiment de dragons".
  • November 29, 1942: Under the command of Général Bérard, commander of the "17 e Région Militaire", the regiment was disbanded after the German Wehrmacht invaded unoccupied France.
  • December 1, 1942: In Sfax set up again (Tunisia). (PV419 Intendance militaire de Gabes-Sous).
  • September 29, 1943: After the Capitaine de Neuchèze had escaped with the regiment's standard, the regiment was the only association of the French army to be awarded the " Médaille des évadés ".
  • November 7, 1943: Equipped as a tank destroyer regiment with M10 Wolverine tank destroyers .
  • 1957 to 1961: Algerian War, fighting in Algeria and Tunisia, at Souk Ahras, Négrine, then Le Kouif and Bône .
  • 1984 to 1997: Equipped with AMX-30 tanks .
  • July 1, 1997 to June 2005: Equipped with AMX Leclerc tanks.
  • July 1, 2005: Conversion into an NBC defense regiment.

Regimental commanders

Mestre de camp was the rank designation for the regiment owner and / or the actual commander of a cavalry regiment until 1791. (From 1791 the rank Mestre de camp was replaced by Colonel and from 1793 to 1803 by Chef de brigade. After that it was called Colonel again.) If the Mestre de camp is a person of the high nobility who is in charge of leadership of the regiment had no interest (or was too inexperienced), the command was left to the "Mestre de camp lieutenant" (or "Mestre de camp en second"). From 1791 there were no more regimental owners.

Ancien Régime
  • May 16, 1635: Mestre de camp Chevalier de Tavannes de Saulx
  • 1635-1636: Mestre de camp de Mareuil
  • 1638–1644: Mestre de camp Nicolas Bouton, comte de Chamilly
  • 1644–1645: Mestre de camp Louis du Bermond, marquis de Toiras
  • 1645–1648: Mestre de camp Cléradius de Choiseul, marquis de Lanques
  • 1654–1658: Mestre de camp Comte Herard Bouton II. De Chamilly
  • 1660–1664: Mestre de camp lieutenant Jean de Saligny, comte de Coligny
  • 1665–1667: Mestre de camp lieutenant Gaspard-Alexandre de Saligny, comte de Coligny
  • 1667–1682: Mestre de camp lieutenant Noël Bouton, comte de Chamilly
  • 1682–1694: Mestre de camp lieutenant Jacques-François du Bermond, marquis de Toiras
  • 1694–1705: Mestre de camp lieutenant Marquis de Cerisy
  • 1705–1708: Mestre de camp lieutenant Marquis de Montpipeau
  • 1708–1715: Mestre de camp lieutenant Chevalier de Montmorency
  • 1710: Colonel titulaire Monsieur Duc d'Enghien
  • 1715–1719: Mestre de camp lieutenant Prince de Bournonville
  • 1719–1740: Mestre de camp lieutenant Marquis de Gouffier
  • 1740 : Colonel titulaire Monsieur le prince de Condé00000
  • 1740–1761: Mestre de camp lieutenant Chevalier de la Guiche
  • 1761–1784: Mestre de camp lieutenant Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec
  • 1784–1788: Mestre de camp lieutenant Comte de Baschi du Cayla
Revolution and Empire
  • 1788–1792: Colonel François de Jaucourt,
  • 1792-1792: Colonel Emmanuel de Grouchy
  • 1792-1793: Colonel Pierre Colomb
  • 1793 : Chief de brigade Louis Cloquet de Vrigny00000
  • 1793–1794: Chef de brigade Étienne Leclerc
  • 1794–1794: Chef de brigade Humbert Richer
  • 1794–1796: Chef de brigade François Macquart
  • 1796 : Chef de brigade de Bonardy de Saint-Sulpice00000
  • 1796–1803: Chef de brigade de Fornier (called Fénérolles or Fénérols)
  • 1803-1807: Colonel Ythier Sylvain Pryvé
  • 1807-1813: Colonel Pierre Ismert
  • 1813–1814: Colonel Laurent Hoffmayer
  • 1814 : Colonel François Marie Laval00000
  • 1814 : Colonel Bouquerot des Essarts00000
  • 1814–1815: Colonel François Marie Rapatel
  • 1815 : Colonel Jean-Baptiste Dubessy00000
restoration
  • 1815–1816: Colonel François-Joseph Planzeaux
  • 1816-1823: Colonel Rapatel
  • 1823–1833: Colonel Châteaubodeau
July Monarchy
  • 1833–1846: Colonel Imbert de Saint Amand
  • 1846–1850: Colonel Charles-Marie-Augustin de Goyon
2. Republic and Second Empire
  • 1850–1857: Colonel Joachim Ambert
  • 1857-1863: Colonel Decroix
  • 1863-1865: Colonel Bachelier
  • 1865–1873: Colonel Mercier du Paty de Clam
1870-1914
  • 1873–1876: Colonel Gontier
  • 1876-1880: Colonel de Joybert
  • 1880–1885: Colonel Rozier de Linage
  • 1885–1890: Colonel Lichtenstein
  • 1890-1893: Colonel Cuny
  • 1893-1900: Colonel de Valentin de la Tour
  • 1900 : Colonel de Pontac00000
  • 1900 : Colonel Amanrich00000
  • 1900-1901: Colonel Desprez
  • 1901-1903: Colonel de Pontac
  • 1903–1906: Colonel Charlery de la Masselière
  • 1906–1907: Colonel Ferand-Giraud
  • 1907-1910: Colonel Fleury
First World War
  • 1910-1916: Colonel Schultz
  • 1916-1917: Colonel Théron
  • 1917 : Colonel Magnin00000
  • 1917-1920: Colonel Detroyat
Interwar period
  • 1920-1926: Colonel Donop
  • 1926–1927: Colonel Vignon
  • 1927-1929: Colonel Boscals de Réals
  • 1929-1930: Colonel Baruteau
  • 1930-1935: Colonel Revouy
  • 1935-1937: Colonel Boutaud de la Villéon
  • 1937–1938: Colonel Larréra de Morel
  • 1938-1940: Colonel Perraud
Second World War
  • 1940: Lieutenant-Colonel L'Hotte
  • 1940: Lieutenant-Colonel Watteau
  • 1940–1943: Colonel Schlesser
  • 1943-1944: Colonel Sauzey
  • 1944–1945: Colonel André Demetz
After 1945
  • 1945–1947: Colonel de Clerck
  • 1947–1948: Colonel de Toulouse-Lautrec
  • 1948-1951: Colonel Sauve
  • 1951-1953: Colonel Dorange
  • 1953-1955: Colonel Loyseau
  • 1955–1957: Colonel Caravéo, Paul
  • 1957–1959: Colonel Périn, Jean
  • 1959–1961: Colonel de Tourquat de la Coulerie
  • 1961-1963: Colonel de Butler
  • 1963-1965: Colonel Lévesque
  • 1965-1967: Colonel Rozec
  • 1967–1969: Colonel Michaut
  • 1969-1971: Colonel d'Arras, Xavier
  • 1971–1973: Colonel Lalande, Henri
  • 1973-1975: Colonel Lauze
  • 1975-1977: Colonel Reclus
  • 1977-1979: Colonel Bazin, René
  • 1979-1981: Colonel Lacoste, Pierre
  • 1981–1983: Colonel Renard, Etienne
  • 1983–1985: Colonel de la Bourdonnaye, Joseph
  • 1985–1987: Colonel Moreau, Jean-Paul
  • 1987–1990: Colonel de Froissard de Broissia, Flavien
  • 1990–1992: Lieutenant-Colonel Issaverdens, Michel
  • 1992–1994: Colonel de Dunoyer de Noirmont, Charles-Henri
  • 1994–1996: Colonel Staub, Jean-Paul
  • 1996-1997: Colonel Tavernier, Jean-Sébastien
  • 1997-1999: Colonel Beaussant, Marc
  • 1999-2001: Colonel Laporte-Many, Henry
  • 2001-2003: Colonel Nuyttens, Guy
  • 2003-2005: Colonel Doussau, Hervé
  • 2005-2006: Colonel Doxin, Michel
  • 2006-2008: Colonel Perrin, Edouard
  • 2008-2010: Colonel Lefebvre, Xavier
  • 2010–2012: Colonel Giot, Laurent
  • 2012–2014: Colonel Caudrillier, Marc
  • 2014–20 : Lieutenant-colonel Lion, Olivier00

Mission history

Franco-Spanish War

  • 1636 : the regiment was assigned to the army in Burgundy and took part in the siege of Dole . On July 30th of that year the French cavalry regiments were reduced to one company each.
  • 1638 : Refilled, deployed in the Pyrenees and siege of Fontarabie. Relocation to Piémont, battle near Quiers.
  • 1640 : Siege of Turin , capture of Ivrea , battle near Ciovasso, capture of Pianezza and Mondovì
  • 1641 : Siege of Coni
  • 1642 : Relocated to the army in Roussillon . Conquest of Colliour, Perpignan and Lérida
  • 1643 : Skirmishes at Villalonga, Martorell, Tamarit and Lérida. Battle of Rocroi

Thirty Years' War

Wars of the Fronde

  • 1649 : Siege of Paris with the army of Prince de Condé. Then it was moved to the province of Berry and cashed there on January 20, 1650, it was not supposed to fight the royal troops again.
  • 1653 : After the Prince de Condé had been pardoned, he went to Spain and re-established his regiment there. It now fought for the Spanish King Philip IV until it returned to France with Condé in 1659 and returned to the service of the king on November 7th.
  • 1659 : Garrisons in Picardy
  • 1661 : The regiment was reduced on April 18th. There was only one company on foot that belonged to Prince Condé.
  • 1664 : The regiment's body company fought against the Turks in the Turkish War on the Raab in Hungary. Only 66 riders returned to France.
  • 1665 : Re-established on December 7th, the regiment spent 1666 in the Compiègne camp

War of devolution

On May 24th, the regiment was reduced to Condé's personal company. This company was under the command of Capitaine-lieutenant Jean de Cologny.

Dutch War

March 17th: capture of Valenciennes ,
April 11th: Battle of Cassel
April 17th: capture of Saint-Omer
September 24th: March to the Rhine
0October 7th: Battle near Kochersberg
November: Siege of Freiburg
  • 1678 :
July: Battles near Rheinfelden (Baden) and on the Kinzig
August 14: Battle at Saint-Denis-lès-Rebais
  • 1682 : in garrisons in Artois
  • 1683 : in the camp on the Saône

Reunion War

  • 1684 : Assigned to the army in Roussillon . Fight on the Ter and at the siege of Girone
  • 1685 to 1686 : In the Adour camp .

War of the Palatinate Succession

War of the Spanish Succession

War of the Austrian Succession

  • 1733 : capture of Kehl, reconnaissance against the fortress Philippsburg
  • 1734 : Siege of Philippsburg , battle near Ettlingen and battle near Klausen
  • 1735 : Strategic marches with smaller battles
  • 1741 : Operations in Westphalia and Bavaria, march to Prague
  • 1742 : During the siege in Prague. Retreat to Eger
  • 1743 : Battle of Dettingen, then return to France. Garrisons in Alsace under the command of Marshal Coigny. Winter quarters in Dijon, then in Belfort until May 1744.
  • 1744 : capture of Wissembourg , defensive battles on the Lauter . Skirmish at Augenheim and Siege of Philippsburg. Strengthening the workforce from three to four escadrons.
  • 1745 : Fighting on the Upper Rhine
  • 1746 : back in Flanders,
February 21: capture of Brussels
March 15th: Siege of Antwerp
July 10: Siege of Mons
September 19th: Siege of Namur
October 11th: Battle of Roucoux

The regiment now left the army in Flanders and constantly changed garrisons in the years of peace that followed. In 1748 it was briefly in Ath, 1749 in Valenciennes and Saint-Quentin , 1751 in Rethel and Givet (Ardennes) , 1752 in Neufchâteau (Vosges) , 1754 in Condé, then in Marnay (Haute-Saône) , Pesmes , Charmes (Vosges) , Épinal and Sedan , from where it moved to Neuss in 1757.

Seven Years War

The regiment took part in all campaigns of the Seven Years' War.

Until the French Revolutionary Wars , the regiment did not take part in any fighting. From March 28, 1763, it was in Lille and was brought to full strength by the incorporation of the dissolved cavalry regiment "Toulouse-Lautrec". Again, it constantly changed its garrison, in the same year it moved to Limoges , 1765 to Dole , 1766 to Besançon , 1767 to Belfort , 1768 again to Limoges, 1770 to Lille, 1772 to Saintes , 1773 to Bordeaux, Condom and Limoges, 1774 after Arras , 1776 after Hesdin . Here it was converted into a dragoon regiment and received number 11 in the ranking of the army.

The dragoons then moved to Fougères , Saint-Malo and the Camp de Paramé, 1778 to Metz, 1779 to Stenay , 1780 to Bourges and Issoudun , 1781 to Bayeux , 1783 to Besançon, 1788 to Metz and Camp de Frescati, 1790 to Épinal and Vaucouleurs , in May 1792 it was in Verdun (Here it had already been renamed the 2 e régiment de dragons.)

Wars of the Revolution and the First Empire (1792-1815)

Dragoons of the regiment in the Napoleonic era
Battle of Jena ,
Battle of Golymin.

Between 1808 and 1814, 12 officers of the regiment died, four died from their wounds and 61 were wounded.

1815 to 1848

Franco-German War

First World War

Mobilization in Lyon . During the First World War , the regiment was dismounted and used as infantry.

  • 1914
September 24th to 26th, 1914: Defense battle near Charmes
Mid-October to November 2, 1914: First Battle of Flanders
  • 1915
September 1915: Winter battle in Champagne
  • 1916
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  • 1917
Battle of the Aisne
  • 1918
March: Defensive battles during the German spring offensive

In the interwar period it was converted to a mechanized unit as the "2 e bataillon de dragons portés" (2nd reinforced dragons battalion).

Second World War

The 2 e régiment de dragons portés formed together with the “3 e régiment d'automitrailleuses” (3rd armored car regiment) the “13 e brigade légère mécanique” (13th light mechanized brigade). In November 1940 the brigade of the "3 e division légère de cavalerie" (3rd light cavalry division) was subordinated. In the event of a German attack on Luxembourg , this division was to march into Luxembourg and fight the Germans. For this purpose there was an agreement that the division should necessarily carry out destruction of the infrastructure. During the German invasion, the 1st and 2nd battalions were in Rédange , the rest of the regiment in Russange .

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Campaign in France

  • May 10, 1940: invasion of Luxembourg
  • May 24th to 31st and June 5th to 7th: Battle of the Somme, fighting and retreat until June 17th.
  • September 1940: Reshuffle in Auch as part of the armistice army in Vichy-France
  • November 29, 1942: Oath of Auch: After the occupation of the rest of France ( Anton company ) by the German Wehrmacht on November 11, the remaining French armed forces had to be disbanded on November 27 by order of the Germans.

On the night of November 29th, the regiment had started to bid farewell, with Colonel Schlesser obliging the Dragoons to continue the fight. Most of the dragoons fought their way through Spain to North Africa, the Capitaine de Neuchèze stayed behind with the smaller part and joined the Resistance with this . He succeeded in doing that script to bring the regiment to safety. From the escaped personnel, the regiment was rebuilt in Tunisia in December of the same year .

  • September 29, 1943: Capitaine de Neuchèze escaped with the regiment's standard on board the French submarine “Aréthuse” from the beach near Ramatuelle ( Var department ) to North Africa.
  • August 30, 1944: Landing in Provence
  • September 8-10, 1944: Fighting at Autun
  • September 10, 1944: Meeting with the 86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) in Saulieu
  • 1944: Campaign in the Vosges , the Doubs department and Alsace
  • April 1, 1945: Crossing the Rhine near Germersheim, fighting in the Black Forest , advancing towards Constance , occupation of Innsbruck and Schwaz

After 1945

Insignia of the 8 e division d'infantry
Insignia of 2 e blindée division
Equipped with AMX-13 tank destroyers, jeeps and 4x4 3/4 t trucks (called "Dodge")
The conversion to the AMX-30 followed
  • 1984–1997: Garrison in Crépy-Couvron . Equipped with AMX-30 tanks , the regiment belonged to the "8 e division d'infanterie" (8th infantry division) and after its dissolution from 1993 to 2005 to the "2 e division blindée" (2nd armored division)
  • from 1991: conversion to the AMX Leclerc
  • 1997– : Garrison in Fontevraud . Since July 1, 2005, the regiment has been directly subordinate to the "Commandement des forces terrestres". (Command of the Land Forces)0000
  • 2005: Surrender of the tanks and reclassification into an NBC defense unit.
  • January 14, 2015: The first forces arrive in Conakry to fight the Ebola epidemic

Current composition

  • 849 military and civilians in:
  • 005 mixed escadrons (exploration and decontamination)
  • 001 staff and supply cadron
  • 001 reserve cadron
device

Inscriptions on the standard

The outstanding battles and campaigns in which the regiment took part are listed in gold letters on the standard :

2e régiment de dragons - nucléaire, biologique et chimique -drapeau.svg
  • Valmy 1792
  • Zurich 1799
  • London 1800
  • Austerlitz 1805
  • Iéna 1806
  • La Mortagne 1914
  • Ypres 1914
  • Flandres 1918
  • Champagne 1918
  • Autun 1944
  • Forêt-Noire 1945
  • AFN 1952-1962

Motto

The motto of the Grand Condé Regiment was:

"Da materiam splendescam"
  • in French: “Donnez m'en les moyens et je resplendirai” (give me the means and I will shine).
  • Modified from the Condé motto: "Donnez-moi l'occasion de briller" (Give me the opportunity to shine)

Honors

The flag ribbon is decorated with:

  • Fourragère des Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with the olive des Croix de guerre 1939–1945

  • Croix de guerre 1914-1918

  • Croix de guerre 1939-1945

  • Médaille des évadés

particularities

In 1790 the regiment was used in the suppression of the mutiny in Nancy .

Traditions

Royal Army Uniforms

  • Condé cavalerie 1740–1757

  • Condé cavalerie 1757–1762

  • Condé cavalerie 1762–1767

  • Condé cavalerie 1767–1776

  • Condé dragons 1776-1779

  • Condé dragons 1779–1786

  • Condé dragons 1786-1791

Standards of the Royal Army

The Condé dragoon regiment does not, like the other dragoon regiments, lead the guidon, but a standard like the heavy cavalry.

  • 1740 (front)

  • 1740 (back)

  • 1740–1776 (front side)

  • 1740–1776 (back)

  • 1814 (front side)

  • 1814 (back)

Napoleonic standards

  • Standard model 1804 front

  • Standard model 1804 back

Web links

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ http://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/presentation/organisation-des-forces/arme-blindee-cavalerie/2e-regiment-de-dragons
  2. ↑ 2nd Reinforced Dragoon Battalion
  3. ↑ http://www.institut-strategy.fr/rihm_76_HistoriqueduRegimentwps.html
  4. ↑ Between 1793 and 1803 the rank of Colonel was replaced by Chef de brigade
  5. ↑ Dishonorably dissolved
  6. ↑ Jean-Yves Mary La bataille des trois frontières (May-June 1940) | éditeur Heimdal Bayeux 2012 ISBN 978-2-84048-331-1 p. 144.
  7. ↑ www.super6th.org ( Memento from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ RP Defense: Ebola: Le Brigadier Fabrice du 2e Regiment de Dragons, l'un des "ange gardiens" du CTS. March 18, 2015, accessed May 4, 2015 (French).
  9. ↑ 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, numéro 27, 9 novembre 2007 Arrêté relatif à l'attribution de l'inscription AFN 1952–1962 sur les drapeaux et étendards des formations des armées et services, du 19 November 2004 (A) NORDEF0452926A Michèle Alliot -Marie (regulation no. 12350 / SGA / DPMA / SHD / DAT of September 14, 2007 regulates the inscriptions on the standards of the troops of the army, the medical service and the fuel supply service (Service des essences des armées). The basis is the “Bulletin officiel des armées », numéro 27, 9 November 2007)
  10. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.garnison-paris.terre.defense.gouv.fr
  11. ↑ In November 1942, when the French armistice army was dissolved, the officers and riders of the regiment decided to continue the fight in their garrison Auch , stopped by their commander, Colonel Shlesser. Some escaped to North Africa, others joined the Resistance . The Capitaine de Neuchèze (who died as Chef d'escadron in Autun in September 1944 ) had escaped to Algiers with the regiment's standard. In 1945 this standard was awarded the insignia of the "Médaille des évadés". This was created in 1926 to honor one successful or two unsuccessful attempts to escape from enemy custody. (It is the only unit of the French army to date with this award)
  12. ↑ Histoire de l'armée française , Pierre Montagnon, éditions Pygmalion 1997