3 e régiment de dragons

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Bourbon Cavalerie
Bourbon Dragons
3 e régiment de dragons

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last association badge of the regiment from 1989
active January 17, 1649 to June 30, 1997
Country Blason France modern.svg Flag of France.svg France
Armed forces Blason France modern.svg Flag of France.svg french army
Branch of service cavalry
Type Reiterregiment
armored reconnaissance
regiment mixed tank regiment
Strength 4 escadrons
Patron saint St. George
motto "Ardet et Audet"
(Il brûle et il ose)
commander
commander Last: Colonel Le Bot
Important
commanders

Henri Jules de Bourbon, prince de Condé

The 3 e régiment de dragons ( Régiment de Bourbon cavalerie , then Régiment de Bourbon dragons ) was set up in 1649 in the Kingdom of France as a regiment of heavy cavalry . It was in service under various names and functions until it was dissolved in 1997.

Lineup and significant changes

  • January 17, 1649: from . Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé , for his son d'Enghien duc as Régiment d'Enghien cavalerie set
  • 1686: renamed Bourbon Cavalerie
  • 1761: incorporation of the Regiment de Noé cavalerie
  • 1776: Conversion into a dragoon regiment called Régiment de Bourbon-Dragons
  • January 1, 1791: The army was reorganized by royal decree. All regiments lost their names and were now assigned only one number. The Régiment de Bourbon-Dragons became the 3 e régiment de dragons .
  • 1811: Conversion into the 2 e régiment de chevau-légers lanciers , the “3 e dragons” no longer existed, the number 3 of the dragoon regiments was listed as “vacant”.
  • 1816: Establishment of the Régiment de dragons de la Garonne (No. 3)
  • 1825: Renamed to 3 e régiment de dragons
  • April 30, 1929: dissolution
  • May 1, 1929: In Lunéville , parts of the dissolved 3 e régiment de dragons were merged with the 3 e groupe de chasseurs cyclistes (3rd group of cycling hunters) and the 3 e bataillon de dragons portés (3rd reinforced dragon battalion ).
  • December 1, 1939: Conversion to the 3 e régiment de dragons portés
  • 1940: After the war ended with garrison in Castres in the armistice army of Vichy incorporated
  • 1942: After the German occupation of the rest of France ( Anton company ) dissolved
  • 1944: re-established as the 3 e régiment de dragons
  • February 1, 1945: dissolution
  • 1976: The 5e régiment de hussards was converted into the 3 e régiment de dragons .
  • 1997: dissolution

Mestres de camp-lieutenants, colonels-lieutenants and colonels

Mestre de camp was from 1569 to 1790 the rank designation for the regiment holder and / or the actual commander of a cavalry regiment. 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 French army also used the term Chef de brigade for cavalry . From 1791 there were no more regimental owners.

Enghien Cavalry
  • 1649 to 1650: Henri Jules de Bourbon, prince de Condé , duc d'Enghien
  • 1651 to 1651: Jean de Coligny, comte de Saligny
  • 1659 to 1659: Comte de Romainville
  • 1659 to 1665: Hérard Bouton, marquis de Chamilly
  • 1665 to 1671: Gaspard de Champagne, comte de La Suze
  • 1671 to 1681: Marquis de Lanmary
  • 1681 to 1686: Comte de Xaintrailles
Bourbon Cavalry
  • 1686 to 1690: Comte de Xaintrailles
  • 1690 to 1692: Comte de la Chapelle-Balon
  • 1692 to 1702: N. de Choiseul, marquis de Lanques
  • 1702 to 1719: N. de Royer, comte de Saint-Micaud
  • 1719 to 1730: N. de Crussol d'Uzès, marquis de Montausier
  • 1730 to 1744: François Emmanuel de Crussol d'Uzès, marquis de Crussol des Salles
  • 1744 to 1761: Louis Joseph Nicolas, marquis de Cambis
  • 1761 to 1762: Gabriel Augustin de Franquetot, comte de Coigny
  • 1762 to 1770: Louis, vicomte de Noé
  • 1770 to 1776: Amable Charles, marquis de La Guiche
Bourbon Dragons
  • 1776 to 1788: Amable Charles, marquis de La Guiche
  • 1788 to 1789: Jean François Léonor, baron d'Hunolstein
  • 1789 to 1791: Anne Michel Louis, vicomte de Roncherolles
3 e régiment de dragons
  • 1791 to 1792: Colonel René Pierre Louis d'Hangest
  • 1792 to 1792: Colonel Anne Hyacinthe d'Harange de Vaujour
  • 1792 to 1793: Colonel Paul Alexandre Leblanc-Delisle
  • 1793 to 1794: Chef de brigade Marie Joseph Capitain
  • 1794 to 1796: Chef de brigade Paul Guillaume Daunant
  • 1797 to 1800: Chef de brigade André François Bron de Bailly
  • 1800 to 1806: Chef de brigade Edmé Nicolas Fiteau
  • 1806 to 1810: Colonel Joseph Claude Grézard
  • 1810 to 1811: Colonel Pierre Marie-Auguste Berruyer
Dragons de la Garonne
  • 1814 to 1815: Colonel Jean Baptiste Dubessy
  • 1815 to 1816: Colonel Lignyville
  • 1816 to 1822: Colonel Pusy
  • 1822 to 1825: Colonel de Bergeret
3 e régiment de dragons
  • 1825 to 1830: Colonel de Bergeret
  • 1830 to 1830: Colonel de Bougainville
  • 1830 to 1831: Colonel de Desaix
  • 1831 to 1841: Colonel de Brémond
  • 1841 to 1849: Colonel de Maisonneuve
  • 1849 to 1849: Colonel Gasten
  • 1850 to 1851: Colonel Marion
  • 1852 to 1861: Colonel Estampes
  • 1861 to 1868: Colonel Brauer
  • 1869 to 1870: Colonel Bilhau
  • 1870 to 1871: Colonel Michel-Aloys Ney
  • 1873 to 1876: Colonel Barbut
  • 1876 ​​to 1876: Colonel Barbault de la Motte
  • 1876 ​​to 1882: Colonel de Lovencourt
  • 1882 to 1882: Colonel Ouguen
  • 1882 to 1889: Colonel Duvivier
  • 1889 to 1897: Colonel de Beaumarchais
  • 1897 to 1903: Colonel de Seroux
  • 1903 to 1908: Colonel Louvat
  • 1908 to 1909: Colonel Chêne
  • 1909 to 1913: Colonel Lechevrel
  • 1914 to 1918: Colonel Schmidt
  • 1918 to 1919: Colonel de la Motterouge
  • 1919 to 1919: Colonel de Chaillou
  • 1919 to 1921: Colonel de la Teillais
  • 1921 to 1925: Colonel Rivain
  • 1925 to 1929: Lieutenant-colonel de Baciocchi
3 e battalion de dragons portés
  • 1929 to 1936: Chef d'escadrons Ricklin
  • 1936 to 1939: Chef d'escadrons de Reboul
3 e régiment de dragons portés
  • 1939 to 1940: Lieutenant-colonel de Reboul
3 e régiment de dragons portés (Armistice Army )
  • 1940 to 1942: Colonel Amanrich
3 e régiment de dragons ( Resistance )
3 e régiment de dragons
  • 1944 to 1945: Chef d'escadrons de Segonzac
3 e régiment de dragons
  • 1976 to 1977: Lieutenant-colonel Royer
  • 1977 to 1979: Lieutenant-colonel Arlabosse
  • 1979 to 1981: Lieutenant-colonel Ernould
  • 1981 to 1983: Lieutenant-colonel Bizet
  • 1983 to 1985: Lieutenant-colonel Vergé
  • 1985 to 1987: Colonel Élie
  • 1987 to 1989: Colonel Lasserre
  • 1989 to 1992: Colonel Le Roy
  • 1992 to 1994: Lieutenant-colonel Péron
  • 1994 to 1996: Lieutenant-colonel Chevallier-Chantepie
  • 1996 to 1997: Colonel Le Bot

Uniforms

  • Bourbon Cavalry Regiment 1757 to 1762

  • Bourbon Cavalry Regiment 1762 to 1767

  • Bourbon Cavalry Regiment 1767 to 1776

  • Bourbon-Dragons Regiment 1776 to 1779

  • Bourbon-Dragons Regiment 1779 to 1786

  • Bourbon-Dragons Regiment 1786 to 1791

  • 3 e régiment de dragons ex Bourbon-Dragons 1791

Standards

  • Bourbon cavalerie

  • 3 e regiment de dragons 1804 to 1811 (front side)

  • 3 e regiment de dragons 1804 to 1811 (back side)

  • 3 e regiment de dragons until 1997 (front)

  • 3 e regiment de dragons until 1997 (back)

On the back of the regimental flag (since Napoleonic times) the campaigns and battles in which the regiment took part are listed in gold letters.

Historical garrisons

Mission history

Régiment d'Enghien Cavalerie

  • War of the Fronde 1653 to 1659
  • War of Devolution (1667 to 1668)
  • Dutch War (1672 to 1678)

Regiment de Bourbon Cavalerie

  • War of the Palatinate Succession (1688 to 1697)
War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1733)
  • War of the Polish Succession (1733-1735)
  • War of the Austrian Succession (1740 to 1748)
  • Seven Years War (1756 to 1763)
Use in battle near Korbach
Participation in the Battle of Ponte Novu

Régiment de Bourbon-Dragons no combat activity

Revolution and Empire

  • The 3 e régiment de dragons took part in the "Armée du Nord" in the campaigns of 1792 and fought in the cannonade at Valmy and in the battle at Jemappes .
  • In 17934 it was assigned to the “Armée du Nord” with which it took part in the battle at Sprimont (September 18, 1794).
  • Campaigns with the Armée d'Italie and participation in the Battle of Arcole followed in 1796 .
  • 1798 to 1799 with the Armée d'Italie and with the Orient Army in the campaign to Egypt . The unit was able to distinguish itself on July 25, 1799 in the Battle of Abukir .
  • In 1800 the regiment belonged to the 2nd Reserve Cavalry Corps in the "Armée d'Italie".
  • In 1805 the unit fought with the 1st Cavalry Corps of the Grande Armée in the Battle of Austerlitz .
  • Assigned to the 6th Reserve Cavalry Corps in 1806, the Dragoons took part in the campaign to Prussia and Poland and fought in the Battle of Jena .
  • 1807 Participation in the Battle of Eylau and the Battle of Friedland . Then assignment to the observation corps on the Gironde.
  • 1809 seconded to the Portugal Army. Participation in the Spanish War of Independence until 1811 . Then he was sent to the reserve army in Portugal and converted into a Chevau légers lanciers regiment.

1815 to 1852

During the February Revolution of 1848 , insurgents set fire to the wooden railway bridge at Chatou and ravaged the station building. They could be driven out by the mobile guard .

Second empire

...

First World War

When the war broke out, the regiment was in the Richemond quarter in Nantes .

1914

From August 1914 to June 1916 assigned to the 9th Dragoon Brigade in the 9th Cavalry Division.

1915

  • no information available

1916

  • no information available

1917

  • no information available

1918

Interwar period

From 1929 to 1939 the unit was stationed under the name “3 e bataillon de dragons portés” in the “Quartier Stanislas” in Lunéville .

Second World War

In February 1940, the 3 e régiment de dragons portés with the 2 e régiment d'automitrailleuses (2 e RAM - 2nd armored car regiment ) was used to set up the 12 e brigade légère mécanique (12 e BLM - 12th Light Mechanized Brigade). This brigade was subordinate to the 2 e division légère de cavalerie (2nd light cavalry division). According to the Dyle plan (German invasion of Belgium) the division should cross the Ardennes and advance with the 2nd Army towards Martelange on the border of Belgium and Luxembourg. Two groups were formed, the 12 e BLM was part of the east group.

Further information is not available.

1976 to 1997

  • The 3 e régiment de dragons was re-established on January 1, 1976 in the Heuberg camp through the transformation of the 5 e régiment de hussards (ministerial decision of May 2, 1975).
  • It consisted of a training cadron, a staff and supply cadron and three combat escadrons with a total of 793 soldiers, equipped with 41 AMX-30 B battle tanks , 14 AMX-10 P armored personnel carriers and 10 AMX-13 VTT armored personnel carriers .
  • A 5th Escadron (set up on July 27, 1978 and disbanded on July 1, 1984) was assigned to the regiment as a division reconnaissance squadron of the 3rd Panzer Division from September 1, 1979.
  • On June 27, 1979, the 3 e Dragons signed a sponsorship with the Bundeswehr tank battalion 294, also stationed in the Heuberg camp.
  • On September 13 and 14, 1986, the 300th anniversary of the Bourbon Cavalry was celebrated with an open day.
  • On July 14, 1993, the regiment parade on the occasion of the national holiday on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Motto

Ardet et Audet
(he's dying to dare)

Awards

The flag ribbon is decorated with:

  • the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with two palm branches for two honorable mentions in the army command and four gold-plated stars for four honorable mentions in the corps command
  • the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 with a palm branch for a special mention in the army command
  • the Fourragère des Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with the olive in the colors of the Croix de guerre 1939–1945

  • Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with two palm branches and four gold-plated stars

  • Croix de guerre 1939–1945 with a palm branch

  • Last standard carried
  • 3e reg dragons revers 1997.png
  • 3e rég dragons 1997.png

Personalities who served in the regiment

Other internal association badges

  • Badge of the 3 e Bataillon de dragons Portes (1937)

  • Badge 1941

  • Badge 1941

  • Badge 1976

  • Badge 1983 to 1989

Footnotes

  1. ↑ For some time now an infantry component has been added to the tank regiments in France, in this case a mechanized infantry company, which, however, was referred to as the Escadron.
  2. ^ Louis Joseph Nicolas, marquis de Cambis, brigadier on May 10, 1748, maréchal de camp on February 20, 1761
  3. ↑ Data sheet from Michel Ney d'Elchingen on the website of the French Ministry of Culture
  4. ↑ Decision No. 12350 / SGA / DPMA / SHD / DAT of September 14, 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 . In: Bulletin officiel des armées. No. 27, November 9, 2007.
  5. ↑ «  Décision n ° 12350 / SGA / DPMA / SHD / DAT du 14 September 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, 9 November 2007  »(German:“ Provision n ° 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 branch. Published with the official army bulletin No. 27 of November 9, 2007 ")
  6. ↑ "  Arrêté relatif à l'attribution de l'inscription AFN 1952–1962 sur les drapeaux et étendards des formations des armées et services, du 19 novembre 2004 (A) NORDEF0452926A Michèle Alliot-Marie  " (German: "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 Michèle Alliot-Marie ")
  7. ↑ This also applies to units that have already been disbanded, as they can (theoretically) be put back into active service at any time
  8. ^ Modification of Jules Brunet's birth certificate on the website of the French Ministry of Culture
  9. ↑ working time
  10. ^ A b Jean-Yves Mary: Le corridor des Panzers. “Across the Meuse” (Par-delà la Meuse, 10-15 May 1940). Volume I. Heimdal, Bayeux 2009, ISBN 2-84048-270-3 , sections 34-38.

literature

  • Historiques of the corps de troupe de l'armée française (1569–1900). Ministère de la Guerre, Berger-Levrault, Paris 1900.
  • Serge Andolenko (général): Recueil d'historique de l'arme blindée et de la cavalerie. Eurimprim, Paris 1968.
  • Susane (général): Histoire de la cavalerie française. 3 volumes. Dumaine, Paris 1874.
  • André de Bonnières de Wierre (capitaine): Historique du 3 e régiment de dragons 1649-1892. Éditions Bourgeois, Nantes 1892.
  • Historique du 3 e Régiment de Dragons 1649–1986. Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre (SHAT), 1986.
  • Historique du 3 e Régiment de Dragons 1649–1997. Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre (SHAT), 1997.
  • Historique du 3 e Dragons pendant la campagne 1914–1918. H. Charles-Lavauzelle, Paris 1920 ( digitized on Gallica ).
  • Journaux de Marches et Opérations du 3 e Dragons durant le premier conflit mondial. Issue 1–5. Service historique de la Defense (SHD).

Web links

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