43 e régiment d'infantry

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Royal regiment des Vaisseaux
43 e regiment d'infanterie

Insigne du 43e regiment d'infanterie.jpg

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active March 16, 1638 to December 31, 2010
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 infantry
Type Infantry Regiment
Support Regiment
Location Lille
Nickname "Le royal des vaisseaux"
Patron saint Saint-Maurice d'Agaune
commander
commander Last: Colonel Philippe Bialais

The 43 e régiment d'infanterie ( 43 e RI ; originally: Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux ) was an association of the French army. The regiment distinguished itself from its formation in all wars with French participation up to the Indochina War . It no longer exists today.

Lineup and significant changes

Ancien Régime

The unit was set up by Henri d'Escoubleau de Sourdis , Archbishop of Bordeaux, in 1638 under the name Régiment des Vaisseaux . He was also Lieutenant général des armées navales . It was intended as a sea battalion (marine infantry). The date of commissioning was March 13, 1638.

  • March 13, 1638: Establishment of the Régiment des Vaisseaux
  • March 10, 1644: Renamed the Régiment des Vaisseaux-Mazarin
  • 1648: incorporation of the dissolved "Régiment de Breuil"
  • June 25, 1650: Renamed the Régiment des Vaisseaux-Candale
  • January 1658: Renamed the Régiment des Vaisseaux-Mazarin
  • March 15, 1661: Renamed the Régiment des Vaisseaux-Provence . (The regiment passed to the crown, Colonel, that is, regiment owner, was now the king himself. The Duc de Mercœur as de facto commander only carried the title of lieutenant colonel.)
  • September 20, 1669: Renamed the Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux

Revolution and First Empire

  • January 1, 1791: renamed 43 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne
  • 1793: First army reform . The regiment was the one he battalion "ex Vaisseaux" to 85 e demi-brigade de Bataille and 2 e battalion "ex Vaisseaux" to 86 e demi-brigade de bataille off. This ended the regimental association and the line of tradition.
  • 1803: Renaming of the "43 e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne" to 43 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (de facto continuation of the regiment tradition)

1815 to 1852

  • 1815: dissolved
  • 1816: rebuilt as the Légion de Loiret
  • December 6, 1820: Renamed in Brest to 43 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne , consisting of two battalions. A third battalion was formed on May 1, 1823.
  • 1830: By order of September 18, a fourth battalion was set up. The staff was now 3,000 men.

1914 to 1944

  • During the mobilization in 1914, a reserve regiment , the "243 e régiment d'infanterie", was set up.
  • 1939: Conversion to a motorized infantry regiment: 43 e régiment d'infanterie motorisé
  • September 1, 1940: Conversion into a mountain infantry regiment : 43 e régiment d'infanterie alpine , within the armistice army of the Vichy regime
  • November 11, 1942 to April 29, 1943: gradual dissolution

1944 to 2010

  • September 16, 1944: 43 e régiment d'infanterie de la Liberation is set up in Lille
  • January 12, 1945: renamed 43 e régiment d'infanterie
  • April 1, 1945: dissolution
  • April 12, 1947: formation of the 43 e battalion d'infanterie
  • January 1, 1949: Conversion into the 43 e régiment d'infanterie
  • February 12, 1949: Conversion into the 43 e demi-brigade d'infanterie consisting of:
43 e battalion d'infanterie
16 e battalion de chasseurs à pied
  • March 1, 1954: Conversion to 43 e régiment d'infanterie
  • September 12, 1956: march to Morocco
  • May 1, 1958: The "Center d'instruction" and the recruits depot of the "43 e régiment d'infanterie" became the "Center d'instruction du 43 e RI" (training center of the 43 e RI).
  • November 24, 1959: Colonel Andrès handed over the regimental flag to the remaining 3rd Battalion as a traditional association.
  • September 18, 1962: The Chief de bataillon Parouty deposited the regimental flag in the fort of Vincennes .
  • February 29, 1964: The "Center d'instruction du 43 e RI" was dissolved.
  • March 1, 1964: Re-establishment of the 43 e régiment d'infantry
  • April 4, 1964: The regiment received the flag back.
  • 1978: Incorporation into the 12th Infantry Division. The regiment consisted of six companies, a staff and supply company, three combat companies and two training companies. The affiliated regiment was until 1995 the "243 e régiment d'infanterie".
  • 1984: Conversion into the 43 e régiment d'infanterie et de commandement de corps d'armée (43 e RICCA - Army Corps Staff Regiment); Consisting of five companies: 1 headquarters and supply company, 1 corps headquarters with headquarters company, 1 combat company, 1 telecommunications company, 1 training company.
  • September 1, 1991: Conversion to 43 e régiment d'infanterie
  • 1995: The regiment was disbanded.
  • 2002: Reorganization of the 43 e RI with stationing in Lille and Douai. Consists of two staff supply companies, two command support companies and two reserve companies.
  • 2005: Another reorganization. Garrison now only in Lille with three companies.
  • December 31, 2010: Resolution of 43 e régiment d'infantry
  • January 1, 2011: The "Groupement de soutien de la base de défense" (GSBdD - Support Group of the Defense Base Lille) took over the flag and tradition of the 43 e RI.

Mestres de camp / Colonels

Mestre de camp was from 1569 to 1661 and from 1730 to 1780 the denomination of rank for the regiment holder and / or for the officer in charge of the regiment. The name "Colonel" was used from 1721 to 1730, from 1791 to 1793 and from 1803 onwards.

After 1791 there were no more regimental owners.

Should the Mestre de camp / Colonel 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”) or the “Colonel-lieutenant” or “Colonel en second”.

Ancien Régime

  • March 13, 1638: Henri d'Escoubleau de Sourdis
  • February 1640: Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
  • March 10, 1644: Jules Mazarin
  • June 25, 1650: Louis-Charles-Gaston de Nogaret de Foix, duc de Candale
  • March 15, 1661: Louis de Vendôme, duc de Mercœur
  • September 20, 1667: Alexandre Le Bret
  • March 29, 1679: Louis Potier de Gresvres, marquis de Gandelus (fallen)
  • April 24, 1689: Louis, comte de Mailly (fallen)
  • April 29, 1692: René, marquis de Nevet
  • June 16, 1699: Hyacinthe de Montvalat, chevalier d'Entragues (fallen)
  • March 1, 1702: Isaac-Charles de La Rochefoucaud, comte de Montendre (fallen)
  • August 27, 1702: Louis de Régnier, marquis de Guerchy
  • June 14, 1705: Thomas Le Gendre de Collandre
  • March 6, 1719: Pierre-Aimé de Guiffrey, comte de Marcieu
  • November 25, 1734: Claude Louis François de Régnier, comte de Guerchy
  • May 26, 1745: Jean-Baptiste Charles Hubert d'Esparbès de Lussan, chevalier d'Aubeterre (fallen)
  • February 21, 1746: Louis Henri d'Esparbès de Lussan, comte d'Aubeterre-La Serre (fallen)
  • August 7, 1747: François Emmery de Durfort, comte de Civrac
  • November 30, 1761: Anne Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou
  • July 28, 1773: Charles Pierre Hyacinthe, comte d'Ossun
  • March 10, 1788: Frédéric-Séraphin de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet -Paulin, marquis de Gouvernet

Revolution and First Empire

  • October 21, 1791: Colonel Louis Joseph Marie Rogon de Carcaradec
  • May 16, 1792: Colonel Anselme De Sicard (emigrated to the Netherlands on August 20, 1792 because of his support for the king)
  • September 4, 1792: Colonel François de Vergès

[...]

  • 1805: Colonel Yves Lemarois
  • May 10, 1807: Colonel Jean-Claude Baussin
  • May 19, 1811: Colonel Antoine Devez
  • January 23, 1813: Colonel Nicolas Jacquemard
  • July 2, 1813: Colonel Jean-Pierre René Stanislas Weller de Chef du Bois
Colonels of 43 e RI killed or wounded
Colonel Le Marois: killed February 8, 1807
Colonel Baussin: Wounded June 10, 1807, killed February 27, 1811
Colonel Devez: died April 14, 1812
Colonel Weller de Chef du Bois: wounded October 13, 1813 and November 10, 1813
Officers of the regiment killed or wounded between 1804 and 1815
fallen: 18
wounded: 182

From the restoration to the First World War

  • November 17, 1820: Colonel Genty
  • November 14, 1821: Colonel Gérard
  • February 7, 1823: Colonel de La Tour du Pin de La Charce
  • August 16, 1830: Colonel Janin
  • April 14, 1831: Colonel Lacretelle
  • September 29, 1837: Colonel Charles-Antoine Massoni
  • April 16, 1843: Colonel Cornille
  • April 11, 1843: Colonel Lorenton-Dumontet
  • January 7, 1852: Colonel Douay
  • October 23, 1852: Colonel de Martimprey
  • September 5, 1854: Colonel Broutta
  • July 12, 1859: Colonel Jeanningros
  • March 12, 1862: Colonel Wolff
  • 1868: Colonel Aimable Louis Joseph Pollet
  • May 1, 1870 to August 14, 1879: Colonel Ernest de Viville
  • August 23, 1879: Colonel Mathieu
  • March 13, 1883: Colonel de Ricouard d'Hérouville
  • May 6, 1887: Colonel Jacquey
  • April 9, 1892: Colonel de Courson de la Villeneuve
  • December 29, 1897: Colonel Guelle
  • June 4, 1903: Colonel Bizard
  • December 22, 1906: Colonel de Lartigue
  • September 27, 1911: Colonel Proye

First World War

  • Sept. 23, 1912 -?: Colonel Paul Maistre
  • 2nd to 29th August 1914: Colonel Proye
  • August 31 to September 6, 1914: Lieutenant-colonel Baston
  • September 14 to December 6, 1914: Lieutenant-colonel Lapointe
  • December 6, 1914 to January 8, 1915: Colonel Proye
  • January 8, 1915 to April 24, 1917: Lieutenant-colonel Lapointe
  • April 25 to May 4, 1917: Chef d'escadron Marthe
  • May 4 to June 12, 1917: Lieutenant-colonel Nenig
  • June 24, 1917: Lieutenant-Colonel Carrot

Interwar period

  • May 24, 1921: Colonel Council
  • April 14, 1923: Colonel Merx
  • March 16, 1925: Colonel Leroy
  • December 15, 1925: Colonel Forehead
  • March 25, 1927: Colonel Dewattre
  • September 1, 1928: Colonel Fournier
  • April 25, 1930: Colonel Cousse
  • April 25, 1932: Colonel Aymes
  • April 25, 1934: Colonel Jules René Troublé
  • April 25, 1936: Colonel Bornecque
  • July 10, 1938: Colonel Meyer

Second World War

  • January 13, 1940 to June 29, 1940: Colonel Pierre Veyrier Du Muraud
  • September 7, 1940: Colonel Schneider
  • March 1, 1942 to November 30, 1942: Colonel Dumas
  • September 30, 1944: Colonel Marcel Lajouanie

After 1945

I. II.
  • January 7, 1946: Colonel Paquette
  • January 16, 1947 to March 31, 1947: Colonel Letang
  • January 1-31, 1949: Colonel Masson
  • 43 e demi brigade
  • August 1, 1950: Colonel de Toustain du Manoir
  • April 21, 1952: Colonel Katz
  • March 7, 1954: 43 e regiment d'infanterie
  • September 1954: Colonel Noël
  • September 10, 1956: Colonel Pénichon
  • November 1, 1958 to October 31, 1959: Colonel Andres
  • September 18, 1962: The battalion chief returned the flag to Fort de Vincennes.
  • March 1, 1964: Colonel Loyer
  • 1966: Colonel Ducret Roger
  • July 1, 1967: Colonel Delerm
  • July 1, 1969: Colonel Hautecœur
  • July 31, 1971: Colonel Rouquette
  • July 31, 1973: Colonel Philippe
  • July 31, 1975: Colonel Moussu
  • August 1, 1977: O'Callaghan
  • August 1, 1979: Colonel Poudevigne
  • August 1, 1981: Colonel Simonet
  • August 1, 1983: Colonel Bracoud
  • August 1, 1985: Colonel Vautrin
  • August 1, 1987: Colonel Gouffault
  • August 1, 1989: Colonel Barth
  • August 2nd: Colonel Lavigne
  • September 1, 1993: Colonel Dequen
  • September 1, 1995: Colonel Gabet
  • August 29: Colonel Hubault
  • August 31, 1999: Colonel Amelineau
  • August 31, 2001: Colonel Paitier
  • June 27, 2003: Colonel Baulain
  • July 4, 2005: Colonel Louze
  • July 4, 2007: Colonel Hameury
  • July 6, 2009: Colonel Philippe Bialais

Equipment in the royal army

Flags

  • Régiment des Vaisseaux to Régiment des Vaisseaux-Provence

  • Royal regiment des Vaisseaux 1669

  • Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux 1669–1730

  • Royal regiment des Vaisseaux 1730–1791

  • Body flag

  • Body flag

  • Body flag

Uniformity

  • Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux 1720 to 1734

  • Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux 1734 to 1757

  • Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux 1762 to 1776

  • Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux 1776 to 1779

  • Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux 1779 to 1791

  • Grenadier of the 43 e régiment d'infantry de ligne 1791-1794

Battle calendar

Franco-Spanish War (1635 to 1659)

  • 1638: Immediately after the formation, the regiment was sent with the archbishop's fleet under the Prince de Condé to attack the Spanish coast in the Bay of Biscay . On August 22nd, the unit was involved in the sea battle of Gattari. Then set ashore, took part in the battle of Fontarrabie . The winter quarters were moved into La Rochelle .
  • 1639: On June 8, it was on ships engaged in a naval battle with a Spanish fleet of 45 ships off Saint-Martin-de-Ré .
  • 1640 to 1644: Arrived in Toulon in July 1640, the regiment stayed in the city for the rest of the year. In 1641 it was embarked for Tarragona and took part in the expedition along the Catalan coast. In June it was in Roussillon when Elne was taken . After Richelieu's death, the unit was reduced to a free company by order of August 30, 1643. On March 10, 1644 it was replenished in Perpignan , for which purpose the missing companies from the "old regiments" (Vieux régiments) were detached. The unit remained stationed in Perpignan until 1654.
  • 1654: The regiment left Perpignan and took an active part in the fighting in Roussillon and Catalonia under the Prince de Conti . In this campaign it was involved in the capture of Villefranche-de-Conflent , the supply of food from Roses and the capture of Puigcerdà . The regimental commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Le Bret, was wounded when his hand was shot through.
  • 1655: The unit was part of the troops that occupied Cap de Creus . This was followed by a detour to Castillon and Cadagne as well as a battle near Solsonès .
  • 1659: After the Peace of the Pyrenees , it returned to Perpignan.

Expedition to North Africa

On July 2, 1664, the regiment, consisting of only four companies (after the end of the war against Spain had been massively disarmed and personnel reduced), was embarked in Toulon. The association was under the command of François de Bourbon-Vendôme, duc de Beaufort , and still consisted of the Régiment de Normandie , Régiment de Picardie , Régiment de Navarre and "Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux". On June 22nd, the small fleet appeared on the Algerian coast and occupied the city of Jijel . This expedition, however, was a total failure. Disease decimated the troops to such an extent that the Duc de Beaufort finally had to order a retreat. Jijel was left on October 5th and the journey back to Toulon began.

War of Devolution (1667 to 1668)

The "Vaisseaux-Provence" regiment left its garrison in 1667 to join the "Armée de Flandre" (Flanders Army). It was involved in the sieges of Tournai, Douai and Lille and then remained as a garrison in Douai. A detachement of 250 men was posted to protect a column of river boats that were supposed to bring ammunition across the Scarpe and the Scheldt to Tournai. Attacked by a superior force, it was possible to repel this attack after a fierce battle without losing a single boat. When Louis XIV found out about this, he was very satisfied and instructed that 100 Louis d'or be paid out to each captain , 50 Louis d'or to each lieutenant, 30 Louis d'or to each sergent, and one Louis d'or to each ordinary soldier. Furthermore, the regiment was granted the privilege of using the title “Royal” in its name in future; it should therefore lead from then on "Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux". However, this arrangement was only implemented on September 20, 1669 after the death of the Duc de Mercœur. At this time the cross arms of the regimental flag were adorned with the royal lilies. It is uncertain whether the ship symbol was already attached in the center of the cross and only confirmed from 1730 onwards. The regiment remained in Douai and on May 14, 1670 had the honor of defiling before the king. In 1671, analogous to the "old regiments", it consisted of 70 companies.

Dutch War

Fortifications of Zutphen
  • 1673: Siege of Maastricht . It occupied positions on the Meuse and, after the end of the fighting, had 50 officers killed or wounded and more than 200 soldiers wounded or fallen.
  • 1674: It was relocated to Franche-Comté for the Prince de Condé's army. Here it formed a brigade together with the Regiment du Roi in the battle of Seneffe . Here it lost the Capitaines de Billy and Villiers as well as three lieutenants, 45 officers were wounded.
The regiment was transferred to Lorraine to refresh , but soon returned to the army, with which it took part in the capture of Remiremont and the battle of Enzheim .
  • 1675: In January it fought together with the Régiment de La Marine and the Régiment d'Orléans in the battle of Türkheim . It ended the campaign on the Meuse with the capture of Dinant, Huy and Limbourg.
  • 1676: With the Flanders Army at the siege of Condé and Bouchain, during which it was distinguished by an attack on the Contrescarpe . In July it was under the command of François de Créquy during the siege of Aire . In the same year three companies were used in the defense of Philippsburg .
  • 1677: Siege of Valenciennes, then Saint-Omer. The regiment was able to distinguish itself in the battle of Cassel , here it fought in the first line.
  • 1678: Ghent and Ypres and the battle of Saint-Denis followed. Afterwards back with the army in Germany, it was used in the capture of Kehl. This ended the war for the regiment, and from August 9th it was garrisoned in Robertsau . It then occupied the forts of the fortress of Strasbourg and moved to Besançon after the peace treaty .

Reunion War

From his garrison in Aire, the 1st battalion was deployed to the siege of Courtrai and the 2nd battalion to the siege of Luxembourg . The battalion stood in the security cordon around the siege troops. After the end of the war, the regiment was transferred to Verdun.

War of the Palatinate Succession

  • 1688: The regiment distinguished itself during the siege of Philippsburg , Mannheim and Frankenthal. It spent the winter in Strasbourg.
  • 1689: March 29th: Together with the Régiment de Navarre , it carried out a loss-making attack on Oberkirch . Lieutenant Colonel Gandelus was killed here. It was then moved to the Landau fortress and used for fortification work on the fortifications.
  • 1691: Assignment to the army in Flanders. The use in the siege of Mons was associated with great losses. All officers of the grenadiers were wounded, the Capitaine Constant and Lieutenant Villedière killed.
  • 1692: It was increased to three battalions; Siege of Namur . During the storming of the citadel on June 7th, the Capitaine Pomarel, two sergents and 22 soldiers were killed and 15 officers were wounded. In the Battle of Steenkerke , the regiment lost eight officers and 1,345 soldiers dead, 52 officers and 406 soldiers were wounded. It was then moved to Ath for refreshment.
  • 1693: Siege of Charleroi. This was followed by commanding the army in Germany, where it remained without combat activity until the Peace of Ryswick in 1697.

War of the Spanish Succession

  • 1701: "Royal-Vaisseaux" was withdrawn from the Rhine and relocated to Italy, where it was immediately used in the battle of Chiari .
  • 1702: Relocated to Cremona, where it was used in the Battle of Cremona , which led to the capture of the Maréchal de Villeroy by Prince Eugene's troops . Some time later it fought in the Battle of Luzzara .
  • 1703: "Royal-Vaisseaux" contributed to the defeat of the rearguard of Guido von Starhemberg at Stradella . It was also involved in the victorious battles near Castelnuovo and Bornia. It then moved to the Trentino with the Duc de Vendôme , with the capture of Bersello, de Nago and Arco and the battle at San Sebastiano. It was in Montserrat for the winter.
  • 1704 to 1706: Siege of Asti , Ivrea , Verceil and Verrue. Participation in the siege of Chivasso, the battle at Cassano and the capture of Soncino. Battle of Calcinato and Siege of Turin.
  • 1707: Transfer to the army in Spain, with participation in the battle of Almansa and the siege of Lleida . On September 20, it opened the trenches in front of the fortified Ciudad Rodrigo .
Plaque of the regiment on a wall of the citadel of Lille
  • 1708: A battalion returned to France and was deployed in Lille under the Maréchal Boufflers in the fifteen-month defense of the citadel . The other two battalions remained in Spain during the siege of Tortosa .
  • 1709 to 1715: In the winter of 1709 the company was relocated to Flanders. In 1711 the regiment was used in combat at Arleux and in 1712 at Denain. In 1712 it fought in the siege of Douai. Committed to the army on the Rhine in 1712, it was used during the siege of Landau and to protect Freiburg im Breisgau.
In 1714 the third battalion was disbanded and divided between the other two battalions. Furthermore, on July 30, 1715, parts of the dissolved "Régiment de Vallouze" were incorporated.

Quadruple Alliance War

"Royal-Vaisseaux" took part in the campaign to Spain under the leadership of James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of Berwick . It was involved in the sieges of Fuenterrabia , La Seu d'Urgell , San Sebastián , Castellone and Roses .

War of the Polish Succession

  • 1734: Reinforced again to three battalions, the regiment was assigned to the army on the Rhine. Here it was involved in the attack on the Ettlinger line and in the siege of Philippsburg .
  • 1735: It fought in battle near Klausen and ended the campaign in the camp on the Ruwer . Then it returned to France and moved into garrison in Saint-Omer.

War of the Austrian Succession

  • 1741: "Royal-Vaisseaux" received the order in Metz to march to the Rhine. On August 21, it crossed the river at Fort-Louis and marched on to Bavaria. The army then gathered at Donauwörth and moved towards Vienna . The regiment was given the task of protecting against possible attacks by light troops near Enns . It then left Enns and moved to Linz .
  • 1742: It stood out in beleaguered Linz when it fell out on January 16 and defended itself against the attack on January 23, when it lost its lieutenant-colonel de Perillé and the Capitaine d'Apchier. In January it had to capitulate with the garrison under the Maréchal de camp Henri François de Ségur. After leaving Linz with the condition not to fight any more that year, it moved to Saarlouis and Strasbourg, where it remained until the next year.
  • 1743: march to Donauwörth to join the army in Bavaria, afterwards field camps were moved into Kelheim and near Regensburg . After the Maréchal de Broglie had ordered the retreat to the Rhine, the unit marched in the advance guard of the army and remained in Speyer until the end of the campaign . It was used here several times for entrenchment work on the defensive positions along the Lauter and then moved to winter quarters in Metz.
  • 1744 and 1745: Assignment to the army in Flanders, first in the field camp of Courtrai and then in the winter quarters in Ypres. Used in 1745 at the siege of Tournai and in the battle of Fontenoy . In this battle, the regiment lost the Capitaines Lévis, Danton, Pérille, Dezières, d'Antremont, du Rozel and d'Alègre, plus 10 lieutenants. The Lieutenant-Colonel du Breuil was seriously wounded, 33 officers sustained gunshot wounds, and a third of the men were missing on the battlefield. The regiment then returned to Tournai, where it distinguished itself in the siege of the citadel. In the same year he took part in the siege of Oudenaarde and Dendermonde .
  • 1746: Participation in the siege of Brussels , in which the new lieutenant colonel d'Aubeterre was wounded. "Royal-Vaisseaux" then moved to Leuven and was then used in the battle at Quircon and in the sieges of Antwerp, Mons and Namur. In the battle of Roucourt it could not gain any merit.
Battle of Roucourt
  • 1747: The regiment spent the winter in Falaise , where it had been sent to protect this part of the coast. In the battle of Lauffeldt it was able to recapture the village together with the Irish brigade. This bloody attack brought great losses to the regiment. The Lieutenant Colonel d'Aubeterre-La Serre, the Major de Boissonade, the Capitaines Saint Dizier, Villargèle, Montgelfont, Battine, Forbin-Gardanne, de Marle, la Tuilerie, Saint Aignan, Geoffroy, Latter, Dezières, Bonneval and 12 lieutenants fell. Despite these enormous losses, it was subsequently used in the siege of Bergen op Zoom .
On July 8th it left the king's army and united with Ulrich von Löwendal's siege troops in front of Mechelen . Together with the Régiment de Beauvoisis , it was at the head of the attackers on the day of the decisive storm. It ended the war after the siege of Maastricht, in which it lost four officers.
  • 1748 and 1749: From the regiment, which had meanwhile grown to four battalions, the 4th battalion was disbanded on September 1, 1748 and the 3rd battalion on January 15, 1749.

Seven Years War

  • 1757 to 1761: The regiment was in the camp of Grainville. A detachement of 50 men was sent to the Îles Chausey on July 19 , as they were attacked by the English. Relocation to the Saintonge coast and then to Brittany the following year . Some companies participated in the Battle of Saint-Cast on September 11th .
  • 1762: Deployment to the auxiliary corps, which was supposed to support the King of Spain in the conquest of Portugal.

Peace time

Back in France in 1763, it was first placed in garrisons at Mont-Louis and Villefranche, moved to Toulouse in May of that year, to Douai in April 1764, to Maubeuge in September of the same year and to Lille in August 1766. In June 1767 it was moved to the Camp de Compiègne and then to Mézières. For fear of new hostilities from the English, the regiment was transferred to Valognes in May 1770 .

The 2nd Battalion was embarked on January 6, 1771 in Le Havre for the Antilles . The 1st battalion moved by ship from Saint-Servais (Finistère) to Brest. On December 11th, the 2nd Battalion was back in Le Havre and moved into quarters in Alençon in January 1772. On May 12, 1772, the regiment was reunited in Maubeuge. The garrison moved to La Rochelle in October 1773, to Banzas in June 1775, to Dax and Saint-Servais in January 1776 and to Bayonne in September of the same year. In June 1777 the 1st battalion moved to Château-Trompette and the 2nd battalion to Blaye. In November 1780 the 1st Battalion was in Maubeuge and the 2nd Battalion in Le Quesnoy. In September 1781 the 1st battalion moved to Lille and the 2nd battalion to Douai. Merged again in Calais in October 1783, it moved to Saint-Omer in October 1784 and to Aix in September 1786, to Saint-Venant, Béthune and Arras in October 1787, to Saint-Omer in March 1788 and to Lille in December 1789.

Wars of the Revolution and the First Empire

In June 1790, "Royal-Vaisseaux" was commanded to Strasbourg. In 1792 the now "43 e régiment d'infanterie" with the 2nd battalion was in Givet, the 1st battalion was assigned to the Armée des Ardennes. The regiment fought in the cannonade at Valmy , the battle of Jemappes and in the battle of Neer winds .

In 1793, in the course of the premier amalgams, the two battalions were used to set up the "68 e demi-brigade de bataille" and the "69 e demi-brigade de bataille". This ended the traditional line of the "43 e régiment d'infanterie".

In 1803 the regimental designations were reintroduced and the "43 e demi-brigade d'infanterie" (which had nothing to do with the former 43rd infantry regiment) was renamed the "43 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne".

In the same year campaign in France with service at the Battle of Champaubert , Battle of Montmirail , Battle of Vauchamps , Battle of Laon , Battle of Reims , Battle of Fère-Champenoise and the Battle of Paris .

1815 to 1914

After the final defeat of Napoleon, the 43 e régiment d'infanterie was dissolved in the Deux-Sèvres department in 1815 , but re-established as the "Légion de Loiret" in the following year.

The 43 e RI during the maneuvers at Vigneux in 1901

1830: July Revolution : The regiment stationed in Le Havre and Dieppe remained passive.

February 1831: Participation in the suppression of the unrest in the Morbihan department

1845–1851: conquest of Algeria:

  • October 11, 1845: The regiment was garrisoned at Toulon. Two battalions were shipped to Algiers on October 31st and one battalion on November 3rd. Garrison in Algeria became a bougie .
  • December 9, 1845–4. January 1846: expedition against the united tribes under Abd el-Kader ; the poorly prepared action cost the lives of 66 soldiers, only two of them through combat.
  • February 14, 1846: The 1st battalion was in Philippeville , the 2nd battalion in Sétif . Operations were carried out against the Bou Taleb tribe.
  • June 12, 1846: The 1st battalion moved to Jijel , the 2nd battalion operated against the Amouchas tribe.
  • April 30, 1847: The 3rd Battalion operated in Kabylia and subjugated the Beni Brahim. The regiment was then transferred to Batna and then to Bône.
  • October – 26. November 1849: Siege of Zaatcha . Operation together with the 1st Battalion of the Foreign Legion and the 4th Company of the "3 e BILA".
  • May to June 1850: A marching battalion was set up and fought against the Nementchas tribe in the Tebessa region.
  • January 6, 1851: Return to France with garrison in Langres .

1851-1859 :

Franco-German War

On August 1, 1870, the "43 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne" was assigned to the Armée du Rhin .

Together with the "5 e bataillon de chasseurs" under Commandant Carré and the 13 e régiment d'infanterie under Colonel Lion, it formed the 1st brigade under Général Véron, known as Bellecourt. The 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade under Général Pradier together with two field artillery batteries with four guns each, a Mitrailleusen battery and a pioneer company formed the 2nd Infantry Division in the IV Army Corps.

On August 16, a fourth battalion was formed from the summoned reservists and volunteers, which was used to set up the "8 e régiment de marche" (8th marching regiment ).

The regiment fought in the Battle of Gravelotte .

  • April 1881 to September 1883: Participation in the intervention in Tunisia
  • October 1, 1887: After the regiments had been reduced to three battalions, the 1st battalion was given up to set up the "147 e régiment d'infanterie".

First World War

  • August 2, 1914 to October 26, 1916: assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
  • October 26, 1916 to January 7, 1918: assigned to the 162nd Infantry Division
  • January 8, 1918 to November 11, 1918: assigned to the 1st Infantry Division

Composition 1914:

Three battalions with a total of 72 officers, 164 NCOs and 3,174 men. There were also 219 horses.
I. II.
  • 1914
Defensive battles on the Belgian border near Charleroi, Hastière , Anseremont (August 16), Odinat, Saint-Gérard (Belgium, August 21 to 23) and Marienbourg (August 25)
Battle of St. Quentin (August 28-29)
Battle of the Marne (September 5th to 13th):
Trench warfare near Seu, in the Esternay region , near Ornes (Meuse) , Reims - Saint-Brice-Courcelles , Courcy , Ferme du Choléra, Berry-au-Bac , Cormicy
Battle of the Aisne (October to mid-December). Fight at Chavonnes, Vailly, Soupir-Montsapin. Then rest in Courcelles-Sapicourt. Transport to Champagne on December 15th.
  • 1915
Trench warfare in Champagne; at Ferme de Beauséjour (February 16-23), in the Bois Oblique (March 13-14), Bois de Pareid
Trench warfare in the Aisne department (April 24 to June 22); near Trésauvaux, Ferme du Godat, Cormicy , Bouffignereux (July 16 to August 3)
The fighting on the Aisne cost the regiment 23 officers and 511 NCOs and men.
I. II.
  • 1916
Fighting on the Aisne (January – February) near La Neuville and Sapigneul
Battle of Verdun (February 27 to April 5); on the Côte du Poivre and the Ravin de Bras-sur-Meuse
Fights on the Aisne (April 6th to August 10th) near Craonnelle and Blanc-Sablon
Battle of the Somme (August to September) near Maurepas , Maricourt and the Ferme du Priez (in September)
Trench warfare in Champagne (October 1st to December 20th) at the Butte de Souain
  • 1917
Trench warfare on the Aisne (January to March); Battle of the Aisne (1917) , fighting on the Plateau de Vauclerc
Aggressive fighting in Flanders (July 5th to November 19th), at Maison du Passeur
Third Battle of Flanders in the Chaudière section (September 27 to November 19)
1918 in Mainz
  • 1918
Fighting on the Aisne; January 10 to March at La Ville-aux-Bois, Juvincourt-et-Damary
April to May fighting at Ferrières, Pérennes, Abbémont
Battle of the Aisne ; June 3 to July 27 defensive battles near Soissons
in August fights at Nouvron-Vingré, Fontenoy, the Ferme de la Tour-Vingré
September 21-28, aggression at Château de Vaucelles and Ferme Gerbau
September 29th to November 11th in peace in the Vosges at Fresse and Le Thillot
  • The First World War cost the regiment 85 officers, 243 NCOs and 2,790 men.
  • In January 1919 the regiment was part of the occupation force in Mainz .

Second World War

From 1939 to 1940, the unit part as "43 e régiment d'infantry motorisée" (43 e RIM - 43. motorized infantry regiment) to the 1st motorized infantry Division (1 re DIM). The regiment had already been massively attacked from the air several times before it first came into contact with the enemy at Dijle in Belgium. It led defensive battles at Bruille-Saint-Amand and Dunkirk. After the Compiègne armistice , it had to lay down its arms. The fighting cost the unit 231 dead and 600 wounded. The day before, the regimental commander, Colonel Gaillard, had ordered the regimental flag to be hidden in the basement of the rectory in Mesnil-Rainfray ( Arrondissement Avranches ) so that it would not fall into the hands of the Germans.

The regiment then belonged to the armistice army of the Vichy regime and was stationed as "43 e régiment d'infanterie alpine" in Marseille (a battalion in Digne ). After the German troops marched into France, which had not been occupied until then, it was disbanded in 1942.

In 1944 there was a formal reorganization by the Maquis du Nord and du Cher. It was used in the battles against the German fortresses on the Atlantic coast.

After 1945

The regiment deployed the "Bataillon de marche du 43 e RI". It was used between January 1847 and June 1948 in the course of the "Opération Léa".

Between 1952 and 1962, the unit took part in operations in Morocco and Algeria. Two officers, three NCOs and 57 men died.

After the Treaty of Evian of March 18, 1962 and the associated armistice, the establishment of the provisional Algerian armed forces began immediately. The 3rd Battalion set up the 416 e UFL-UFO Ziamma Nansouriah.

Regimental flag

Banner 43 e régiment d'infantry (in simplified form)

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.

After the regiment was dissolved on December 31, 2010, the flag was handed over to the GSBdD (Groupement de Soutien de la Base de Défense) in Lille on January 1, 2011. The GSBdD carries the flag of the 43 e RI on official occasions.

Honors

The flag ribbon is decorated with the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with three palm branches for three honorable mention in the army order (October 30, 1916, October 5, 1917 and September 29, 1918) as well as with the gold medal of the city of Milan for participating in the battle at Solferino and the Battle of Palestro in 1859.

The marching battalion posted to Indochina was decorated with the "Croix de guerre des Théâtres d'opérations extérieurs" with a palm branch (according to the army order of June 9, 1948). Although it was customary to carry this decoration over to the regimental flag, it was not treated that way here, and the award was limited to the battalion pennant.

The members of the regiment have the right to wear the Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre 1914–1918.

The cities of Dunkirk and Gembloux have awarded the regiment their respective municipal medals of merit for the 1940 activities.

  • Croix de guerre 1914-1918

  • Croix de guerre des Théâtres d'opérations extérieurs

Motto

Le royal des vaisseaux
(The Royal Vaisseaux)

literature

  • Colonel Pierre Verrier du Mureau: Le Royal des Vaisseaux dans la tempête. Oberthur, Rennes 1954.
  • Capitaine Levesque: 43 e , tes insignes t'en souviens-tu? 2002 (brochure showing all the badges of the “43 e régiment d'infanterie”).
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Denis Chevignard (ed.): Le 43 e RI Le régiment de Lille. Foreword by Alain Decaux. Éditions La Voix du Nord, Lille 2003 (full history of the regiment).
  • Adjudant-Chef Blanchard: La chapelle de la Citadelle de Lille. 2005 (Brochure that shows the architecture and the historical context of the building and mentions the “43 e régiment d'infanterie”).
  • Royal des Vaisseaux. In: Général Louis Susane: Histoire de l'infanterie française. Volume 4. J. Dumaine, Paris 1876, pp. 49-67 ( full text in the Google book search and in Ancestramil ; PDF; 183 kB). English edition: C. Terana, Paris 1985.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ German: 43rd Infantry Regiment
  2. ↑ which had nothing to do with the former 43 e regiment d'infanterie
  3. ↑ Victor Louis Jean François Belhomme: Histoire de l'infantry en France. Volume 5. Henri Charles-Lavauzelle, Paris / Limoges 1902, p. 151 ( digitized on Gallica).
  4. ↑ These were the Régiment de Picardie , the Régiment de Champagne , the Régiment de Navarre , the Régiment des Gardes Françaises , the Régiment de Piémont and the Régiment de Normandie .
  5. ^ Bataillons d'infanterie légère d'Afrique
  6. ↑ according to the website of 43 e RI
  7. ^ Unité de la Force locale
  8. ↑ «  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 ")
  9. ↑ "  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 ")
  10. ↑ This also applies to units that have already been disbanded, as they can (theoretically) be put back into active service at any time
  11. ↑ Defense Base Support Group

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