56 e régiment d'infantry
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Régiment de Bourbon |
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 Internal association badge |
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| active | 1635 to 1940 |
| Country |
 France
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| Armed forces |
 French armed forces
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| Armed forces |
Armée française de terre
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| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry regiment |
| Strength | 1250 (with reserve company) |
| Patron saint | Saint-Maurice d'Agaune |
| motto | "Dignes de nos aînés" |
| commander | |
| Current commander |
Last: Commandant Chauveau de Quercise |
The 56 e régiment d'infanterie (56 e RI) was an infantry regiment of the French army.
Before regiment numbering was introduced on January 1, 1791, it was last named Régiment de Bourbon in the royal French army .
Lineup and significant changes
- 1635: Established as Régiment d'Enghien (also: Enguyen).
- 1650: cashed
- 1651: rehabilitated
- 1651: Second cassation
- 1659: Second rehabilitation
- 1686: Renamed the Régiment de Bourbon.
- 1791: renamed 56 e régiment d'infanterie.
- 1793 First army reform The regiment was than 1 he bataillon "ci-devant Bourbon" to 111 e demi-brigade de Bataille and 2 e bataillon "ci-devant Bourbon" to 112 e demi-brigade de Bataille off. This ends the regimental association and the line of tradition
- 1803: Renaming of the "56 e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne" to 56 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (de facto continuation of the regiment tradition)
- 1815: Legion de la Seine-et-Marne.
- 1820: Renamed 56 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne.
- 1870: Renamed to 56 e régiment d'infanterie.
- 1870: Renamed 56 e régiment provisoire d'infanterie. (Provisional Infantry Regiment)
- 1882: Renaming to 56 e régiment d'infanterie.
- 1914: During the mobilization, the 256 e régiment d'infanterie was set up as a reserve regiment
- 1923: Dissolution (The tradition was continued by the 134 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne.)
- 1939: re-established as 56 e régiment d'infanterie.
- 1940: Demobilized after the Compiègne armistice
Uniformity
1720-1734
1734-1757
1762-1776
1776-1779
1779-1791
Uniform of the 56 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne 1791–1792
1792
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, the command was given to the “Mestre de camp lieutenant” (or “Mestre de camp en second”) or the Leave a colonel lieutenant or colonel en second.
- Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé , regiment owner from 1635 to 1646.
- Maréchal de Montmorency-Laval (Wounded three times at the head of his regiment.)
- 1806: Colonel Louis Thomas Gengoult (later Général de division )
- Maréchal Jean Lannes (killed in the battle of Aspern ).
- 1870: Colonel Ména
- 1870: Lieutenant-colonel Billot
- 1889: Colonel Eugène Revin.
Mission history
- Thirty Years' War
- Fronde 1649-1653
- War of devolution 1667–1668
- Dutch War 1672–1678
- Reunion War
- Siege of Luxembourg 1683–1684
- War of the Palatinate Succession 1688–1697
- War of the Spanish Succession 1701–1714
- War of the Polish Succession (in Italy 1733-1735)
- War of the Austrian Succession 1740–1748
- Seven Years War 1756–1763
Wars of Revolution and Empire
- 1792–1794: Franco-Austrian War
- 1793–1797: First coalition war
- 1805: Third coalition war
- 1807: Campaign in Poland
- 1808–1809: Spanish War of Independence
- 1809: Campaign in Germany and Austria
- 1812: Russian campaign in 1812
- 1813: Campaign in Germany
- 1814: Campaign in France
- 1815: Campaign in Belgium, Battle of Waterloo
1815-1848
- 1826–1828: Campaign in Spain
- 1841–1848: conquest of Algeria
Second Empire
- 1856–1859: pacification of Algeria
- 1859: Sardinian War - Campaign in Northern Italy
- 1870–1871: Franco-German War
- On August 1, 1870, the 56 was e régiment d'of "infantry Army of the Rhine " allocated.
Together with the 1 er bataillon de chasseurs (1st hunter battalion on foot) under Commandant Bureau and the 3 e régiment de zouaves (3rd Zouave regiment) of Colonel Bocher, the 56 e RI formed the 1 er brigade d'infanterie (1st infantry brigade ) under Général Fraboulet de Kerléadec. This 1st Brigade formed in conjunction with the 2nd Brigade (Général Lacretelle), two artillery batteries of four guns Canon de modèle 4 1858 , a Mitrailleusenbatterie and a Pionierkompanier 4 e division d'infantry (4th Infantry Division) commanded by Général de division De Lartigue. The division was part of the 1 er corps d'armée (1st Army Corps) of Maréchal de Mac-Mahon, Duc de Magenta .
- August 3, 1870: Garrison in Strasbourg.
- August 5, 1870: the 4th Division advanced on Eberbach and occupied the heights northeast of Niederwald across from Bruck-Mühle.
- August 6, 1870: Battle of Wörth .
- 7-14 August 1870: retreat to Châlons.
On August 17, 1870, the regiment was assigned to the Armée de Châlons.
With the 1 er bataillon de chasseurs under Capitaine Briatte and the 3 e régiment de zouaves of Colonel Bocher, the 56 e RI formed the 1 er brigade under Général Fraboulet de Kerléadec. Together with the 2nd Brigade of Général Carray de Bellemare, two artillery batteries of four guns each, a mitrailleuse battery and a pioneer company, the 4 e division d'infanterie (4th infantry division) under the command of Général de division De Lartigue. The division was under the 1st Army Corps of Général de division Ducrot.
- August 31, 1870: Battle of Sedan .
1870 to 1914
- December 1870: In the Langres 2 was e battalion of 56 e régiment provisoire d'infantry (56th Infantry Regiment Provisional) set up.
- December 16, 1870: Battle at Longeau
- 1900: Garrison in Chalon-sur-Saône
First World War
- At the time of the mobilization , Chalon-sur-Saône was the garrison. The regiment was assigned to the “29 e brigade d'infanterie” in the “15 e division d'infanterie” of the “8 e corps d'armée”.
- 1914:
- Battle of Sarrebourg
- Skirmishes at Gosselming and Saint-Jean-de-Bassel
- Battle of Mortagne (Vosges)
- 1915: Trench warfare at La Louvière on the Woëvre plain.
- July – August 1916: Battle of Verdun
- 1917: k. A.
- 1918: Fighting in Champagne and Picardy
- October 8-10: 2nd Battle of St. Quentin .
In 1918 he was named "Régiment d'élite."
Second World War
On September 7, 1939, the regiment was brought to war by the CMI n ° 82 (Center Mobilisateur d'Infanterie - Infantry Mobilization Center) in Mâcon . It was initially under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Bourquin, then from June 10, 1940 under the command of Commandant Chauveau de Quercise and belonged to the 16 e division d'infanterie (16th infantry division) in the superordinate "8 e région militaire" (8th military region) in Dijon . The regiment consisted of three infantry battalions of four companies each and a 13th engineer company.
From February to May 1940 the unit was in the area of the Maginot Line near Haguenau .
From May 24 to June 9, 1940, the 16th Infantry Division fought defensive battles near the village of Saint Fuscien . The section of the 56 e RI was on the road (Grande route) Amiens-Paris.
On June 26, 1940, the remnants of the division were collected in the Beaumont-du-Périgord region and then demobilized.
The regiment was not set up again afterwards.
Regimental flag of the 56 e RI
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.
Awards
The flag ribbon is decorated with the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with two palm branches and the gold medal of the city of Milan.
The members of the regiment have the right to wear the Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre 1914–1918.
Croix de guerre 1914-1918
Médaille d'or de la ville de milan
Motto
( Worthy of Our Ancestors)
Web links
literature
- Général Andolenko Recueil d'Historiques de l'Infanterie Française , Eurimprim 1969.
- Commandant Rousset Histoire générale de la guerre franco-allemande (1870–1871) , Volumes 1 & 2, L'Armée Impériale
Individual evidence
- ↑ Since Louis II. De Bourbon, prince de Condé , as Duc d'Enghien holder of the regiment, was actively involved in the uprising of the Fronde against the king, the regiment was dismissed on January 20th (that is, it was officially forfeited its status declared and was therefore no longer part of the king's army.) On June 21, it was disbanded. His remnants as well as those of the Régiment de Condé joined the army of Turenne , with which they were defeated in the battle of Rethel .
- ↑ which had nothing to do with the former 65 e regiment d'infanterie
- ↑ « 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 ")
- ↑ " 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 ")
- ↑ This also applies to units that have already been disbanded, as they can (theoretically) be put back into active service at any time
- ↑ According to French practice, the unit can be set up again at any time.
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