5 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval

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Régiment de chasseurs du Hainaut
5 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval

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Internal association badge
active 1675 to 1994
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 Hunter on horseback
Type Panzer Regiment
Location Périgueux
motto "Quoerit quem devoret"
commander
commander Last: Colonel Garrigou Grandchamp
Important
commanders

Mestre de camp , Alexis Bidal, baron d'Asfeld

Standard of the Régiment de La Suze dragons

The 5 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval (5th regiment of hunters on horseback) was a unit of the light cavalry of the French army . The regiment was formed in 1675 and dissolved in Périgeux in 1994.

Lineup

At the beginning there was a dragoon corps, which, together with a corps of irregulars , was commanded as a cavalry corps in 1675 by a Mr. d'Audigeau (or possibly d'Audijos) from Gascony . On March 13, 1676 he set up a regular dragoon regiment from it.

Disagreed with the disciplinary measures taken by War Minister Louvois , Monsieur d'Audigeau left his regiment in Sicily. It was then given to Alexis Bidal, baron d'Asfeld, who had to cleanse it of unpleasant elements and reorganize it. From 1675 to 1787 it bore the different names of the respective regiment owners.

  • 1788: Transformation into a regiment of hunters on horseback and renaming to "Chasseurs du Hainaut".
  • 1791: Renaming to "5 e régiment de chasseurs"
  • 1814: renamed "Régiment des chasseurs d'Angoulême"
  • 1815: Renamed "5 e régiment de chasseurs" during the reign of the Hundred Days . Disbanded at the end of the year.
  • 1816: Re-established in Avignon as "Régiment de chasseurs du Cantal"
  • 1825: Renaming to "5 e régiment de chasseurs"
  • 1831: Conversion into the “5 e régiment de lanciers” (5th Uhlan regiment) with the takeover of the staff of the 10 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval
  • 1927: dissolution
  • 1964: Reorganization as "5 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval"
  • 1994: Dissolution in Périgueux

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 (e.g. 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.

  • 1676: Alexis Bidal, baron d'Asfeld
  • 1678: Benoìt Bidal, baron d'Asfeld
  • 1696: Chevalier d'Hautefort
  • 1709: Comte de Saumery
  • 1731: Comte de la Suze
  • 1744: Claude François Bidal, 1st marquis d'Asfeld
  • 1749: Viscount de Thyanges
  • 1761: Chevalier de Chapt de Rastignac
  • 1764: Comte de Belzunce
  • 1782: Comte then in 1785 Viscount de Ségur
  • 1792: Colonel Jean Nicolas de Monard
  • 1806: Pierre Bonnemains
  • 1907: Boyer
  • July 29, 1911 to October 20, 1914: Colonel Hennocque
  • 1924: Olivier Ruffier d'Epenoux
  • 1964: de Quatrebarbes
  • 1965: Bouyx
  • 1968: Rabany
  • 1970: Pierrard
  • 1972: Guinard
  • 1974: Berest
  • 1976: Beaussant
  • 1978: Merle
  • 1980: Urvoy
  • 1982: Gombeaud
  • 1984: Ceccaldi
  • 1986: Colonel de Froissard de Broissia
  • 1988: Colonel de Courrèges
  • 1990: Colonel Tartinville
  • 1992: Colonel Garrigou Grandchamp

Garrisons

Previous uniforms

  • Uniforms

  • Régiment de La Suze dragons 1733-1744

  • Régiment de Thyanges dragons 1750-1761

  • Régiment de Chapt dragons 1762-1763

  • Régiment de Belsunce dragons 1776-1779

  • 1779-1786

  • Régiment de Ségur dragons 1786-1788

  • Regiment de chasseurs à cheval de Hainaut 1788-1789

  • Régiment de chasseurs à cheval de Hainaut 1789-1791

  • 5 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval by decree of 1791

Chasseurs des 5 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval of the Grande Armée , illustration by Vernet from the series La grande armée de 1812

Mission history

Ancien Régime

Revolutionary wars and wars of the empire

1815 to 1848

Second empire

Standard command around 1905

First World War

In 1914 the regiment was garrisoned in Châlon sur Marne. From August 1914 to November 1918 it was part of the "5 e brigade de cavalerie légère" (5th light cavalry brigade), which belonged to the "5 e division de cavalerie" (5th cavalry division). The regiment was mounted throughout the war.

1914

1915

  • April to December: in the Artois

1916

  • January to July: in the Artois
  • August: on the Marne
  • September to December: in Lorraine

1917

1918

Second World War

  • From 1929 to 1964 the regiment was not active.

Combat vehicles 1964 to 1994

  • Vehicles used by the regiment

  • M47

  • AMX 13

  • AMX 30

Motto

Quoerit quem devoret
"cherchant quelqu'un à dévorer"
... he tries to devour someone

Derivation from the first letter of Peter, chapter 1, verse 8:

“Be sober and watch; for your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. "

Association badge

The association badge made of green enamel with a silver edge shows symbolically the coat of arms of the House of Hainaut (three black rafters on a gold background) in memory of the name "Chasseurs du Hainaut", which the regiment carried from 1788 to 1791. A raised, silver unicorn was placed on it , as a badge of the "Center d'instruction" (training center) from which the regiment was newly formed in 1964.

Inscriptions on the last standard carried

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

Standard of the regiment in a simplified form

Awards

The flag ribbon is decorated with:

The Croix de guerre awarded to the regiment

particularities

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

literature

  • Historique du 5 e Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval pendant la guerre 1914–1918 , Paris, Berger-Levrault, sd, 64 p.
  • Historique des corps de troupe de l'armée française , Ministère de la Guerre, 1900
  • Encyclopédie des insignes de l'ABC, Tome II, Les chasseurs à cheval par les Chefs d'Escadrons , R.JEHAN et JP LECCE -Cheminements Editions -2008- ISBN 978-2-84478-708-8
  • ANDOLENKO (général), Recueil d'historique de l'arme blindée et de la cavalerie , Paris, Eurimprim, 1968

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the French army it is customary to carry on traditional regimental names, even if the tasks of the unit have fundamentally changed. B. the 2nd Dragoon Regiment a unit of the NBC defense.
  2. ↑ Guy Penaud: Le Grand Livre de Périgueux . Éditions la Lauze 2003 p. 119 ISBN 2-912032-50-4 .
  3. ↑ http://cavaliers.blindes.free.fr/rgtdissous/5chasseursh2.html#chap1
  4. ↑ 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 novembre 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 », number 27, 9 November 2007