63 e régiment d'infantry

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Régiment d'Erlach
Régiment d'Ernest
63 e régiment d'infanterie

Insigne 63e RI.jpg

Badge of 63 e régiment d'infantry
active 1672 to 1962
Country Blason France modern.svg Flag of France.svg France
Armed forces Blason France modern.svg Flag of France.svg french army
Armed forces army
Branch of service infantry
Type regiment
Patron saint Saint-Maurice d'Agaune
Awards Fourragère des Croix de Guerre 1914-18 with two palm branches

The 63 e régiment d'infantry was one of four infantry regiments at the request of King Louis XIV from 1671 in the Swiss Confederation were recruited. It was a so-called foreign regiment ( infantry étrangère de ligne ), but with a special status that the Swiss, in contrast to the other foreign regiments, were granted.

Before regiment numbering was introduced on January 1, 1791, it was last named Régiment d'Ernest in the royal French army .

Lineup and significant changes

Louis XIV was the first French king to express the wish to have a permanent combat force of Swiss mercenaries in his army in addition to the Swiss Guards Regiment .

In the relevant negotiations with the Swiss cantons , the surrender stipulated that the obligation was limited to a period of four years and that the soldiers should return home afterwards, after which they would be replaced by a new contingent if war made it necessary.

The original recruiting consisted of unusually strong units of 4,000 to 6,000, sometimes 10,000 and even 16,000 men, who did not need as many commanders or regiment owners as normal regiments.

In 1671, the king terminated the old treaties with the Swiss cantons and ordered Pierre Stuppa (or "Stoppa"), captain in the Gardes suisses , to negotiate new surrenders that allowed four regiments to be kept permanently in service. After the cantons had complained bitterly about such a surprise, the new agreements were signed on August 14 according to the wishes of the king and to his full satisfaction.

These four regiments were soon complete; they arrived in France in the first days of 1672, were paid on February 17th and included in the rankings.

  • February 17, 1672 : The "Régiment d'Erlach" was the first of the four regiments to enter service. It was set up in Bern by the Capitaine de la garde Comte d'Erlach and until the end consisted exclusively of Bernese citizens.
  • 1694 : Renamed the Régiment de Manuel
  • 1701 : Renamed the Régiment de Villars-Chandieu
  • 1728 : Renamed the Régiment de May
  • 1739 : Renamed the Régiment de Bettens
  • 1751 : Renamed the Régiment de Jenner
  • 1762 : Renamed the Régiment d'Erlach
  • 1782 : Renamed the Régiment d'Ernest
  • 1791 : renamed 63 e régiment d'infanterie (Swiss regiment in French service)
  • 1792 : The status as a foreign regiment was terminated, the Swiss were released according to their contract, the regiment dissolved.
  • 1803 : The 63 e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne , which had existed since the second amalgame ( Deuxieme amalgame ), was renamed 63 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne regardless of the traditional line .
  • 1815: With the second restoration , the entire Napoleonic army was released. In the same year the regiments were put back into service as legions. The former 63 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne was now called 63 e Légion - Basses-Pyrénées
  • 1823 : Renamed to 63 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne
  • 1914 : During the mobilization, the reserve regiment , the "263 e régiment d'infanterie", was set up.

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”.

  • February 17, 1672: Jean-Jacques, comte d'Erlach
  • September 1694: Albert Manuel
  • January 17, 1701: Charles de Villars-Chandieu
  • May 9, 1728: Béat-Louis May
  • August 15, 1739: Georges Mannlich de Bettens
  • July 23, 1751: Samuel Jenner
  • February 12, 1762: Abraham, baron d'Erlach de Riggisberg
  • November 24, 1782: Beat-Rodolphe, baron d'Ernest
  • May 11, 1792: Béat-Louis, baron de Watteville de Loin

(...)

  • 1803: Marc Antoine Côme Damien Jean Chrisostôme Lacuée (died February 8, 1807)
  • 1807: Régis Barthélemy Mouton-Duvernet
  • 1809: Benoît Meunier
  • 1813: François Kail
  • 1814: Jean Laurède (died of his wounds on June 16, 1815)
  • 1815: Raymond Jean-Baptiste Teulet
  • August 12, 1861 to August 12, 1870: Louis Adolphe Zentz d'Alnois
  • 1914: Lieutenant-Colonel Paulmier

Between 1804 and 1815, 24 officers died, 11 officers died from their wounds, and 135 officers were wounded.

Furnishing

Royal flags

The regiment carried 12 orderly flags and one body flag.

  • Régiment d'Erlach 1671 to 1694 and 1762 to 1782

  • Life flag of the Regiment d'Erlach

  • Régiment de Manuel 1694 to 1701

  • Life flag of the Regiment de Manuel

  • Régiment de Villars-Chandieu 1701 to 1728

  • Regiment de May 1728 to 1739

  • Life flag of the Regiment de May

  • Régiment de Bettens 1739 to 1751

  • Life flag of the Régiment de Bettens, de Jenner, d'Ernest and d'Erlach

  • Régiment de Jenner 1751 to 1762

  • Régiment d'Ernest 1782 to 1791

  • 63 e regiment d'infanterie 1791/92

  • Flag of the body 63 e régiment d'infantry 1791/92

Uniform until 1794

  • Regiment de May 1720 to 1729

  • Régiment de Villars-Chandieu 1729 to 1734

  • Régiment de Bettens 1734 to 1762

  • Régiment de Bettens 1734 to 1762, sergent

  • Régiment d'Erlach 1762 to 1776

  • Régiment d'Erlach 1776 to 1786

  • Régiment d'Ernest 1786 to 1791

  • 63 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne 1791 to 1792

Mission history

Dutch War (1672 to 1678)

The Régiment d'Erlach arrived in Gex (Ain) from Switzerland and was immediately sent on to the army in the Netherlands, where problems arose immediately. On May 17, 1672, the Prince de Condé wanted to present the regiment to the king as part of his troops in Vizet near Maastricht . However, the Comte d'Erlach did not want to fight a Protestant country. The king then sent the captain Pierre Stuppa to persuade d'Erlach to give in, which ultimately succeeded. The regiment was then able to earn its first merit during the siege of Nijmegen and was assigned to the Duchy of Cleve to take up winter quarters there. Again difficulties loomed as the regiment refused to cross the Rhine at Kaiserswerth . The disgruntled Prince de Condé had the regiment rearranged and given it a choice - either to cross the river or to have it thrown in. The order was then carried out under protest, which drew a reprimand from Condé to d'Erlach.

  • 1673 : During the siege of Maastricht on June 21, the regiment managed to repel a strong sortie , killing the major.
  • 1674 : During the Battle of Seneffe , the unit attacked the village of Fay and suffered heavy losses.
  • 1675 : In order to avoid further conflicts that could arise with regard to the provisions of the treaty during combat operations against Protestant troops, the regiment was moved to Roussillon . Here it was first used during the siege of Fort de Bellegarde . This was followed by the capture of Chapelle Notre-Dame del Castillo.
Fort de Bellegarde
  • 1676 : The year the regiment was in Fort de Bellegarde.
  • 1677 : Back in combat, the unit lost 178 men dead in the battle near Espouilles on July 4th.
  • 1678 : The Régiment d'Erlach stood five times to guard the siege trenches in front of Puigcerdà . It lost the Lieutenants or Ensignes Diesbach, Motais and Guider, the Lieutenant-colonel de Muralt was seriously wounded.

Reunion War (1683 to 1684)

War of the Palatinate Succession (1688 to 1697)

  • 1689 : The regiment carried out the siege of Camprodon , garrisoned there after the capture and was then besieged by the Spaniards themselves. On July 21, a battalion occupying an advanced post was attacked by the Spanish Regimento de los Amarillos. The attack was repulsed and the wounded Colonello Fernando d'Avila was taken prisoner.
  • 1691 : Major Rolland was able to destroy a division of Miquelots at the Cap de Loscot. On May 21, Seu d'Urgell was captured and two Castilian infantry regiments ("Los Colorados" and "Los Amarillos") were captured.
  • 1693 : Capture of Roses
  • 1694 : "Erlach" fought with distinction on May 27th in the Battle of Ter , then in the siege of Palamós , Girone , Hostalric and Castellfollit de la Roca . This year it was named "Régiment de Manuel".
  • 1695 : The regiment was partly in Hostalric and Castellfollit de la Roca. The two battalions were then enclosed and besieged by 20,000 Spaniards in Castellfollit. The siege was repelled 12 weeks after the trenches were opened. For this meritorious action, the regimental commander, Colonel de Manuel, was awarded a gold commemorative coin by King Louis XIV. The obverse showed a bust of the king with the inscription: LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REC CHRISTIANISSIMUS; on the back the king was depicted as a Roman warrior on board a Greek ship, in his hand a trident , on his head a crown and a banner with the motto: VIRTUTI NAUTICAE PROEMIA DAT. Around the edge of the medal it read: ALBERTUS MANUEL LEGIONIS HELVETICOE PROEFECTUS, SERVATO CASTELFOLLITO, MANU REGIS HOC MUNERE DECORATUS ANNO MDCLXXXV.

In the history of the Swiss troops it is still recorded that this medal with a value of 38 Louis d'or was accompanied by a letter from the Minister of War, Marquis de Barbezieux, which was very flattering for Colonel Manuel. Nonetheless, the image of the king with ship and trident was a bit out of place, since Castelfollit was 25 lieues (about 100 kilometers) from the sea in the mountains.

  • 1697 : The regiment was renamed "Régiment de Villars-Chamdieu" that year.

War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)

  • 1701 : Deployment in Flanders
  • 1702 : Fights against the Dutch, as in Nijmegen
  • 1703 : in battle near Eckeren
  • 1704 : Campaign on the Rhine and the Moselle. On August 8, the unit was in action with the corps of the Marquis de Bedemar at Namur.
  • 1706 : Used in the Battle of Ramillies
  • 1708 : Capitaine Leisler fell in the battle of Oudenaarde . After the withdrawal, two battalions came to Ghent, the 3rd battalion to Lille, where it was used under the Maréchal de Boufflers in successfully repelling the siege.
Claude-Louis-Hector, duc de Villars, at the head of the Regiment du Roi during the battle
  • 1709 : Battle of Malplaquet . The regiment then took part in whole or in part in the defense of Arras, fought in the Battle of Denain , in the reconquest of Douai, Quesnoy and Bouchain . It lost the Capitaine Winger at Arras, the Capitaine Wisching at Quesnoy, the Capitaine Steiner and the Lieutenant Goudard at Bouchain.
  • 1713 : "Villars-Chamdieu" was sent to the army in Germany and used to siege Landau fortress . On the night of August 4th to 5th, the regiment was able to repel a crew failure. It lost Major Mannlich, the Capitaines Villars and Samuel-Roy and Lieutenant Willemain. After the Peace of Rastatt , the regiment was reduced to two battalions.

War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738)

1733 : On November 10th, the regiment was reinforced again to three battalions, left its garrison in Givet (Ardennes) and joined the army on the Rhine without ever crossing the river.
1735 : Participation in the battle near Klausen
1737 : On January 8th, the 3rd Battalion was disbanded. It was garrisoned in Metz .
1738 : Relocation to Marsal (Moselle)

War of the Austrian Succession (1740 to 1748)

During the war, the troop was called "Régiment de Bettens". While the French army crossed the Rhine and marched into Bohemia, "Bettens" was stationed in the Dunkirk camp under the command of Maréchal de camp Alexandre Thomas du Bois de Fiennes. Here it was used for entrenchment work and guard duties until October 1742.

  • 1743 : As a garrison in Douai . On September 22nd, the 3rd Battalion was re-established and stationed in Aire-sur-la-Lys .
  • 1744 : "Bettens" was commanded to the Camp de Courtrai and moved to Menen and Ypres in October.
  • 1745 : On April 11th the relocation to Maubeuge took place. Two battalions soon left the town to join the siege of Tournai. On May 9th they were withdrawn from there and used in the battle of Fontenoy . The Brigade de Bettens (Régiment de Bettens with two battalions and Régiment de Diesbach with three battalions) was deployed on the night of August 10th to 12th to build three redoubts at the entrance to the villages of Fontenoy (Yonne) and Anthoing . A battalion from the two regiments then occupied the redoubts to defend the route from Anthoing to Fontenoy, from where the enemy could have attacked the French flank. The other battalions, with four regiments of dragoons, were under the command of Charles-Philippe d'Albert de Luynes, duc de Chevreuse, and the Marquis de Beauffremont. All enemy efforts to break through with the Swiss failed because of their stubborn resistance. On this glorious day, “Bettens” lost 123 dead and the only officer was Sous-lieutenant Tscharner. The regiment then returned to the siege of Tournai and then stood at the sieges of Oudenaarde , Ostend and Nieuwpoort . The regiment ended the campaign with the siege of Ath. The 3rd Battalion, which had been assigned to the artillery, returned to the regimental unit. The winter quarters were moved into Tournai.
  • 1746 : In February the march to the siege of Brussels took place . Afterwards back in Tournai, the city was left for the last time in May to join the siege of the citadel of Antwerp . In July the unit reached the camp near Louvain in association with the Régiment de Beauvoisis . On August 14th, a battle took place near the village of Perwer, which ended victoriously. In September it was relocated to the vicinity of Namur , where posts were taken at the confluence of the Sambre and the Meuse . The regiment reached the siege trenches in front of the Fort d'Orange only on the day of its surrender. It then joined the main body of the army at Tongeren and was used in the division of the Marquis de Contades in the battle of Raucoux . Then the regiment moved first to Brussels, then to Bruges and then to Nieuwpoort, where the winter was spent.
Battle of Raucoux
  • 1747 : At the beginning of the year it took part in the conquest of Dutch Flanders, the siege of Fort de la Perle and Liefkenhoëck. Furthermore, “Bettens” was able to stand out when taking Hulst and Axel . Then "Bettens" replaced the Régiment d'Auvergne in the Camp de Doël, a position that prevented a passage over the Scheldt here. In May, the regiment marched into the Malines camp, from where it, in a brigade formation with the Régiment de La Marck, attacked the opposing posts at the Roeselare mills . Then it carried out digging work and was finally ordered back to the bulk of the army to take part in the battle of Lauffeldt . Here the unit, together with the Régiment de Monnin, was deployed to attack the village on the left and, using a bayonet attack, without firing a shot, stormed in strong defensive fire as far as a ravine that divided the village, and settled here in order to seek reinforcements by an Irish regiment to wait. Then came the order to capture the village of Ulitinghem, which it held until nightfall. The losses were enormous: the Lieutenant-Colonel d'Erlach-Schadau, the Major May, the Capitaines Willemain, Sandoz, Ferrier, de Bellerve, the Lieutenants Chifette, Pol, Repingon, Ilghedefrey and Taitaz, plus 132 non-commissioned officers and men, stayed on Battlefield back. The regiment was then immediately assigned to Normandy .
  • 1748 : The campaign of the year ended on the coast of Brittany ; When peace was made, the 1st and 3rd Battalions were in Le Landreau , and the 2nd Battalion on Belle-Île-en-Mer .

In 1751 the unit was renamed "Régiment de Jenner". In 1753 it was garrisoned at Camp de Gray. On April 1, 1756, the 3rd Battalion was disbanded. In October, "Jenner" was one of the units (20 battalions) that Louis XV was to deliver to Maria Theresa in support . The direct involvement of France in the war that followed made this project obsolete, and "Jenner" was assigned to the army in the Lower Rhine.

Seven Years War (1757 to 1763)

In 1765 the regiment returned to Phalsbourg and relocated to the Camp de Compiègne in 1766, to Verdun in August 1766 , to Lille in May 1768 , to Cambrai in January 1769 , to Toul in August 1769 , to Châteaulin in January 1771, to Châteaulin in June 1771 Condé , in October 1772 to Sarrelouis , in September 1774 to Phalsbourg, in June 1775 to Fort-Louis , in June 1776 to Sarrelouis, in October 1775 to Quesnoy , in May 1777 to Montmédy and Thionville , in November 1778 to Marseille and in October 1781 to Toulon . Here the Colonel baron d'Ernest took command. In September 1783 it was relocated to Montdauphin , 1784 to Corsica, where the garrison was in Calvi and Saint-Florent until May 1789 .

revolution

With the first signs of revolution the regiment was recalled to the mainland and stationed in Aubagne and Toulon . In April 1790 it was commanded to Marseilles to reinforce the forts crews provided by the Régiment de Vexin and the National Guard . Here the Swiss were confronted with the first resistance from the population. In December there was a serious riot in Aix , 400 men of the "Régiment d'Ernest" were sent there to suppress it. The population denied them access to the city, whereupon the troops returned to Marseille, where they were very badly received. Nevertheless, it remained peaceful for a whole year. From October 16, 1791, the dispute between the Swiss and the civilian population escalated, and until October 23 there were several bloody fights. On that day the soldiers were ordered to their barracks by the military authorities. A few days later, "d'Ernest" left Marseille and marched first to Sorgues and from there to Avignon . Soon after, the events in Aix required the regiment's presence. On February 26, 1792, the Aix municipal administration became aware that a large number of Marseilles citizens were on their way to Aix with six cannons. The regiment opposed them and an exchange of views took place, and it turned out that the Marseillais were on their way to Aix, as the city was allegedly being terrorized by aristocrats and the Swiss. The Swiss officers acted cautiously, withdrew with the troops and left the matter to the civil authorities.

On the 28th the Marseillais, tired of waiting, roused by two days of gossip and surrounded by the scum of Aix, decided to storm the barracks and had their cannons aimed at the walls. The Swiss officers, well advised not to start a fight with this kind of people, agreed to give up the barracks and asked for free exit. However, it came about as was to be expected. The Swiss soldiers were separated, disarmed and mistreated. The municipal administration was aware of the consequences this could have and that they would have to be responsible for them. So all weapons were returned to the Swiss that could still be got hold of, and their free retreat to Toulon was made possible.

In view of these unfortunate events, the Senate of the Republic of Bern complained in a letter to King Louis XVI on March 16, 1792:

“Sire, the Régiment d'Ernest, the oldest of the Swiss regiments of the line in the service of the Crown of France, which it has served with faithfulness and impeccable conduct for more than a century, was treated on February 26th in Aix that it really didn't deserve it. Harassed by a horde of rioters who were infinitely superior in number and against whom it could not defend itself, bound by the law of martial law, which it had sworn to observe. Perhaps betrayed by those who were supposed to support it, it was forced to lay down its arms ... in open war against the declared enemies of your majesty it would have defended them with its life.

We will not try to relate Her Majesty's feelings to the stories of the scenes of betrayal and excitement that accompanied this unfortunate event, we will not try to maintain the deep and painful impression it made on us as well as on ours all over the country.

In these circumstances we must withdraw our regiment. His services can no longer be of use to Your Majesty, nor does his honor allow him to prolong his stay in a country where neither the Alliance nor the closed surrender offer him the necessary security.

We have already communicated this determination to our Régiment d'Ernest; we wait, in consequence of your Majesty's love for justice, that she will order him to hand over the arms which are the property of the king, unless they have already been taken from him in a very illegal and violent manner.

Your Majesty, like your glorious predecessor, has given all Swiss troops in general and our regiment in particular such convincing evidence of the high level of trust and royal goodwill placed in them that we cannot doubt it, Your Majesty will welcome our request and will therefore order him to bid him a safe and honorable farewell and to allow him the most comfortable way to get home, etc. "

In fact, the regiment was then assembled in Toulon and equipped with new weapons. Then it was commanded to Romans and, by order of May 26, 1792, set off through the Rhone Valley via Fort l'Ecluse and Gex (Ain) to Switzerland. After the Baron d'Ernest had given up his command, the former Major Béat Louis de Watteville and acting commander, who had brought the regiment back, was appointed commander at the request of the Bern Senate - with the approval of the king. Shortly thereafter, the regiment was posted to the Piémont , where it was subordinated to the King of Sardinia . To keep the peace with the French Republic, it was then recalled. It should serve to maintain the neutrality of the Swiss cantons.

By decree of the National Convention of 22 Germinal III (April 11, 1795), the pensions granted under the previous government were confirmed and the arrears paid out.

Coalition wars

In the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig , the regiment fought in the 1st Brigade of the 51st Infantry Division of the 9th Corps of Maréchal Charles Pierre François Augereau .

1815 to 1861

In 1840 the regiment was garrisoned in Nîmes without combat activity, from where it was ordered to Paris on December 10th. Between 1841 and 1861 it was in Angers , Verdun , Lille , Givet (Ardennes) , Strasbourg , Lyon , Versailles , Camp d'Ovaux (Paris), Cambrai , Nancy , Camp de Châlons, Neuf-Brisach and then in Lyon.

Second Empire

By decree of 2 May 1859 the regiment had a company for installation of the 102 e régiment d'infantry de ligne post.

In 1861 the regiment was stationed in Poitiers , from where it was transferred to Algeria in 1862, where it was garrisoned in Philipeville ( Skikda ) and Collo (El-Qoll), then in Constantine .

In March 1864, the regiment was used to suppress an uprising in the area around Tébessa ( Tbessa ). It was stationed in La Calle (Al Cala). After a revolt in Kabylia was put down, quarters were moved to Sétif ( Stif ). It led several skirmishes between April 11 and 28, 1865 at a place called Takitount . The unit was embarked in Bougie on July 23, 1865 and returned to Marseille on July 25. Soissons was assigned as a garrison, two years later the regiment was in Verdun.

Franco-German War

On August 1, 1870, the regiment belonged to the Armée du Rhin. Together with the 2 e régiment d'infantry (Colonel de St-Hillier) and the 10 e bataillon de chasseurs à pied (Commandant Schenk), it formed the 1st Brigade under General Doens. This formed, together with the 2nd Brigade (Général Micheler), two batteries of four mitrailleuses each and a pioneer company, the 3rd Infantry Division under Général de division Merle de Labruguière de Laveaucoupet in the 2nd Army Corps of Général de division Frossard.

  • On August 6th, the regiment fought in the Battle of Spichern . Then the withdrawal took place via Behern, Sarreguemines , Woutswiller, Puttelage, Erstroff , Rémilly .
  • Parts of the regiment (500 men) fought in the defense of Toul from August 14th until the surrender on September 23rd.
  • Parts of the regiment fought in the defense of Phalsbourg from August 10th until the surrender on December 12th.

1871 to 1914

  • 1885 : Garrison in Limoges in the Caserne des Bénédictins , then in the Caserne Beaupuy (staff and three battalions) and in the Caserne Saint-Yrieix (one battalion)
Caserne de Beaupuy (Limoges)

First World War

Garrison in Limoges in the Saint-Yrieix barracks ; assigned to the 45th Infantry Brigade in the 23rd Infantry Division of the 12th Army Corps until February 1917. From February 1917 to November 1918 it belonged to the 134th Infantry Division.

1914

1915

  • Trench warfare near Remenauville, Régniéville, Fey-en-Haye ; Farbus , Arleux-en-Gohelle , Villerval
  • Four soldiers of the 5th Company were shot dead on April 20, 1915 near Flirey ( Meurthe-et-Moselle ) to "deter the others" and without further explanation .

1916

1917

  • Position battles in Champagne at Vesle and Prosne, position battles in Alsace near Eglingen, position battles near Reims

1918

Interwar period

No information available.

Second World War

On August 8, 1939, the regiment was re-established by the Center Mobilisateur d'Infanterie (CMI n ° 94) under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Jaubert. It consisted of three battalions and a divisional tank destroyer company. The regiment was assigned to the 24th Infantry Division. Nothing is known about the combat missions during the German campaign in the west , with the armistice of Compiègne (1940) and the French surrender associated with it, the unit was dissolved.

On October 1, 1944, the Beaupuy Caserne and the Saint-Yrieix Caserne in Limoges were reassigned to three battalions. On November 9th, the regiment was transferred to the Nantes - Saint-Nazaire sector . The workforce was 1,848 men, most of whom came from the Maquis . On December 20, 1944, the regiment was transferred to the Atlantic front, where the last fighting against the pocket of Saint-Nazaire took place.

Algerian war

From the beginning of the Algerian War in 1952 until the end of the fighting on March 19, 1962, the 63 ° RIMA (63 ° régiment de marche) provided the 401 ° UFL-UFO and the 402 ° UFL-UFO, made up of 10% soldiers from the motherland and 90 % local soldiers. During a transitional period until independence, these were under the command of provisional Algerian sovereignty ( Évian's agreement of March 18, 1962).

Regimental flags since 1854

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.

In its history the regiment carried several different flags one after the other.

  • Last flag run - front side

  • back

Awards

The regiment's flag ribbon is decorated with the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with two palm branches. The Fourragère des "Croix de guerre 1914-1918" is led by the flag. The members of the regiment also have the right to wear this award (awarded on February 22, 1918).

  • Croix de guerre with two palm branches

literature

  • Pierre Lemau de la Jaisse: Cinquième abrégé de la carte générale du militaire de France, sur terre et sur mer. Depuis Novembre 1737 jusqu'en Décembre 1738. Gandouin et al., Paris 1739, OCLC 458013263 .
  • M. Pinard: Chronologie historique-militaire. Volume 4 ( digitized on Gallica ), 5 ( digitized ), 7 ( digitized ) and 8 ( digitized ). Claude Hérissant, Paris 1761, 1762, 1764 and 1778.
  • Général Serge Andolenko : Recueil d'historiques de l'infanterie française. Eurimprim, Paris 1969.
  • Jules Molard: Historique du 63 e régiment d'infanterie, 1672-1887. Henri Charles-Lavauzelle, Paris / Limoges 1920.
  • Liliane and Fred Funcken: L'uniforme et les armes des soldats de la guerre en dentelle. Casterman, 1975. Volume 1: France: Maison du roi et infanterie sous Louis XV et Louis XVI. Grande-Bretagne et Prusse: infantry (1700 à 1800). Casterman, Tournai 1993, ISBN 978-2-203-14315-9 . Volume 2: 1700-1800. France, Grande-Bretagne et Prusse: cavalerie et artillerie. Autres pays: infantry, cavalry, artillery. Casterman, Tournai 1993, ISBN 978-2-203-14316-6 .
  • M. Pinard: Chronologie historique-militaire. Volume 7 ( digitized on Gallica ) and 8 ( digitized ). Paris 1764 and 1778.
  • Jean-Marie Déguignet: Histoire de ma vie. Editions An Here, Plougastel 2000.
  • 63e Infantry Regiment. Brief excerpt from: Journal des Marches et Opérations militaires du Régiment depuis 1840. Service historique de la Défense , 4 M 60.
  • Jules Molard: Historique du 63 e régiment, 1672-1887. Berger-Levrault, Paris 1887.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ This was the flag of the 1st Company, which (theoretically) was led by the regiment owner as a personal company - d. H. it had no regular company commander, but only one commander "en second".
  2. ↑ Major was not a rank, but a position. The head of the regimental administration carried this title.
  3. ↑ Free rioters
  4. ^ Beginning of the fortification work by the besiegers
  5. ↑ like 91 other regiments, a total of 114 native units
  6. ↑ UFL = Union des forces locales - UFO = Unions des forces de l'ordre

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pierre Lemau de la Jaisse: Cinquième abrégé de la carte générale du militaire de France, sur terre et sur mer. Depuis Novembre 1737 jusqu'en Décembre 1738. Gandouin et. al., Paris 1739, OCLC 458013263 .
  2. ^ Robert-Georges Réau: Les crimes des conseils de guerre. Éditions du Progrès Civique, Paris 1925, pp. 178–215.
  3. ↑ «  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 ")
  4. ↑ "  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 ")
  5. ↑ This also applies to units that have already been disbanded, as they can (theoretically) be put back into active service at any time
  6. ↑ Chtimiste , website dedicated to the regiments 1914–1918.
  7. ↑ Regulation No. 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 industry. Published with the Official Army Bulletin No. 27 of November 9, 2007.
  8. ^ 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 by Michèle Alliot-Marie.

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