7 e régiment d'infantry
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Regiment de Champagne |
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 Internal association badge |
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| active | 1659 to 1977 |
| 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 |
| Patron saint | Saint-Maurice d'Agaune |
| motto | "Valeur et discipline", then "Sans peur et sans reproche" "Je suis du régiment de Champagne" |
| Anniversaries | May 5, 1863 |
| Awards | Croix de guerre (1914–1918) with two palm branches |
The 7 e régiment d'infanterie ( 7 e RI ) was an association of French infantry established in 1659. The regiment stood out in the Revolutionary Wars and the battles of the First German Empire , such as the battles of Fleurus in 1794 and Bautzen in 1813 . It no longer exists today.
It was one of the Six Grands Vieux of the six "great old regiments" in the army of the Ancien Régime .
Before regiment numbering was introduced on January 1, 1791, it was last named Régiment de Champagne in the royal French army .
Lineup and significant changes
- 1569: Establishment of a provincial regiment in Champagne , made up of four companies of the royal guard .
- 1585: Named the Régiment de Champagne
- 1668: four companies of the Régiment de Saint-Vallier were incorporated
- January 1, 1791: renamed 7 e régiment d'infanterie
- 1793 First army reform The regiment was than 1 he bataillon (ci-devant Champagne) to 13 e demi-brigade de Bataille and 2 e bataillon (ci-devant Champagne) to 13 e demi-brigade de Bataille off. This ends the regimental association and the line of tradition
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- 1803: Renaming of the "7 e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne" to 7 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (de facto continuation of the regiment tradition)
- 1815:
- First restoration : renamed: "7 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne-Orléans"
- Rule of the Hundred Days : Renamed to: "7 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne"
- 1914: During the mobilization it set up its reserve regiment , the "207 e régiment d'infanterie"
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.
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The flags of the regiment
Flag of the Régiment de Champagne until 1791
Flag of the 1st Battalion 1791–1793
Flag of the 2nd Battalion 1791–1793
Flag of the 1st Battalion 1793–1804
Flag of the 2nd Battalion 1793–1804
Banner of 7 e régiment d'infantry de ligne 1804-1812
Banner of 7 e régiment d'infantry de ligne 1812-1814
Banner of 7 e régiment d'infantry under King Louis XVIII - King Louis Philippe
Flag of 7 e régiment d'infantry under Napoleon III
- Regulations from 1804
- Inscription on the front: "L'EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS AU 7e REGIMENT D'INFANTERIE DE LIGNE"
- Inscription on the back: "VALEUR ET DISCIPLINE (number of the battalion) BATAILLON"
- Base of the eagle: "7"
- Regulations from 1812
- Inscription on the front: "L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON AU 7e REGIMENT D'INFANTERIE DE LIGNE"
- Inscription on the back: none
- Base of the eagle: "7"
- Regulations from 1814 (1st restoration)
- Front inscription: "LE ROI AU REGIMENT D'ORLEANS 7ème D'INFANTERIE DE LIGNE";
- Inscription on the back: none
- Règlement de 1815 ( Rule of the Hundred Days )
- Inscription on the front: "L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON AU 7e REGIMENT D'INFANTERIE DE LIGNE"
- Inscription on the back: none
- Base of the eagle: "7"
uniform
- Uniforms
Regiment de Champagne 1720--1734
Regiment de Champagne 1734-1757
Regiment de Champagne 1734-1757
Regiment de Champagne 1762-1776
Regiment de Champagne 1776-1779
Régiment de Champagne 1779-1791
7 e regiment d'infanterie de ligne 1791 - 1792
7 e regiment d'infanterie de ligne 1792 - 1794
Mission history
Huguenot Wars
- 1621 :
- 1622 :
Franco-Spanish War
- May 20, 1635 : The regiment was under heavy pressure from Spanish infantry, the Régiment de Plessis-Praslin successfully came to the aid of "Champagne".
- 1636 : Siege of Corbie
- July 17, 1656 : it fought, together with the Regiment d'Orléans and the Regiment de Normandie, in the attack on the fortress of Boraçan
Dutch War
Campaign to Catalonia
- 1675 : During the so-called "Révolte du papier timbré" tax revolt, the regiment overwintered in Bordeaux
War of the Palatinate Succession
- Participation in the Battle of Walcourt . Here six enemy cannons could be captured in the brigade formation with the Régiment de Touraine .
War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
- 1742: On May 27th an attack on Deggendorf took place, which was repulsed by "Champagne" and the regiments La Marck , Bourbonnais and Royal-Comtois after heavy fighting.
- 1748: Siege of Maastricht (in brigade formation with the Régiment de Vermandois )
Seven Years War
- 1760: Battle near Korbach
American War of Independence
In 1779 the regiment moved to Martinique to take part in the fighting against the British on the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada . Then it moved to the North American continent to support the rebels against the British crown. It took part in the unsuccessful siege of Savannah , only to be embarked again for Martinique. Operations followed on Saint-Domingue , Sainte-Lucie , up to the Battle of Les Saintes . Thereafter, in 1783, he returned to Bordeaux .
Revolution and First Empire
Main article | French Revolutionary Wars
- 1793:
- Battle at Céret ,
- Fight at Prats de Mollo ,
- La Perche
- Skirmish at Peyrestortes
- 1794:
- Collioure,
- At the siege of Fort de Bellegarde
- Battle of Montagne Noire
- Used in the battle of Fleurus
- 1795:
- When sieging and taking roses
- 1800:
- Fights near Memmingen ,
- Battle of Höchstädt
- Garrison in the fortress Hüningen
- 1801-1804:
- Expedition to Santo Domingo
Spanish War of Independence
- 1808:
- El Bruc,
- Girone,
- Molins de Rei
- Cardedeu
- 1809:
- Valls
- 1810:
- Granollers,
- Mollet,
- Santa Perpètua
- Vic
- 1811:
- Siege of Tarragona (1811) , Montserrat , Battle of Sagunto , Valencia
- 1812:
- Valencia, Castalla
- 1813: Campaign in Germany
- Battle of Bautzen ,
- Jueterbog
- Battle of the Nations near Leipzig
- Battle of Hanau
- Fight on the Tagliamento
- 1814:
- Yecla
- Trap yes
- 1815:
- On March 6, the regiment joined the of Elba returned Emperor Napoleon I of
- Battle of Waterloo
During this time the regimental commander, Colonel Bougault, was wounded on September 12, 1813. Between 1808 and 1814 another 19 officers died, 18 were wounded and another 122 were wounded.
Second Empire and Third Republic
The regiment was involved in the expedition to Mexico and belonged to the "1 re brigade" of General Brincourt in the "2 e division d'infanterie" under General de Castagny. Until November 13, 1866, it was deployed in Durango . It finally marched via Queretaro to Mexico City , where it arrived on January 15, 1867 and remained until February 5 of the same year. It then covered the French withdrawal from Mexico and was one of the last French units to leave the country. After the war of 1870/71 it was garrisoned in Lyon and then in Cahors .
Franco-German War
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First World War
- 1914 :
- Withdrawal with the 3 e and 4 e armée française (3rd and 4th armies): fighting in the forest of Luchy on August 22nd
- Fight on the Meuse
- First battle of the Marne
- Fight in the Brunes position / Champagne (December 23)
- 1915 :
- February 16-23: Fights in the triangular grove near Perthes-les-Hurlus in Champagne
- September: Fights near Vimy in Artois
The regiment was assigned to the "131e division d'infanterie" (131st Infantry Division) from July 1915 to November 1918.
- 1916 :
- Battle for Verdun
- 1917 :
- Fights in the Marne department at: Mont Haut, Le Casque and in April-May at Mont Perthois
- 1918 :
- Fighting on the Somme (major attack on April 14th)
- Fight on the Aisne May 30th - June 11th at Corcy, Longpont
- Second battle of the Marne
After the end of the war, the unit was dissolved (after 1919) with an unknown date.
Second World War
On October 16, 1939, the regiment was reorganized under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Paquelier and assigned to the "32e division d'infanterie" with the classification "Réserve A type NE". It was set up by the CMI 72 (Center mobilisateur d'infanterie) in Valdahon . After the start of the German offensive on May 10, 1940, the unit was initially relocated to Belgium. From there it moved with the general French retreat via Lille to Dunkirk, where it was trapped in the cauldron and dissolved. In September 1944, he was officially returned to service as part of the Resistance in Bordeaux and the surrounding region. In the Médoc operierend, it was with the protection of Bordeaux and capture of the still occupied by the Germans enclave commissioned by Poche. However, the latter could not be conquered and only surrendered on April 20, 1945.
In June 1945 the unit was dissolved again.
1956 to 1977
Re-established in 1956, the regiment was relocated to Algeria, where it fought in the Algerian War of Independence until 1962 and then returned to France. Here it was disbanded again, but reactivated after a short time and assigned to the French troops in Germany ( Forces françaises en Allemagne ). Here it was stationed in Landau in the Palatinate and in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse before it was finally deactivated in 1977.
Regimental flag
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
- On March 3, 1919, the regiment was awarded the Croix de guerre at the Vincennes artillery range . The ribbon is decorated with two palm branches, each for the honorable mention in the army order of the Xth Army of July 14, 1918 and in the order of the 1st Army of January 7, 1919.
- Members of the regiment have the right (even if they are returned to service) to wear the Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre 1914–1918.
Motto
The regiment has had several mottos in its history, as follows:
Famous members of the regiment
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- Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey , joined the regiment on September 15, 1769
- Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras , Capitaine in the Regiment de Champagne
literature
- Jean-Marie Déguignet, Histoire de ma vie , éd. At Here, 2000.
- Historique du 7e de ligne depuis sa formation , SHAT, 4 M 7
- Alexandre Adler, Historique du Régiment de Champagne , monographie couvrant la période du XVIe jusqu'à 1956.
- Archives militaires du Château de Vincennes.
- Recueil d'historiques de l'Infanterie française (général Andolenko - Eurimprim 1969).
- Louis Susane "Histoire de l'ancienne infanterie française" J. Corréard 1850
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ German: 7th Infantry Regiment
- ↑ which had nothing to do with the former 7 e regiment d'infanterie
- ↑ Date of appointment or written mention
- ↑ « 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
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