9 e régiment de hussards

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9 e régiment de hussards
Régiment de guides de la Garde impériale

Insignia of the 9th Regiment de Hussards..jpg

Association badge until 1979
active September 2, 1792 to 1979
Country PB France CoA.png France
Armed forces Flag of France.svg French armed forces
Armed forces Flag of France.svg army
Branch of service cavalry
Type Partly mobile security regiment
Location Coulommiers , Provins , Sourdun
Patron saint St. George

The 9 e régiment de hussards was a cavalry unit of the French army that was set up during the French Revolution . It does not currently exist.

Lineup and significant changes

Colonels / Chefs de brigade

The name "Colonel" was used from 1721 to 1730, from 1791 to 1793 and from 1803, from 1793 to 1803 the name Chef de brigade was used in the French army .

  • 1792: Chef de brigade Jacques-Polycarpe Morgan
  • 1794: Chef de brigade Thierry
  • 1798: Chief de brigade Nicolas Ducheyron
  • 1801: Chef de brigade Guyot
  • 1805: Colonel Jean Baptiste Barbanègre
  • 1806: Colonel Pierre Edmé Gautherin
  • 1809: Colonel Pierre Edmé Gautherin
  • 1809: Colonel Louis Charles Grégoire Maignet
  • 1812: Colonel Louis Charles Grégoire Maignet
  • 1840: Colonel François Eustache de Fulque d'Oraison
  • 1848: Colonel Morin
Colonels after 1871
  • 1871: Colonel Friant
  • 1875: Colonel de Gail
  • 1884: Colonel Plessis
  • 1889: Colonel Ozenne
  • 1898: Colonel Devezeaux de Rancougne
  • 1906: Colonel de Bremond d'Ars
  • 1907: Colonel de Villeneuve-Bargemon
  • 1912: Colonel Burette
  • 1918: Colonel Bezard
  • 1956: Colonel de Lizeray
  • 1957: Colonel Delage de Luget
  • 1959: Colonel de Chazelles
  • 1961: Colonel Tartinville
  • 1963: Colonel Abrial
  • 1964: Colonel Poumarède
  • 1965: Lieutenant-Colonel Mazarguil
  • 1967: Lieutenant-colonel de Royer
  • 1970: Lieutenant-colonel Barazer de Lannurien
  • 1971: Lieutenant-colonel Aigueperse
  • 1972: Lieutenant-colonel Aigueperse, then Lieutenant-colonel Huon de Kermadec
  • 1975: Lieutenant-colonel Préaud
  • 1977: Colonel Dupont de Dinechin

Uniform during the coalition wars

  • Cap pouch of the wing cap : blue
  • Collar: blue
  • Dolman : red
  • Fur: ​​blue
  • Cuffs : blue
  • Weft: yellow
  • Pants: blue
  • Lacing: yellow

Because of the red dolman they were called "Red Hussars" at that time.

Mission history

The 9 e hussards in the Vendée

Wars of the Revolution and the Empire

9 e hussards 1809
Battle of Jena and Auerstedt
Battle of Pultusk
Battle of Saalfeld
Battle near Szczecin
Battle of Friedland
Battle of Borodino
Battle of Vauchamps
Battle of Montmirail

Second empire

1859: The regiment fought with distinction in the Battle of Solferino .
1870: In the battle of Mars-la-Tour , the regiment rode a hopeless attack from the start, as did another at Ladonchamps .

First World War

During the mobilization on August 2, 1914, the regiment was stationed in Chambéry , it belonged to the 5th Cuirassier Brigade at the disposal of the 14th Army Corps and was structured as follows:

  • Commander: Colonel Burette
  • 1st Escadron: Captain Grillon
  • 2nd Escadron: Capitaine de Sainte-Marie-d'Agneaux
  • 3rd Escadron: Capitaine Le Poullen
  • 4. Escadron: Capitaine Braun
  • 5. Escadron (reserve): Capitaine Meyrieux
  • 6. Escadron (reserve): Capitaine de Rochas d'Aiglun

It was under during the whole duration of the war the 14th Army Corps and was in Champagne, then along the Meuse River, in the 1915 Battle of Verdun , in the Battle of the Chemin des Dames used and relocated after use at the Fort de la Malmaison in the Alsace . At the end of the Second Marne Battle , it was able to excel in the pursuit battles . The regiment received a total of 575 awards.

After the end of the First Battle of the Marne , it was used on the Somme to protect a gap in the front between the 14th and 4th Army Corps during the race to the sea .

1914

August 2, 1914: Division as a reconnaissance regiment for the 14th Army Corps. Participation in the border battles in the Vosges . On August 6th, he was transported to the Arches - Bruyères region, where he was charged with liaison tasks between the 14th and 21st Army Corps. The escadrons were assigned to the 27th and 28th Infantry Divisions and were used on the heights of the Vosges and then in the basin of Saint-Dié . On September 19, the regiment was concentrated and moved by rail to the Somme, in the Beauvais region . Here Montdidier should from the XXI. German Army Corps to be recaptured. On October 21, the 9 e RH was transferred from the 14th Army Corps to the 1st Cavalry Corps. With this it took part in the operations in Flanders from October to December . Back in Amiens , the Hussars fought in operations on the Somme until August 1915.

1915

On August 6th, the transfer from the Somme back to the 14th Army Corps in Champagne for the upcoming autumn battle in Champagne took place . The detachments fighting on foot suffered heavy losses. After the September fighting, the regiment was transferred to Montbéliard in October .

1916

After the beginning of the Battle of Verdun , the hussars were commanded to the Verdun area, where they arrived on February 29 and were charged with regulating troop movements and securing the rear areas until December. The 5th and 6th Escadron were disbanded.

1917

On May 28, there was another transport to the 14th Army Corps on the Somme. Participation in the Battle of the Aisne with the capture of the Ferme d'Hurtebise and Troyon. After a short rest period, the 9 e RH was used in the battle of Malmaison from August 16 to October 23 . In November the regiment withdrew from the front and was billeted in the Villers-Cotterêts region .

1918

In January the regiment was with the 14th Army Corps in Alsace in the Dannemarie region . The major German offensive ( Operation Michael ) forced the 14th AK to be moved back to the Somme. The 9 e RH fought in the battle of Mons , on Kemmelberg near Loker (Heuvelland) and then west of Reims near Bligny (Marne) , Sarcy , Nanteuil-la-Fosse and Aubérive .

The regiment's replacement depot was located in the Saint-Ruthin quarter in Chambéry throughout the war.

Second World War

There is no information about the possible missions during the brief re-establishment in 1944.

Algerian war

In 1956 it was set up again for use in the Algerian War . Fight in the province of Oran and Ouarsenis . After returning in 1962, garrisons in Coulommiers , Provins and Sourdun were occupied until they were dissolved in 1979 .

Composition 1979

Standard

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

  • Model from 1812 - front side

  • Model from 1812 - back side

  • Model from 1880 - execution from 1964 - front side

  • Model from 1880 - execution from 1964 - back

Awards

The regiment was awarded the Croix de guerre 1914/1918 with four palm branches for four honorable mention in the army report. The flag ribbon is decorated with the Fourragère of the Médaille militaire .

For use in the Battle of Solferino , the regiment was awarded the gold medal of the city of Milan in 1906.

  • Croix de guerre with four palm branches

  • Fourragère of the Médaille militaire

  • Gold Medal of the City of Milan

literature

  • Ogier d'Ivry: Historique du 9 e régiment de hussards. Valence 1894.
  • Historique des corps de troupe de l'armée française (1569–1900). Ministère de la Guerre, 1900.
  • André Jouineau, Jean-Marie Mongin: Les hussards français. Volume 1: De l'Ancien régime à l'Empire. Editions Histoire et collection, Paris 2004.
  • Livret d'accueil draw aux nouveaux Hussards lors de l'incorporation. Provins 1970.
  • Revue Gloire et Empire ; Revue Napoléon I er .
  • Historique du 9 e régiment de hussards. Août 1914 – November 1918. Imprimerie-librairie Henri Charles-Lavauzelle, Limoges 1920 ( digitized on Gallica ).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ In the French army it is not uncommon to revive units that have long since been disbanded. B. the 5 e régiment de cuirassiers .
  2. ↑ Provision No. 12350 / SGA / DPMA / SHD / DAT of September 14, 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 . In: Bulletin officiel des armées. No. 27, November 9, 2007. Regulation NORDEF0452926A of November 19, 2004 (A) relatif à l'attribution de l'inscription AFN 1952–1962 on les drapeaux et étendards des formations des armées et services by Michèle Alliot-Marie. The 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 , No. 27, November 9, 2007.

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