Legion fidèle

The Légion fidèle (German Faithful Legion ), which was also called Légion romande or Bataillon Rovéréa, was a military unit of the Canton of Bern , which existed between February 3, 1798 and March 9, 1798.

history

After the French invasion in the Vaud fled segments of the population to Bern. On February 3, 1798, the Bern War Council formed the Légion fidèle from loyal volunteers from Vaud. The Vaud nobleman Ferdinand Isaak de Rovéréa became the commander of the legion. The Legion consisted of about 620 men, who were divided into five companies. Most of them were farmers and artisans. In Kallnach the Legion collected and it came on March 5, 1798 in St. Niklaus (at Merzligen ) to a battle with French troops. After the fall of Bern on March 6, 1798, the Legion withdrew and capitulated on March 9, 1798.

See also

• History of Switzerland
• History of the Canton of Bern
• French invasion

literature

• S. Rial: Vaincre ou périr: la légion fidèle de Rovéréa . 2000.
• J. Stüssi-Lauterburg: Vivat the Bernerbiet until the end of the world! 2000.

Web links

• Lucas Chocomeli: Légion fidèle. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Josef Viktor Widmann : After a century. On the commemoration of the March days in Bern in 1798 (poem)