41 e régiment d'infantry

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Régiment de Boyons
Régiment de La Reine
41 e regiment d'infanterie

Insigne régimentaire du 41e Régiment d'Infanterie.jpgAssociation badge of the 41 e régiment d'infanterie 1936–1940 Association badge of the 41 e régiment d'infanterie 1945–1999 Insigne du 41 ° RI.jpg
active 1634 to 1999
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
Location Valens and Romans
Patron saint Saint-Maurice d'Agaune
motto Hardi Brittany
Awards Fourragère des Croix de Guerre 1914–18 with two palm branches, a gold and a silver star ,
Croix de guerre 1939–1945 with a palm branch ,
gold medal of the city of Milan

The 41 e régiment d'infanterie (short name: 41 e RI) was an association of French infantry. Since its creation it took part in all wars with French participation up to the Second World War and then in the Algerian war as well as in various peace missions. It no longer exists today.

Before regiment numbering was introduced on January 1, 1791, it was last named Régiment de La Reine in the royal French army .

Lineup and significant changes

This regiment, which was to have a glorious career, had a very obscure origin. It would probably not have been possible to verify the exact background if Pinardin had not described this in more detail in his military chronology. The Gazette de France only reports the transfer of the vacant regiment to the Marquis d'Huxelles for 1638. The regiment was freed by the death of Sieur de Boyon.

The first time the "Régiment de Boyons" was mentioned, it was quartered in Nancy . This city had its gates in September 1633 for the French King Louis XIII. open, and because of the importance of the visit, delegations of all troops had come to the reception. These detachments then left the city in 1634 to join their regiments and take part in the following campaigns. The last left in November and went to Breisach to the headquarters or to the army of Benjamin de Rohan . As a replacement, by order of October 3rd, some new regiments were formed to protect the border of Lorraine - one of these new regiments must have been the Régiment de Boyons (or Bayons).

The origin of the Mestre de camp de Boyons remains in the dark, but the colors of the regimental flag - two black and two green quarters - seem to go back to him.

  • 1634: Established in Nancy as "Régiment de Boyons" from Lorraine units and commissioned by royal decree on October 3rd

After Queen Marie-Thérèse took ownership of the regiment in 1661, the white cross bars of the flag were embroidered with golden lilies and a royal crown was sewn onto each of the bars.

  • November 15, 1638: renamed "Régiment d'Huxelles"
  • 1659: Renaming to "Régiment Mazarin-Français"
  • 1661: renamed "Régiment de La Reyne"
  • 1791: renamed "41 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne"
  • 1793: premier amalgams ; the 1st battalion was used to form the 81 e demi-brigade de bataille , the 2nd battalion to form the 82 e demi-brigade de bataille .

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  • 1804: When the regiments were reestablished, a "41 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne" was not taken into account and entered in the listing as vacant .
  • 1814: On the first brief return of the king, a "41 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne" was set up.
  • 1815: After the dissolution of the Napoleonic army , the "Légion de l'Aude" was set up.
  • October 23, 1820: The "Légion de l'Aude" became the "41 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne".
  • 1882: Renaming to "41 e régiment d'infanterie"
  • 1914: During the mobilization, the "241 e régiment d'infanterie" was set up as a reserve regiment.
  • 1923: Resolution, the tradition was from 71 e RI continued
  • 1929: re-established as "41 e régiment d'infanterie de forteresse"
  • 1940: Retreat to the unoccupied zone of France with dissolution and re-formation in the army of the Vichy regime
  • 1942: After the German troops marched into the unoccupied zone, the regiment was disbanded.
  • 1944: Re-established as "41 e régiment d'infanterie" in November in the camp of Coëtquidan with the motto: Hardi Bretagne
  • 1946: Reduction to the "41 e battalion d'infanterie"
  • 1949: Increase to the "41 e régiment d'infanterie"
  • 1953: dissolution
  • 1956: re-established as "41 e régiment d'infanterie"
  • 1957: dissolution
  • 1963: re-established as "41 e battalion d'infanterie"
  • 1964: Increase to "41 e régiment d'infanterie"
  • 1999: dissolution

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”.

  • October 3, 1634: Sieur de Boyons
  • November 15, 1638: Louis Chalons du Blé, marquis d'Huxelles
  • February 11, 1659: Charles de Moy, marquis de Riberpré
  • June 18, 1662: Armand-François Le Bouteillier de Senlis, marquis de Moussy (from 1661 he held the rank of Colonel en second, since the regiment owner - i.e. Colonel - from now on - until 1791 - was Queen)
  • January 30, 1675: Pierre de Perrien, marquis de Crénant (or Crenan)
  • May 1688: Michel-François Le Tellier, marquis de Courtenvaux
  • March 1691: René de Froulay, comte de Tessé
  • March 20, 1693: Louis d'Ornaison, comte de Chamarande
  • January 19, 1702: M. d'Ornaison, marquis de Buzancois
  • October 27, 1706: Louis-Pierre-Maximilien de Sully, duc de Béthune
  • April 28, 1711: Daniel-François de Gelas de Boisins de Lautrec, chevalier d'Ambres
  • August 21, 1737: René-Marie de Froulay, comte de Tessé
  • September 19, 1742: René-Marie de Froulay, marquis de Tessé
  • August 12, 1746: Charles, marquis de Gouy d'Arcy
  • February 10, 1759: Anne-Emmanuel-François-George, marquis de Crussol d'Amboise
  • December 1, 1762: Charles-François-Casimir de Saulx, comte de Tavannes
  • June 11, 1744: Charles-Dominique-Sulpice de Saulx, vicomte de Tavannes
  • July 25, 1791: Marc de Carbonnie
  • May 27, 1792: Guillaume de La Grange de Verges

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  • November 23, 1914–2. May 1916: Lieutenant-colonel Féderhpil
  • May 2, 1916-9. May 1916: Lieutenant-colonel Clerget (killed on May 9, 1916 near Four de Paris, Vienne-le-Château )
  • May 9, 1916-22. April 1917: Lieutenant-colonel Mézière (killed on April 22, 1917 on Mont-Haut, near Moronvilliers , Marne)
  • April 22, 1917-13. September 1917: Lieutenant-Colonel Lemoine
  • September 13, 1917–? / 1919: Lieutenant-colonel Martinet

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  • 1937-22. June 1939: Colonel Prignot
  • 1940: Lieutenant-colonel Camille Loichot
  • 1941: Colonel Piquemal
  • 1950: Colonel Dulac

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  • 1967-1970: Colonel Henry
  • 1970-1972: Colonel Gèze
  • 1972-1974: Colonel Raffin
  • 1974-1976: Colonel Mougin
  • 1976-1978: Colonel de Maupeou d'Ableiges
  • 1978-1980: Colonel Ingouf
  • 1980-1982: Colonel Vinot-Préfontaine
  • 1982-1984: Colonel Combi
  • 1984-1986: Colonel Bertrand
  • 1986-1988: Colonel Aubert
  • 1988-1990: Colonel Mounier
  • 1990-1992: Colonel Ménard
  • 1992-1994: Colonel Crochard
  • 1994-1996: Colonel Jacops
  • 1996-1998: Colonel Isnard
  • 1998–1999: Lieutenant-Colonel Jézéquel

Furnishing

Royal flags

The regiment carried five orderly flags and one body flag.

  • Ordonnance flag of the Regiment de Boyons, d'Huxelles and de Mazarin-Français

  • Ordonnance flag of the Régiment de La Reine 1661 to 1791

  • Leibfahne (Drapeau colonel) until 1791

  • 1st Battalion 1791 to 1793

  • 2nd Battalion 1791 to 1793

Uniform until 1794

  • Régiment de La Reine 1720 to 1734

  • Régiment de La Reine 1734 to 1757

  • Régiment de La Reine 1762 to 1776

  • Régiment de La Reine 1776 to 1779

  • Régiment de La Reine 1779 to 1791

  • 41 ° regiment d'infanterie de ligne 1791 to 1793

Mission history

Wars in which the regiment participated

Thirty Years War (until 1648)

In 1638 the Gazette de France reported that the imperial military leader Johann von Werth had been captured by the troops of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar during the battle of Rheinfelden . He was brought to Paris in April and escorted from Nancy to Vitry-le-François by 400 musketeers of the “Régiment de Boyons” under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Palleville .

In July the regiment served in the army of Viscount Turenne at the siege of Remiremont . Here the Mestre de camp M. de Boyons was killed in a failure of the besieged. On November 15, the unit passed to the Marquis d'Huxelles.

  • 1639 : Huxelles served in Lorraine and was able to distinguish himself when taking Mörchingen and Moyen Castle . 200 men were left here as a garrison on September 6th.
  • 1640 : The whole year the unit was in Lorraine.
  • 1641 : March to the Champagne, here there was a battle at Marfée (near Sedan ) and was defeated.
  • 1642 : Relocation to Roussillon
  • 1643 : Assistance in the relief of Mirabel, Flix (Catalonia) and Sant Pere de Rodes on Cap de Creus, besieged by the Spaniards . The winter quarters were moved into Lérida .
  • 1644 : Defense of the besieged Lérida. After the Maréchal Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt attacked the Spanish lines to break the siege , the regiment made a sortie in which the fighting was so fierce that in the evening only 18 officers and 422 soldiers were able to gather under the flag. After leaving Lérida, the regiment took the village and castle of Castillon in June. The village surrendered immediately and the castle, which was defended by 200 men from the Spanish regiment "Don Esteban de Macarenhas", followed five hours later as there was no food supply. During the siege of Tarragona, "d'Huxelles" was posted to Balaguer as an observation corps to keep an eye on the movements of the enemy.
  • 1645 : On April 7th, the regiment began work on the siege trenches in front of Roses . On May 5th it carried out an attack on the Glacis , on May 10th it was able to establish itself on the Contrescarpe . On May 14, a failure of the garrison had to be averted, and on May 27 it was at the head of the general attack that led to the surrender of the fortress. This attack brought heavy losses, the Marquis d'Huxelles was hit by a musket ball, the Lieutenant Colonel Béthancourt was fatally wounded, the Capitaine de Bièvre and the Lieutenants Neubourg and Joly were killed, nine Capitaines and four Lieutenants were wounded.
  • 1646 : In May the regiment was assigned to Thomas de Savoie's troops , loaded onto ships in Vay (Loire-Atlantique) and put on land near Genoa . It was involved in the fortification work for the siege of Orbetello from May 14th and was part of the force that repulsed a Neapolitan corps that wanted to break through the siege ring to reinforce the fortress garrison. The siege was abandoned and "d'Huxelles" moved to Piedmont to be used in the sieges of Piombino and Portolongone . The latter lost Lieutenant de Suazance and two other officers were wounded.
  • 1647 : In June the regiment at Ponte di Stura joined the Italian Army and on September 28th fought in the battle at Cividale near Bozzolo . The Capitaine La Pinsonnière, in command of the regiment that day, was seriously wounded.
  • 1648 : Used in the battles at Casalmaggiore and Cremona , where six officers were wounded. At the end of the year the regiment moved into winter quarters in the Dauphiné .

War of the Fronde (1648 to 1653) and Franco-Spanish War (1635 to 1659)

  • 1649 : In June the regiment came to the Margraviate of Montferrat , only to be summoned to France some time later because of the problems of the Fronde and also to defend the French northern border against the Spanish. The unit joined the army of Henri de Lorraine, comte d'Harcourt , and took part in the siege of Cambrai and Condé .
  • 1650 : In February, "d'Huxelles" met in Dijon and was used to pacify the Bourgogne . When the news of the arrest of Louis II. De Bourbon, prince de Condé , the regiment was reinforced. It fought in the siege of Bellegarde and was moved back to the Piémont after the capture.
  • 1651 : The recall to Bourgogne took place in January.
  • 1652 : At the beginning of the year, a position was taken on the Pont de Gergeau. Then fought "d'Huxelles" under Turenne in the battle of Étampes on the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. On this remarkable day, the unit was in the brigade formation with the Régiment de Carignan on the left wing on the Juine . After the end of the action, the regiment returned to the Bourgogne and was used in the siege of Bellegarde in May 1653. A new revolt had broken out here, this time being put down by the Comte de Bouteville , who was to make a name for himself as Maréchal de Luxembourg . The place surrendered on June 6, and the unit was used to demolish the fortifications. She then returned to the army in Champagne and stood at the siege of Rethel , Mouzon and Sainte-Menehould . The latter began the siege work in front of the Porte des Bois and was able to take a demi-lune on November 23 , together with the Gardes françaises .
  • 1654 : In February the regiment joined the army of Maréchal Henri de La Ferté-Senneterre , who besieged Belfort . "D'Huxelles" lost some officers to the fallen. Then it was moved to Picardy , where the Spaniards were defeated in front of Arras . The siege of Clermont-en-Argonne began on October 25th. After the attack on the Fort de l'Eglise, the place was occupied.
  • 1655 : Siege of Landrecies and then on August 17th by Condé, which surrendered the next morning. In the same year it was still used when taking Saint-Ghislain .
  • 1656 : Participation in the failed siege of Valenciennes
  • 1657 : Siege of Montmédy , a failure of the garrison could be repulsed.
  • 1658 : Siege of Gravelines . The Mestre de camp, the Marquis d'Huxelles, was wounded so badly that he died five days later. Since the regiment was in good condition, it was taken over by Cardinal Mazarin on February 11th and command passed to the Mestre de camp en second de Ribepré. It now bore the name "Régiment de Mazarin-Français".

Peace period 1661 to 1667

  • 1661 : After the cardinal's death, ownership passed to the queen. In the same year, the "Régiment de Limousin" established in 1650 was incorporated.
  • 1662 : The command of the "Régiment de La Reine" passed to the Mestre de camp en second Marquis de Moussy.
  • 1666 : The regiment was in Camp de Mouchy.

War of Devolution (1667 to 1668)

  • 1667 : At the beginning of the war with Spain, the unit was assigned to the troops of Maréchal Armand Nompar de Caumont and participated in the capture of Bergues on June 6th and of Veurne on June 12th . 12 companies under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Delbots were left behind in Veurne, the rest of the regiment was assigned to subjugate Franche-Comté in 1668 .

Dutch War (1672 to 1679)

Utrecht
  • 1673 : At the end of May some companies were deployed to guard Fort de Warth. A few days later, Utrecht was evacuated and quarters in Muiderberg were taken.
  • 1674 : "La Reine" belonged to the army of Louis II. De Bourbon, prince de Condé , and fought in the bloody battle of Seneffe in a brigade with the Régiment de Navarre . The regiment crossed the Piétonbach and attacked the village and the church of Seneffe, where the Spanish infantry and the guard of the Prince of Orange were wiped out. In pursuit of the fugitives, another battle was fought with the retreating enemy troops in the village of Fay. After that day it helped to lift the siege of Oudenaarde.
  • 1675 : With the army of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne , the regiment played an important role in the battle of Türkheim . "La Reine" was one of the four regiments that crossed the Fechbach on the far left wing, came into the flank of the imperial and thus contributed to their retreat. The regimental commander, the Mestre de camp en second Marquis de Moussy, was fatally wounded here. The new commanding officer was the Marquis de Crenan. After Turenne's death, it was still involved in the battle at Altenheim and was then transferred to the army on the Meuse. With Montmorency-Luxembourg taking part in the capture of Dinant , Huy and Limbourg , the campaign of the year ended with the siege of Zabern and Haguenau .
  • 1676 : With the king's army in the siege of Condé and in covering the siege of Bouchain
  • 1677 : At the siege of Valenciennes and then Cambrai. On April 1, the regiment moved near Saint-Omer. In the brigade formation with the Régiment de Navarre , the unit fought in the battle of Cassel and stood here on the right wing in the first line. The regiment lost the Capitaine Sébastier and two other officers to the dead, the lieutenant colonel des Farges and 13 other officers were wounded. It was followed by the return to Saint-Omer and the use in the siege work.
  • 1678 : Siege of Ghent and Ypres. In the latter case, the Capitaine Villeneuve was fatally wounded in his function as an engineer on March 26th. In the Battle of Saint-Denis , it fought alongside the Régiment du Roi . One officer was killed and eight others were wounded.
  • 1679 : Campaign in Germany without major actions

Reunion War 1683 to 1684

  • 1684 : It was at the siege of Luxembourg in May . In this bloody operation it was used several times in the trenches with the Régiment de La Marine . “La Reine” distinguished itself on May 12th when the church was taken away in the suburb of Grump.

War of the Palatinate Succession (1688 to 1697)

Siege of Philippsburg 1688
  • 1688 : With the army on the Rhine. Participation in the siege of Philippsburg , the capture of Mannheim , Frankenthal and the Mainz fortress . Winter quarters were moved into Heidelberg .
  • 1689 : On January 31, a Hessian regiment with 600 men, which had approached the ramparts of the city, was put to flight. In the campaign of the year it was part of the army of Maréchal Louis-François de Boufflers .
  • 1690 : With the army of Guy Aldonce de Durfort, duc de Lorges in the Rhineland
  • 1691 : Relocation to Flanders, siege of Mons and battle near Lieuze. The winter quarters were moved into Roosebeke .
  • 1692 : Siege of Namur, a grenadier company was able to distinguish itself by taking the covered route . On June 24th, Lieutenant de Massiac and 20 grenadiers intercepted 40 horsemen trying to escape from Oudenaarde. They were all killed or captured. A battalion was assigned to the king's army and took part in the battle of Steenkerke alongside the Régiment de Navarre . The campaign of the year ended with the bombardment of Charleroi.
  • 1693 : The regimental command passed to the Comte de Chammarade, the son of a man who had been a royal valet and previously Cardinal Mazarin's parasol holder. “La Reine” then stood on the Moselle , in Flanders, in Germany and in the Netherlands.
  • 1694 : Only on the coast of Normandy, the regiment then took part in the campaign on the Rhine.
  • 1696 : Campaign in Flanders. After the Maréchal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy , learned that the Prince of Orange had sent reinforcements to the Elector of Bavaria on the Meuse, he set his army in motion. The "Régiment de La Reine", like some others, remained inactive on the Scheldt. In the same year the regiment had a division on the coasts of Lower Brittany and on the islands. The reunited regiment spent the winter in Strasbourg.
  • 1697 : Campaign on the Rhine. A grenadier detachement under the command of Lieutenant de Marcias was able to distinguish itself on July 12 at Steinbach in Baden in a battle with opposing cavalry.
  • 1698: The regiment was in the Camp de Compiègne in the quarter.

War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)

  • 1701 : At the beginning of the war, three battalions of the regiment of the army of Maréchal de Boufflers were assigned to the defense of Luxembourg. In Flanders, some places in the name of King were Philip V occupied.
  • 1702 : On June 8th, the regiment set out for Germany. It left Strasbourg with the army of the Maréchal de Villars and marched on Hüningen. On October 14, the brigade fought in the Battle of Friedlingen at the head of the Champagne and Bourbonnais brigades .
  • 1703 : After "La Reine" had spent the winter in Bitche and Homburg , it was shut down in February for the siege of Kehl. Here on March 4th, against violent defenses, an attack was carried out on the covered path of a Vorwerk, whereby the Capitaine Lescarmoussier and the Lieutenant Chevalier were killed. Then it was involved in the attack on the Stollhofen line and marched with Villars to Bavaria, where missions in the battle near Hornberg and Munderkingen followed. First battle near Höchstädt , capture of Kempten , Augsburg and Ulm .
  • 1704 : Participation in the Second Battle of Höchstädt under Maréchal Marsin . Then retreat to the Rhine and quarters in Strasbourg. The Company of Captain Lemé defended in June for seven days the fortified Cuébris until it by a division of the Comte de Grignan horror was.
  • 1705 : The regiment served under the Maréchal de Villars on the Moselle and was commanded to Italy on August 17th.
  • 1706 : Used in the siege of Turin. The grenadiers rejected a crew failure on June 22nd, and Lieutenant Colonel Marquis de Buzancois was shot in the head. After the catastrophic outcome of the siege, "La Reine" returned to France, the remaining 779 men were assigned to de Villars in Alsace.
  • 1707 : The regiment took part in all important actions, such as taking the Bühl-Stollhofener line , Ettlingen , Pforzheim , Winhing and Schorndorf .
  • 1708 : In the army in Flanders and used in the battle of Oudenaarde . During the siege of Lille, the regiment and its commander, the Marquis de Hautefort, stayed in the camp of Meldert .
  • 1709 : Under the command of the Comte de Albergotti, the unit fought with distinction in the battle of Malplaquet , the lieutenant colonel de Béthune was wounded here. During the following three campaigns “La Reine” stayed in Flanders. After the Battle of Denain , the brigade to which the regiment belonged was used together with five others under the Maréchal de Montesquiou in the capture of Marchiennes . Furthermore, the regiment was able to distinguish itself in the capture of the Fort de Scarpe in front of Douai and in the capture of Quesnoy .
  • 1713 : With the army on the Rhine. Siege of Landau and Freiburg.
  • 1714 : “La Reine” was moved to Spain to take action against the rebellious Catalans. Used in the siege of Barcelona. In the attack on September 11th, the regiment was at the head of one of the four columns that invaded the city. Soon afterwards he returned to France.
  • 1715 : On February 1, the dissolved "Régiment d'Éppeville" was incorporated.

Quadruple Alliance War (1717-1720)

  • 1719: The "Régiment de La Reine" fought in the Armée des Pyrénées, it distinguished itself when taking Castelléon.

War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738)

Battle of Parma. “La Reine” and the “Régiment de Souvré” with five battalions each formed line “C” on the right in front of the top of the fortifications.
  • 1735 : During the conquest of Revere (Lombardy) , Reggio nell'Emilia and Gonzaga . On October 25th, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel d'Ailly, an Austrian detachment in the Pantena Valley was routed.
  • 1736 : In the summer the regiment returned to France.

War of the Austrian Succession (1742 to 1748)

  • 1741 : On September 12, the unit left under the Comte de Gassion in the Brigade Association with the Régiment de Piémont Lauterbourg and arrived in Amberg on October 16 . Pilsen was reached on November 1st and Prague was occupied on November 26th . Afterwards “La Reine” was housed in Protivín and in the Písek camp. On December 18, the Austrians made a sudden attack on the suburb in front of the Budweiser Tor. They penetrated through the open barriers into the suburb, where they were received by the regiments "La Reine" and La Marine with murderous defensive fire from their houses. Most of the attackers were killed, the rest were in complete disarray and retreated under cover of night. The next morning, among other things, a grenadier company of the regiment was used to investigate the Austrian withdrawal movement. She was surprised and wiped out, the company commander, Capitaine Delmas, was killed in the process.
  • 1742 : In January the regiment came to Volyně , an important post for communication between Strakonice and Winterberg Castle . Individual detachments of the regiment were used for the daily escort of supply convoys. On May 25, “La Reine” was in action near Sahay (Czech: Zahájí ) and then withdrew to the Prague area. By this time the unit had shrunk to 333 men due to fighting, illness and other events. It was then assigned a few militiamen who enabled it to take part in the defense of the city. The brigade, to which the Régiment de Tournaisis and the Régiment de Foix belonged, took part in the great sortie of August 22nd, which ended with heavy losses. Colonel de Tessé and Lieutenant Colonel Duval had fallen. The regiment left Prague on December 16, leaving a large number of officers and men in the hospitals at the mercy of the Austrians.
  • 1743 : In February, the unit returned to France and moved into garrisons in Alsace, where supplies and staff were replenished. Although a number of those who had recovered had since returned, the workforce in July was only 60 officers and 380 men.
  • 1744 : The regiment was moved to the Alps, where it participated in the occupation of the county of Nice . It was also used in the attack on the fortifications of Montauban and Villefranche, the capture of Château-Dauphin and Démont, the siege of Conti and the battle of Madonna degl'Ulmi.
Château-Dauphin
  • 1745 : This year the Alps were crossed again. The regiment marched through the valley of Spino and was involved in the subjugation of Acqui , Serravalle a Po , Tortona , Piacenza , Parma and Pavia . It was in action at Rivarone and fought in the sieges of Alessandria , Valenza , Asit and Casal Cermelli .
  • 1746 : The campaigns of the year brought again a lot of activity for the regiment, such as the relief of Valenza, in May the siege of Acqui, then on June 16 the battle near Piacenza, in which the lieutenant colonel de Tessé was so badly wounded that he had to retire from the service. The unit then stayed in Lodi until it set off for France on August 8th. On August 10, the regiment fought in bloody skirmish on the banks of the Tidone, in which the enemy's withdrawal movements were stopped.
Tidone in the province of Piacenza
Fighting in defense of Provence ensued .
  • 1747 : The first months of the year the regiment was in the Tournoux encampment, which it left in July to attack the fortifications on the Col de l'Assiette . After the defeat, the regiment moved first to the camp of Barcelonnette and in August to that of Castellane. On the 31st of the month it returned to the army and took part in the campaign in the county of Nice. The unit remained in the Var department until the end of the war , then was reduced to two battalions and moved into a garrison in Montpellier .

Seven Years War in Canada (2nd Battalion only)

  • 1755 : On May 3rd, the 2nd Battalion under the command of Capitaine de Roquemaure (later Colonel-lieutenant) was embarked for Canada in Rochefort. It belonged to the troops under the command of Ludwig August von Dieskau. It served in this colony under the orders of the Marquis de Montcalm until the disasters that resulted in the banks of the St. Lawrence being abandoned forever. This battalion, the oldest of de Montcalm's small army, was involved in all activities for the next six years.
Relief from Fort Frédéric
  • 1756 : At the siege of Fort Chouaguen Oswego . The winter was spent preparing the attack on Fort George.
  • 1757 : Attack on Fort George
  • 1758 : The battalion vehemently defended the entrenchments at Fort Carillon, forcing the enemy to retreat. Lieutenant Daudin and seven soldiers were killed, four officers and 45 soldiers were wounded.
  • 1759 : Battle at Saut-Montmorency
  • 1760 : The battalion distinguished itself on April 28 in the defense of Québec and then in Montreal. After the city surrendered, the battalion returned to France.

Seven Years War (1756 to 1763)

There is no further information about the activities of the 1st Battalion during the war; the reunified regiment took part in the battle of Kampen Abbey in 1760 and was still in service in Germany until the end of the war.

In May 1763 a peace garrison was moved into Maubeuge . In April 1764 the transfer took place to Dunkirk , in November of the same year to Valenciennes, in September 1766 to Havre , in November 1767 to Brest, in October 1768 to La Rochelle , in November 1770 the 1st Battalion was transferred to Besançon and the 2nd Battalion. Battalion relocated to Versoix . In 1771 the regiment was reunited in Lille and moved in March 1773 to Landrecies , in September 1773 to Arras , in October 1775 to Dunkirk, in October 1777 to Béthune and Saint-Venant , in May 1778 to Pont-Audemer and Honfleur , in September of the same year to the Camp de Vaussieux and in October to Brest.

On January 31, 1779, a détachement under the command of the Duc de Lauzun was shipped to Senegal with the fleet of the Marquis des Vaudreuil to take Saint-Louis and the forts occupied by the British.

Most of the regiment was in Lorient and Port-Louis (Morbihan) in April 1779 and moved to Caen in September and to Toul in December . On May 1, 1780, “La Reine” arrived in Metz . From here the 1st Battalion was sent to Montmédy in September and four companies from the 2nd Battalion to Longwy . In October 1782 the unit was reunited in Metz and moved to Valognes in October 1783 , where the regiment remained until the outbreak of the revolution.

In May 1790 the regimental staff and four companies left Valognes and moved to Cherbourg . In October 1791 the regiment had one battalion stationed in Bayeux and the other in Valognes. The next month the 1st Battalion was transferred to Vannes and the 2nd Battalion to Lorient . The latter was embarked on January 6, 1792 on the liner "Dugay-Trouin" and transported to Santo Domingo . It never came back, its leftovers were distributed among the colonial troops.

Wars of the Revolution and the First Empire (1805 to 1815)

The 1st Battalion was in Port-Louis in February. It was involved in all campaigns of the Armée de l'Ouest and distinguished itself in the fighting on November 21-23 at Dol-de-Bretagne and Antrain .

Further information about the period up to 1815 is not available.

1815 to 1848

  • 1830 : By order of September 18, a fourth battalion was set up and the regiment's personnel strength increased to 3,000 men.

Conquest of Algeria (1839 to 1849)

  • 1840 : From November 8th to 11th the granaries of Bou-Chouicha were taken by the regiment. On November 11th the battle followed near Oued El Malah, in which the caliph Mohammed Ben Allel, known as Sidi-Embarek, adviser to Abd el-Kader and a respected warrior, was killed.

Second empire

  • 1870 : On August 16, the 4th battalion, formed by reservists who had moved up, left the recruit depot to form the 8 e régiment de marche (8th marching regiment). It belonged to the 2nd Brigade in the 1st Division, which was subordinate to the 13th Army Corps.

First World War

When mobilizing on August 2, 1914, the regiment was in the "Caserne Saint Georges" in Rennes. On August 5th the flag was unveiled in front of the 1st Battalion by Lieutenant-Colonel Passaga. The regiment consisted of three battalions, mainly composed of Bretons . Most of them came from the area around Rennes, Vannes and Saint-Brieuc.

From August 1914 to July 1915 it belonged to the 19th Infantry Division, then to November 1918 to the 13th Infantry Division.

1914

  • Defensive battles at Ham-sur-Sambre on August 21 . The 41 e régiment d'infanterie in Belgium was assigned to guard and secure the crossings over the Sambre from Ham-sur-Sambre to Floreffe . The Germans went first, but then withdrew. The next day the regiment withdrew to France fighting.
  • August 29th and 30th: Battle of Guise , Battle of Saint-Richeaumont. The Germans were repulsed in the Oise department , with the 3rd Battalion particularly involved. The next day, however, a general withdrawal was ordered.
  • September 7th: First battle of the Marne
  • September 17th: Battle at Craonne
  • September 18-23: Defensive battles at the Ferme d'Hurtebise
  • October 2nd: Trench warfare near Neuville-Vitasse

1915

  • From May 9th to June 16th deployed in the Battle of Arras
  • On September 8, fights at the Four de Paris

1916

1917

  • In October fighting near Verdun at height 344
  • On November 4, the regiment was in the Eix -Châtillon section .

1918

losses

2170 men of the regiment died between 1914 and 1918.

Second World War

At the beginning of the war the regiment was stationed in Rennes . As an active regiment with three battalions it belonged to the 19th Infantry Division and was assigned to the Saar , Somme and Oise. At the beginning of May 1940 the unit was in Dietwiller, south of Mulhouse , to defend the Rhine line between Neu-Breisach and Kembs . Since April 9th ​​the command was led by Lieutenant-Colonel Camille Loichot.

Somme and Oise

On May 15, the 41 e RI received marching orders and reached Ressons-sur-Matz on May 19 . From here it moved north on foot and partly by truck, where it arrived south of the Somme in the Santerre . It was housed in and around Estrées-Deniécourt . The staff was in Vermandovillers .

The main task was to try to cross the Somme as part of an offensive to connect with the Allies in the north. Given the impossibility of launching such an offensive, the mission became defensive, preventing the Germans from crossing the Somme and advancing directly into Paris. However, the Germans had already set up bridgeheads on the Somme between Amiens and Péronne and south of Péronne. In the first phase of the fighting at the end of May, the regiment was split up, the 2nd battalion took part in the attacks of the right wing of the 19th Infantry Division, the other two battalions covered the left wing. On 23 May, the forces attacked the left wing of the 19th ID with the II / 41 s the place Villers-Carbonnel ; in doing so, they were supported by some tanks of the 4th Kürassierdivision. The place was captured, but had to be abandoned the next morning after German counter attacks. On May 26, the fighting shifted to the north of 19th Infantry Division with an attack on Assevillers through the I / 41 e . After a short artillery preparation, the battalion advanced, but then had to break off the attack quickly and retreat to the starting position at Estrées-Deniécourt . On May 29, German attacks were repulsed. In the fighting at the beginning of June 1940, the three battalions on the left wing of the division were reunited.

On June 1, the village of Fay (Somme) , defended by the III / 41 e , was attacked but was held. On June 5, the German offensive against the summer front was continued. The 41 e RI held the positions:

The Germans attacked Fay held by 10th Company at 4:30 a.m. Although encircled, the company was able to resist for three days. In Foucaucourt, the Germans attacked to the northeast, but were stopped by machine gun fire and then tried to advance south in the west. The battalion ran out of ammunition and tried to retreat to the headquarters in Vermandovillers. In Herleville, the 5th and 6th Companies were also attacked, and they were able to penetrate the village through a ravine in the north.

The regimental headquarters had meanwhile become aware and sent the adjutant Tardiveau, who had volunteered for this, on a reconnaissance mission. He equipped two Renault UE Chenillette with machine guns and drove with two other soldiers to Herleville. In the process, 216 surprised German soldiers were captured in this sector. Soyécourt, the III / 41 e held, was also attacked, but could also withstand. On June 6th, the Germans outflanked the 41 e RI because the 117 e RI to the right of it had been smashed by German tanks. The regimental headquarters of the 41 e RI in Vermandovillers was massively shelled by the German artillery, as was the III / 41 e in Soyécourt. The 10th Company was able to hold Fay. The I / 41 e repulsed three German attacks in Herleville, but then suffered from a lack of ammunition.

The regiment then withdrew to Lihons . Another counterattack with tanks took place on June 6th on Roye , but failed. The high command of the 6th Army Corps then ordered the 19th Infantry Division to retreat. On June 7th at 02:15 am, the order to withdraw reached the regiment's headquarters in Vermandovillers. The withdrawal was carried out in good order, heading south-west.

The I / 41 e left Foucaucourt in the direction of Rosières-en-Santerre, which was noticed by the Germans. The 1st Company tried to get through the German lines but was turned back and then dispersed to find the way in smaller groups. The 4th train was captured at Beaufort-en-Santerre. Here the prisoners were shot by the Waffen SS with machine guns. There were 30 dead and only two survivors. The 2nd and 3rd companies could not advance because their destination Rosières was already occupied, which is why they had to retreat to Lihons. The place was then attacked by the Germans. The two companies then split up and tried to move south in small groups. Most of them were captured.

The II / 41 e managed to retreat on the other side to Davenescourt , where it was able to recapture the regimental command post .

The 9th Company was able to withdraw from the III / 41 e with the II / 41 e . The 10th Company was encircled in Fay. After the ammunition ran out, the company had to surrender - around 100 men were still alive, but about 50 of them were wounded.

On June 8th the march continued south. On the morning of June 9th, we reached Pont-Sainte-Maxence on the Oise. Trucks arrived on June 10th for further transport. The regiment came to Précy-sur-Oise via Senlis and Chantilly . The staff was still 400 men in the 2nd Battalion and 180 men in the 3rd Battalion, plus the remaining men from the staff, reconnaissance and anti-tank companies. On June 11th, the 6th and 7th companies, which were in defensive positions on the Oise between Boran and Précy-sur-Oise, were attacked by the Germans. On the evening of June 12th the withdrawal was ordered again, the destination was the Ourcq north of Paris. In Gonesse the infantrymen were loaded onto trucks again and taken to their final destination, Noisy-le-Grand on the Marne.

Withdrawal and dissolution

On June 13, 1940, Paris was declared an open city and all resistance was given up. On June 13th the regiment withdrew at Corbeil to the Seine above Paris. On June 15, the withdrawal was continued in various ways through the II / 41 e and III / 41 e . In La Ferte-Alais loaded onto the train, reached the battalions Gien (Loiret) , from where the remains of the regiment after Romorantin marched to the north. On June 18, the order came to march south again. Lieutenant-Colonel Loichot drove to La Ferté-Saint-Aubin to look for the 5th Company that had been left there to form a nest of resistance against the Germans. He was captured by the Germans south of the town. The commandant Jan III / 41 e took over the regimental command.

On June 20, the remnants of the regiment were in the Cher department south of Romorantin . Due to the advancing Germans and the no longer existing order in the defense process, the regiment began to move again. The remnants of the unit were regrouped on the Lot east of Cahors . It now consisted of 17 officers, 63 NCOs and 446 men. In mid-July, the units of the 19th Infantry Division south of Limoges were concentrated in order to be demobilized.

On August 28, 1940, the 41 e RI was reorganized in Brive and assigned to the armistice army of the Vichy regime .

1942

After the occupation of the rest of France in November ( company Anton ), the armistice army and with it the regiment were dissolved.

1944

The "41 e régiment d'infanterie" was set up again this year from parts of the Breton FFI and assigned to the 19th infantry division. The regiment was involved in fighting the encircled German units in Lorient and Saint-Nazaire in May .

post war period

  • December 1946 to February 1946: The 41 e RI was used as part of the 19th Infantry Division as an occupation force in Germany ( Forces françaises en Allemagne ).
  • Between 1960 and 1970 the regiment was in the Camp de la Lande d'Ouée (35 Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier ).
  • 1978: Used in cleaning work (Opération polmar) after the Amoco Cadiz accident
  • 1979 the regiment was moved to Dinéault (near Châteaulin ). The operational task was to protect the properties of the Force Océanique Stratégique in this department.
  • 1987 to 1991: As part of the Force d'Action Rapide (FAR - Rapid Reaction Force), the regiment was assigned to the “9 e division d'infanterie de marine” (9th Marine Infantry Division).
  • 1992: Subordinate to the Land Command of the West Region
  • 1994: After the withdrawal of French troops from Berlin and their resolution the troops formerly stationed in the banner of "Quartier Napoléon" what has been Breton was 46 e régiment d'infantry in the hall of honor of the regiment kept. For this reason, the barracks of the Régiment de la Reyne was renamed “Quartier de La Tour d'Auvergne”.
  • 1999: Dissolution of the unit. The property was handed over to the National Gendarmerie , which set up a school there.

Post-war operations

  • Algerian War : 1956 to 1957
  • Lebanon War : 1984 and 1985, FINUL, CEA, CCS, 2nd and 3rd Combat Company, assigned to the 9th Colonial Infantry Division (9 e DIMA)
  • Berlin : 1992, 2nd Combat Company, the 11 e régiment de chasseurs à cheval assumed
  • Cambodia : 1993, APRONUC, 2nd combat company subordinated to 11th Airborne Brigade
  • Ex- Yugoslavia : 1995, ONU and OTAN, 4th combat company
  • South Lebanon: 1997, FINUL, 2nd Combat Company (CCL)

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.

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

  • Model 1854 (front)

  • Model 1860 (front)

  • Model 1880 (front)

  • Model 1880 (back)

Awards

The regiment's flag ribbon is marked with the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with two palm branches for two honorable mentions in the army command, with a gold-plated star for a special mention in the army corps command; furthermore decorated with the Croix de guerre 1940-1945 with a palm branch for an honorable mention in the army command. 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.

  • Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with two palm branches, one gold-plated and one silver-plated star

  • Croix de guerre 1940-1945 with a palm branch

  • Gold Medal of the City of Milan

The gold-plated star of the Croix de guerre was awarded to the 6th Company, which was almost completely wiped out while repelling an attack in June 1915.

"... for six days, shoulder to shoulder with tenacity and admirable courage, she defended her section."

The commander of the 1st Cavalry Corps praised the 41 he RI in a daily order for its use on July 17, 18, 19 and 20, 1918 in the woods of Boursault , Œuilly (Marne) and Cense-Carrée.

On the "Square de La Motte" in Rennes is the memorial to the memory of the soldiers who fell in the regiment in the wars of 1870–1871, 1914–1918, 1939–1945.

Motto

Hardi Bretagne
(Bold Brittany)

Regimental music

It was the only regiment in the army in which Bagad was played. The Breton musicians who could play with the Cornemuse or the Bombarde were automatically assigned to the 41 e RI or the Navy. (This naval band, called "Bagad de Lann-Bihoué", is the last of its kind in the French armed forces.)

Personalities who served in the regiment

literature

  • Archives M. Prigent: Association Bretagne 1914–1918.
  • Henri Charles-Lavauzelle: Historique sommaire du 41 e regiment d'infanterie. Éditions militaires, Paris 1920.
  • Revue d'information des troupes françaises d'occupation en Allemagne. No. 5, February 1946.
  • Les Heures glorieuses du 41 e RI Job de Roincé, Rennes 1965.
  • RP Louis Bourdais: Souvenirs et témoignages sur les opérations et les combats de la 19 e division pendant la Guerre 1934–1940. Rennes 1947.
  • Journal de marche du III e bataillon du 41 e RI Service historique de la Défense (SHD), Vincennes.
  • M. Pinard: Chronologie historique-militaire. Volumes 4, 7 and 8. Claude Hérissant, Paris 1761, 1764 and 1778.
  • Lieutenant général de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV. Imprimerie Royale, Paris 1835 ( full text version in the Google book search).

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ German: 41st Infantry Regiment
  2. ↑ from an unknown point in time as "Régiment de La Reine"
  3. ↑ 41st Fortress Infantry Regiment
  4. ↑ M. Pinard ( Chronologie historique-militaire. Volume 4. Claude Hérissant, Paris 1761, see in the Google book search) and Ancestramil (Général Susane: Régiment de La Reine. Historique ) write "Crénant" - P. Anselme and Augustin Déchauffé et al. ( Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la Maison Royale de France. Volume 8. Compagnie des Libraires Associez, Paris 1783) write "Crenan" ( see in the Google book search)
  5. ↑ Cinquième abrégé général du militaire de France, sur terre et sur mer. Lemau de la Jaisse, Paris 1739
  6. ↑ This was the flag of the 1st Company, which (theoretically) was led by the regiment owner as a personal company - d. i.e., it had no regular company commander, but only one commander "en second"
  7. ↑ It is not known which town this is exactly
  8. ↑ has nothing to do with the Régiment de Limousin of 1684
  9. ^ Lieutenant général de Vault: Mémoires militaires relatifs à la succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV. Volume 1. Imprimerie Royale, Paris 1835, p. 436 in the Google book search
  10. ↑ unknown place
  11. ↑ other sources speak of December 22nd
  12. ↑ Victor Louis Jean François Belhomme: Histoire de l'infantry en France. Volume 5, p. 151
  13. ^ Général Vinoy: Opération du 13 e corps d'armée et de la 3 e armée durant le Siège de Paris (1870). P. 7 and 15
  14. ↑ Henri Charles Lavauzelle: Historique sommaire du 41 e régiment d'infantry. Éditeur militaire, Paris 1920, p. 5
  15. ↑ Henri Charles Lavauzelle: Historique sommaire du 41 e régiment d'infantry. Éditeur militaire, Paris 1920, p. 6
  16. ^ RP Louis Bourdais: Souvenirs et témoignages sur les opérations et les combats de la 19 e division pendant la Guerre 1934–1940. Rennes 1947; ainsi que Journal de marche du III e battalion du 41 e RI
  17. ↑ «  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 ")
  18. ↑ "  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 ")
  19. ↑ This also applies to units that have already been disbanded, as they can (theoretically) be put back into active service at any time
  20. ^ Website dedicated to the regiments 1914–1918
  21. ↑ 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
  22. ^ 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
  23. ↑ entry IA35022166 to "Gertrude, Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel" of Brittany Region
  24. ^ Entry LH / 277/59 on Base Léonore of the French Ministry of Culture

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