75 e régiment d'infantry

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Régiment de Provence
Régiment du Monsieur
75 e regiment d'infanterie

R 75 I.

Internal association badge
active 1684 to 1984
Country Blason France modern.svg France
Armed forces Flag of France.svg French armed forces
Armed forces Flag of France.svg Armée française de terre
Branch of service infantry
Type Infantry Regiment
Location Romans-sur-Isere
Valence
Patron saint St. Maurice d'Agaune
motto Le 75 e arrive et bat l'ennemi
Awards Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with two palm branches

The 75 e régiment d'infanterie (at times also 75 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne ) was an infantry regiment of the French army. It was established in 1684 as the Régiment de Provence .

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

List and name changes in chronological order

  • 1684: Regiment de Provence
  • 1749: The Régiment de Ponthieu was incorporated
  • 1770: Renamed the Régiment du Comte de Provence
  • 1774: Regiment du Monsieur
  • 1791: 75ème regiment d'infanterie de ligne
  • 1793: reclassification as part of the premier amalgams
the 1st battalion became the "139ème demi-brigade d'infanterie de bataille"
the 2nd battalion became the "140ème demi-brigade d'infanterie de bataille"
  • 1794: Statement of 75 e demi-brigade de bataille from
1st battalion of the "38 e regiment d'infanterie de ligne"
1st battalion of the "Volontaires des Vosges" (Vosges volunteers)
1st battalion of the "Volontaires de la Côte-d'Or" (Côte-d'Or volunteers)
  • 1796: Establishment of the "75 e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne"
"70 e demi-brigade de bataille" (consisting of: 2nd battalion of the 35 e régiment d'infanterie, 1st battalion of the "Volontaires des Landres" and the 1st battalion of the "Volontaires de l'Ardèche")
"117 e demi-brigade de bataille" (consisting of: 1st battalion of the 59 e régiment d'infanterie, 2nd battalion of the Volontaires de la Côte d'Or and the 1st battalion of the Volontaires de la Haute -Loire »)
"152 e demi-brigade de bataille" (consisting of: 2nd battalion of the "82 e régiment d'infanterie", 7th battalion of the "Volontaires de la Marne" and the 6th battalion of the "Volontaires du Bas-Rhin")
the "1 e compagnie de grenadier" of the "26 e demi-brigade de bataille" (1st grenadier company of the 26 e demi-brigade de bataille)
  • 1803: Renamed to 75 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne
  • 1816: The "Légion de la Seine-Inférieure" took over number 75
  • 1820: Since there were only 60 infantry regiments, the number 75 was not assigned
  • 1854: By order of September 29, the 75 e régiment d'infanterie was set up
  • 1914: During the mobilization it became the "53 e brigade d'infanterie" (53rd infantry brigade) of the "27 e division d'infanterie" in the "14 e corps d'armée". It provided personnel to set up its reserve regiment , the "275 e régiment d'infanterie" which was disbanded on June 1, 1916.
  • 1924: on January 1st the regiment in Romans-sur-Isère was disbanded
  • 1939: Re-established as 75 e demi brigade alpine de forteresse (75 e DBAF) (75th Alpine Fortress Half -Brigade)
  • 1940: dissolution
  • 1966: re-established as "75 e régiment d'infanterie"
  • 1984: Dissolution in Valence

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”.

Flag of the regiment until 1791
  • 1791: Vincent d'Auriol - Colonel (*)
  • 1791: Thomas Le Forestier - Colonel
  • 1792: Paul Daules Laroque - Colonel

(...)

  • 1803: François L'Huillier - Colonel (**)
  • 1807: Charles-Joseph Buquet - Colonel (*)
  • 1809: Etienne-François Lamorendiere-Ducoudray - Colonel (*)
  • 1814: François Cressent Petel - Colonel
  • 1814: Pierre Mativet - Colonel
  • 1884: JTKeiser - Colonel
  • (...)
  • 1912–1914: Jean Pierre Camille Nautré - Colonel
  • (...)
  • December 15, 1915 to April 21, 1916: Colonel Putois.
  • (...)
  • 1966–1968: Jean Raoux - Colonel

During this time the following fell or were wounded:

  • Colonel L'Huillier: wounded March 21, 1801, December 2, 1805 and February 6, 1807
  • Colonel Buquet: wounded June 10, 1807 and July 28, 1809

Officers who died or were wounded during the Empire:

  • Liked: 22
  • Died of her wounds: 17
  • Wounded: 129

Mission history

Dutch War

War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)

  • 1720 : The regiment was in Provence and was part of the shielding cordon that was used to prevent the plague from spreading .

War of the Polish Succession

Revolution and First Empire

Between 1793 and 1803 there was no "75 e régiment d'infanterie"

Prussian hussars capture a French flag in the battle of Heilsberg
in Hoff, Battle of Eylau , Battle of Heilsberg , at the siege of Danzig
  • 1809 : Spanish campaign , skirmishes at Talavera de la Reyna and Almonacid
  • 1810 : Battle of the Juncler
  • 1811 : Battle of Alcalá de Henares
  • 1812 : Battle at Villalba
  • 1813 : Battle of Vitoria , battle at Col de Maya, as a garrison in Pamplona and Vera,

Battle of Großgörschen , Battle of Dresden , Bunzlau

Second empire

Franco-German War

  • 1870: Battle of Vionville , Battle of Gravelotte , Battle of Roncourt and Battle of Bellevue
  • On August 16, 1870, a 4th battalion was formed in the recruit depot, which consisted for the most part of newly arrived replacement. From this battalion the 11 e régiment de marche (11th marching regiment) was formed, which was assigned to the 2 e brigade of the 2 e division in the 13 e corps d'armée.

First World War

When the war broke out, the regiment was in the barracks in: Romans ; it belonged to the 53 e brigade d'infanterie (53rd infantry brigade) of the 27 e division d'infanterie (27th infantry division) in the 14e corps d'armée (14th army corps).

  • 1914 :

k. A.

  • 1915 :
  • March: The 75 e RI recruit depot set up a company for the "414 e régiment d'infanterie" (a reserve regiment).
  • September 28th to November 6th: Autumn battle in Champagne
  • 1916 :

k. A.

  • 1917 :

k. A.

  • 1918 :

k. A.

Interwar period

On January 1, 1924, the regiment in Romans-sur-Isère was disbanded.

Second World War

On August 24, 1939, the unit was reorganized under the name 75 e DBAF (Demi brigade alpine de forteresse - Alpine Fortress Half-Brigade) and assigned to a section of the Ligne Maginot (Secteur fortifié Dauphiné - Fortified section Dauphiné). Established by the Center Mobilisateur d'infanterie (CMI 144), it was an association of the «Réserve A». After the armistice it was dissolved in the summer of 1940.

post war period

In 1966 the regiment was reorganized and dissolved again in 1984.

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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

Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre 1914–1918

The flag ribbon is decorated with the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 Croix de guerre 2 p.pngwith two palm branches for honorable mentions in the army report.

The members of the regiment had the right to wear the Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre 1914–1918.

Uniforms of the Ancien Régime

  • 1734

  • 1762

  • 1767

  • 1776

  • 1779

  • 1791

  • Uniform of the regiment according to the decree of January 15, 1792

Internal association badge

The regimental badge shows the black and red flag with the white cross of the royal regiment Provence. The inscription "R 75 I" is on the crossbar of the cross.

Motto

Le 75e arrive et bat l'ennemi.
(The 75th comes and hits the enemy.)

Known members of the regiment

  • Thomas Prosper Jullien, 1796 captain in the "75 e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne", from 1798 assistant on the staff of Napoleon Bonaparte .

literature

  • Cinq siècles d'infanterie française par le général Craplet.
  • À partir du Recueil d'historiques de l'infanterie française (général Andolenko - Eurimprim 1969).

Web links

Commons : Flags of the 75 ° regiment d'infanterie  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 75th Line Infantry Regiment
  2. ↑ The Comte of Provence was the future King Louis XVIII.
  3. ↑ Monsieur was called the next junior to the king
  4. ↑ (*) The officers marked with a star later became the Général de brigade . (**) The two-star officers later became the Général de division
  5. ^ Opération du 13 e corps d'armée et de la 3 e armée durant le Siège de Paris (1870) par le Général Vinoy, pp. 7 & 15
  6. ↑ «  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 ")
  7. ↑ "  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 ")
  8. ↑ This also applies to units that have already been disbanded, as they can (theoretically) be put back into active service at any time