Flag List Pages

▼

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Minden French Flags Project - Regiment La Marche

First raised 1684, La Marche was a single battalion regiment and at Minden formed a brigade on the right wing with the 4 battalion regiment Picardie. It was highly distinguished in its conduct at Krefeld where alone it tried to stop the Allied flanking attack and for almost three hours delayed the Allied assault.

The same pattern of colours was carried from 1684 to 1762, when the regiment was disbanded.




Unfortunately I have no 1757 illustration of these flags and the uniform. Basically the regiment had red cuffs, collar and waistcoat; until 1761 the coat had elaborate double vertical pockets.

[I can't help feeling that this is one flag where the usual French elegance fails; the colours make a horribly ugly and messy mix!]
at

4 comments:

  1. Ray Rousell14 February 2013 at 17:52

    I think it looks excellent, full of vibrant colours!

    ReplyDelete
  2. WSTKS-FM Worldwide14 February 2013 at 21:42

    Nevertheless, it does catch the eye!

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

    ReplyDelete
  3. David Morfitt15 February 2013 at 01:09

    Thanks for the comments, Ray and Stokes. Clearly it's all a matter of individual taste! ;-)

    Cheers,

    David.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Capt Bill15 February 2013 at 06:51

    Sir David,
    Looks like I'll have to reflag my French Army with these great flags, Thanks!

    ReplyDelete

Saturday 6th June 2020 I've decided to allow comments from Anonymous Users but I'll still be moderating posts, as I'm sure the spam will probably flood in now! We'll see...