First raised 1744 then disbanded at the peace. Re-raised 20th March 1757 at the same time as Royal Barrois. The militia battalions of Mirecourt and Neufchateau were used to fill the ranks of Royal Lorraine. One battalion strong.
Ranked 104th in 1757.
Disbanded November 1762.
The details of the number and layout of the fleurs de lys are from Pierre Charrié, Drapeaux et Étendards du Roi.
With Soubise's Army of Saxony in 1757. Not at Rossbach. With the army of the Comte de Clermont in 1758. In August it was at the combat of Mehr where it fought bravely, being the last unit to leave the battlefield. It was then part of the Army of the Lower Rhine under Contades which recrossed the Rhine to follow the allied army under Ferdinand of Brunswick. In 1759 the regiment operated as part of the corps sent forward to support the French offensive in western Germany and acted as support to Broglie at Minden. [This is a summary of the information in Kronoskaf: http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Royal_Lorraine_Infanterie as I do not have an independent account of the regiment in the SYW.]
And this is the uniform in the Seven Years War:
Thanks for posting this one David. Nice looking flag and yellow facings to stand out from other French regiments. And it served in Germany.
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ReplyDeleteOne of my very favorite SYW French regiments. Thank you.
Bill
Another handsome French flag, David!
ReplyDeleteOooo this one's a beauty!
ReplyDeleteAnother very elegant flag, with a nice touch of the fleur de lys in the cross:)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Peter. It certainly is nicely unusual. The early WAS uniform in yellow with black cuffs is very striking too! For the next few French flags I shall hunt for ones that served in Germany as it seems to be a popular theme and narrows down the field for me too...
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.
Thanks, Bill. Glad you like it! :-)
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.
Thanks, Jonathan. I'm looking forward to seeing this one pop up on peoples' wargame tables too! :-)
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David.
Thanks, Ray. It is, isn't it? :-)
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David.
Thanks, Steve. There seems to be some variation in how people represent the fleurs de lys on this flag (in both numbers and the central pattern) but I've followed Pierre Charrié in his book Drapeaux et Étendards du Roi as my most reliable source of reference. I think it's about as near one can get to definitive in this frequently highly frustrating subject!
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David.
Lovely work again David.
ReplyDeleteHi David, any chance at getting the Prussian IR 15 colors as well?
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ReplyDeleteLovely work again David."
Thank you! It helps when the flag's design is so attractive and unusual. :-)
All the best,
David.
I am planning to do the IR15 flags eventually (well, fairly soon-ish, I hope, all being well) but it will be a little while, as they share nothing in details with any other Prussian flags so all has to be done from scratch! One great advantage of many of the Prussian flags is that I can reuse so many elements. It really does speed things up and take less effort... When I'm dishing out freebies, that matters. ;-)
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David.
It's a good idea to focus on what most readers wish to see.
ReplyDeleteThe older uniform indeed is looking much more interesting and makes the unit outstanding.
I love the shade on your flags and I can see that it would be somehow pointless to make cavalry standards as there the shade is hardly visible if one prints them in the correct size.
Thanks, André. Of course, it can be tricky juggling what people want - and sometimes I just end up doing what I want most of all! ;-) It's certainly true that by the SYW much of the rather splendidly chaotic variety of flags and uniforms had been reduced by centralisation and economy - rather a pity for the gamer and artist.
ReplyDeleteI am still tempted by cavalry standards but the combination of very small size when in use plus often great detail is rather contradictory - and yes, shading is difficult to use well too. Of course, this is why many cavalry standards are produced hugely oversized to make the details show on the wargames table.
All the best,
David.