First raised 9th September 1684 and created from companies of Regiment Navarre. One battalion. Ranked 78th in the SYW.
Flags carried from 1684-1762
Summary of Service History (from Susane Volume 8):
1690: Army of the Alps; taking of Cahours and Suze; battle of Staffarde
1691: Conquest of Savoy and Nice
1693: Battle of Marsaglia
1696: Siege of Valenza
1696: Army of the Moselle
1700: Army of Italy
1701: Combats of Carpi and Chiari. Into garrison at Mantua
1705: Army of Spain. Conquest of Andalucia
1707: Siege of Lerida
1709: Army of Dauphiné
1710: Army of Flanders
1712: Sieges of Douai, Quesnoy and Bouchain
1733: Army of the Rhine
1734: Siege of Philipsbourg
WAS
1743: Army of the Lower Rhine; battle of Dettingen; combat of Rheinweiler
1744: Retaking of the Lines of Lauter; siege of Fribourg
1745: Taking of Kronembourg
1746: Army of Flanders; battle of Rocoux
1747: Defence of Provence; the recapture of the Isles of Sainte-Marguerite; conquest of Nice
1748: Defence of the Rivière de Gênes, Italy
SYW: Served on the coast of Brittany; defence of Belle-Île-Sur-Mer 1761
Disbanded 25th November 1762
And this was the uniform in the SYW:
Another brilliant set of flags!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ray. :-) Yes, I do rather like them too, I confess.
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Wow, that is really rather colourful and bright to my tired eyes this morn, but lovely nonetheless!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve. :-) Certainly hard to miss those on the battlefield, so easy to rally round! And perhaps the glare would put the enemy off a bit, especially if they are a bit hungover... ;-)
DeleteAll the best,
David.