Probably first raised in 1634 by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar and ceded to France in 1635. Made the premier French cavalry regiment by Royal order of the 29th May 1645 with numerous privileges and became Colonel-Général on the 24th April 1657.
Unusually it was 3 squadrons strong and increased to 4 squadrons in 1761.
Stations and actions:
1730: In the camp of the Sambre
1733: In the Army of the Rhine; siege of Kehl
1734: Ettlengen and Philippsburg
1735: Klausen; at the peace stationed at Monzon
1741: Army of Bohemia; Prague, Piseck, Frauenberg
1743 February; returned to France
1744: At St Quentin then in Flanders
1745: Battle of Fontenoy
1746: Brussels; battle of Rocoux
1747: Battle of Lauffeld
1748: Siege of Maastricht
1749: Vesoul
1751: Belfort then Valenciennes
1753: At the camp of Aimeries-sur-Sambres
1754: Limoges
1756: Strasbourg
1757: On the right wing at the battle of Hastenbeck July 26th.
1758: At the battle of Krefeld on the right wing of the first line
1759: With the main army under Contades and at Minden August 1st. Heavy losses at Minden and so sent to the rear afterwards.
1761: Reformed the 1st December; reorganised at Gray the 1st April
1763: Incorporated the regiment of Montcalm
And this was the uniform in 1756:
Excellent! I need to print out a French flag sheet to include a few infantry regiments that are in work. Your recent cavalry flags will be included.
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Terrific, Jon. Look forward to seeing them in action with your splendid troops. :-)
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David.
Well, I have exhausted my first tranche of French cavalry figures. I need another outbound order to Eureka.
DeleteWell done! How many French cavalry do you plan to do altogether?
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David.
My ambitions have few bounds...
Delete:-) I think that seems quite reasonable...
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David.
Another fine pair of flags David. I may add a second squadron to my Colonel General's regiment on the strength of them. Much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteGreat; thanks. Look forward to seeing them with your troops if you do. :-)
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David.
Now those are very nice, with cracking designs and I love the simple black and white backgrounds:).
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve. :-) Yes, they are pretty unusual and attractive even for the varied French cavalry standards.
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David.
Fantastic stuff David.
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Thanks, Willz. :-) I have quite a few more French cavalry standards on the stocks so will be posting them soon, I hope...
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David.
I am pleased to see that you continue to expand the site and delight us with your work.
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Thank you, Ronald. Yes, I keep at it; there's never a lack of flags and standards from the period to try to depict! (That's the good and the bad news... ;-))
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David.
I love the standards of Colonel Géneral Cavalerie. This black and white standard is so unique and I love the uniform. Thank you for your great work. This was one of the first units of which I painted the flag myself.
ReplyDeleteThank you, André. :-) Yes, I confess I do like these very much too. The WAS is especially appealing for its wider variety of flags and uniforms than the SYW; it's a pity the Austrians were less effective in that war, though!
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David.