Saturday, 15 July 2023

Standard of French Raugrave Cavalry alias Volontaires Liégois

The unit was first raised as Raugrave Cavalry in 1743 as a "light horse" unit. It was renamed Volontaires Liégeois in 1756. It had consisted of only 100 men in 4 companies but in November 1756 it was increased to 300 men in 2 squadrons. In February 1758 it was renamed Cavalerie Liégeoise and increased to a total of 320 men in 2 squadrons (each of 2 companies).

Standard 1758-1762:
 



The emblem is the famous perron or column of Liège.

Brief service history:

1757: With the Army of Saxony; Rossbach Campaign
1758: With Broglie's Army to July then with Soubise
1758: July 23rd Battle of Sandershausen; heavily engaged
1758: October 10th Battle of Lutterberg; not heavily engaged
1759: April 13th Battle of Bergen
1759: From June with the main army under Contades
1759: August 1st Battle of Minden
1760: September 7th Two companies of the regiment captured with their standards

From then to the end of the war I cannot find any significant actions in which the regiment was involved. The regiment was disbanded at the end of the war.

And this was the uniform in 1758:

Image courtesy of NYPL: https://iiif-prod.nypl.org/index.php?id=1236204&t=v

4 comments:

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    1. Thank you, Willz. :-) Some cavalry standards work quite well!

      All the best,

      David.

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  2. Excellent flag! Now, I need to distribute it to my regiment of horse.

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    1. Thank you, Jon. :-) Look forward to seeing it with your troops...

      All the best,

      David.

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