First raised 1692. One battalion strong. Named after the province.
This is one of my favourite French flag designs, which was unique to this regiment and was not seen again in the French army after the regiment was absorbed into the Regiment de Flandre in 1749. Flags of this pattern were carried for the whole existence of the regiment 1692-1749.
Service (from Susane):
On the coasts and in Germany to the Peace of Ryswick 1697
1702: Army of Germany
1703: Sieges of Brisach and Landau; combat of Speyerbach
1704: Army of Bavaria; battle of Hochstedt (Blenheim)
1705-1708: Army of the Rhine
1708: To Flanders; Scottish Expedition
To 1712: Manning the Lines of the Lauter
1713: Sieges of Landau and Fribourg
Given to many different proprietors to 1745 when given to Louis-Joseph de Saint-Véran, Marquis de Montcalm
1744: Army of the Alps; passage of the Alps by the valley of Spino; conquest of Piedmont
1745: Combat of Rivarrone
1746: Battles of Plaisance and Tidone
1747: Camp of Briançon; combat of the Assietta; camp of Tournoux
1747-8: Campaigning in Nice
Absorbed into the Regiment de Flandre 10th February 1749; the grenadiers went to the Grenadiers de France.
And this was the uniform in the 1740s:
Great flag! A regiment to add to my WAS project. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jon. :-) Look forward to seeing the flags with your troops. Long one of my favourite flags sets, I confess. They feature on the cover of the Helion book on Assietta, which I know you have. I ordered my copy this weekend as Helion had a very hard to refuse 80% off offer!
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David.
What a flag! One of the best that's for sure and a useful one for the War of Austrian Succession.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie! :-) Absolutely. And a useful flag right through from the Nine Years War to the WAS too! Not sure why I took quite so long to produce these...
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David.
It certainly stands out against the normal French flags. What a beauty!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray! :-) Doesn't it just? I think I might have said it before ;-) but the French did do wonderful flags...
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David.
Agreed 100%
DeleteThat is a very smart set of flags David. I have a French battalion on the workbench in 20mm that this would suit.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-) That's great; look forward to seeing them with your troops!
DeleteAll the best,
David.
A fancifully wonderful example of your craft, David!
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Stokes
Thank you, Stokes. :-) They may not be the most elaborate of French flags but they are undoubtedly one of my favourite sets...
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David.
Wow, that really is such an unusual design, not having seen anything quite like it before! Certainly bold and original and hard to mistake it for any other unit on the battlefield.
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