Flags carried by Dutch Swiss Infantry Regiment Tscharner, Montmollin, Stürler 1694-1714

First raised 3rd May 1694. It was a Berne regiment of two battalions. The first colonel was Nicolas Tscharner from Berne to 1697, then it was Charles de Montmollin who died 22/12/1701 and then Vincent Stürler (1662-1734) from Berne who was made brigadier in 1709.

Lieutenant Colonel Francois de Montmollin was killed at Blenheim in 1704. There were horrendous casualties at Malplaquet in 1709 (see below).

The flags were captured at Le Quesnoy, according to the Triomphes Louis XIV; the flags may therefore only relate to the later regiment under Vincent Stürler.

Service (extracted from Hall ):

1703 Capture of Trabach; defence of the Stolhofen-Buhl lines; battle of Stekene; battle of Eckeren; defence of Augsburg (all only one battalion)
1704 Battle of the Schellenburg - 523 all ranks present with 54 casualties; battle of Blenheim - 469 all ranks present with 41 killed in action and 57 wounded
1706 Battle of Ramillies - one battalion with 37 killed in action and 60 wounded; one battalion at the siege of Ostend - 2 killed and 8 wounded
1708 Battle of Oudenarde - two battalions with 2 killed and 4 wounded
1709 Siege of Tournai; battle of Malplaquet - two battalions with 258 killed and 435 wounded
1710 Siege of Saint Vernant - one battalion with 8 killed and 44 wounded
1712 Siege of Quesnoy one battalion (where both flags were  captured and then featured in the Triomphes Louis XIV)
1712 Defence of Douai - two battalions

And this was the uniform after 1704: