I created these over three years ago but have only just done the write up; there is a link with some recent French flags as this was one of the infantry regiments captured at Blenheim in 1704. There are now 127 French infantry flag sets (actually more as some include variants!) on the blog.
First raised 1684 and given to Armand-Scipion-Sidoine-Apollinaire-Gaspard, Vicomte de Polignac. One battalion strong.
Service (from Susane):
1692 Army of Flanders; siege of Namur; battle of Steenkirken
1693 Served on the coasts
1694 Army of Italy
1695 Army of Catalonia
1696 Army of Italy; siege of Valenza
1697 Army of the Meuse
1702 Army of the Rhine; battle of Friedlingen where the colonel was wounded
1703 Siege of Breisach; siege of Landau; battle of Speyerbach
1704 Given to Charles Hugues, Comte de Lyonne
1704 Army of Bavaria; battle of Hochstedt [Blenheim]; one of seven regiments taken prisoner in the village of Blenheim [Iain Stanford's Marlborough Goes To War tells us the regiment was 2 battalions strong at Blenheim]
1706 Exchanged
1706-1710 Served on the Rhine
1710 Given to Henri-Antoine-Thomas, Chevalier de Brancas-Courbon
1711 Army of Flanders; combat of Arleux
1712 Battle of Denain; capture of Douai, Du Quesnoy and Bouchain
Given 1734 to the Comte de Chatellux
1739-1740 Campaigning in Corsica
1742 Army of Flanders
1743 Given to César-François de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chatellux
1745 Army of the Lower Rhine
1745 Given to François-Emery de Durfort, Comte de Civrac
1746 Army of Flanders; siege of Mons; siege of Charleroi; siege of Namur; battle of Rocoux; to Provence for the relief of Antibes
1747 Battle of the Assiette; the colonel was badly wounded there
1747 Given to Michel-Armand, Marquis de Broc
1747-1748 Served in the Alps to the peace
1749; grenadiers to the Grenadiers de France and the rest incorporated in the Regiment of Languedoc
And this was the uniform in the 1740s:
Excellent.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-)
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David.
Very "Christmas'y" flag.. if you know what I mean! :o)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yes, I think I do! :-)
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David.
David, Apart from the wonderfully done flags, posting the regimental histories is equally appreciated! Cheers, Dinos
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dinos! It's the part I enjoy least, I confess, but as people do like the accompanying historical text, I persevere with them! :-)
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David.
Quite simple and muted compared to some of the French flags you've shown David. They seem to have had quite a long service career by the look of it?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. Yes, indeed. But, as you say, they were carried right through the history of the unit - and they do have the advantage for me that they are rather less work than many! ;-)
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David.
Nice flag David, certainly makes up for the rather plain uniform!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) Yes, without their many and varied flags French troops of the period would probably look somewhat drab, it has to be said! (But not as drab as WW2 infantry... ;-))
DeleteAll the best,
David.