As part of the "French Infantry Regiments nobbled or knocked about at Blenheim 1704" theme here are the flags of French Infantry Regiments Lesparre 1695-8 then raised as Lassay 1702; De la Mothe d'Hugues 1710-1714.
1695 Lesparre, L de Madaillan de (later Marquis de Lassay)
1698 Disbanded
1702 Raised as Lesparre, L de Madaillan de, Marquis de Lassay
1710 Marquis de la Mothe d'Hugues
1714 Disbanded
One battalion strong.
The account in Hall suggests that the flags as shown were carried by both regiments but I have seen no definitive evidence of that.
Service:
1695-1698 Catalonia
1703 Army of the Rhine; sieges of Breisach and Landau; battle of Speyerbach
1704 Battle of Blenheim [where it was badly knocked about, with 39 officers and NCOs captured plus 200 other ranks. It was one of the unfortunate 9 battalions overrun by the central allied attack which clinched the battle. See Stanford Marlborough Goes To War, Pike and Shot Society, now available at a reduced price: https://pikeandshotsociety.org.uk/store/ ]
1705 Army of the Moselle
1706 Capture of Fort Louis, Drusenheim, Lauterburg and the Isle de Marquisat
1707-1710 Lines of the Lauter
1710 Army of Flanders
1712 Battle of Denain; capture of Douai, Le Quesnoy and Bouchain
1714 Disbanded 30th October
The uniform is unknown.


Nice addition to the Blenheim collection David, and the lack of uniform details allows a bit of creativity although I am pretty sure it would be grey with coloured cuffs!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) Yes, I agree; probably grey/white with the inevitable red cuffs!
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David.
Very nice set of flags.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-) Yet another set on the way to doing all the French 17th-18th century flags!
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David.
Another great looking flag, David.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray. :-) I keep plugging away at the French flags...
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David.
Nice and simple for once for the French!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) The variety of French flags is always enjoyable, from simple to complex...
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David.