First raised 3rd January 1693 and given to Adrien, Comte de Mailly-La-Houssaye
The date of the change of colouring of the flags is unknown but the second version is attested in the 1721 French MS so is from at least that date. Although a relatively simple design, it should be fairly distinctive and striking on the battlefield.
Service [from Susane]:
1693-1697 On the coast
1702 Army of the Rhine
1703 Campaign in Bavaria; siege of Kehl
1704 Battle of Blenheim [2nd Höchstädt][but not shown as present in other accounts]
1704 3rd August given to Alexandre-Maximilien-Balthazar-Dominique de Gand d'Isenghien, Comte de Middelbourg
1705 Army of the Moselle
1706 Army of Flanders; battle of Ramillies[but not shown as present in other accounts]
1708 Battle of Oudenarde
1709 Battle of Malplaquet
1711 Combat of Arleux
1712 Sieges of Douai, Quesnoy and Bouchain
1716 3rd August Given to Louis de Frétat, Comte de Boissieux
1730 15th September Given to Ferdinand Agathange, Marquis de Brun
1733 Army of Germany; siege of Kehl
1734 Combat of Ettlingen; siege of Philipsbourg
1738 16th April given to Claude-Gustave-Chrétien, Marquis des Salles
1743 6th March given to N. Comte de Villeneuve
1744 Army of the Alps
1747 Combat of the Assiette
1747 3rd April given to Pierre-Louis-Aimé de Guiffrey de Monteynard, Chevalier de Marcieu
1748 1st January given to François-Gaspard, Comte de Poly-Saint-Thiébaut
1749 10th February the grenadiers incorporated in the Grenadiers de France and the rest of the regiment into IR Hainaut
Uniform all grey throughout but possibly with red stockings in the late 17th/early 18th century
