Sunday, 20 July 2025

Flags carried by French Swiss Infantry Regiment Pfyffer 1702-1715

Raised 15th September 1702 by Louis Pfyffer de Wyher.


Service [from Susane]:

1703 Army of Flanders; combat of Eckeren [although Kronoskaf WSS says the regiment does not seem to appear in OOBs of Eckeren]
1706 Battle of Ramillies
1707 Defence of Provence
1708 Army of Flanders; battle of Oudenarde; defence of Lille
1709 Defence of Tournai
1711 Combat of Arleux
1712 Battle of Denain; sieges of Douai, duQuesnoy and Bouchain
1713 Siege of Landau

1715 Disbanded 11th February

Uniform was probably red with blue cuffs, waistcoat and breeches and white metal buttons