Sunday, 10 August 2025

The last and sadly least of the "Give Them A Second Chance" Units - French Infantry Regiments Destroyed At Blenheim 1704 Number 5 - Infantry Regiment Franquières

For the sake of completeness - "I've Started So I'll Finish... ;-) - here are the flags of the last of the five French infantry regiments destroyed at Blenheim. Yes, they are sadly "vanilla" and nowhere near as interesting as the flags of the previous four regiments. And we do not even know the details of the uniform nor can I discover where in the Franco-Bavarian battle line they were positioned. But it is sobering to think that these flags were perhaps the last thing some of those poor devils saw in the centre of the regiment as it was wiped out by the Allied attack...

First raised 18th January 1702 by the Comte de Franquières


1704 Destroyed at Blenheim

Uniform unknown