Guidon Of French Dragoon Regiment Rohan-Chabot, As Captured At Blenheim 1704

First raised 1690; disbanded 1698 but re-established 1701. The regiment was 3 squadrons strong at Blenheim but served dismounted as its horses had died from disease, probably glanders. It was posted between the village of Blenheim and the River Danube along with three other similarly dismounted dragoon regiments to a total of 12 squadrons, behind a barricade. Iain Stanford's booklet "Marlborough Goes To War" gives a total of 40 officers and 290 rank and file captured from the regiment, based on a contemporary source. The unit was exchanged in 1705 and went on to serve at the battles of Ramillies and Oudenarde, as well as elsewhere up to 1713.

The guidon is illustrated in Spofforth's famous broadsheet showing flags and standards captured by the allies at Blenheim and that is the source of my version of the guidon.

 

Robert Hall and Giancarlo Boeri's supplemntary volume on "Flags and Uniforms of the French Army under Louis XIV 1688-1714" tells us that the tegiment wore red with white facings.

A detailed account of the unit can be found on Kronoskaf here: https://kronoskaf.com/wss/index.php?title=Sainte-Hermine_Dragons