tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post8359900460515654764..comments2024-03-28T01:23:12.670+00:00Comments on Not By Appointment: Flags of French Regiment HorionDavid Morfitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-16496285626583657952021-03-13T22:23:26.891+00:002021-03-13T22:23:26.891+00:00Thanks, Ronald; an interesting article. It's g...Thanks, Ronald; an interesting article. It's good to hear the Chevalier is still remembered too! :-)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />David.David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-23349485744261796612021-03-13T20:40:50.490+00:002021-03-13T20:40:50.490+00:00I live not far from Liège and the memory of the Ch...I live not far from Liège and the memory of the Chevalier d'Horion is still very much alive in folklore here. Great Work <br /><br />https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/193270/1/Droixhe.pdf<br />Ronaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716535686523873442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-46384075270510749852021-02-21T21:52:04.145+00:002021-02-21T21:52:04.145+00:00Thanks, Ray. Yes, I must say I've grown rather...Thanks, Ray. Yes, I must say I've grown rather fond of these Walloons! :-) I shall be doing another Walloon regiment, Vierzet, shortly. The Austro-Hungarian army also had a number of Walloon regiments like de Ligne, Los Rios, Arberg and so on.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />David.David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-28152936099390826712021-02-21T21:48:16.220+00:002021-02-21T21:48:16.220+00:00What a great looking flag, I'd not heard of th...What a great looking flag, I'd not heard of them before.Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-89230843347728855742021-02-21T21:11:30.876+00:002021-02-21T21:11:30.876+00:00Very useful information. Thanks very much, Simon! ...Very useful information. Thanks very much, Simon! :-) I'll update my entry on the regiment soon with that information.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />David.David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-5337345883088665862021-02-21T19:30:09.921+00:002021-02-21T19:30:09.921+00:00Fastes militaries du Pays de Liege, Musee de l’Art...Fastes militaries du Pays de Liege, Musee de l’Art wallon, 24 oct. – 29 nov. 1970<br />p. 163 exh. 261. Liège regiments of Vierset and Horion, 1758.<br />On March 25, 1757, a royal order created two infantry regiments of Liège, at the time when, engaged in the Seven Years' War, he was forced to increase his infantry. Durand d'Aubigny, resident of France in Liége, was responsible for negotiating with Jean-Théodore de Baviére the authorization to recruit these regiments in the country of Liége, which was not without difficulty. The two colonels chosen were, on the one hand Charles-Albert de Billehé, Baron de Vierset, lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Bavarian Regiment, and on the other Charles-François-Joseph de Horion, chamberlain of the Prince-Bishop. The two corps were organized on the foot of German regiments in the service of France (in two battalions, each comprising 8 companies of 85 men), and first held garrison in Philippville and Givet. Very many members of the Liège nobility, including the future mayor Jean-Rémy de Chestret enrolled there. Sent to the coasts of the Atlantic, the two regiments fought the English incusions, Horion received the baptism of fire in Cherbourg in August 1758 and Vierset in Saint-Cast on September 1, transferred to the army of Marshal de Broglie in 1760, and forming a brigade with the Regiment of Bouillon, raised in part in the Principality, Horion and Vierset fought in Weswel, transferred to the army of the Bas-Rhin, they took their winter quarters in the country of Liège then joined the army de Soubise in March 1761. On August 30, attacked in Dorsten, the 1st Battalion of Vierset commanded by its colonel had to capitulate after heavy losses (176 killed and wounded). It was exchanged on September 12, Vierset and Horion were then separated, the first being in the army of the Rhine and the second in the region of Osnabruck. On November 20, 1762, Vierset was withdrawn from Germany by order of the King and licensed on January 10, 1763, to go into the pay of Austria. As for Horion, the "extraordinary dissipation in the finances" of which it was reached and the administrative carelessness of its officers caused its suppression on November 30, 1761. It remained until the end of 1762 and was reformed a month before Vierset.<br />Thanks, Dave<br />SimonModaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15114986916361331230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-88339697722922984702021-02-19T21:48:28.179+00:002021-02-19T21:48:28.179+00:00Thanks Steve. I agree! Vierzet's flag and unif...Thanks Steve. I agree! Vierzet's flag and uniform is done, and there's just the text to complete - although apparently little information survives of the regiment's history as the archives were destroyed. But yes, I will be posting more Prussian flags first... :-)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />David.David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-40285447278112349432021-02-19T21:45:42.003+00:002021-02-19T21:45:42.003+00:00Thanks, Peter. I look forward to seeing it "i...Thanks, Peter. I look forward to seeing it "in action" if you do! :-)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />David.David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-29345551839254322172021-02-19T07:18:45.303+00:002021-02-19T07:18:45.303+00:00That is a very attractive flag and a nice uniform ...That is a very attractive flag and a nice uniform too:). I look forward to seeing the other untis flag, when you have published som emore Prussian flags.Steve J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12143308117853983963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-47770938683525541312021-02-19T03:54:46.066+00:002021-02-19T03:54:46.066+00:00Another regiment I may be modelling. thanks again...Another regiment I may be modelling. thanks again!Peter Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-58749249414693905202021-02-19T02:37:47.441+00:002021-02-19T02:37:47.441+00:00Thanks, Bill. It is a handsome flag and an attract...Thanks, Bill. It is a handsome flag and an attractive uniform too, isn't it? You'll like the flag of the other Walloon regiment I have done and will post soon - that of Regiment Vierzet. They also use the column of Liege but in 2 quarters of the flag with a maroon background, the other 2 quarters being blue and white checky. I must post some more Prussian flags first, though, as I know there are people keen to see more of those!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />David.David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-43320714679929863062021-02-19T00:54:30.908+00:002021-02-19T00:54:30.908+00:00Another lovely flag, David. I never knew what the...Another lovely flag, David. I never knew what the central motif was until I read your description. It would certainly be eye-catching on a gaming table.<br /><br />Nice uniform, too.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing.<br /><br />BillExtrabio47https://www.blogger.com/profile/07956502270898522223noreply@blogger.com