Hey guys and welcome to an in depth look at napoleon's swiss units! well, i say napoleon's, it's mostly louis the xvi's!there'll be 2 more parts to this (may. The 1st swiss regiment ( french: 1ère régiment suisse) was a swiss mercenary line infantry regiment in the french imperial army during the napoleonic wars. during the expansion of the imperial army in 1803, napoleon decreed the formation of four swiss mercenary regiments, one of these later becoming the famed 1st swiss.
Another swiss regiment, the chateauvieux, played a major part in the nancy affair (mutiny) of 1790 [12] and 23 of its soldiers were executed, after trial by their own swiss officers. [13] the swiss guard however remained loyal and was massacred on 10 august 1792, when the mob attacked the tuileries palace , although louis xvi had already left. The peacetime establishment of the french infantry consisted of the following: eighty two regiments of the line (each regiment having two battalions consisting of nine companies with one company being a grenadier company): 85,407 men. twelve foreign regiments: 12,848 men. one regiment of swiss garde: 2,330 men. eleven swiss regiments: 11,429 men. French foreign legion: crimean war 1854 1855. 1854 – 1855: – crimean war – in 1854, the legion was attached to the orient army of france – both regiments deployed to turkey to be based at gallipoli – battle of alma in september 1854 – siege of sevastopol in september 1855. – during the crimean war, the foreign legion lost 1,625 men. 2e regiment. 3e regiment. 4e regiment. bataillon de neufchatel. bataillon valaisan. bibliography. auxiliary regiments in the service of france and the colonels who led them during the period 1804 1815: regiments d'infanterie suisse. by tony broughton, fins. 1 er regiment d'infanterie. regimental history. 1805: created, 1 er regiment d'infanterie.
French foreign legion: crimean war 1854 1855. 1854 – 1855: – crimean war – in 1854, the legion was attached to the orient army of france – both regiments deployed to turkey to be based at gallipoli – battle of alma in september 1854 – siege of sevastopol in september 1855. – during the crimean war, the foreign legion lost 1,625 men. 2e regiment. 3e regiment. 4e regiment. bataillon de neufchatel. bataillon valaisan. bibliography. auxiliary regiments in the service of france and the colonels who led them during the period 1804 1815: regiments d'infanterie suisse. by tony broughton, fins. 1 er regiment d'infanterie. regimental history. 1805: created, 1 er regiment d'infanterie. Estimates of the number of swiss who served in the french army from 1798 1815 vary from fifty to ninety thousand – numbers that makes the swiss the largest non french nationality in the imperial armies. there have been many studies of these units published in france and switzerland but this is the first full length study to be published in. Napoleon's foreign infantry part 1 swiss, polish, german, italian, and irish. . "after 1806, about 1 3 of the french army were foreign ; by 1812 , more than 1 2 . the poles, believing that napoleon would re establish a free poland, were perhaps the best. the swiss were well trained mercenaries.
Estimates of the number of swiss who served in the french army from 1798 1815 vary from fifty to ninety thousand – numbers that makes the swiss the largest non french nationality in the imperial armies. there have been many studies of these units published in france and switzerland but this is the first full length study to be published in. Napoleon's foreign infantry part 1 swiss, polish, german, italian, and irish. . "after 1806, about 1 3 of the french army were foreign ; by 1812 , more than 1 2 . the poles, believing that napoleon would re establish a free poland, were perhaps the best. the swiss were well trained mercenaries.
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