French Dragoons and the Colonels Who Led Them 17921815:

Part II: 11e - 20e Regiments.

By Tony Broughton, FINS

11e Regiment de Dragons.

Created by Royal Commision on the 8 December 1674, in 1788 they were entitled Angouleme after the Duke de Angouleme. In 1791 they became the 11e Regiment de Dragons. Colonels and Chef de Brigades 1791: De Montigny (Louis-Benjamin) - Colonel 1792: Monter (Jean-Etienne-Francois) - Colonel 1793: De Neuilly (Jean-Baptiste Levasseur) - Chef-de-Brigade 1796: De la Barbe (Marin de La Baraudiere) - Chef-de-Brigade 1797: Debelle (Cesaire-Alexandre) - Chef-de-Brigade 1805: Passinges de Prechamps (Eustace-Hubert) - Colonel 1805: Bourdon (Ferdinand-Pierre-Agathe) - Colonel 1805: Bourbier (Jean-Louis-Andre) - Colonel 1807: Dejean (Pierre-Francois-Marie-Auguste) - Colonel 1811: Thevenez d'Aoust (Francois-Alexandre) - Colonel 1815: Montagnier (Etienne) - Colonel Three of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade Monter, (Jean-Etienne-Francois) Born: 27 June 1738 Colonel: 10 June 1792 General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1793 Died: 24 May 1811

Debelle, (Cesar-Alexandre) Born: 27 November 1770 Chef-de-Brigade: 21 March 1797 General-de-Brigade: 1 February 1805 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 July 1807 Baron of the Empire: 5 November 1808 Died: 19 July 1826 Dejean, (Pierre-Francois-Marie-Auguste) Born: 10 August 1780 Colonel: 13 February 1807 General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811 General-de-Division: 23 March 1814 Died: 17 March 1847 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 11e Regiment de Dragons Colonel Bourdon: Wounded 20 November 1805 Colonel Bourbier: Wounded 8 February 1807 Colonel Thevenez d'Aoust: Wounded 23 October 1812 & 21 June 1813 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 11e Dragons during the period 18051815 Officers killed: Thirteen Officers died of wounds: Six Officers wounded: Fifty-one Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1793: Capture of Porrentruy, Rheinzabern, and Wissembourg 1794: Fleurus and Juliers 1796: Altenkirchen, Ukerath, and Friedberg

1799: Steusslingen 1800: Stokach, Moeskirch, Biberach, Memmingen, Hochstett, Neubourg, and Salzbourg 1805: Landsberg, Ulm, Amstettin, Hollabrunn, Rausnitz, and Austerlitz 1806: Zehdenick and Prentzlow 1807: Eylau and Friedland 1809: Alba-de-Tormes 1810: Busaco 1811: Redhina, Fuentes-de-Onoro and Cuidad Rodrigo 1812: Les Arapiles 1813: Vitoria 1813: Leipzig and Hanau 1814: Saint-Dizier, Brienne, La Rothiere, and Montmirail 1815: Strasbourg Battle Honours Fleurus 1794, Austerlitz 1805, Friedland 1807, and Alba-de-Tormes 1809

12e Regiment de Dragons

Formed in Maestricht in 1675; in 1774 they took the name of the Comte d'Artois and in 1791 became the 12e Regiment de Dragons. Colonels and Chef-de-Brigades 1791: De Valery (Charles-Michel-Gautier de Launai) - Colonel 1791: Hinx (Pierre de La Lande) - Colonel 1792: De Beffroy (Louis-Henri) - Colonel 1792: Saint-Sulpice (Raymond-Gaspard Bonardy) - Colonel 1793: Vivien (Jacques) - Chef-de-Brigade 1793: De Cerfontaine (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1793: Raison (Joseph-Samuel) - Chef-de-Brigade

1794: Fiquet (Jean-Baptiste) - Chef-de-Brigade 1794: Pages (Joseph) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1806: Girault de Martigny (Francois) - Colonel 1809: Merlies (Jean) - Colonel 1813: Bessard-Grauniard (Alexis) - Colonel 1815: Bureaux de Pusy (Joachim-Irenee-Francois) - Colonel Two Officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Saint-Sulpice, (Raymond-Gaspard Bonardy) Born: 23 October 1761 Colonel: 26 October 1792 General-de-Brigade: 24 March 1803 General-de-Division: 14 February 1807 Count of the Empire: 6 June 1808 Died: 20 June 1835 Pages, (Joseph) Born: 10 March 1754 Chef-de-Brigade: 13 June 1794 General-de-Brigade: 24 December 1805 Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 13 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: 9 January 1810 Died: 1 September 1814 Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 12e Regiment de Dragons Colonel Girault de Martigny: Wounded 8 February 1807 & 26 March 1809 Colonel Bessard-Grauniard: Wounded 30 March 1813 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 12e Dragons during the period 18051815

Officers killed: Ten Officers died of wounds: Five Officers wounded: Fifty-nine Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1792: Valmy and Jemmapes 1793: Wattignies and Maubeuge 1794: Fleurus and Juliers 1799: Conquest of Piedmont, Fossano, Alexandrie, La Trebbia, and Novi 1800: Marengo, Passage of the Mincio, and Verone 1801: Trevise 1805: Wertingen, Ulm, and Austerlitz 1806: Jena, Prentzlow, and Nasielsk 1807: Eylau, Heilsberg, and Friedland 1808: Burgos and Madrid 1809: Medellin, Talevera, Almonacid, and Ocana 1810: Conquest of Andalouse, Alcala-la-Real, and Grenade 1812: Venta-del-Baul, Huescar, and Malaga 1813: Vitoria 1813: Dantzig 1814: Paris 1815: Ligny and Namur Battle Honours Jemmapes 1792, Austerlitz 1805, Heilsberg 1807, and Ocana 1809

13e Regiment de Dragons

Formed by levy at Languedoc on the 4 October 1676, in 1724 they were entitled the CondeDragons. The year 1774 saw the title change to Comte-de-Provence and later the same year it changed to Monsieur. In 1791, it finally became the 13e Regiment de Dragons.

Colonels and Chef-de-Brigades 1791: De Malvoisin (Charles-Francois) - Colonel 1792: Murnard (Jean-Bernard-Gautier) - Colonel 1793: de Rocmont (Cesar-Chanoine) - Chef-de-Brigade 1793: Fouque (Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade 1797: Roget (Dominique Mansuy) - Chef-de-Brigade 1799: Levasseur (Rene-Gabriel) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1804: Debroc (Armand-Louis) - Colonel 1806: Laroche (Pierre-Victor) - Colonel 1810: Reizet (Marie-Antoine) - Colonel 1813: Monginot (Marie-Frederic) - Colonel 1813: Johannes (Jean-Sylvestre) - Colonel 1814: Ligniville (Pierre-Joseph) - Colonel 1814: d'Astorg (Adrien) - Colonel 1815: Saviot (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel Of the above Officers three reached the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Roget, (Dominique Mansuy) Born: 20 October 1760 Chef-de-Brigade: 4 March 1797 General-de-Brigade: 11 May 1799 General-de-Division: 30 December 1806 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: 22 October 1810 Died: 9 January 1832 Debroc, (Armand-Louis) Born: 15 February 1772

Colonel: 20 October 1805 General-de-Brigade: 3 March 1809 Major-General in the service of Holland: 30 August 1806 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December 1805 Died: 11 March 1810 Reizet, (Marie-Antoine) Born: 29 November 1775 Colonel: 20 January 1810 General-de-Brigade: 4 February 1813 Baron of the Empire: 25 March 1813 Died: 25 March 1836 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 13e Regiment de Dragons Colonel Debroc: Wounded 2 December 1805 Colonel Reiset: Wounded March 1810; 11 August 1812; & 15 August 1812 Colonel Monginot: Wounded 22 August 1813, died of wounds 8 September 1813 Officers killed and wounded whist serving with the 13e Dragons during the period 18051815 Officers killed: Seven Officers died of wounds: One Officers wounded: Fifty-four Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1792: Valmy and Vouziers 1793: La Roer 1794: Grave and Capture of Breda 1797: Passage of the Rhine, Diersheim, and Hasslach 1799: Frauenfeld, Rapperschwyl, and Zurich

1800: Fregelhurts, Gorges, Enfer, Blockade of Ingolstadt, and Hohenlinden 1805: Passage of the Rhine, Passage of the Danube, Enns, Hollabrun, and Austerlitz 1806: Jena, Nasielsk, and Pultusk 1809: La Corogne, Oporto, and Passage of the Tage 1811: Ciudad-Real 1812: La Rosas 1813: Leipzig 1814: Mormant and Saint-Dizier 1815: Wavre and Rocquencourt Battle Honours Hohenlinden 1800, Austerlitz 1805, Jena 1806

14e Regiment de Dragons

Formed on 3 March 1672 by the Marquis de Seyssac, the regiment's name in 1758 was Chartres changing in 1776 to Chartres-Dragons and finally becoming the 14e Regiment de Dragons in 1791. Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade 1792: d'Esquelbeck (Henri-Louis) - Colonel 1792: Sahuguet (Jean-Joseph-Francois-Leonard Damarzit de Laroche) - Colonel 1792: Tilly (Jacques-Louis-Francois De Laistre) - Colonel 1792: Radot (Pierre-Nicolas) - Colonel 1795: Jacquemin (Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade 1797: Duvivier (Leopold-Charles-Maximillien) - Chef-de-Brigade 1799: Lambert (Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade 1801: Lafond Blaniac (Guillaume-Joseph-Nicolas) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1806: Bouvier des Eclaz (Joseph) - Colonel 1810: Ludot (Denis-Eloi) - Colonel 1813: Seguier (Alphonse-Alexandre) - Colonel

1814: Monnier (Francois) - Colonel 1815: Seguier (Alphonse-Alexandre) - Colonel Five Officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Sahuget, (Jean-Joseph-Francois-Leonard Damarzit de Laroche) Born: 12 October 1756 Colonel: 17 June 1792 General-de-Brigade: 28 September 1792 General-de-Division: 13 June 1795 Died: 26 December 1802 Tilly, (Jacques-Louis-Francois De Laistre) Born: 2 February 1749 Colonel: 26 October 1792 General-de-Brigade: 21 April 1793 General-de-Division: 2 December 1793 Chevalier of the Empire: 25 March 1809 Baron of the Empire: 23 April 1812 Died: 10 January 1822 Lafond Blaniac, (Guillaume-Joseph-Nicolas) Born: 25 July 1773 Chef-de-Brigade: 31 August 1801 General-de-Brigade: 12 September 1806 General-de-Division: 25 November 1813 Died: 28 September 1833 Bouvier des Eclaz, (Joseph) Born: 3 December 1757 Colonel: 20 September 1806

General-de-Brigade: 8 October 1810 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 6 August 1811 Baron of the Empire: 22 November 1808 Died: 13 January 1830 Ludot, (Denis-Eloi) Born:25 June 1768 Colonel: 5 November 1810 General-de-Brigade: 30 May 1813 Commandant of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 February 1815 Baron of the Empire: 3 April 1814 Died: 14 September 1839 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 14e Regiment de Dragons Chef de Brigade Lambert: Killed 1801 at Canope. Chef de Brigade Lafond Blaniac: Wounded 31 August 1801 Colonel Bouvier des Eclaz: Wounded 8 February 1807 & 10 June 1807 Colonel Seguier: Wounded 21 March 1814 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 14e Dragons during the period 18051815 Officers Killed: Ten Officers died of wounds: Seven Officers wounded: Fifty-three Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1792: Valmy 1793: Pirmassens and Woerth 1794: Arlon, Fleurus, and Aldenhoven 1796: Siegburg, Ukerath, Ebelsbach, and Wurtzbourg

1797: Gradisca 1799: Nazareth, Mont-Tabor, and Aboukir 1800: Heliopolis and Coraim 1801: Canope 1805: Wertingen and Austerlitz 1806: Jena 1807: Golymin, Watersdorf, Eylau, Heilsberg, and Friedland 1808: Madrid 1809: Medellin, Talavera, and Ocana 1810: Siege of Cadiz and Alcanizas 1811: La Gerboa, Sabugal, and Albuhera 1813: Leipzig, Dennewitz, and Dantzig 1814: Monterau, Bar-sur-Aube, and Arcis-sur-Aube 1815: Charleroi,Fleurus, Ligny, and Rocquencourt Battle Honours Nazareth 1799, Eylau 1807, and Fleurus 1815

15e Regiment de Dragons

Created on the 20 December 1688 by the Duke de Noailles; in 1791 it became the 15e Regiment de Dragons. Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade 1791: Romanet (Jean-Christophe-Sidoine) - Colonel 1792: De la Barre (Andre) - Colonel 1793: De Montarnail (Jean-Francois Guirard de la Prade) - Chef-de-Brigade 1794: De Clauzelles (Pierre-Etienne Pourquery) - Chef-de-Brigade 1794: Boulland (Claude-Ambrose) - Chef-de-Brigade

1797: Pinon (Michel) - Chef-de-Brigade 1799: Barthelemy (Nicolas-Martin) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1807: Treuille de Beaulieu (Jean-Baptiste-Pierre) - Colonel 1809: Boudinhon-Valdeck (Jean-Claude) - Colonel 1814: Adam (Charles-Francois) - Colonel 1814: Chaillot (Claude-Louis) - Colonel Two Officers of the 15e Dragons attained the rank of General-de-Brigade Barthelemy, (Nicolas-Martin) Born: 7 February 1765 Chef-de-Brigade: 21 June 1799 General-de-Brigade: 4 April 1807 Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: 5 October 1808 Died: 25 April 1835 Boudinhon-Valdeck, (Jean-Claude) Born: 19 October 1771 Colonel: 26 June 1809 General-de-Brigade: 6 February 1814 Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 4 December 1813 Died: 5 November 1846 Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 15e Regiment de Dragons Colonel Barthelemy: Wounded 26 December 1806 Colonel Boudinhon-Valdeck: Wounded 14 October 1813 & 29 January 1814 Officers killed and wounded while sering with the 15e Dragons during the period 18051815 Officers killed: Eight

Officers died of wounds: Four Officers wounded: Sixty-five Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1793: Toulon 1794: Le Boulou, Blockade of Bellegard, and Capture of Figuieres 1795: La Fluvia 1796: Dego, Lonato, Primolano, and Arcole 1798: Chebreiss and Les Pyramides 1799: Haute-Egypt 1800: Heliopolis 1801: Camp de Romain 1805: Ulm, Nordlingen, and Austerlitz 1806: Lubeck and Pultusk 1807: Ostrolenka 1810: Ciudad-Rodrigo and Busaco 1811: Pombal, Redinha and Fuentes-de-Onoro 1813: Vitoria 1813: Leipzig and Hanau 1814: Brienne, La Rothiere, Nogent, and Mormant 1815: Ligny and Rocquencourt Battle Honours The 15e Regiment de Dragons ceased to exist in 1815. When the regiment was reformed in 1871 from the 3e Regiment de Lanciers, it took the battle honours of the 3e Regiment de Chevau-Legers-Lanciers. Polotsk 1812, Bautzen 1813, Dresde 1813, and Champaubert 1814

16e Regiment de Dragons

Created in 1718 and was affiliated with the house of Orleans. In 1791 the regiment became the 16e Regiment de Dragons. Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade 1791: Petit-Bois (Agathon Pinot) - Colonel 1792: Vincent (?) - Colonel 1792: Barbazan (Antoine-Edme-Adam) - Colonel 1793: Leblanc (Michel-Bernard) - Chef-de-Brigade 1799: Clement de la Ronciere (Francois-Marie) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1806: Vial (Sebastien) - Colonel 1810: Grouvel (Francois) - Colonel 1813: Gery (Alexandre-Pierre) - Colonel 1814: Prevost (Louis-Charlemagne) - Colonel Of the above officers four became General-de-Brigade Petit-Bois, (Agathon Pinot) Born: 12 October 1742 Colonel: 25 July 1791 General-de-Brigade: 7 September 1792 Died: 11 April 1809 Barbazan, (Antoine-Edme-Adam) Born: 8 August 1749 Colonel: 9 October 1792 General-de-Brigade: 6 May 1793 Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Died: 18 August 1829 Clement de la Ronciere, (Francois-Marie) Born: 2 February 1773

Chef-de-Brigade: 10 July 1799 General-de-Brigade: 31 December 1806 Baron of the Empire: 17 March 1808 Died: 28 July 1854 Grouvel, (Francois) Born: 17 October 1771 Colonel: 20 January 1810 General-de-Brigade: 30 May 1813 Chevalier of the Empire: 14 June 1810 Died: 26 December 1836 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 16e Regiment de Dragons Chef de Brigade Leblanc: Killed at La Trebbia Colonel Vial: Wounded 19 November 1809 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 16e Dragons during the period 18051815 Officers killed: Six Officers died of wounds: None Officers wounded: Thirty-three Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1795: Neuwied 1797: Gruningen 1798: Nepi, Otricoi, La Storta, Naples, and La Trebbia 1799: Modine, La Secchia, and Novi 1800: Nuremberg 1805: Austerlitz 1806: Jena and Pretzlow

1807: Bergfried, Eylau, and Friedland 1809: Arzobispo, Talevera, and Ocana 1810: Alcala-Riel 1811: Malaga 1813: Morales, Zamora, and Vitoria 1814: Mormont, Valjouan, Bar-sur-Aube, and Arcis-Sur-Aube 1815: Ligny Battle Honours The 16e Regiment de Dragoons took the battle honours of the 4e Regiment de ChevauLegers-Lanciers upon being reformed in 1871. La Moskowa 1812, Hanau 1813, Vauchamps 1814, and Fleurus 1815

17e Regiment de Dragons

Created in 1743 from a mixed formation of Germans and Poles and named Volontaires de Saxe. In 1762 they became the Schonberg-Dragons and in 1791 the 17e Regiment de Dragons. Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade 1791: Pully (Marie-Pierre-Hyppolyte Monnier) - Colonel 1792: Landremont (Charles-Hyacinthe La Clerc) - Colonel 1792: Kuder (Francois-Louis) - Colonel 1793: Andre (Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade 1794: Saint-Dizier (Joseph-Nicolas) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1806: Beurmann (Frederic-Auguste) - Colonel 1811: Larcher (Albert-Francois-Joseph) - Colonel 1813: Lepic (Joachim-Hyppolyte) - Colonel 1814: Labiffe (Louis) - Colonel Two officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above

Landremont, (Charles-Hyacinthe La-Clerc) Born: 21 August 1739 Colonel: 12 July 1792 General-de-Brigade: ? General-de-Division: 15 May 1793 Died: 26 September 1818 Beurmann, (Frederic-Auguste) Born: 22 September 1777 Colonel: 27 February 1806 General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 2 September 1812 Baron of the Empire: 27 November 1808 Died: 13 April 1815 (Killed by two pistol shots at Metz) Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 17e Regiment de Dragons Colonel Saint-Dizier: Killed 11 October 1805 Colonel Beurmann: Wounded 15 January 1809 &12 May 1809 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 17e Dragons during the period 18051815 Officers killed: Eight Officers died of wounds: Three Officers wounded: Sixty-two Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1792: Valmy 1794: Schifferstadt 1796: Korch and Renchen 1797: Bopfingen and Passage of the Rhine

1799: Stockach and Zurich 1800: Hohenlinden 1805: Albeck and Austerlitz 1807: Eylau, Mansfeld, Capture of Koenigsberg, and Friedland 1808: Capture of Madrid and Benavente 1809: La Corogne, Braga, Amarante, and Arzobispo 1810: Estramadure 1811: Albuhera 1812: Villagarcia and Valencia de la Torre 1813: Vitoria and Magdebourg 1814: Fontvannes, Troyes, Provins, Arcis-sur-Aube, and Paris 1815: Ligny and Namur Battle Honours The 17e Regiment de Dragons took the battle honours of the 5e Regiment de Chevau-LegersLanciers when the Regiment was reformed in 1871. La Moskowa 1812, Bautzen 1813, Dresde 1813, and Champaubert 1814

18e Regiment de Dragons.

Formed in Metz on 4 April 1744 from existing dragoon regiments, 1791 saw the regiment become the 18e Regiment de Dragons. Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade 1791: Coursain de Moreaux (?) - Colonel 1793: Fornier d'Albe (Gaspard-Hilarion) -Colonel 1793: Robert (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel 1793: Brochier (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1795: Bertot (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1796: Ledee (Joseph-Thomas) - Chef-de-Brigade

1802: Lefebvre-Desnoettes (Charles) - Colonel 1806: De Lafitte (Justin) - Colonel 1811: Dard (Francois) - Colonel 1815: Adam (Charles-Francois) - Colonel Five of the above Colonels attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Fornier d'Albe, (Gaspard-Hilarion) Born: 21 October 1734 Colonel: 2 January 1793 General-de-Brigade: 20 September 1809 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 27 December 1814 Baron of the Empire: 2 July 1808 Died: 21 October 1834 Robert, (Jean-Baptiste) Born: 9 October 1733 Chef-de-Brigade: 15 June 1793 General-de-Brigade: 3 July 1793 General-de-Division: 5 October 1793 Died: 1 July 1798 Ledee, (Joseph-Thomas) Born: 4 October 1750 Chef-de-Brigade: 17 January 1796 General-de-Brigade: 15 May 1810 Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 15 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: ? Died: 5 August 1823

Lefebvre-Desnouettes, (Charles) Born: 14 September 1773 Chef-de-Brigade: 30 December 1802 General-de-Brigade: 19 September 1806 General-de-Division: 29 December 1807 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December 1805 Count of the Empire: 19 March 1809 Died: 22 April 1822 (Drowned of the coast of Ireland) Laffite, (Justin) Born: 4 June 1772 Colonel: 20 September 1806 General-de-Brigade: 16 January 1813 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 18 June 1813 Baron of the Empire: 9 Marcch 1810 Died: 27 August 1832 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 18e Regiment de Dragons Colonel Fornier d'Albe: Wounded 17 June 1793 Colonel Laffite: Wounded 25 May 1811 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 18e Dragons during the period 18051815 Officers killed: Five Officers died of wounds: Three Officers wounded: Fifty-one Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1792: Nice 1793: Redout Louis XIV

1794: Bastan 1795: Bilbao 1797: Anghari, La Favorite, and Romagne 1798: Pyramides 1799: Syria, Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Acre, Mont-Tabor, Damiette, and the conquest of Upper Egypt 1801: Aboukir? 1805: Elchingen and Austerlitz 1806: Nordhausen, Sandow, and the Capture of Lubeck 1807: Siege of Graudenz, Mohrungen, Spandau, and Friedland 1808: Somo-Sierra and the Capture of Madrid 1809: Corogne, Oporto and Arzobispo 1812: Las Rosas 1813: Dresden, Leipzig, and Hanau 1814: Saint-Dizier, Brienne, and La Rothiere Battle Honours The 18e Regiment de Dragons took the battle honours of the 6e Regiment de Chevau-LegersLanciers when it was reformed in 1871. La Moskowa 1812, Hanau 1813, Champaubert 1814, and Fleurus 1815

19e Regiment de Dragons.

The Regiment was created by a decree of 27 February 1793 and was formed from the Volontaires d'Angers. Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade 1793: Boisard (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1798: Poitou (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1799: Geraud (Pierre) - Chef-de-Brigade

1801: Caulaincourt (Auguste-Jean-Gabriel) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1806: Saint-Genies (Jean-Marie-Noel Delisle de Falcon) - Colonel 1811: Mermet (Joseph-Antoine) - Colonel Two Colonels attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Caulaincourt, (Auguste-Jean-Gabriel) Born: 16 September 1777 Chef-de-Brigade: 24 August 1801 Major General in the Service of Holland: 30 August 1806 General-de-Division: 7 September 1807 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December 1805 Baron of the Empire: 19 March 1808 Count of the Empire: 1810 Died: 7 September 1812 (Killed at the battle of the Moskowa) Saint-Genies, (Jean-Marie-Noel Delisle de Falcon) Born: 25 December 1776 Colonel: 20 September 1806 General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811 Baron of the Empire: 21 September 1808 Died: 26 January 1836 Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 19e Regiment de Dragons None Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 19e Dragons during the period 18051815 Officers killed: Ten Officers died of wounds: One Officers wounded: Forty-one

Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1796: Capture of Trevia, Blockade of Luxembourg, and Kehl 1798: Porto-Formo 1799: Santa-Ambrosia and La Trebbia 1805: Elchingen and Austerlitz 1806: Jena and Lubeck 1807: Mohrugen, Planersfeldschen, and Friedland 1809: La Corogne, Marentase, Braga, Oporto, and Arzobispo 1812: La Rosas 1813: Medina Coeli and Vitoria 1813: Dresden, Flemingen, Wachau, Leipzig, and the defense of Dantzig 1814: Saint-Dizier, Brienne, La Rothiere, Mormont, and Les Trois-Maisons 1815: Ober-Hausbergen and Mittel-Hausbergen Battle Honours As with the above regiments the 19e Regiment took the battle honours of the 8e Regiment de Chevau-Legers-Lanciers upon it reforming in 1871 Polotsk 1812, Bautzen 813, Dresde 1813, and Champaubert 1814

20e Regiment de Dragons

Formed on the 5 July 1793 from the Dragons du Hainaut and Jemmapes. Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade 1793: Gontran (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1797: Boussart (Andre-Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade 1800: Reynaud (Nicolas) - Chef de Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1807: Corbineau (Jean-Baptiste-Juvenal) - Colonel 1811: Desargus (Pierre-Jean-Baptiste-Martin) - Colonel 1815: De Briqueville (Armand-Francois-Bon- Claude) - Colonel

Of the above three reached the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Boussart, (Andre-Joseph) Born: 13 November 1758 Chef-de-Brigade: 7 January 1797 General-de-Brigade: 23 September 1800 General-de-Division: 16 March 1812 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: 26 November 1810 Died: 10 August 1813 (Died of wounds) Reynard, (Nicolas) Born: 29 September 1771 Chef-de-Brigade: 23 September 1800 General-de-Brigade: 31 December 1806 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December 1805 Baron of the Empire: 10 February 1809 Died: 27 July 1828 Corbineau, (Jean-Baptiste-Juvenal) Born: 1 August 1776 Colonel: 7 January 1807 General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811 General-de-Division: 23 May 1813 Baron of the Empire: 17 March 1808 Died: 17 December 1848 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 20e Regiment de Dragons Chef de Brigade Boussart: Wounded 2 July 1797 Chef de Brigade Reynaud: Wounded 21 March 1801

Colonel De Briqueville: Wounded 1 July 1815 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 20e Dragons during the period 18051815 Officers killed: Ten Officers died of wounds: Two Officers wounded: Fifty-six Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1793: Siege of Quesnoy 1794: Capture of Landrecies, Quesnoy, Valenciennes, and battle of Aldenhoven 1796: Mondovi, Lodi, and Castiglone 1797: La Favorite, Saint-Georges, Due-Castelli, Castelluchio, and Mantoue 1798: Alexandrie, Chebreiss, and les Pyramides 1799: El-Arich, Gaza, Jaffa, Saint-Jean-d'Acre, Mont-Tabor, and Aboukir 1800: Heliopolis 1805: Wertingen, Memmingen, Neresheim, Ulm, and Austerlitz 1806: Jena and Pultusk 1807: Eylau, Heilsberg, and Friedland 1808: Andujar and Tudela 1809: Ucles, Ciudad-Real, Almonacid, Ocana, Salamanque, Pampelune, and Tamames 1811: Albuhera 1813: Leipzig, Dresden, and Hanau 1814: Saint-Dizier, Brienne, La Rothiere, Mormont, Monterau, and Troyes 1815: Ligny and Waterloo Battle Honours Les Pyramides 1798, Jena 1806, Friedland 1807, and Albuhera 1811