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French Dragoons and the Colonels Who Led Them 1792-
1815:
Part II: 11e - 20e Regiments.
ByTony 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
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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 1805-
1815
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
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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
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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 1805-1815
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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 Conde-Dragons. 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.
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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
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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 1805-
1815
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
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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
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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
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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 1805-
1815
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
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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
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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
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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 1805-
1815
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
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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 Chevau-Legers-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 deDragons.
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
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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 1805-
1815
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
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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-Legers-
Lanciers 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
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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
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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 1805-
1815
Officers killed: Five
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Fifty-one
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Nice
1793: Redout Louis XIV
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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-Legers-
Lanciers 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
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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 1805-
1815
Officers killed: Ten
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Forty-one
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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
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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
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Colonel De Briqueville: Wounded 1 July 1815
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 20e Dragons during the period 1805-
1815
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
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