The 102nd Infantry Regiment (French: 102e Régiment d'Infanterie, 102e RI) was an infantry regiment of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Reconstituted several times in the 19th century, it took part in the Second Opium War in China, then in the First and Second World Wars, being disbanded in 1940.
| 102nd Infantry Regiment, or 102e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1677- |
| Country | France |
| Branch | French Army |
| Type | Regiment of Infantry |
| Role | Infantry of the Line |
| Garrison/HQ | . |
| Motto(s) | Ex serviture libertas |
| Anniversaries | Saint-Maurice |
| Decorations | Décoré de la Croix de guerre 1914-1918 avec deux citations à l'ordre de l'armée Il a le droit au port de la fourragère aux couleurs de ruban de la croix de guerre 1914-1918. |
| Battle honours | Valmy 1792 Zurich 1799 Wagram 1809 Battle of Taku Forts (1860) L'Ourcq 1914 Reims 1918 Somme-Py 1918 |
Its ancestor regiments were the Infantry Regiment of the Line Le Dauphin (Nr. 29) and Royal-Deux Ponts (Nr 99). The regiment was raised in 1667 by Michel De Fisicat, as Le Dauphin (nr. 29) and on 26 April 1775 split into two regiments. The 1st and 3rd battalions retained the old title and number and the 2nd and rth[clarification needed] battalions became the new infantry regiment Perche (Nr 30).[1]
The Revolutionary Wars as Infantry Regiment of the Line Perche (Nr 30)
editCampaigns
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Initially, the regiment served in the Army of the Center, at Metz. Following the Battle of Valmy on 20 September 1792, the regiment was assigned to the Army of the Ardennes. In 1793, the regiment saw action in the Meuse campaign. In 1794, it underwent its first amalgamation (17 May), under the Levée en Masse, and became the 2nd battalion 59th Demi-Brigade of Battle, with the 4th battalion, Volunteers of Paris, also called 'l'Oratoire and the 7th battalion of the Rhône-et-Loire, in the Army of the Moselle.[2]
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Colonels of the Revolutionary Period
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In 1797, the regiment was part of the Armée de Sambre-et-Meuse. In 1798, as part of the Army of Germany and the Army of Mayence (Mainz), the Regiment saw action in the Rhineland. In 1799, as part of the Army of Mayence, it was transferred to the Army of the Danube, under the general command of Jean-Baptiste Jourdan; the regiment was part of the I Division, under the immediate command of Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino, and participated in action at the Battle of Ostrach (20–21 March 1799), and the Battle of Stockach, 25–26 March 25–26, 1799. On 25 September 1799, the regiment fought at the Battle of Zurich.[2]
The Napoleonic Wars
editWar Of The Third Coalition
editWar of the Fourth Coalition
editThe Peninsular war
edit- Dos de Mayo Uprising
- Battle of Zornoza
- Battle of Valmaseda
- Battle of Espinosa
- Battle of Talavera
- Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
- Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos
- Battle of Maya
- Occupation of Pamplona,
- Battle of the Bidassoa (1813), Spelleto, and
- Battle of Bayonne
War of the Fifth Coalition
editWar of the Sixth Coalition
edit- Siege of Danzig, Wurschen, Gieshubel,
- Battle of Dresden, Grieffenberg, Elsen,
- Battle of Dohna,
- Battle of Bautzen
- Siege of Genoa (1814) 2 battalions present[3]
War of the Seventh Coalition
editGreek War of Independence
editThe Morea expedition
edit- 1828 : Expédition de Morée
Sources
editCitations and notes
edit- ^ Digby Smith, Napoleon's Regiments: Battle histories of the Regiments of the French Army, 1792-1815, London: Greenhill, 2000, ISBN 1-85367-413-3, p. 149.
- ^ a b Smith, p. 149.
- ^ Berjaud, Fréderic (2009). "le 102e Régiment d'infanterie de ligne de 1796 à 1815". mon site consacré aux Soldats de la Grande Armée (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
Bibliography
edit- Historique du 102ème régiment d'infanterie 1914-1918 (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie Chapelot. 1920. BDIC_O_007864 – via Université Paris Nanterre.
- Lacolle, Noël (1896). Histoire du 102e régiment d'infanterie 1792-1896 (in French). Mayenne: Imprimerie Poirier-Bealu. FRBNF34076599 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- Smith, Digby (2000). Napoleon's Regiments: Battle histories of the Regiments of the French Army, 1792-1815. London: Greenhill. ISBN 978-1-85-367413-6.