Another
2 battalion French regiment with pretty flags. This regiment had a
number of name changes as and when it's proprietor changed.
During the Seven
Years' War, the regiment ranked 32nd and was under the
command of (from May 26 1745) Jules Hercules Mériadec, Prince de
Rohan and Duc de Montbazon (promoted maréchal de camp on April 1
1759). From April 21 1759 it was under the command of Florent
Alexandre Melchior de La Baume, Comte de Montrevel. When the French
Army was reorganised on December 10 1762, the regiment took the name
of the Province of Berry.
It participated in
the fiasco of Rossbach and performed excellently at Sandershausen
where, according to Kronoskaf, “it was placed in the
first line of the left wing. It took the brunt of the Hessian
assault, exhausted all its ammunition and then fought with the
bayonet. During this combat, it suffered very heavy casualties,
loosing 66 officers and 778 men killed (including Lieutenant-Colonel
de Saint-Martin) and wounded.” It was also in the thick of it at
the battle of Bergen.
Figures
are again my preferred option from Black Hussar.
This
is probably the last post for the year so I wish you all a happy New
Year.
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