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Armes d’Honneur Awarded to the Regiments d’Infanterie de Ligne
By Tony
Broughton
Following on from an earlier
article on Armes d’Honneur awarded to the
French Cavalry Regiments the article below is a list of Armes d’Honneur
awarded to the French Regiments d’Infanterie de Ligne. The list is taken
from the work:
A. Pascal’s Histoire de l’Armee et de tous les Regiments depuis
les temps de la monarchie francaise jusqu'à nos jours
Although the work is comprehensive it does not list all the recipients
of the award and there are notable exceptions such as General de Brigade
Valhubert who received his Sabre d’Honneur on the 24 January 1803 when
he was Chef de Brigade of the 28e Demi-brigade d’Infanterie de Ligne.
At the time the awards were made the Regiments were
classed as Demi-brigades d’Infanterie de Ligne for clarity I have decided
to use the title Regiments d’Infanterie de Ligne which came into being
through the decree of 24 September 1803. However I have used Demi-brigades
for the following Regiments as these numbers were vacant during the
Empire period. The Regiments being:
38e, 41e, 68e, 71e, 74e,
77e, 78e, 80e, 87e, 90e,
91e, 97e, 98e, 99e, and
104e Demi-brigades.
The total number of awards
listed in Pascals work for the Regiments d’Infanterie being eight
hundred and seventy nine. These can be broken down as the following:
Sabres d’Honneur: Two
hundred and thirty seven
Fusils d’Honneur:
Six hundred and eight
Baguettes d’Honneur:
Thirty one
Grenades d’Honneur:
Four
The table below lists the awards received by individual
Regiments.
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Regiments d’Infanterie
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Sabres d’Honneur
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Fusils d’Honneur
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Baguettes d’Honneur
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Grenades d’Honneur
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Total Awards
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1er Regiment
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3
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2
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5
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2e Regiment
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7
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5
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2
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14
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3e Regiment
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3
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13
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16
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4e Regiment
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8
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8
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16
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5e Regiment
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8
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3
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1
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12
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6e Regiment
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2
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8
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10
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7e Regiment
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1
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3
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4
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8e Regiment
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1
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4
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5
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9e Regiment
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3
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7
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10
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10e Regiment
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1
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7
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9
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11e Regiment
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3
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7
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1
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11
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12e Regiment
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2
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4
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6
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13e Regiment
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2
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12
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14
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14e Regiment
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1
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4
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|
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5
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15e Regiment
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3
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1
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4
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16e Regiment
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3
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7
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10
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17e Regiment
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3
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5
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8
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18e Regiment
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1
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20
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2
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23
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19e Regiment
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2
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4
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6
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20e Regiment
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4
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4
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1
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9
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21e Regiment
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2
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4
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6
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22e Regiment
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15
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15
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23e Regiment
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3
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8
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11
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24e Regiment
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2
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13
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15
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25e Regiment
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7
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7
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14
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26e Regiment
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2
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5
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1
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8
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27e Regiment
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2
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4
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6
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28e Regiment
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2
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16
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18
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29e Regiment
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1
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3
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4
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30e Regiment
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1
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10
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11
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31e Regiment
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3
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3
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32e Regiment
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13
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15
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3
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31
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33e Regiment
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1
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6
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7
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34e Regiment
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2
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3
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5
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35e Regiment
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4
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5
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9
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36e Regiment
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1
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6
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7
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37e Regiment
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6
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7
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1
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14
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38e Demi-brigade
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6
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1
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7
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39e Regiment
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1
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5
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6
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40e Regiment
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3
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17
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1
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21
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41 Demi-brigade
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2
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1
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3
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42e Regiment
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4
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9
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13
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43e Regiment
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2
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20
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22
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44e Regiment
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2
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14
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16
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45e Regiment
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3
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2
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1
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6
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46e Regiment
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4
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6
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10
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47e Regiment
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5
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1
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6
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48e Regiment
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10
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2
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12
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49e Regiment
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1
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1
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50e Regiment
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3
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5
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8
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51e Regiment
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4
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7
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1
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12
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52e Regiment
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6
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1
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7
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53e Regiment
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4
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5
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9
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54e Regiment
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3
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3
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6
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55e Regiment
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4
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6
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10
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56e Regiment
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2
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4
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6
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57e Regiment
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7
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4
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1
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12
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58e Regiment
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1
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4
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2
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7
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59e Regiment
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1
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11
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12
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60e Regiment
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6
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1
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7
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61e Regiment
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2
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8
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1
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11
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62e Regiment
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6
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3
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9
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63e Regiment
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1
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12
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13
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64e Regiment
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2
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5
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7
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65e Regiment
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4
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2
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6
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66e Regiment
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1
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5
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6
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67e Regiment
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4
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3
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7
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68e Demi-brigade
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69e Regiment
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4
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7
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11
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70e Regiment
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5
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4
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9
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71e Demi-brigade
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1
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1
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72e Regiment
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2
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6
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1
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9
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73e Demi-brigade
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3
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3
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74e Demi-brigade
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8
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8
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75e Regiment
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4
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2
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1
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7
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76e Regiment
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1
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5
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6
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77 e Demi-brigade
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3
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3
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78e Demi-brigade
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1
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1
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2
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79e Regiment
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1
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7
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8
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80e Demi-brigade
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81e Regiment
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1
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1
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82e Regiment
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|
2
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2
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83e Regiment
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1
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6
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7
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84e Regiment
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1
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5
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1
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7
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85e Regiment
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6
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7
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1
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14
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86e Regiment
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1
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1
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87e Demi-brigade
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88e Regiment
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1
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6
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2
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9
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89e Regiment
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3
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2
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1
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6
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90e Demi-brigade
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2
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2
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91e Demi-brigade
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92e Regiment
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7
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7
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93e Regiment
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4
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3
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7
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94e Regiment
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3
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3
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2
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8
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95e Regiment
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2
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3
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5
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96e Regiment
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1
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20
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21
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97 e Demi-brigade
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2
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2
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98e Demi-brigade
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|
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99e Demi-brigade
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2
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2
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100e Regiment
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3
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4
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7
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101e Regiment
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3
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5
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8
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102e Regiment
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1
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1
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103e Regiment
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2
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5
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7
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104e Demi-brigade
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105e Regiment
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1
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2
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3
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106e Regiment
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11
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11
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107e Regiment
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1
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1
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108e Regiment
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2
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3
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1
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6
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109e Regiment
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1
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3
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4
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110e Regiment
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2
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2
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111e Regiment
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1
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2
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3
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Total
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236
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608
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31
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4
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879
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Armes d’Honneur awarded to
the various ranks held in the French Regiments d’Infanterie
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Rank
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Sabre d’Honneur
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Fusil d’Honneur
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Grenade d’Honneur
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Baguettes d’Honneur
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Chef de Brigade
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6
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Chef de Bataillon
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4
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Capitaine Adjutant Major
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3
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Capitaine
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28
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1
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Lieutenant
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13
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Sous-Lieutenant
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17
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3
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Adjutant-sous-officer
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12
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3
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Sergent-majors
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48
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29
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1
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Sergent de Grenadiers
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3
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12
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Sergent
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87
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171
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Caporal de Grenadiers
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14
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Caporals
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6
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129
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Grenadiers
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3
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106
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1
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Fusiliers
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116
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1
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Soldats
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1
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8
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Caporal-Fourriers
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2
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Fourriers
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8
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Tambour-majors
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5
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1
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1
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Tambours de Grenadiers
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2
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Tambours
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28
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Sapeurs
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1
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Armuriers
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1
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Rank unknown
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8
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Totals
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237
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608
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4
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31
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Bibliography
Pascal, Adrien. Histoire
de l’Armee et de tous les Regiments depuis les temps de la monarchie
francaise jusqu'à nos jours. 1848-1864 Paris five volumes
Placed on the Napoleon Series: June 2004
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