French Chasseur-à-Cheval Regiments and the Colonels Who
Led Them 1791-1815:
By Tony
Broughton, FINS
1er Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Created in 1651 and named Conti in 1733, transformed into
a Dragoon Regiment in 1776. Became a Chasseur-à-Cheval
Regiment in 1788 and given the name Regiment de Chasseurs
d'Alsace and the 1er Regiment de Chasseurs in 1791.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Murat (Phillipe) - Colonel
1792: Monnet (Charles-Marie) - Colonel
1794: Sahuc (Louis-Michel-Antoine) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Dubois-Crance (Jean-Baptiste) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Carrie de Boissy (Jean-Auguste) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Montbrun (Louis-Pierre) - Chef-de-Brigade
1805: Excelmans (Joseph-Isadore) - Colonel
1807: Meda (Andre-Charles) - Colonel
1812: Huber (Pierre-François-Antoine) - Colonel
1814: Laboure (Jean-Leonard) - Colonel
1814: Saint-Chamans (Alfred-Armand-Robert) -
Colonel
1815: Simoneau (Pierre-Joseph-Victor) - Colonel
Five Officers of the 1er Regiment attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade and above
Sahuc, (Louis-Michel-Antoine)
Born: 7 January 1755
Chef-de-Brigade: 10 July 1794
General-de-Brigade: 21 April 1799
General-de-Division: 4 January 1806
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 24 June 1808
Died: 24 October 1813
Carrie de Boissy, (Jean-Auguste)
Born: 7 July 1764
Chef-de-Brigade: 5 May 1800
General-de-Brigade: 4 April 1807
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
1805
Baron of the Empire: 26 April 1810
Died: 9 July 1848
Montbrun, (Louis-Pierre)
Born: 1 March 1779
Chef-de-Brigade: 15 June 1800
General-de-Brigade: 24 December 1805
General-de-Division: 9 March 1809
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 December 1803
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 30 June
1811
Baron of the Empire: 19 March 1808
Count of the Empire: 15 August 1809
Died: 7 September 1812 (Killed at the Battle of La
Moskowa)
Excellmans, (Remy-Joseph-Isidore)
Born: 13 November 1775
Colonel: 27 December 1805
General-de-Brigade: 14 May 1807
General-de-Division: 8 September 1812
Baron of the Empire: 17 March 1808
Count of the Empire: 28 September 1813
Died: 22 July 1852
Huber, (Pierre-François-Antoine)
Born: 20 December 1775
Colonel: 11 March 1813
General-de-Brigade: 15 March 1814
Baron of the Empire: 15 August 1813
Died: 26 April 1832
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 1er
Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Chef-de-Brigade Dubois-Crance: Killed 26 April
1800
Colonel Meda: Died of wounds 7 December 1812
Colonel Simoneau: Wounded 18 June 1815
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Chasseurs-à-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Eleven
Officers died of wounds: Five
Officers wounded: Eighty-two
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Siege of Coutrai and Valmy
1793: Arlon
1794: Fleurus
1796: Altenkirchen, Wildendorf, Friedberg, and
Altendorf
1797: Neuwied
1799: Ostrach, Stokach, Bridge of the Nidda, and
Grossgerau
1800: Offenbourg, Kirchberg, Hohenlinden, and
Schwanstadt
1805: Ulm, Amstetten, Mariazell, and Austerlitz
1806: Auerstadt, Lowicz, and Nasielsk
1809: Abensberg, Raab, and Wagram
1812: Mohilew, Smolensk, and La Moskowa
1814: Defense of Maubeuge
1815: Quatre-Bras and Rocquencourt
Battle Honours
Hohenlinden 1800, Austerlitz 1805, Wagram 1809, and La
Moskowa 1812
2e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Created in 1673 as a Dragoon Regiment, transformed
into a Chasseur a Cheval Regiment in 1788 and named
Chasseurs des Eveches. In 1791 the Regiment became the 2e
Regiment des Chasseurs.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Meillonas (Antoine-Bernard-Constance) -
Colonel
1792: Broglie (Auguste-Louis-Joseph) - Colonel
1792: Laboissiere (Pierre-Garnier) - Colonel
1794: Croutelle (Jean-Baptiste) - Chef-de-Brigade
1801: Le Marois (Jean-Leonard-François) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1803: Bousson (Ignace-François) - Colonel
1807: Mathis (Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Marie) - Colonel
1812: Laboissiere (Francois-Garnier) - Colonel
1815: Robert Dubreuil (Benjamin-Louis) - Colonel
Four of the above attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade and above
Laboissiere, (Pierre-Garnier)
Born: 11 March 1755
Colonel: 1 December 1792
General-de-Brigade: 7 October 1793
General-de-Division: 23 February 1799
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June
1804
Count of the Empire: 26 April 1808
Died: 14 April 1809
Le Marois, (Jean-Leonard-François)
Born: 17 March 1776
Chef-de-Brigade: 13 January 1801
General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1803
General-de-Division: 24 December 1805
Count of the Empire: 15 June 1808
Died: 14 October 1836
Bousson, (Ignace-François)
Born: 20 October 1759
Colonel: 1 September 1803
General-de-Brigade: 24 April 1794 (Colonel Bousson was
promoted to the rank of General-de-Brigade in 1794,
ceasing this function in June 1794)
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
1805
Died: 29 August 1825
Laboissiere, (Francois-Garnier)
Born: 26 September 1781
Colonel: 22 August 1812
General-de-Brigade: 8 January 1813
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 10 August 1813
Died: 15 September 1813 (died of wounds sustained on
20 May 1813)
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 2e
Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Colonel Bouson: Wounded 14 October 1806
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Chasseurs-à-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Nine
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Sixty-two
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Spire, Mayence, and Limbourg
1793: Bouxviller, Reischoffen, Wissembourg, and the
blockade of Landau
1794: Kaiserlautern, Gerersheim, Mayence, and the
capture of the redoubt of Zahibach
1796: Passage of the Rhine, Capture of Kehl, Rastadt,
Ettlingen, Neresheim, and Biberach
1800: Passage of the Saint-Bernard, Sesia, and
Marengo
1805: Dachau, Mariazell, and Austerlitz
1806: Auerstadt and Pultusk
1807: Eylau, Mysziniec, and Heilsberg
1809: Abensberg, Landshut, Eckmuhl, Neumarkt,
Ebersberg, Raab, Wagram, and Znaim
1812: Smolensk, La Moskowa, Mojaisk, and Wiasma
1813: Bautzen, Wachau, Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Champaubert and Paris
1815: Suffel
Battle Honours
Eylau 1807, Wagram 1809, and La Moskowa 1812
3e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
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3e Regiment
Compagnie d'Elite
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Created as a Dragoon Regiment in 1675, transformed into
the Chasseurs des Flandre in 1788. In 1791 the Regiment
became the 3e Regiment de Chasseurs.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1792: Latour-Maubourg (Marie-Victor-Nicolas de
Fay) - Colonel
1792: Valory (?) - Colonel
1793: Birague (Aime-Jean-Charles) - Colonel
1793: Salomon de Moulineuf (Charles-Augstin) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1798: Ledee (Joseph-Thomas) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Grosjean (Alexandre) - Chef-de-Brigade and
Colonel in 1803
1806: Charpentier (?) - Colonel
1809: Saint-Mars (Charles-Joseph) - Colonel
1813: Royer (Achille) - Colonel
1813: Potier (Pierre-Jacques) - Colonel
1814: Marbot (Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcellin) -
Colonel
1815: De la Woestine (Anatole-Charles-Alexis) -
Colonel
Of the above Officers only one attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade
Latour-Maubourg, (Marie-Victor-Nicolas
de Fay)
Born: 11 February 1756
Colonel: 5 February 1792
General-de-Brigade: 24 December 1805
General-de-Division: 14 May 1807
Count of the Empire: 22 March 1814
Died: 11 November 1850
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 3e
Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Colonel Charpentier: Wounded 23 April 1809 &
22 May 1809
Colonel Saint-Mars: Wounded 23 July 1812
Colonel Royer: 18 October 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 3e
Chasseurs-à-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Nineteen
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Eighty-six
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy and Jemmapes
1793: Nerwinden and Wattignies
1794: Maestricht
1798: Castlebar
1799: La Stura and Genola
1800: Pozzolo
1805: Caldiero
1807: Passenwerder and Heilsberg
1809: Vilsbiburg, Aspern-Essling, and Wagram
1812: Krasnoe and La Moskowa
1813: Dresden and Leipzig
1814: Champaubert and Nangis
1815: Quatre-Bras and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Jemmapes 1792, Maestricht 1794, Wagram
1809, and Krasnoe 1812
4e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Created in 1675 as a Dragoon Regiment and became
the Chasseurs de Franche-Comte in 1788. The 4e Regiment de
Chasseurs were formed in 1791.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Maumigny de Verneuil (Paul) - Colonel
1791: De Jobal (Joseph-François-Louis) - Colonel
1792: De Cadignan (Jean-Baptiste Dupleix) -
Colonel
1792: De Rossi (Hyacinthe-Etienne-Antoine-Alexandre) -
Colonel
1793: Bregeot (Claude-Hyacinthe) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Scalfort (Nicolas-Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade
1802: Bruguiere (Claude-Denis-Noel) - Chef-de-Brigade
and Colonel in 1803
1806: Lambert (Urbain-François) - Colonel
1807: Lapointe (Charles-Louis-Narcisse) - Colonel
1809: Boulnois (Louis-Jacques-François) - Colonel
1813: De Vence (Clement-Louis-Helion de Villeneuve) -
Colonel
1815: Desmichels (Louis-Alexis) - Colonel
The 4e Regiment produced three Officers who attained
the rank of General-de-Brigade
Scalfort, (Nicolas-Joseph)
Born: 16 February 1752
Chef-de-Brigade: 26 August 1794
General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1803
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 15 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 21 December 1808
Died: 3 November 1833
Lambert, (Urbain-François)
Born: 25 May 1773
Colonel: 2 December 1806
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 30 June 1809
Baron of the Empire: 20 July 1808
Died: 18 May 1814
Boulnois, (Louis-Jacques-François)
Born: 10 May 1773
Colonel: 13 February 1809
General-de-Brigade: 26 March 1813
Chevalier of the Empire: 21 December 1808
Baron of the Empire: 26 February 1814
Died: 10 January 1833
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 4e
Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
;Colonel Bruguiere: Assassinated 28 October
1806
Colonel Boulnois: Wounded 14 August 1812 & 19
August 1812
Colonel De Vence: Wounded 18 October 1813 & 29
October 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 4e
Chasseurs-à-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Twenty-one
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Forty-eight
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1793: Wissembourg, Fort Vauban, Brumpt,
Vantzenau,Kaiserlautern, Gambsheim, and Haguenau
1794: Schwegenheim, Trippstadt, Kaiserlautern, and
Mannheim
1796: Neustadt, Kehl, Renchen, Rastadt, Elttingen,
Neubourg, and Biberach
1797: Passage of the Piave and Tagliamento, Chissanto,
and Weng
1799: Bergen, Alkmaer, Kastricum, and Harlem
1800: Passage of the Mincio and the blockade of
Mantoue
1801: Rivalto, Verone, and Saint-Pierre
1805: Padoue, Blockade of Venice, and Saint-Michel
1812: Passage of the Niemen, Vitepsk, Krasnoe,
Smolensk, Valoutina, La Moskowa, and le Beresina
1813: Katzbach, Wachau, Leipzig, and Glogau
1814: Montmirail and Arcis-sur-Aube
1815: Ligny and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Biberach 1796 and La Moskowa 1812
5e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
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5e Regiment
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Created as a Dragoon Regiment in 1676, transforming to
the Chasseurs du Hainaut in 1788. Become the 5e Regiment de
Chasseurs in 1791.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Chevalier de Lameth
(Alexandre-Theodore-Victor) - Colonel
1792: Monard (Jean-Nicolas) - Colonel
1793: Richardot (Jerome-Etienne-Marie) - Colonel
1793: De la Noue (Joseph-Francois-Louis-Marthe) -
Colonel
1793: Poichet dit Prudent? (François) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Corbineau (Claude-Louis-Constant-Esprit Juvenal)
- Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1806: Bonnemains (Pierre) - Colonel
1811: Baillot (Joseph) - Colonel
1814: Duchastel (Louis-Claude) - Colonel
Four of the above Officers attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade
Monard, (Jean-Nicolas)
Born: 11 October 1750
Colonel: 16 May 1792
General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1793
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 24 August 1814
Died: 20 December 1831
Richardot, (Jerome-Etienne-Marie)
Born: 29 June 1751
Colonel: 29 June 1793
General-de-Brigade: 7 April 1793
Died: 6 March 1794 (while being held prisonner in the
Conciergerie prison in Paris)
Corbineau, (Claude-Louis-Constant-Esprit
Juvenal)
Born: 7 March 1772
Chef-de-Brigade: 10 February 1800
General-de-Brigade: 12 September 1806
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 December 1803
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
1805
Died: 8 February 1807 (Killed at the Battle of
Eylau)
Bonnemains, (Pierre)
Born: 13 September 1773
Colonel: 20 September 1806
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Baron of the Empire: 19 March 1808
Died: 9 November 1850
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 5e
Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Chef-de-Brigade Corbineau: Wounded 3 December
1800 & 2 December 1805
Colonel Bonnemains: Wounded 3 November 1806
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 5e
Chasseurs-à-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Ten
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Sixty-six
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy
1793: Pellemberg, Bliebech, Corblech, Dunkerque,
Propinghen, Honschoote, and Furnes
1794: Lannoy, Tournai, Mont-Cassel, Tourcoing,
Pont-à-Chin, Zonnebech, Hooglede, Oudenarde, Gand, Alost,
Breda, Boxtel, Passage of the Meuse, and Nimegue
1795: Driel, Nieuw-Schanz, and Occupation of
Holland
1796: Camp de Mulheim and Cologne
1797: Mayennce and Occupation of Holland
1798: Ostende, Herenthals, and Breda
1799: Ettlingen, Zurzach, Andelfigen, Zurich, and
Bussingen-Bergan
1800: Engen, Moeskirch, Biberach, Ochsenbrunn, Abach,
and Werth
1805: Munich, Wasserbourg, Haag, and Austerlitz
1806: Schleiz, Furstenberg, Waren, Crewitz, and
Lubeck
1807: Morhungen, Lobau, Krentzberg, and Friedland
1808: Pont d'Alcolea, Baylen, Burgos, Somo-Sierra, and
Pont d'Almaras
1809: Medellin, Torrigos, and Talevera
1810: Cadiz
1812: Bornos
1813: Alembra, El-Coral, Caracuel, Olmeda, Hilesca,
Burgos, and Vitoria
1813: Juterbock, Dennewitz, Mockern, La Partha,
Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Orthez and Toulouse
1814: Remagen, La Chaussee, Mormant, Troyes,
Bar-sur-Aube, Sommepuis, and Saint- Dizier
Battle Honours
Zurich 1799, Hohenlinden 1800, Austerlitz 1805,
and Friedland 1807
6e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Created in 1676 as the Languedoc-Dragons, becoming the
Chasseurs du Languedoc in 1788 and the 6e Regiment de
Chasseurs in 1791.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Castellane-Novejean (Boniface-Louis-Andre)
- Colonel
1792: Lefort (Charles-Auguste-Philippe) - Colonel
1793: Drouhot (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Hautpoul (Jean-Joseph-Agne d') -
Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Laffon (Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in
1803
1808: Le Dard (Francois) - Colonel
1809: Eulner (Guillaume) - Colonel
1809: Le Dard (Francois) - Colonel
1812: De Talhouet de Bonamour (Auguste-Frederic) -
Colonel
1813: De Faudoas-Barbazan (Paul-Eugene) - Colonel
Three of the above attained the rank of General de
Brigade
Castellane-Novejean, (Boniface-Louis-Andre)
Born:4 August 1758
Colonel: 28 October 1791
General-de-Brigade: 29 March 1792 (the rank was taken
from him in the same year and he was placed in Prison
during the Terror, upon his release he resumed his rank
in 1794)
Baron of the Empire: 14 February 1810
Count ofthe Empire: 9 March 1810
Died: 21 February 1837
Lefort, (Charles-Auguste-Philippe)
Born: 11 September 1757
Colonel: 23 March 1792
General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1793
Died: ?
Hautpoul, (Jean-Joseph-Agne d')
Born: 13 March 1754
Chef-de-Brigade: 21 March 1794
General-de-Brigade: 3 April 1794
General-de-Division: 10 October 1796
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 December 1803
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June
1804
Grand Eagle of the Legion d'Honneur: 8 February
1806
Died: 14 February 1807 (died of wounds received at the
Battle of Eylau)
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 6e
Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Colonel Eulner: Wounded 6 July 1809
Colonel Le Dard: Died of wounds 7 September 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 6e
Chasseurs-à-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Twelve
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Fifty
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Coutrai, Valmy, Jemmapes, and Orchies
1793: Nerwinden
1794: Gosselies, Fleurus, and Catillon
1795: Ukerath and Limbourg
1796: Altenkirchen, Ukerath, La Sieg, Ziel, and
Amberg
1797: Neuwied
1799: Ostrach, Stokach, Zurich, and Wisloch
1800: Offenbourg, Erbach, and Hohenlinden
1805: Castel-Franco
1806: Occupation of Calabre and Abbruzzes
1809: Sacile, Piave, San-Michel, and Wagram
1812: Smolensk, La Moskowa, and Malojaroslawetz.
1813: Bautzen, Wachau, and Leipzig
1814: Champaubert and Vauchamps
1815: Waterloo and Rocquencourt
Battle Honours
Jemmapes 1792, Fleurus 1794, Wagram 1809, and La
Moskowa 1812
7e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval.
Formed in 1745 as the Volontaires Royaux, renamed as the
Legion Royale in 1747, and disbanded in 1776. Reformed in
1779, the Regiment became the 1er Regiment de
Chasseurs-à-Cheval, becoming the Regiment de Chasseurs de
Picardie in 1788, and in 1791 the 7e Regiment de
Chasseurs.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: d'Aiguillon (Armand-Desire de Richelieu) -
Colonel
1792: Scheglinski (François-Charles) - Colonel
1793: Bedee(Jacques-Ignace) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Montbrun (Louis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: De Lamure (Marie-Benoit-Antoine-Joseph Bussiere)
- Chef-de-Brigade
1801: La Grange et de Fourilles
(Adelaide-Blaise-François le Lievre) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1807: Pire (Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen) -
Colonel
1809: Bohn (François-Joseph) - Colonel
1809: Montbrun (Alexandre) - Colonel
1812: Delaitre (Antoine-Charles-Bernard) - Colonel
1812: Saint-Chamans (Alfred-Amand-Robert) -
Colonel
1813: De Verdiere (Auguste-Ambroise-Joseph) -
Colonel
The 7e Regiment produced six Officers who attained the
rank of General-de-Brigade and above
d'Aiguillon, (Armand-Desire de Richelieu)
Born: 31 October 1761
Colonel: 15 December 1791
General-de-Brigade: 7 May 1792
Died: 4 May 1800
Scheglinski, (François-Charles)
Born: 8 May 1740
Colonel: 16 May 1792
General-de-Brigade: 28 May 1793
Died: 28 February 1797
La Grange et de Fourilles, (Adelaide-Blaise-François
Le Lievre)
Born: 21 December 1766
Chef-de-Brigade: 8 February 1801
General-de-Brigade: 25 June 1807
General-de-Division: 29 June 1809
Baron of the Empire: 13 February 1811
Died: 2 July 1833
Piré, (Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de
Rosnyvinen)
Born: 31 March 1778
Colonel: 25 June 1807
General-de-Brigade: 10 March 1809
General-de-Division: 15 October 1813
Baron of the Empire: 2 August 1808
Died: 20 July 1850
Montbrun, (Alexandre)
Born: 1 May 1770
Colonel: 15 July 1809
General-de-Brigade: 18 October 1812
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 2 September
1812
Baron of the Empire: 28 September 1813
Died: 29 September 1821
Delaitre, (Antoine-Charles-Bernard)
Born: 13 January 1776
Colonel: 27 January 1811
General-de-Brigade: 26 April 1812
Baron of the Empire: 29 June 1809
Died: 2 July 1838
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 7e
Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Colonel Lamure: Wounded 17 June 1799
Colonel Lagrange: Wounded 10 June 1807
Colonel Bohn: Killed 14 June 1809
Colonel Montbrun: Wounded 5 May 1811
Colonel De Saint-Chamans: Wounded 24 October 1812, 5
September 1813, 16 October 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 7e
Chasseurs-à-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Thirteen
Officers died of wounds: Five
Officers wounded: Sixty seven
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Worms, Maayence, Francfort, Hochfeld, and
the Siege of Mayence
1793: Hochheim, Haguenau, Cholet, Laval, Montaigu, Le
Mans, Dol, Savenay, and Granville
1794: Landau, Fort-Vauban, Machecoul, and
Noirmoutier
1798: Capture of Rome
1799: Gaete, Capoue, Naples, Modene, La Trebbia, and
Novi
1805: Embs
1806: Jena, Wismar, and Hamien
1807: Eylau, Koenigsberg, and Heilsberg
1809: Pfaffenhoffen, Raab, and Wagram
1811: Fuentes-de-Onoro
1812: Polotsk, Drissa, and Le Beresina
1813: Dantzig, Bautzen, Liegnitz, Katzbach,
Reichenbach, and Leipzig
1814: Bar-sur-Aube
1815: Suffel
Battle Honours
Jena 1806 and Polotsk 1812
8e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
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Regiment
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Formed in 1740, as the Volontaires de Flandre, becoming
the Legion de Flandre in 1762. Disbanded in 1776 and
reformed as the 2e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval in 1779.
In 1788, the Regiment became the Regiment de Chasseurs de
Guyenne and in 1791 they finally became the 8e Regiment de
Chasseurs.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Bourgeois (Germain-François-Joseph) -
Colonel
1791: De Berruyer (Jean-Francois) - Colonel
1792: Beaudinot (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
1793: Combez (Jean-François) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Chalbos (Alexis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Beril (Pierre) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Lacour (Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade
1797: Rochet (François) - Chef-de-Brigade
1804: Curto (Jean-Baptiste-Theodore) - Colonel
1811: Saint-Chamans (Alfred-Amand-Robert) -
Colonel
1812: De Talleyrand-Perigord (Edmund-Alexandre) -
Colonel
1813: Planzeaux (Joseph-François) - Colonel
1815: Schneit (Pierre-Henri-Joseph) - Colonel
Four of the above Officers attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade and above
De Berruyer, (Jean-François)
Born: 6 January 1738
Colonel: 28 December 1791
General-de-Brigade: 13 May 1793
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 November 1803
Died: 17 April 1804
Combez, (Jean-François)
Born: 12 June 1732
Chef-de-Brigade: 16 March 1793
General-de-Brigade: 11 October 1793
Died: 10 October 1794
Chalbos, (Alexis)
Born: 6 March 1736
Chef-de-Brigade: 30 April 1793
General-de-Brigade: 6 May 1793
General-de-Division: 22 May 1793
Died: 17 March 1803
Curto, (Jean-Baptiste-Theodore)
Born: 25 May 1770
Colonel: 19 October 1804
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Baron of the Empire: 9 September 1810
Died: 14 September 1835
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 8e
Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Chef-de-Brigade Combez: Wounded 26 March 1793
Chef-de-Brigade Beril: Executed by order of the
Revolutionary Tribunal 13 November 1793
Colonel Planzeaux: Wounded 6 March 1814
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 8e
Chasseurs-à-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Eight
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Sixty-four
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Lengenfeld
1793: Ober-Floersheim, Rilsheim, Frankenweiler,
Biberach, Wantzenau, and Gambsheim
1794: Capture of Fort-Louis, Oggersheim, Mandenheim,
Frankenthal, and Zahlbach
1796: Passage of the Rhine, Korck, Wilstett,
Appenweier, Oberskirch, Ettlingen, Geisenfeld,
Schussenreid, Biberach, Willingen, Neustadt, and
Schliengen
1797: Diersheim
1799: Stokach and Zurich
1800: Vieux-Brisach, Kamlach, Kirchberg, Weissenborn,
Feldkirch, Guttenzeil, Ingolstadt, and Hohenlinden
1805: Ulm, Gratz, and Nordlingen
1806: Sacile, Montebello, La Piave, San-Michel, Raab,
and Wagram
1812: Passage of the Dnieper, Ostrowno, Krasnoe,
Smolensk, La Moskowa, Mojaisk, and Winkowo
1813: Mockern, Bautzen, Dresden, Goldberg, and
Leipzig
1814: Saint-Dizier, Champaubert, Berry-au-Bac,
Fere-Champenoise, and Paris
1815: Ligny, Villers-Cotterets, and Versailles
Battle Honours
Zurich 1799, Hohenlinden 1800, Wagram 1809, and
La Moskowa 1812
9e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Formed in 1757, as the Volontaires de Hainaut, becoming
the Legion de Hainaut in 1762 and the Legion de Lorraine in
1768. Disbanded in 1776. The Regiment reformed in 1779 as
the 3e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval and in 1788 became the
Regiment de Chasseurs de Lorraine, finally becoming the 9e
Regiment de Chasseurs in 1791.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: La Baroliere (Jacques-Marie Pilote) -
Colonel
1793: Richardot (Jerome-Etienne-Marie) - Colonel
1793: La Blanche (Jacques-Hyacinthe) - Colonel
1793: Doncourt (François-Georges) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Allard (Jean-François) - Chef-de-Brigade
1796: Gardane (Paul-Ange-Louis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Liebault (François-Augustin) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Thullier (Jean-Pierre) - Chef-de-Brigade and
Colonel in 1803
1808: Delacroix (Charles-Henri) - Colonel
1809: Saint-Suzanne (Pierre-Antoine Bruneteau) -
Colonel
1813: Dukermont (Eugene-François d'Avranges) -
Colonel
Three Colonels attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
and above
La Baroliere, (Jacques-Marie Pilote)
Born: 28 November 1746
Colonel: 25 July 1791
General-de-Brigade: 1 September 1792
General-de-Division: 6 May 1793
Baron of the Empire: 25 May 1810
Died: 1 December 1827
Richardot, (Jerome-Etienne-Marie)
Born: 29 June 1751
Colonel: 26 January 1793
General-de-Brigade: 7 April 1793
Died: 6 March 1794 (while being held prisoner in the
Conciergerie Prison)
Gardane, (Paul-Ange-Louis)
Born: 11 June 1766
Chef-de-Brigade: 2 June 1796
General-de-Brigade: 19 October 1799
Count of the Empire: May 1808
Died: 30 January 1818
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 9e
Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Chef-de-Brigade Allard: Killed 13 November 1795
Chef-de-Brigade Gardane: Wounded 26 March 1799
Chef-de-Brigade Liebault: Mortally wounded 6 November
1799
Colonel Delacroix: Wounded 8 May 1809
Colonel De Saint-Suzanne: Died of fatigue January
1813
Colonel Dukermont: Wounded 23 August 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 9e
Chasseurs-à-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Ten
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Fifty-three
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Aumetz
1793: Pirmasens
1794: Kaiserslautern, Fleurus, and Roer
1795: Anelshorn and Limbourg
1796: Siegberg, Altenkirchen, Weilbourg, Ukerath,
Wildendorf, Friedberg, and Forcheim
1797: Neuwied and Francfort
1799: Legnano, Verone, Cassano, Bassignano, and
Novi
1800: Marengo, Alexandrie, and Saint-Ambrose
1806: Saint-Euphemie
1807: Montelone
1808: Reggio, Messine, and Scilla
1809: Brenta, La Piave, Saint-Michel, Leoben, Raab,
and Wagram
1810: Calabres
1812: La Moskowa and Wiasma
1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, Lowenberg, Golberg,
Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Champaubert, Chateau-Thierry, Brienne,
Montmirail, Sezanne, Reims, La Ferte, Montereau, Melun,
and Paris
1815: Ligny and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Fleurus 1794, Wagram 1809, La Moskowa 1812, and
Champaubert 1814
10e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Formed in 1758, as the Volontaires de Clermont-Prince and
becoming the Legion de Clermont-Prince in 1763. In 1766 the
name changed to the Legion de Conde and disbanded in 1776.
Reformed as the 4e Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval and in
1779 becoming the Regiment de Chasseurs de Bretagne in 1788,
finally becoming the 10e Regiment de Chasseurs in 1791.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Chastellet (Achille-François) - Colonel
1791: De Launay de Vallerie (Charles-Michel Cordier de
Montreuil) - Colonel
1792: Dupont de Chaumont (Pierre-Antoine) -
Colonel
1792: Elbee de la Saboniere (Henri-François) -
Colonel
1793: Champeaux (Pierre-Clermont) - Colonel
1793: Le Normand (Louis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Zeller (Georges) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Leclerc d'Ostein (Pierre-Jean-Baptiste) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1796: Ordener (Michel) - Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Colbert (François-Marie-Auguste) -
Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1805: Subervie (Jacques-Gervais Protais) - Colonel
1811: Houssin de Saint-Laurent (Auguste-Houssin) -
Colonel
1815: d'Hautefeuille (Eugene-Gabriel-Louis Texier) -
Colonel
Seven of the above Officers attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade and above
Chastellet, (Achille-François)
Born: 1760
Colonel: 25 July 1791
General-de-Brigade: 9 March 1792
Died: 17 April 1794 (while being held prisoner in
Paris)
Elbee de la Sabloniere, (Henri-François)
Born: 9 February 1730
Colonel: 29 June 1792
General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1793
Died: 10 March 1813
Champeaux, (Pierre-Clermont)
Born: 24 May 1767
Colonel: 8 March 1793
General-de-Brigade: 15 May 1800
Died: 28 July 1800 (died of wounds sustained at the
Battle of Marengo)
Leclerc d'Ostein, (Pierre-Jean-Baptiste)
Born: 25 November 1741
Chef-de-Brigade: 27 July 1794
General-de-Brigade: 11 September 1796
Died: 12 November 1800
Ordener, (Michel)
Born: 2 September 1755
Chef-de-Brigade: 16 September 1796
General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1803
General-de-Division: 25 December 1805
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Count of the Empire: 20 December 1808
Died: 30 August 1811
Colbert, (Auguste-François-Marie)
Born: 18 November 1777
Chef-de-Brigade: 18 July 1800
General-de-Brigade: 24 December 1804
Member of the Legion d'Honneur:11 December 1803
Baron of the Empire: 2 July 1808
Died: 3 January 1809 (Killed while serving in
Spain)
Subervie, (Jacques-Gervais)
Born: 1 September 1776
Colonel: 27 December 1805
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Baron of the Empire: 28 November 1809
Died: 10 March 1856
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 10e
Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Chef-de-Brigade Leclerc d'Ostein: Wounded
5 September 1796
Chef-de-Brigade Ordener: Wounded 14 August 1799
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 10e
Chasseurs-à-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Thirteen
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Fifty-four
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy
1793: Rilsheim, Landau, and Wissembourg
1794: Welstheim and Siege of Mayence
1796: Fombio, Borghetto, Lonato, Castiglione, Lavis,
Primolano, Covolo, Bassano, Caldiero, and Mantoue
1797: Bellune, Tarvis, Klagenfurt, and Freisach
1799: Ostrach and Liptingen
1800: Engen, Moeskirch, Biberach, Landshut,
Hohenlinden, Lauffen, and Lambech
1805: Elchingen
1806: Jena
1807: Hoff, Eylau, Deppen, and Freidland
1808: Medina-del-Rio-Seco
1809: Medellin, Alcabon, Talevera, Almonacid, and
Ocana
1810: Capture of Malaga
1813: Baza and Vitoria
1813: Leipzig
1814: Orthez, Viella, and Toulouse
1814: Montereau and Fontvannes
Battle Honours
Castiglione 1796, Jena 1806, and Friedland 1807
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