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French Dragoons and the Colonels Who Led Them
1792-1815:
Part III: 21er - 30e Regiments
By Tony
Broughton, FINS
21e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1796 from the Cavalerie de Legion de la Police
and in 1801 the 1e Regiment de Dragons Piemont were
incorporated into the Regiment.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1795: Denayer (Joseph-Marie) - Chef-de-Brigade
1796: Malo (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1797: Baugard (Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade
1801: Mas de Polart
(Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Rene-Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade and
Colonel in 1803
1809: Ruat (Jean-Francois-Noel) - Colonel
1813: Saviot (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
Two of the above officers attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade
Denayer, (Joseph-Marie)
Born: 23 March 1744
Chef-de-Brigade: 29 October 1795
General-de-Brigade: 20September 1796
Died: 2 February 1802
Mas de Polart, (Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Rene-Joseph)
Born: 29 March 1775
Chef-de-Brigade: 22 December 1801
General-de-Brigade in the service of Westphalia: 1
January 1810
General-de-Brigade in the service of France: 26
February 1814
Baron of the Empire: 26 October 1810
Died: 2 February 1843
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 21e
Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Mas de Polart: Wounded 28 November 1806
& 8 February 1807
Colonel Saviot: 6 August 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 21e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Four
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Fifty-three
Regimental war record (Battles and
Combats)
1805: Ulm and Austerlitz
1806: Jena and Prentzlow
1807: Eylau and Koenigsberg
1809: Almonacid, Ocana, and Massaruleque
1810: Martos and Fuengirola
1811: Estepona
1812: Osuna
1813: Miranda and Vitoria
1813: Juterbock and Leipzig
1814: Fontvannes, Troyes. and Montmirail
Battle Honours
Jena 1806, Eylau 1807, Almonacid 1809, and
Ocana 1809
22e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1630 in Piemont by Commander Souvre and
admitted into French service on the 16 May 1635. Named Anjou
in 1647 and Orleans in 1660. In 1791 the Regiment became the
13e Regiment de Cavalerie and in 1803 the 22e Regiment de
Dragons.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: De Gibon de Kerisouet
(Hyacinthe-Vincent-Marie) - Colonel
1792: Lalande (Pierre-Lavaux Saint-Etienne) -
Colonel
1792: D'Anglars (Barthelemy de Bassignac) -
Colonel
1792: Guerpel (Charles-Antoine-Christophe) -
Colonel
1792: Baillot-Faral (Antoine-Raymond) - Colonel
1794: Aubry (Jean) - Chef-de-Brigade
1797: Balmont (Andre) - Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Beclerc (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Carrie de Boissy (Jean-Augustine) -
Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1807: Frossard (Francois-Xavier) - Colonel
1809: Blancheville (Claude-Basile-Gaspard) -
Colonel
1810: Rozat (Nicolas-Felix) - Colonel
1813: Chaillot (Louis-Claude) - Colonel
1814: Adam (Charles-Francois) - Colonel
Of the above Officers two attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade
Baillot-Faral, (Antoine-Raymond)
Born: 5 September 1741
Colonel: 4 November 1792
General-de-Brigade: 30 April 1794
Died: 18 August 1818
Carrie de Boissy, (Jean-Augustine)
Born: 7 July 1764
Chef-de-Brigade: 4 December 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
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the
22e Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Blancheville: Killed 2 May 1810
(Assassinated)
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 22e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Seven
Officers died of wounds: Five
Officers wounded: Thirty-one
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1793: Rosebecque
1794: Cateau-Cambresis and Maestricht
1796: Malterdingen
1797: Passage of the Rhine
1800: Offenbourg, Hochstett, Passage of the Danube,
and Hohenlinden
1805: Ulm and Austerlitz
1806: Jena
1807: Eylau, Ostrolenka, and Friedland
1808: Baylen and Mora
1809: Braga, Barcellos, and Capture of Oporto
1810: Valverde
1811: Alicante
1812: Elche, Almanza, and Las Rosas
1813: Strehla, Naumbourg, Flamingen, and Leipzig
1814: Saint-Dizier
Battle Honours
Austerlitz 1805, Jena 1806, Eylau 1807,
and Oporto 1809
23e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1670 in Turin and transfered to French service
in 1671 and named Prince-de-Piemont, 1690 saw the name
change to Royal-Piemont. The regiment became the 14e
Regiment de Cavalerie in 1791 and the 23e Regiment de
Dragons in 1803.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: de la Farelle (?) - Colonel
1792: Dazincourt (?) - Colonel
1796: Grieu (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1798: Wolff (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Merlin (Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Thierry (Francois-Gaspard) - Chef-de-Brigade and
Colonel in 1803
1810: Briant (Louis-Auguste-Alexandre) - Colonel
1813: Martique (Charles-Francois) - Colonel
None of the above attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the
23e Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Briant: Died of wounds 14 December 1812
Colonel Martique: wounded 30 October 1814
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 23e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Seven
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Forty-two
Regimental war record (Battles and
Combats)
1792: Capture of Spire
1793: Siege of Luxembourg and the Siege of Mayence
1795: Neckerau
1796: Renchen and Biberach
1799: Spinetto and Mondovi
1800: Pozzolo
1801: Caldiero
1805: Verone and Passage of the Tagliamento
1809: Sacile, La Piave, San-Daniel, and Wagram
1812: La Moskowa, Mojaisk, and La Beresina
1813: Dresden and Liepzig
1814: Vertus and Paris
Battle Honours
Mayence 1793, Wagram 1809, La Moskowa 1812
and Dresden 1813
24e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1671 as the Royal-Lorraine, 1791 saw the
Regiment become the 16e Regiment de Cavalerie. Upon the
defection of the 15e Regiment de Cavalerie (Royal-Allemand)
the Regiment took its the number 15e and in 1803 they became
the 24e Regiment de Dragons.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: de Rouault (Armand) - Colonel
1791: Castellane-Novejean (Boniface-Louis-Andre) -
Colonel
1791: de Thumery (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
1792: de Laroque-Travenet (Pierre-Nicolas-Joseph du
Bourget) - Colonel
1793: Le Blanc (Hilaire) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Barthod (Etiennne-Francois) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1793: L'Huillier (Jean) - Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Trouble (Claude-Edme) - Chef-de-Brigade and
Colonel in 1803
1806: Delort (Jacques-Antoine-Adrien) - Colonel
1811: Dubessy (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
Two Colonels attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade
Castellane-Novejean, (Boniface-Louis-Andre)
Born: 4 August 1758
Colonel: 25 July 1791
General-de-Brigade: 29 March 1792
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 24 October 1814
Baron of the Empire: 14 February 1810
Count of the Empire: 9 March 1810
Died: 21 February 1837
Delort, (Jacques-Antoine-Adrien)
Born: 16 November 1773
Colonel: 8 May 1806
General-de-Brigade: 21 July 1811
General de Division: 26 February 1814
Chevalier of the Empire: 30 October 1810
Baron of the Empire: 4 January 1811
Died: 28 March 1846
Colonels killed and wounded whist in command of
the 24e Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Delort: Wounded 25 February 1809,
10 February 1810, & 15 January 1811
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 24e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Four
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Twenty-five
Regimental war records (Battles and Combats)
1792: Blockade of Namur
1793: Maestrict and Nerwinden
1794: Sombref, Sprimont, Aldenhoven, and Capture of
Coblentz
1795: Blockade of Luxembourg, Heidelberg, and
Pfrim
1796: Passage of the Rhine, Khel and Rechen, Rastadt,
Ettlingen, Friedberg, Ingolstadt, and the Retreat to the
Rhine
1797: Passage of the Rhine at Diersheim
1800: Passage of the Mincio and Stokach
1801: Passage of the Adige
1805: Caldiero and Tagliamento
1808: Siege of Rosas, Cardedeu, and Molins-del-Rey
1809: Wais and San-Columa
1810: Villafranca, Cervera, and Vich
1811: Capture of Tarragone, Villa-Real, and
Sagonte
1812: Castalla
1813: Col d'Ordal
1813: Juterbock
Battle Honours
Kehl 1796, Stokach 1800, Villafranca 1810,
and Sagonte 1811
25e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1665 and named Bourgone in 1685, renamed in
1711 as Bretagne. It revertedg back to Bourgone in 1751,
becoming Royal-Bourgone in 1788. The Regiment became the 17e
Regiment de Cavalerie in 1791 and the 16e Regiment de
Cavalerie in 1792; finally becoming the 25e Regiment de
Dragons in 1803
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Brunville (Jean-Francois-Pierre) - Colonel
1792: Le Mouton de Boisdeffre (Louis-Rene) -
Colonel
1792: Cugnot d'Aubigny (Nicolas) - Colonel
1794: Gaudin (Jean-Oliver) - Chef-de-Brigade
1796: Rioult d'Avenay (Archange-Louis) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1797: Blancheville (Claude-Basile-Gaspard) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1801: Rigau (Antoine) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in
1803
1807: Ornano (Philippe-Antoine) - Colonel
1811: Leclerc (Jean-Pierre-Gauthier) - Colonel
1813: Montigny
(Augustin-Jean-Louis-Antoine-Marie-Sophie) - Colonel
1814: Canavas de Saint-Armand (Jean-Baptiste-Antoine)
- Colonel
1814: d'Hautefeuille (Eugene-Gabriel-Louis) -
Colonel
Of the above Colonels six attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade and above
Le Mouton de Boisdeffre, (Louis-Rene)
Born: 15 February 1744
Colonel: 5 February 1792
General-de-Brigade: 22 July 1792
Died: 26 May 1814
Cugnot d'Aubigny, (Nicolas)
Born: 16 February 1745
Colonel: 9 June 1792 (17e de Cavalerie)
General-de-Brigade: 14 April 1794
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Chevalier of the Empire: 23 June 1810
Baron of the Empire: 12th April 1813
Died: 1 November 1821
Gaudin, (Jean-Oliver)
Born: 1 December 1746
Chef-de-Brigade: 12th February 1794 (16e de
Cavalerie)
General-de-Brigade: 20 July 1794
Died: 26 December 1830
Rioult d'Avenay, (Archange-Louis)
Born: 21 November 1768
Chef-de-Brigade: 10 June 1796
General-de-Brigade: 25 June 1807
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 4 October 1808
Died: 1 June 1809 (Died of wounds recieved on the 8
May 1809)
Rigaud, (Antoine)
Born: 14 May 1758
Chef-de-Brigade: 14 December 1801(16e de
Cavalerie)
General-de-Brigade: 12th January 1807
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 Dec 1805
Baron of the Empire: 2 February 1809
Died: 4 Sept 1820
Ornano, (Philippe-Antoine)
Born: 17 January 1784
Colonel: 18 January 1807
General-de-Brigade: 16 June 1811
General de Division: 8 September 1812
Count of the Empire: 22 November 1808
Died: 13th October 1863
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 25e
Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Leclerc: Wounded 22 July 1812
Colonel Montigny: Killed 14 October 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 25e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Seven
Officers died of wounds: Five
Officers wounded: Forty-nine
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy
1793: Hondschoote
1794: Etreux, Mons, and Maestricht
1800: Offenbourg and Holzheim
1805: Elchingen and Austerlitz
1806: Halberstadt
1807: Ostrolenka
1808: Baylen
1809: Lugo and Alba-de-Tormes
1810: Lines of Torres-Vedras and Ciudad-Rodrigo
1811: Fuentes-de-Onoro
1812: Arapiles
1813: Vitoria
1813: Dresden and Leipzig
1814: Saint-Dizier, Brienne, La Rothiere, Mormont,
Fere-Champenoise, and Paris
Battle Honours
Austerlitz 1805, Halberstadt 1806,
Alba-de-Tormes 1809. and Cuidad-Rodrigo 1810
26e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1673 and named Roussilon; renamed Berry in
1690, the Regiment became the 18e Regiment de Cavalerie in
1791. In 1792, it was renamed once again as the 17e Regiment
de Cavalerie. The year 1803 saw the Regiment become the 26e
Regiment de Dragons.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Gain de Montagnac (Marie-Joseph) - Colonel
1791: Lacandre (Etienne-Jean) - Colonel
1792: Serre de Gras (Joseph-Francois-Regis-Camille) -
Colonel
1793: de Prisye (Pierre) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: de Bellecourt (Antoine-Joseph Augier) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Delorme (Pierre) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel
in 1803
1807: Chamorin (Vital-Joachim) - Colonel
1811: Montelegier (Gabriel-Gaspard-Achille-Adolphe) -
Colonel
1813: Besnard (Louis-Pierre) - Colonel
Three of the above Officers attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade
Serre de Gras, (Joseph-Francois-Regis-Camille)
Born: 20 May 1739
Colonel: 18 February 1792
General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1793
Died: 21 April 1805
Chamorin, (Vital-Joachim)
Born: 16 August 1773
Colonel: 16 February 1807
General-de-Brigade: 5 March 1811
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 December
1808
Baron of the Empire: 10 February 1809
Died: 25 March 1811 (Killed at Campo-Mayor)
Montelegier, (Gabriel-Gaspard-Achille-Adolphe)
Born: 6 January 1780
Colonel: 19 April 1811
General-de-Brigade: 3330 May 1813
Baron of the Empire: 31 December 1809
Died: 2 November 1825
Colonels killed and wounded whist commanding the 26e
Regiment de Dragons
Chef-de-Brigade de Pryse: Guillotined 27 May
1794
Colonel Chamorin: Wounded 10 June 1807
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 26e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Two
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Twenty-six
Regimental war record (Battles and
Combats)
1793: Capture of Tiriemont, Nerwinden,
Hondschoote, Menin, and Wattignies
1794: Grand-Rieux, Gossellies, and Fleurus
1796: Altenkirchen, Wurtzburg, and Neuwied
1799: Ostrach and Stokach
1800: Engen, Stokach, Hochstett, and Hohenlinden
1805: Wertingen, Albeck, Neresheim, and Austerlitz
1806: Jena and Waltersdorf
1807: Hoff, Eylau, Heilsberg, and Friedland
1808: Tudela
1809: Ucles, Medellin, Talevera-de-la-Reina, and
Ocana
1811: Capture of Olivenza, Capture of Badajoz, La
Gerboa, Capture of Albuquerque, and Campo-Major
1812: Puente-del-Maestro
1813: Vitoria
1814: Sens, Craonne, Laon, Fere-Champenois, and
Paris
Battle Honours
Austerlitz 1805, Jena 1806, Eylau 1807,
and Friedland 1807
27e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1674 and named Royal-Normandie in 1762,
becoming the 19e Regiment de Cavalerie in 1791 and the 18e
Regiment de Cavalerie in 1792. Finally in 1803, the Regiment
became the 27e Regiment de Dragons.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: de la Chaise (Jacques-Francois) - Colonel
1793: Rioult d'Avenay (Archange-Louis) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Belfort (Jacques Renard) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Terreyre (Denis) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel
in 1803
1806: Lallemand (Francois-Antoine) - Colonel
1811: Prevost (Louis-Charlemagne) - Colonel
Four Colonels attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade
Rioult d'Avenay, (Archange-Louis)
Born: 21 November 1768
Chef-de-Brigade: 10 November 1793
General-de-Brigade: 25 June 1807
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 4 October 1808
Died: 1 June 1809 (Died of wounds recieved on the 8
May 1809)
Belfort, (Jacques-Renard)
Born: 26 December 1753
Chef-de-Brigade: 21 November 1793
General-de-Brigade: 24 December 1805
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December1805
Baron of the Empire: 18 June 1809
Died: 18 January 1819
Terreyre, (Denis)
Born: 5 October 1756
Chef-de-Brigade: 30 July 1794
General-de-Brigade: 14 November 1806
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
1805
Baron of the Empire: 29 June 1806
Died: 14 February 1823
Lallemand, (Francois-Antoine)
Born: 23 June 1774
Colonel: 20 November 1806
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Baron of the Empire: 29 June 1808
Died: 9 March 1839
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the
27e Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Lallemand: Wounded 8 May 1809 & 22
June 1811
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 27e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Five
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Thirty-one
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Treves and Sulzbach
1794: Turckheim
1795: Mannheim, Kircheim-Bolanden, and Pfrim
1796: Passage of the Lech, Biberach, and
Ravensburg
1799: Verone and Novi
1805: Elchingen, Ulm, and Austerlitz
1806: Biezun
1807: Spanden and Friedland
1809: La Corogne, Passage of the Ave, Oporto, and
Arzobispo
1811: Albuhera, Elvas, and Las Vertientes
1812: Villagarcia, Valencia de las Torres, and
Saint-Martha
1813: Neuss
1814: Bar-sur-Aube and Arcis-sur-Aube
Battle Honours
Austerlitz 1805, Friedland 1807, and
Albuhera 1811
28e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1792 as the 1er Corps des Hussards de la
Libertie, in 1794 the Regiment became the 7e bis Regiment de
Hussars. The year 1803 saw the Regiment become the 28e
Regiment de Dragons.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Rutteau (?) - Colonel
1793: Westerman (Francois-Joseph) - Colonel
1793: Payen (?) - Colonel
1796: Landrieu (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1798: Duplessis (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Detres (Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel
in 1803
1807: Montmarie (Aime-Sulpice-Victor Pelletier) -
Colonel
1813: Holdrinet (Pierre) - Colonel
Three of the above attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade
Westerman, (Francois-Joseph)
Born: 5 September 1751
Colonel: 27 September 1792
General-de-Brigade: 15 May 1793
Died: 5 April 1794 (Executed in Paris by order of the
Revolutionary Tribunal)
Detres, (Francois)
Born: 11 September 1769
Chef-de-Brigade: 16 June 1799
General-de-Brigade: 4 April 1807
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Died: 14 January 1815
Montmarie, (Aime-Sulpice-Victor Pelletier)
Born: 13th November 1772
Colonel: 4 April 1807
General-de-Brigade: 22 July 1813
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 27 July 1809
Baron of the Empire: 9 Marcch 1810
Died: 2 November 1813 (Died of wounds sustained at the
Battle of Leipzig)
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the
28e Regiment de Dragons
Chef-de-Brigade Duplessis: Killed 2 April 1799
Colonel Montmarie: Wounded 8 May 1809 - 7 August
1812
Colonel Holdrinet: Wounded 2 January 1814
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 28e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Thirteen
Officers died of wounds: Six
Officers wounded: Forty-four.
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1794: Nieder-Otterbach
1796: Loano, Montenotte, Lodi, Castiglione,
Saint-Georges, and Fombio
1798: Pyramides and Salahieh
1799: Samanhoud and Aboukir
1800: Heliopolis
1806: Siege of Gaete
1807: La Piave and Wagram
1812: Smolensk, La Moskowa, and La Beresina
1813: Dresden, Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Vauchamps and Fere-Champenoise
Battle honours
Wagram 1807 and La Moskowa 1812
29e Regiment de Dragons
Formed in 1803 with the 11e Regiment de Hussards and
became the 29e Dragons.
Colonels
1803: Avice (Jacques-Phillipe) - Colonel
Colonel Avice had the distinction of being
Chef-de-Brigade of the 11e Regiment de Hussards, Colonel
of the 29e Regiment de Dragons, and upon its
transformation into a lancer regiment, Colonel of the 6e
Regiment de Chevau-Legers-Lanciers in 1811.
Born: 27 November 1759
Colonel: 24 October 1803
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 23th August
1814
Baron of the Empire: March 1808
Died: 26 October 1835
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 29e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Three
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Nine
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1805: San-Michele, Caldiero, Brenta,
Vicence, and San-Pietro
1806: Lauria
1808: Campaign of Abruzzes
1809: La Piave, Laybach, Raab, and Wagram
Battle Honours
Caldiero 1805 and Wagram 1809
30e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1803 with the 12e Regiment de Hussards to
become the 30e Dragons.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1803: Dupre (Jean-Francois) - Colonel
1807: Renaud (Antoine-Francois) - Colonel
1810: de Pinterville (Pierre-Alexis) - Colonel
1812: Ordener (Michel) - Colonel
None of the above attained the rank of
General-de-Brigade
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the
30e Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Pinterville: Wounded 7 September 1812
Colonel Ordener: Wounded 28 November 1812 & 30
March 1814
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 30e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Five
Officers died of wounds: Six
Officers wounded: Thirty Four
Regimental war record (Battles and combats)
1805: Verone, Caldiero, Olmo, Citadella,
Lestizza, Morsana, Villach, and Klagenfurth
1806: Siege of Gaete
1809: Passage of the Tagliemento, Udine, Gratz,
Stein-am-Anger, Passage of the Danube, Wagram,
Nickolsberg, and Bridge of Westernitz
1812: Krasnoe, La Moskowa, Viasma,
Polianova-Doroghobouj, and the passage of the Bersina
1813: Bautzen, Dresden, Leipzig, and the passage of
the Rhine
1814: Brienne, La Rothiere, Champaubert, Montmirail,
Monterau, Arcis-sur-Aube, Fere- Champenoise, and
Paris.
Battle Honours
Caldiero 1805, Wagram 1809, and La Moskowa 1812
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