French Infantry Regiments and the Colonels who Led Them: 1791 to 1815

Part XIV: 151e - 156e Regiments

151e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History

1813: Created 151e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from)

7e, 50e, 51e and 52e Cohortes, Garde Nationale

Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade

1813: Recouvreur (Jean-Pierre) - Colonel
1813: Lebron (Laurent-Marie) - Colonel
1814: Disbanded

None of the above officers attained the rank of General

Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 151e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Colonel Recouvreur: wounded 19 August 1813
Colonel Lebron: wounded 25 September 1813

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 151e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1813-1814

Officers killed: Eight
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Forty-six

Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)

1813: Wettin, Halle, Linenau, Weissig, Wurschen, and Haynau
1814: Glogau

Battle Honours

Weissig 1813 and Wurschen 1813

152e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History

1794: Created 152e Demi-Brigade de Bataille (formed from the following)

2e bataillon, 82e Regiment d'Infanterie
7e bataillon, Volontaires de la Marne
6e bataillon, Volontaires du Bas-Rhin

1796: Disbanded and incorporated into 75e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne
1813: 152e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from)

18e, 19e, 53e and 54e Cohortes, Garde Nationale

1814: Disbanded and 1er and 2e bataillons incorporated into the 85e Regiment d'Infanterie and the 3e, 4e and 5e bataillons incorporated into the 18e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade

1794: Prompt (Antoine) - Chef-de-Brigade
1813: Raynaud (Pierre) - Colonel

None of the above officers attained the rank of General

Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 152e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Colonel Raynaud: 16 October 1813

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 152e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1813-1814

Officers killed: Eight
Officers died of wounds: Four
Officers wounded: Sixty-three

Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)

1795: Loano
1813: Bremeriehe, Lunebourg, Harbourg, Katzbach, and Leipzig
1814: Strasbourg and Paris

Battle Honours

Loano 1795 and Harbourg 1813

153e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History

1813: Created 153e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from)

55e, 56e, 57e and 58e Cohortes, Garde Nationale

1814: Disbanded

Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade

1813: Mathieu (Louis-Benoit) - Colonel
1813: Fremin (Alexandre-Francois) - Colonel
1813: Mathieu (Louis-Benoit) - Colonel

None of the above officers attained the rank of General

Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 153e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

None

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 153e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1813-1814

Officers killed: Thirteen
Officers died of wounds: Four
Officers wounded: Fifty

Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)

1813: Wetting, Halle, Lindenau, Weissig, Wurschen, Haynau-Michelsdorf, Lowenburg, Goldberg, Katzbach, Borna, Wachau, Leipzig, and Hanau

Battle Honours

Weissig 1813 and Goldberg 1813

154e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History

1794: 154e Demi-Brigade de Bataille (formed from the following)

2e bataillon, 83e Regiment d'Infanterie
1er bataillon, Volontaires de Valenciennes
1er bataillon, Volontaires republicain de Paris

1796: Disbanded and incorporated into 10e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne
1813: 154e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from)

4e, 20e, 21e and 22e Cohortes, Garde Nationale

1814: Disbanded and dispersed into 37e and 45e Regiments d'Infanterie de Ligne

Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade

1794: Saudeur (Adrien-Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade
1813: Ozilliau (Jacques-Francois) - Colonel
1813: Chapuzet (Louis-Guillaume-Joseph) - Colonel

One of the above officers attained the rank of General

Saudeur, (Adrien-Joseph)

Born: 2 January 1764
Chef-de-Brigade: 5 August 1794
General-de-Brigade: 30 December 1806
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 15 June 1804
Died: 27 May 1813

Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 154e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Colonel Ozillau: wounded 19 May 1813, 21 August 1813 and 26 August 1813

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 154e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1813-1814

Officers killed: Nine
Officers died of wounds: Eight
Officers wounded: Eighty

Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)

1795: Armee du Nord
1796: Armee des Cotes de l'Ocean
1813: Mockern, Danning-Kow, Weissig, Wurschen, Lowenberg, Goldberg, Katzbach, Drebnitz, Liebertwolkwitz and Leipzig

Battle Honours

Weissig 1813 and Goldberg 1813

155e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History

1813: Created 155e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from)

10e, 59e, 60e and 70e Cohortes, Garde Nationale

1814: Disbanded

Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade

1813: Sennegon-Lasgonniere (Paul-Noel-Jules) - Colonel
1813: Charlet (Claude) - Colonel

None of the above officers attained the rank of General

Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 155e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Colonel Sennegon-Lasgonniere: killed 16 October 1813
Colonel Charlet: wounded 9 February 1814

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 155e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815

Officers killed: Eight
Officers died of wounds: Four
Officers wounded: Fifty-six

Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)

1813: Weissig, Wurschen, Goldberg, Katzbach, Drebnitz, Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Pagny, La Ferte-sous-Jouarre and Orleans

Battle Honours

Weissig 1813

156e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History

1813: Created 156e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from)

26e, 27e, 82e and 83e Cohortes, Garde Nationale

1814: Disbanded

Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade

1813: Oudot (Jean-Francois) - Colonel

Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 156e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Colonel Oudot: killed 30 March 1814

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 156e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815

Officers killed: Sixteen
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Twenty-two

Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)

1813: Bautzen, Lukau, Trebbin, Wilmersdorf, Tragun, Juterbock, Dennewitz, Kosen, Hoff, and Hocheim
1814: Voreppe and Paris

Battle Honours

Bautzen 1813

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Placed on the Napoleon Series: March 2002