Regiments d'Infanterie Etrangers and the Colonels who led them during
the period 1804-1815: The Spanish and Portuguese Regiments
By Tony
Broughton, FINS
Regiment Joseph-Napoleon
Regimental History
1809: Created, Regiment Joseph-Napoleon
1813: Disbanded
Colonels
1809: Kindelan (Jean)
1812: Tschudy (Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Joseph)
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Division
Kindelan, (Jean)
Born: 7 December 1759
Colonel: 11 July 1774 (Regiment d'Ultonia-Infanterie)
General-de-Brigade: 5 October 1802
Colonel: 2 May 1809 (Regiment Joseph-Napoleon)
Lieutenant-General: 14 November 1809 (In the service of Spain)
General-de-Division: 28 May 1812 (In the service of France)
Officer of the Legion d’Honneur: 22 June 1806
Died: 13 November 1822
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment Joseph-Napoleon
Colonel Tschudy : wounded 18 November 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment Joseph-Napoleon
during the period 1809-1813
Officers killed: Twelve
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Forty-eight
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
and wounded)
1812: Moskowa, Mojaisk, Krasnoe, Beresina and Wilna
1813: Stettin, Lutzen, Bautzen, Liepzig, Hanau and Glogau
1er Bataillion de Pionniers Espagnols
Bataillon History
1811: Created
1813: Disbanded
Chef-de-Bataillon
Saint-Jean de Pontis ( ?)
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment Joseph-Napoleon
during the period 1811 - 1813
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Seven
Bataillon History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
and wounded)
1813: Dantzig
Legion Portugaise
1808 : Created, Legion Portugaise
1811 : Reorganised from five regiments of infantry and two of cavalry
into three infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment
1813 : Disbanded
Commanders-en-Chef
1808: Alorna (Pierre d�Almeida d�)
1810: Carcome-Lobo (Joseph)
1810: Gomez-Freyre d�Andrade (?)
All of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Division
Alorna, (Pierre d�Almeida d�)
Born: ?
Lieutenant-General: October 1807
Commander: 15 February 1808
General-de-Division: 1 Auust 1808 (In the service of Spain)
General-de-Division: 21 March 1812 (In the service of France)
Died: 26 January 1813
Carcome-Lobo, (Joseph)
Born: 1756
Colonel: 1797
General-de-Brigade: 1 August 1808
Commander: 14 August 1810
General-de-Division: 4 October 1810
Died: ?
Gomez-Freyre d�Andrade (?)
Born : 1764
Colonel : 1790
Lieutenant-General : 1807 (In the service of Portugal)
General-de-Division: 1 August 1808 (In the service of France)
Commander: 8 February 1808
Died: ?
Infanterie de la Legion Portugasie
13e Demi-Brigade d'elite de la Legion Portugaise
Regimental History
1809: Created from various elements of the Regiments d'Infanterie
de la Legion Portugaise especially for the 1809 camapaign
1811 : Disbanded
Colonel
Freire-Pego, (Fransisco-Antonio)
Born: 1755
Colonel: 1 April 1808 (3e Regiment d'Infanterie de la
Legion Portugaise)
Colonel: 22 February 1812 (1er Regiment d'Infanterie
de la Legion Portugaise)
General-de-Brigade: 3 March 1813
Died: ?
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 13e Demi-Brigade
d'elite de la Legion Portugaise during the period 1808 -1811
Officers killed: Three
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Six
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
and wounded)
1809: Wagram
1er Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion
Portugasie
Regimental History
1808: Created
1811: Reorganized
1813: Disbanded
Colonels
1808: d�Albuqerque de Saldanha (Joachim)
1812: Freire-Pego (Fransisco-Antonio)
1813: Triniti (Francois-Louis)
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Freire-Pego, (Fransisco-Antonio)
Born: 1755
Colonel: 1 April 1808 (3e Regiment d'Infanterie de la
Legion Portugaise)
Colonel: 22 February 1812 (1er Regiment d'Infanterie
de la Legion Portugaise)
General-de-Brigade: 3 March 1813
Died: ?
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion Portugasie
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion Portugasie during the period 1811-1813
Officers killed: Four
Officers died of wounds: Five
Officers wounded: Twenty nine
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
and wounded)
1812: Smolensk, Valoulina-Gora, Moskowa and Krasnoe
2e Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion
Portugaise
Regimental History
1808: Created
1811: Reorganized
1813: Disbanded
Colonels
1808: Ponte de Lima (Thomas-Jose-Xavier de Lima Vasconcelos Brito
Nogueira Teles de Siva)
1811: d�Haffrenger (Charles-Ferdinand) - Major
1812: Xavier (Candide-Joseph) - Major
None of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion Portugaise
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion Portugaise during the period 1811-1813
Officers killed: Sixteen
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Twenty-one
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were
killed and wounded)
1812: Smolensk, Valoutina-Gora, Moskowa and Krasnoe
3e Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion
Portugaise
Regimental History
1808: Created
1811: Reorganized
1813: Disbanded
Colonels and Majors
1808: Freire Pego (Fransisco-Antonio)
1811: de Sa Caneiro (Antoine-Joseph-Baptiste) � Major
1812: Castro (Emmanuel de) - Major
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Freire-Pego, (Fransisco-Antonio)
Born: 1755
Colonel: 1 April 1808 (3e Regiment d'Infanterie de la
Legion Portugaise)
Colonel: 22 February 1812 (1er Regiment d'Infanterie
de la Legion Portugaise)
General-de-Brigade: 3 March 1813
Died: ?
Colonels and Majors killed and wounded while serving with the 3e
Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion Portugaise
Major Castro : wounded 28 November 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 3e
Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion Portugaise during the period 1811-1813
Officers killed: Thirty-Six
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: One
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
and wounded)
1812: Beresina
4e Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion
Portugaise
Regimental History
1808: Created
1811: Disbanded
Colonel
1808: Botelho Alvaro (Joseph)
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 4e
Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion Portugaise
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 4e
Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion Portugaise during the period 1808-1811
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: None
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
and wounded)
None
5e Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion
Portugaise
Regimental History
1808: Created
1811: Disbanded
Colonel
1808: Vasconcellos (Joseph de)
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 5e
Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion Portugaise
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 5e
Regiment d'Infanterie de la Legion Portugaise during the period 1808-1811
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: None
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
and wounded)
None
Cavalerie
1er Regiment de Chasseurs a Cheval
de la Legion Portugaise
Regimental History
Colonels
1808: Agular ( Roberto-Ignacio d�)
1811: Loule (Agostinho-Domingos-Jose de Mendoca Rolin de Moura Barreto
de)
None of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Regiment de Chasseurs a Cheval de la Legion Portugaise
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Regiment de Chasseurs a Cheval de la Legion Portugaise and 2e
Regiment de Chasseurs a Cheval during the period 1808-1813
Officers killed: Two
Officers died of wounds: Eight
Officers wounded: Twenty-six
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were
killed and wounded)
1808: Beja, Evora and Lisbonne
1809: Wagram
1812: Smolensk, Krasnoe, Beresina, Smorgony and Wilna
1813: Halberstadt
2e Regiment de Chasseurs a Cheval de
la Legion Portugaise
Regimental History
1808 : Created
1811 : Disbanded
Colonel
1808: Loule (Agostinho-Domingos-Jose de Mendoca Rolin de Moura Barreto
de)
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Regiment de Chasseurs a Cheval de la Legion Portugaise during the period
1808-1811
The casualty figures for the 2e Regiment de Chasseurs
a Cheval are combined with those of the 1er Regiment de
Chassuers a Cheval
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