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French Dragoons and the Colonels Who Led Them
1792-1815:
Part I: 1er - 10e Regiments.
By Tony
Broughton, FINS
1er Regiment de Dragons
Formed in Germany in 1656 and entitled Dragons Etranger
du Roi, in 1668 they became the Royal Dragons. The year 1791
saw the Regiment become the 1er Regiment de Dragons and in
1811 the Regiment was transformed into the 1er Regiment de
Chevau-Legers-Lanciers.
Colonels and Chef de Brigade
1791: De Muratel (David-Maurice de
Barreau-Champoulies) - Colonel
1792: De Tolzan (Louis) - Colonel
1793: Du Blaisel (Louis-Charles-Francois-Benoit) -
Colonel
1797: Vialanes (Jean-Baptiste-Theodore) - Chef de
Brigade
1803: Arrighi de Casanova (Jean-Thomas) - Colonel
1806: D'Oullembourg
(Stanislas-Marie-Joseph-Ignace-Laurent) - Colonel
1807: Dermoncourt (Paul-Ferdinand-Stanislas) -
Colonel
Six of the above Officers attained the rank of General
de Brigade and above
De Muratel, (David-Maurice de Barreau-Champoulies)
Born: 14 February 1741
Colonel: 21 October 1791
General-de-Brigade: 8 August 1792
Died: 5 February 1827
De Tolzan, (Louis)
Born: 1 January 17545
Colonel: 13 September 1792
General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1793
Died: ?
Vialanes, (Jean-Baptiste-Theodore)
Born: 11 October 1761
Chef-de-Brigade: 21 March 1797
General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1803
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 20 July 1808
Died: 3 August 1826
Arrighi de Casanova, (Jean-Toussaint)
Born: 8 March 1778
Chef-de-Brigade: 31 August 1803
General-de-Brigade: 25 June 1807
General de Division: 25 May 1809
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
1804
Created Duc de Padoue: 20 March 1808
Died: 22 March 1853
D'Oullemberg, (Ignace-Laurent-Joseph-Stanislas)
Born: 10 August 1766
Colonel: 19 June 1806
General-de-Brigade: 4 April 1807
Baron of the Empire: 26 October 1808
Died: 28 May 1833
Dermoncourt, (Paul-Ferdinand-Stanislas)
Born: 3 March 1771
Colonel: 5 April 1807
General-de-Brigade: 22 July 1813
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 4 December 1813
Baron of the Empire: 16 September 1808
Died: 10 May 1847
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade killed and wounded while
commanding the 1er Regiment de Dragons
Chef-de-Brigade Vialanes: Wounded 14 June
1800
Chef-de-Brigade Arrighi de Casanova: Wounded 8 October
18045
Colonel D'Oullembourg: Wounded 14 October 1806
Colonel Dermoncourt: Wounded 28 July 1809 - 29
December 1809
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Dragons during the period 1805-1811
Officers killed: Seven
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Forty Six
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Damheim and Valmy
1794: Fleurus
1796: Hombourg
1799: Frauenfeld, Zurich, and Muttenthal
1800: Marengo
1805: Wertingen, Ulm, and Austerlitz
1806: Jena and Golymin
1807: Heilsberg and Friedland
1809: Ucles
1811: Chiclana
Battle Honours
Marengo 1800, Austerlitz 1805, Jena 1806, and
Friedland 1807
2e Regiment de Dragons
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Created in 1635 and named Enghien-Cavalerie; 1645 saw the
name change to Conde-Cavalerie and in 1776 the Regiment
became the Conde-Dragons. Finally in 1791 it was renamed the
2e Regiment de Dragons.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1792: De Grouchy (Emmanuel) - Colonel
1792: Colomb (Pierre) - Colonel
1793: De Vrigny (Louis-Cloquet) - Chef de Brigade
1793: Leclerc (Etienne) - Chef de Brigade
1794: Richer (Humbert) - Chef de Brigade
1794: Macquart (Francois) - Chef de Brigade
1796: De Fenerolles (Jacques-Marguerite-Etienne de
Fornier) - Chef de Brigade
1803: Prive (Ythier-Sylvain) - Colonel
1807: Ismert (Pierre) - Colonel
1812: Hoffmayer (Laurent) - Colonel
1814: Laval (Francois-Marie) - Colonel
1814: Rapatel (Auguste-Francois-Marie) - Colonel
1815: Dubessy (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
1815: Planzeaux (Francois-Joseph) - Colonel
The 2e Regiment de Dragons produced four Officers who
reached the rank of General, one reaching the rank of
Marechal.
De Grouchy, (Emmanuel)
Born: 23 October 1766
Colonel: 1 February 1792
General-de-Brigade: 7 September 1792
General-de-Division: 23 April 17945
Member of the Legion d'Honneur:
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur:
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur:
Grand Eagle of the Legion d'Honneur: 13 July 1807
Marechal: 15 April 1815
Died: 29 May 1847
Colomb, (Pierre)
Born: 21 August 1754
Colonel: 8 July 1792
General-de-Brigade: 7 April 1793
Died: ?
Ismert, (Pierre)
Born: 30 May 1768
Colonel: 14 May 1807
General-de-Brigade: 8 February 1813
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 4 October 1808
Baron of the Empire: 26 October 1808
Died: 29 September 1826
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 2e
Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Prive: Wounded 8 February 1807
Colonel Ismert: Wounded 13 January 1809
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Eleven
Officers died of wounds: Six
Officers wounded: Sixty-six
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy
1793: Nerwinden, Wattignies and Chollet
1794: Pont de James
1795: Benthiem and Rimbulen
1796: Sieburg, Bamberg, Wolfering, and Wurtzbourg
1799: Niederaken and Zurich
1800: Biberach, Ampfingen, Mannheim, and
Hohenlinden
1805: Wertingen, Albeck, and Austerlitz
1806: Jena
1807: Eylau, Heilsberg, and Friedland
1809: Wagram
1809: Ucles, Medellin, and Talevera-de-la-Reina
1811: Chiclana
1813: Vitoria
1813: Dantzig, Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Rambervillers, Saint-Dizier and Brienne
1815: Waterloo
Battle Honours
Zurich 1799, Hohenlinden 1800, Austerlitz 1805 and Jena
1806
3e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1649 and named Enghien. In 1686 renamed
Bourbon and in 1776 they became the Bourbon-Dragons. In
1791, they became the 3e Regiment de Dragons. In 1811, the
Regiment transformed into the 2e Regiment de
Chevau-Legers-Lanciers.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: D'Hangest (Rene-Pierre-Louis) - Colonel
1792: De Vaujour (Anne-Hyacinthe-d'Harange) -
Colonel
1792: Leblanc-Delisle (Paul-Alexandre) - Colonel
1793: Capitain (Marie-Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Daunant (Paul-Guillaume) - Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Fiteau (Edme-Nicolas) - Chef-de-Brigade
1806: Grezard (Joseph-Claude) - Colonel
1809: Berruyer (Pierre-Marie-Auguste) - Colonel
1810: Ludot (Denis-Eloi) - Colonel
Four of the above officers attained the rank of
General de Brigade.
Leblanc-Delisle, (Paul-Alexandre)
Born: 27 June 1734
Colonel: 26 October 1792
General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1793
Died: 1 December 1811
Fiteau, (Edme-Nicolas)
Born: 9 August 1772
Chef-de-Brigade: 23 September 1800 and Colonel in
1803
General-de-Brigade: 25 May 1809
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
18045
Died: Commited suicide 14 December 1810
Berruyer, (Pierre-Marie-Auguste)
Born: 19 November 1780
Colonel: 2 Auguste 1809
General-de-Brigade: 18 January 1814
Chevalier de l'Empire: 4 January 1811
Died: Mortally wounded 16 June 1815, Ligny.
Ludot, (Denis-Eloi)
Born:25 June 1768
Colonel: 20 August 1810
General-de-Brigade: 30 May 1813
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 February
1815
Baron of the Empire: 3 April 1814
Died: 14 September 1839
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 3e
Regiment de Dragons.
Chef-de-Brigade Fiteau: wounded 21 March
1801
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 3e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Three
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Twenty-six
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Grand-Pre
1793: Nerwinden
1794: Passage of the Ourthe and Sprimont
1796: Arcole
1798: Salaheih
1799: Mont Tabor, Aboukir, and Nazareth
1801: Canope
1805: Austerlitz
1806: Jena, Prentzlow, and Karnichen
1807: Eylau and Friedland
1809: Alba-de-Tormes
Battle Honours
Arcole 1796, Austerlitz 1805, Jena 1806 and Friedland
1807
4e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1667, in 1684 they were named
Chartres-Cavalerie. In 1724, they become Clermont and 1771
La Marche. Their name changed once again in 1776 to the
Conti-Dragons, finally becoming the 4e Regiment de Dragons
in 1791
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Migot (Laurent) - Colonel
1792: Maillard de Landre (Innocent-Marie-Louis) -
Colonel
1792: De la Coste-Duvivier (Jean-Laurent-Justin) -
Colonel
1794: Turfa (Pierre-Fortune) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Wathier (Pierre) - Chef-de-Brigade
1806: Lamotte (Auguste-Etienne-Marie) - Colonel
1809: Farine (Pierre-Joseph) - Colonel
1811: Bouquerot des Essarts (Jean-Baptiste) -
Colonel
Of the above officers three became general de Brigade
and above
Wathier, (Pierre)
Born: 4 September 1770
Chef-de-Brigade: 4 October 1799 and Colonel in
1803
General-de-Brigade: 24 December 18045
General de Division: 31 July 1811
Count of the Empire: 26 October 1808
Died: 3 February 1846
Lamotte, (Auguste-Etienne-Marie)
Born: 5 April 1772
Colonel: 13 January 1806
General-de-Brigade: 21 March 1809
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 3 April 1814
Baron of the Empire: 26 October 1808
Died: 8 May 1836
Farine, (Pierre-Joseph)
Born: 2 October 1770
Colonel: 7 April 1809
General-de-Brigade: 26 June 1813
Baron of the Empire: 12 February 1812
Died: 11 October 1833
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 4e
Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Lamotte: Wounded 5 February 1807, 10
June 1807, & 14 June 1807
Colonel Farine: Wounded 25 May 1811 & 5 March
1813
Colonel Bouquerot des Essarts: Wounded 16 June
1815
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 4e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Ten
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Seventy-five
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Fontoy and Valmy
1793: Martinses and Wissembourg
1794: Aldenhoven
1796: Passage of the Rhine, Memmingen, and
Friedberg
1800: Burg-Ebrach and Nuremberg
1805: Passage of the Lech, Wertingen, and
Diernstein
1806: Golymin
1807: Deppen, Hoff, Eylau, Heilsberg, and
Friedland
1809: Talavera-de-la-Reine, Ocana, and Medelin
1811: Albuhera
1813: Vitoria
1813: Leipzig
1814: Bar-sur-Aube, Sezanne, and Fere-Champenoise.
1815: Ligny
Battle Honours
Valmy 1792, Aldenhoven 1794, Eylau 1807, and
Medelin 1809
5e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1668 in two regiments: Colonel-General
and Royal-Dragons. In 1791, they became the 5e Regiment de
Dragons.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Charton (Joachim) - Colonel
1792: Dampierre (Auguste-Marie-Henri Picot) -
Colonel
1792: Beaumont (Marc-Antoine Bonin de la Boniniere) -
Colonel
1793: Verdet (Pierre-Joseph Le Clerc) - Colonel
1796: Milhaud (Edouard-Jean-Baptiste) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Bonaparte (Louis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1803: Prive (Ythier-Sylvain) - Colonel
1804: Lacour (Jacques-Nicolas) - Colonel
1808: Sparre (Louis-Ernest-Joseph) - Colonel
1812: Morin (Jean-Baptiste-Louis) - Colonel
1814: De Saint-Armand(Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Canavas) -
Colonel
Seven of the above Colonels attained the rank of
General de Brigade and above
Charton, (Joachim)
Born: 28 August 1746
Colonel: 21 October 1791
General-de-Brigade: 13 January 1792
Died: 6 January 1798
Dampierre, (Auguste-Marie-Henri Picot)
Born: 19 August 1756
Colonel: 5 February 1792
General-de-Brigade: 22 August 1792
General de Division: 8 March 1793
Died: 9 May 1793
Beaumont, (Marc-Antoine Bonin de la Boniniere)
Born: 23 September 1763
Colonel: 7 August 1792
General-de-Brigade: 4 April 17945
General de Division: 29 December 1802
Count of the Empire: 26 April 1808
Died: 4 February 1830
Milhaud, (Edouard-Jean-Baptiste)
Born: 10 July 1766
Chef-de-Brigade: 28 January 1796
General-de-Brigade: 5 January 1800
General de Division: 30 December 1806
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 23 June
1810
Count of the Empire: 10 March 1808
Died: 8 January 1833
Bonaparte, (Louis)
Born: 5 September 1778
Chef-de-Brigade: 11 January 1800
General-de-Brigade:24 March 1803
General de Division: 11 March 1804
Grand Eagle of the Legion d'Honneur: 2 February
18045
Constable of the Empire: 18 May 1804
King of Holland: 24 May 1806
Died: 25 July 1846
Sparre, (Louis-Ernest-Joseph)
Born: 8 July 1780
Colonel: 28 March 1808
General-de-Brigade: 11 April 1812
Baron of the Empire: 9 May 1811
Died: 9 July 1845
Morin, (Jean-Baptiste-Louis)
Born: 9 May 1776
Colonel: 1 June 1812
General-de-Brigade: 12 March 1814
Died: 26 March 1814
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 5e
Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Lacour: Wounded 2 December 1805
Colonel Morin: Wounded 21 June 1813 & 13 December
1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 5e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Six
Officers died of wounds: Five
Officers wounded: Sixty-one
Regimental War Records (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy
1793: Nerwinden and Wattignies
1796: Mondovi, Castiglione, Primolano, Bassano, and
Saint-Michel
1799: Cremone
1800: Marengo
1805: Wertingen and Austerlitz
1806: Nasielsk
1807: Eylau and Friedland
1809: Almonacid and Ocana
1813: Vitoria
1814: Craonne, Fere-Champenoise, and Paris
1815: Ligny, Waterloo, and Versailles
Battle Honours
Wattignies 1796, Arcole 1796, Austerlitz 1805, and Eylau
1807
6e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1673 and named La Reine in 1675, becoming the
6e Regiment de Dragons in 1791.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Gouy d'Arcy (Louis-Marthe) - Colonel
1792: De la Turmeliere (Marc-Pierre) - Colonel
1792: De Hautmaret (Blaise-Duval)- Colonel
1792: Tilly (Jacques-Louis-Francois Deaistre) -
Colonel
1793: Pelicot (Francois-Philibert-Michel) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Jourdan (Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Vincent (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Fauconnet (Jean-Louis-Francois) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1796: Lebaron (Jacques) - Chef-de-Brigade and in 1803
Colonel
1807: Picquet (Cyrille-Simon) - Colonel
1813: Mugnier (Claude) - Colonel
1814: Saviot (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
Four of the above attained the rank of General de
Brigade and above
Gouy d'Arcy, (Louis-Maarthe)
Born: 15 July 1753
Colonel: 26 July 1791
General-de-Brigade: 6 February 1792
Died: Condemed to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal
and executed 23 July 1794
Tilly, (Jacques-Louis-Francois Deaistre)
Born: 2 February 1749
Colonel: 29 November 1792
General-de-Brigade: 21 April 1793
General de Division: 2 December 1793
Chevalier of the Empire: 25 March 1809
Baron of the Empire: 23 April 1812
Died: 10 January 1822
Fauconnet, (Jean-Louis-Francois)
Born: 24 December 1750
Chef-de-Brigade: 1 June 1794
General-de-Brigade: 10 July 1796
General de Division: 7 January 1807
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 2 July 1808
Died: 22 October 1819
Picquet, (Cyrille-Simon)
Born: 14 November 1774
Colonel: 13 February 1807
General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1813
Died: 2 September 1847
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 6e
Regiment de Dragons
Chef-de-Brigade Vincent: Killed 26 April 1794
Colonel Lebaron: Killed 6 February 1807
Colonel Picquet: Wounded 22 July 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 6e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Eight
Officers died of wounds: Five
Officers wounded: Eighty-two
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy, Jemmapes, and Menin
1793: Nerwinden, Lille, and Gertruydenberg
1794: Mouscron, Courtrai, Tourcoing, and Malines
1796: Renchen, Rastadt, Biberach, and Neumuhl
1800: Marengo, Pozzolo, and Mozembano
1805: Ulm, Ebersberg, and Austerlitz
1806: Scheltz, Zehdenick, Prentzlow, and Biezun
1807: Bergfried, Hoff, Eylau, and Friedland
1809: Alba-de-Tormes
1811: Ciudad-Rodrigo and Fuentes-de-Onoro
1812: Les Arapiles
1813: Vitoria
1813: Leipzig
1814: Brienne, La Rothiere, Mormont, and
Saint-Dizier.
1815: Ligny and Rocquencourt
Battle Honours
Marengo 1800, Austerlitz 1805, and Friedland 1807
7e Regiment de Dragons
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7e Dragons
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Created in 1673 and named Dauphin-Dragons in 1675, they
became the 7e Regiment de Dragons in 1791.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: De Guibert (Claude) - Colonel
1791: De Revigliase (?) - Colonel
1792: D'Averhoult (Jean-Antoine)
1792: De Cambis (Adrien-Jacques-Maurice) - Colonel
1793: Bourgairolles (Jean-Joseph) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1796: Laverand (Jean-Jacques) - Chef-de-Brigade and
Colonel in 1803
1806: Seron (Denis-Etienne) - Colonel
1811: Veizier (Louis-Xavier-Joseph) - Colonel
1812: Sopransi (Louis-Charles-Barthelemy)- Colonel
1813: Testot-Ferry (Claude) - Colonel
1814: Leopold (Charles-Philippe) - Colonel
Two of the above reached the rank of General de
Brigade
Seron, (Denis-Etienne)
Born: 16 December 17745
Colonel: 8 May 1807
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Officer of theLegion d'Honneur: 15 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 9 September 1810
Died: Actual date not known, disappeared in Russia
November 1812
Sopransi, (Louis-Charles-Barthelemy)
Born: 23 December 1783
Colonel: 13 June 1812
General-de-Brigade: 13 October 1813
Baron of the Empire: 6 October 1810
Died: 27 May 1814
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 7e
Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Seron: Wounded 5 July 1809
Colonel Sopransi: Wounded 7 September 1812
Colonel Leopold: Wounded 25 March 1814 & 18 June
1815
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 7e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Nine
Officers died of wounds: Seven
Officers wounded: Sixty-six
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy and Jemmapes
1793: Cerfontaine, Nerwinden, Etreux, Wattignies, and
Jeumont
1794: Tongres and La Roer
1795: Louvain
1796: Nuremberg
1797: Neuwied
1799: Salo
1800: Marengo and Mincio
1805: Caldiero and Tagliamento
1806: Calabres
1809: Passage of the Piave and Wagram
1812: La Moskowa
1813: Dresden
1814: Fere-Champenoise
1815: Waterloo
Battle Honours
Wagram 1809, La Moskowa 1812, and Dresden 1813
8e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1674 by the Marquis d'Heudicourt, in 1693 the
regiment was renamed Toulouse and in 1737 Penthievre. In
1776, the regiment became the Penthievre-Dragons until
finally becoming the 8e Regiment de Dragons in 1791. This
title lasted until 1811 when the regiment was transformed
into the 3e Regiment de Chevau-Legere-Lanciers.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Du Bouzet de Montjoye (Francois) -
Colonel
1792: Scelles de la Mothe (Jean-Thomas) - Colonel
1793: De Gaignieres (Charles-Hubert) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Falque (Jean-Louis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1797: Milet (Jacques-Louis-Francois) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Beckler (Louis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1806: Girardin d'Ermenonville (Alexandre-Louis-Robert)
- Colonel
Two Colonels attained the rank of General de
Brigade
Milet, (Jacques-Louis-Francois)
Born: 30 November 1763
Chef-de-Brigade: 7 February 1797
General-de-Brigade: 5 July 1800
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 26 October 1808
Died: 18 September 1821
Girardin d'Ermenonville, (Alexandre-Louis-Robert)
Born: 13 February 1776
Colonel: 7 December 1806
General-de-Brigade: 22 June 1811
Baron of the Empire: 1 June 1808
Count of the Empire: 3 May 1810
Died: 5 August 1855
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 8e
Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Beckler: Killed 24 December1806
Colonel Girardin d'Ermenonville: Wounded 14 June
1807
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 8e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Three
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Thirty-two
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1793: Rheinzabern, Philippsbourg, and
Berg-Zabern
1795: Blockade of Mayence
1796: Lodi, Pizzigettone, Passage of the Mincio, and
Borghetto
1797: Rivoli, Clausen, Brixen, and Inspruck
1800: Passage of the Saint-Bernard, Montebello, and
Marengo
1805: Wertingen, Ulm, Lambach, and Austerlitz
1806: Jena, Zehdenick, Prentzlow, and Nasielsk
1807: Eylau, Heilsberg, and Friedland
1808: Burgos, Tudela, and Sahagunt
1809: Monterey, Braga, and Oporto
1810: Valladoid, Guarda, and Santarem
1811: Sabugal
Battle Honours
Rivoli 1797, Marengo 1800, Austerlitz 1805, and Heilsberg
1807
9e Regiment de Dragons
Created in 1673, in 1773 was the Regiment de Lorraine. In
1791, it became the 9e Regiment de Dragons until 1811, when
it became the 4e Regiment de Chevau-Legers-Lanciers.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Tresor du Bactot (Louis-Jean-David) -
Colonel
1792: Stengel (Henri-Christian-Michel) - Colonel
1792: Dammartin (Anne-Henri Collorque) - Colonel
1792: Valory () - Colonel
1795: Thirion (Joseph-Andre) -Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Sebastiani de la Porta (Horace-Francois-Bastien)
- Chef-de-Brigade
1803: Maupetit (Pierre-Honore-Anne) - Colonel
1807: Queunot (Mathieu) - Colonel
1811: Deschamps (Jean-Louis-Charles) - Colonel
Five of the above officers attained the rank of
General de Brigade and above
Tresor du Bactot, (Louis-Jean-David)
Born: 25 August 1744
Colonel: 1 January 1784
General-de-Brigade: 1 February 1792
Died: 22 October 1817
Stengel, (Henri-Christian-Michel)
Born: 11 May 1744
Colonel: 13 April 1792
General-de-Brigade: 13 September 1792
General de Division: 13 June 17945
Died: 28 April 1796
Sebastiani de la Porta, (Horace-Francois-Bastien)
Born: 17 November 1772
Chef-de-Brigade: 20 April 1799
General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1803
General de Division: 21 December 18045
Grand Eagle of the Legion d'Honneur: 7 April 1807
Count of the Empire: 31 December 1809
Died: 20 July 1851
Maupetit, (Pierre-Honore-Anne)
Born: 22 September 1772
Colonel: 31 August 1803
General-de-Brigade: 30 December 1806
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
18045
Baron of the Empire: 23 March 1808
Died: 13 December 1811 of wounds.
Queunot, (Mathieu)
Born: 27 March 1766
Colonel: 31 December 1806
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 6 June 1811
Baron of the Empire: 7 June 1808
Died: 24 April 1845
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 9e
Regiment de Dragons
Colonel Maupetit: Wounded 8 October 1805
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 9e
Dragons during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Four
Officers died of wounds: Five
Officers wounded: Thirty-one
Regimental War Record (Battles and
Combats)
1792: Siege of Lyon
1796: Mondovi, Borghetto, Caldiero, and Arcole
1797: Mantoue, Tagliamento, Pescantina, and
Bergame
1800: Montebello, Marengo, and the passage of the
Mincio
1801: Castel-Franco
1805: Wertingen and Austerlitz
1806: Jena and Zehdenick
1807: Jonkowo, Hoff, Eylau, Friedland, Willemsdorf,
and Koenisberg
1809: Burgos, Talevera-de-la-Reina, and Ocana
1810: Cadiz and Busaco
Battle Honours
Arcole 1796, Marengo 1800, Austerlitz 1805, and
Eylau 1807
10e Regiment de Dragons
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10e Dragons
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Created in 1674, becoming the Mestre-de-camp-General in
1685 and in 1791 the 10e Regiment de Dragons. In 1811, the
regiment was transformed into the 5e Regiment de
Chevau-Legers-Lanciers.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Chevalier d'Estresses (Joseph-Mercure) -
Colonel
1792: Neuilly (Joachim-Joseph) - Colonel
1792: La Roque (Jean-Louis) - Colonel
1793: Pierson (Antione-Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade
1795: Godard (Jean-Baptiste) - Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Cavaignac (Jacques-Marie) - Chef-de-Brigade
1806: Dommanget (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
1811: Chabert (Francois-Felicite) - Colonel
Of the above Officers four attained the rank of
General de Brigade
Neuilly, (Joachim-Joseph)
Born: 17 March 1743
Colonel: 5 February 1792
General-de-Brigade: 30 September 1792
Died: ?.
La Roque, (Jean-Louis)
Born: 26 February 1754
Colonel: 20 September 1792
General-de-Brigade: 7 April 1793
Died: 9 March 1794, executed by order of the
Revolutionary Tribunal.
Cavaignac, (Jacques-Marie)
Born: 11 February 1773
Chef-de-Brigade: 23 April 1800
General-de-Brigade: 12 September 1806
General-de-Division, Army of Naples: 8 June 1808,
returned to French Army service with the rank of General
de Brigade 5 May 1812
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
18045
Died: 23 January 1845
Dommanget, (Jean-Baptiste)
Born:17 October 1769
Colonel: 20 September 1806
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 28 March 1813
Baron of the Empire: 14 April 1810
Died: 10 February 1848
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 10e
Regiment de Dragons
Chef-de-Brigade Godard: Wounded
Colonel Dommanget: Wounded 14 June 1807
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 10e
Dragons during the period 1805-1811
Officers killed: Three
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Twenty-one
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Jemmapes
1793: Nerwinden and Cambrai
1794: Fleurus, Sprimont, and Coblentz
1795: Mayence and Mont-Tonnerre
1796: La Rehutte, Rastadt, and Ettlingen
1799: Bergen, Alkmaer, and Castricum
1800: Passage of the Splugen
1805: Ulm and Austerlitz
1807: Eylau and Friedland
1809: Alba-de-Tormes
1810: Ciudad-Rodrigo
1811: Fuentes-de-Onoro
Battle Honours
Fleurus 1794, Austerlitz 1805, Eylau 1807, and Friedland
1807
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