Regiments d�Infanterie Etrangers and the Colonels who led them
during the period 1804-1815: Regiments Croates
By Tony
Broughton, FINS
1er Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens
(Regiment d�Lika)
Regimental History
1809: Entered the service of France
1813: Disbanded
Colonels
1809: Slivarich de Heldenbourg (Marc)
1811: Tromelin (Jacques-Jean-Marie-Francois Boudin)
Both of the the above officers held the rank of General-de-Brigade
Slivarich de Heldenbourg, (Marc)
Born: 12 October 1762
Colonel: 1 January 1810
General-de-Brigade: 5 February 1813
Officer of the Legion d�Honneur: 28 November 1810
Died: 27 August 1838
Tromelin, (Jacques-Jean-Marie-Francois
Boudin)
Born : 22 August 1771
Colonel ?
General-de-Brigade : 19 November 1813
Died: 3 Marh 1842
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens during the period 1809 - 1813
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: One
Regimental History (battles and combats)
1811: Gorice
2e Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens (Regiment
d�Ottochatz)
Regimental History
1809 : Created
1813 : Disbanded
Colonels
1809: Meynadier (Louis-Henri-Rene)
1810: Winter (Pierre)
1812: Gordon (Robert)
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Meynadier, (Louis-Henri-Rene)
Born: 8 February 1778
Colonel: 1809 (never actually took up the post)
General-de-Brigade: 4 November 1813
Baron of the Empire: 14 September 1813
Died: 3 July 1847
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens during the period 1809 - 1813
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Two
Regimental History (battles and combats)
1813: Zara
3e Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens (Regiment
d�Ogulin)
Regimental History
1809 : Created
1813 : Disbanded
Colonels
1809: Serrant (Joseph)
1811: Holevatz (Xavier)
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Serrant, (Joseph)
Born : 10 January 1767
Colonel : 28 December 1809
General-de-Brigade: 29 September 1812
Officer of the Legion d�Honneur: 31 July 1812
Died: 7 November 1827
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 3e
Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens
Colonel Serrant: wounded 16 March 1810
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 3e
Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens during the period 1809 - 1813
Officers killed: Two
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Five
Regimental History (battles and combats)
1810: Zeratz
1811: Reau
1812: Rasetel-Proscheni-Kamen
1813: Budua and Castelnouvo
4e Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens (Regiment
de Sluin)
Regimental History
1809: Created
1814: Disbanded
Colonels
1810: Choisy (Jacques-Robert Souslier)
1812: Holevatz (Xavier)
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Choisy, (Jacques-Robert Souslier)
Born : 6 September 1772
Colonel : 27 May 1810
General-de-Brigade: 2 September 1813
Died: 18 December 1826
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 4e
Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 4e
Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens during the period 1811
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Two
Regimental History (battles and combats)
1814: Raguse
5e Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens (1er
Banat Regiment or Glina)
Regimental History
Colonel
Joly, (Etienne)
Born : 13 September 1772
Colonel : 30 December 1809
General-de-Brigade : 1 December 1813
Officer of the Legion d�Honneur: 19 November 1812
Died: 2 November 1850
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 4e
Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 5e
Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens during the period 1811
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: One
Regimental History (battles and combats)
1814: Raguse
6e Regiment de Chaseurs Illyriens (2e
Banat Regiment or Petrina)
Regimental History
1809: Created
1813: Disbanded
Colonels
Tromelin, (Jacques-Jean-Marie-Francois Boudin)
Born : 22 August 1771
Colonel: 28 December 1809 (6e Regiment de Chaseurs Illyriens)
Colonel: ? (1er Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens)
General-de-Brigade : 19 November 1813
Died: 3 Marh 1842
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 6e
Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens during the period 1811
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: One
Regimental History (battles and combats)
1813: Sebenico
1er Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories
Croate
Regimental History
1811: Created formed from the 1erBataillons of the 1er
Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens and 2e Regiment de Chasseurs
Illyriens
1813: Disbanded
Colonels
1811: Slivarich de Heldenbourg (Marc)
1813: Joly (Etienne)
Two of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Slivarich de Heldenbourg, (Marc)
Born: 12 October 1762
Colonel: 1 January 1810 (1er Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens)
Colonel: 26 October 1811 (1er Regiment d' Infanterie
Provisories Croate)
General-de-Brigade: 5 February 1813
Officer of the Legion d�Honneur: 28 November 1810
Died: 27 August 1838
Joly, (Etienne)
Born: 13 September 1772
Colonel: 30 December 1809 (5e Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens)
Colonel: 1 October 1811 (3e Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories
Croate)
Colonel: July 1813
General-de-Brigade: 1 December 1813
Officer of the Legion d�Honneur: 19 November 1812
Died: 2 November 1850
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories Croate
Colonel Slivarich de Heldenbourg: wounded 26 July 1812
Colonel Joly: wounded 27 August 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories Croate during the period 1811 - 1813
Officers killed: Eleven
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Thirty nine
Regimental History (battles and combats)
1812: Ostrowno, Kalouga, Malojaroslawetz, Orcha, Krasnoe, and Beresina
1813: Glogau and Lubnitz
2e Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories
Croate
Regimental History
1813: Created formed from the 1er bataillon 4e
Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens and 2e Bataillon 3e
Regiment de Chasseurs Illyriens
1813: Disbanded
Colonels
1813: Gordon (Robert de)
1813: Mamulla von Turkenfeld (Joseph)
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories Croate
Colonel Mamulla: wounded 21 May 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories Croate during the period 1813
Officers killed: Two
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Sixteen
Regimental History (battles and combats)
1813: Radebourg and Wurschen
3e Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories
Croate
Regimental History
1812: Created formed from the 1er bataillons of
the 1er and 2e Regiments du Banat
1813: Disbanded
Colonel
Joly, (Etienne)
Born: 13 September 1772
Colonel: 30 December 1809 (5e Regiment de chasseurs Illyriens)
Colonel: 1 October 1811 (3e Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories
Croate)
General-de-Brigade: 1 December 1813
Officer of the Legion d�Honneur: 19 November 1812
Died: 2 November 1850
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the 3e
Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories Croate
Colonel Joly: wounded 18 October 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 3e
Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories Croate during the period 1811 - 1813
Officers killed: Two
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Thirty one
Regimental History (battles and combats)
1812: Polotsk and Beresina
4e Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories
Croate
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Regimental History
1813: Created from the 2e Bataillons of the 1er
and 2e Regiments du Banat
1813: Disbanded
Colonels
Never had a commanding officer
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 4e
Regiment d' Infanterie Provisories Croate during the period 1813
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: None
Regimental History (battles and combats)
None
Regiment de Hussards Croates
Regimental History
1813: Created
1813: Disbanded
Colonel
Prues (Bernard)
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment
de Hussards Croates
during the period 1813
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Two
Regimental History (battles and combats)
1813: Brunck and Alba
Bibliograpy
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Placed on the Napoleon Series: January 2005
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