French Light Infantry Regiments and the Colonels who Led Them: 1791
to 1815
Part IV: 31e - 37e Regiments
By Tony Broughton,
FINS
31e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere
Regimental History
1803: Created, 31e demi-brigade d'Infanterie Legere (formed from
the following)
Detachments of Piedmont troops
2e bataillon 112e demi-brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne
1804: 31e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere
Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade
1804: Mejan (Louis-Joseph) - Colonel
1809: Meunier Saint-Clair (Benoit) - Colonel
1809: Dulong de Rosnay (Louis-Etienne) - Colonel
1810: Meunier (Joseph) - Colonel
1810: Gavoty (Celestin-Andre-Vincent) - Colonel
1811: Casabianca (Pierre-Francois-Vincent-Antoine) - Colonel
1811: Gifflenga (Alexandre de Rege) - Colonel
1812: Cambriels (Dominique-Pierre) - Colonel
Three of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Meunier Saint-Clair, (Benoit)
Born: 28 November 1768
Colonel: 17 November 1808 (2e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere)
Colonel: 22 July 1809 (31e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere)
General-de-Brigade: 4 August 1813
Died: 4 January 1845
Dulong de Rosnay, (Louis-Etienne)
Born: 12 September 1780
Colonel: 24 July 1809 (63e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne)
Colonel: 19 September 1809 (31e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere)
General-de-Brigade: 12 April 1813
Baron of the Empire: 3 July 1813
Died: 21 May 1821
Gifflenga, (Alexandre de Rege)
Born: 13 October 1775
Colonel: 7 September 1811
Lieutenant-General: 19 May 1814
Chevalier of the Empire: 15 January 1809
Baron of the Empire: 14 April 1810
Died: ?
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 31e Regiment d'Infanterie
Legere
Colonel Mejean: Wounded 14 June 1807
Colonel Meunier: Wounded 27 September 1810
Colonel Cambriels: Wounded 7 October 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 31e Regiment
d'Infanterie Legere during the period 1804-1814
Officers killed: Twenty-eight
Officers died of wounds: Fourteen
Officers wounded: One hundred and twelve
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1807: Deppen and Friedland
1808: Sos-Aragon and Valladolid
1809: Corogne, Ferrol, Oporto, Braga, and Misarella
1810: Badajoz, Medina-del-Campo, Busaco, and Enduel
1811: Fuentes-d'Onoro
1812: Canilla and Arapiles
1813: Moes, Pampelune, Berra, Sarre, Nive, and Bayonne
1814: Orthez, Vic-de-Bigorre, Saint-Jean Pied-de-Port, Toulouse, and
Bayonne
Battle Honours (1812 model drapeaux)
No available information
32e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere
1794: Created, 32e demi-brigade d'Infanterie Legere (formed from
the following)
32e Bataillon de Chasseurs���
4e bataillon Chasseurs franc du Nord
Bataillon Chasseurs du Hainault
1796: Disbanded and incorporated into 17e demi-brigade d'Infanterie
Legere
1808: 32e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere (formed from the following)
Troops of the Grand-Duche de Toscane
Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade
No available information on the Chefs de Brigade between the period
1794 and 1796
1806: Ruffini (Hyacinthe) - Colonel
1811: Morice de la Rue (Victor-Antoine) - Colonel
1813: Gheneser (Jean-Antoine) - Colonel
1814: Baudoin (Pierre) - Colonel
None of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 32e Regiment d'Infanterie
Legere
Colonel Ruffini: Wounded 19 September 1809
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 32e Regiment
d'Infanterie Legere during the period 1804-1814
Officers killed: Twenty-nine
Officers died of wounds: Six
Officers wounded: One hundred and one
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1794: Fleurus and Maastricht
1796: Mantua and Castiglione
1808: Sines, Jonquerra, and Saragosse
1809: Castillion, Oporto, Bouscaros, Saint-Colombe, and Girone
1810: Olot, Saint-Felix, and Busaco
1811: Redina, Ubeda, Almeida, and Figuieres
1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, Wurschen, Dresde, and Leipzig
1814: Macon and Lyon
Battle Honours (1812 model Drapeaux)
No available information
33e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere
Regimental History
1808: Created, 33e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere (formed from the
following)
Regiment Provisoire d'armee d'Espagne
1809: Disbanded
1810: Reformed as 33e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere (from the following)
Troops Hollandaise
Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade
1810: Marguerye (Henry-Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
1813: Le Baillif (Pierre) - Colonel
None of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 33e Regiment d'Infanterie
Legere
Colonel Marguerye: Wounded 17 November 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 33e Regiment
d'Infanterie Legere during the period 1808-1814
Officers killed: Twenty-one
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Thirty-seven
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1812: Slusk and Krasnoe
1813: Hambourg
Battle Honours (1812 model drapeaux)
No available information
34e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere
Regimental History
1811: Created, 34e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere (formed from the
following)
2e, 4e, 5e and 7e bataillons auxiliaires de l'armee d'Espagne
Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade
1811: Bertet (Jacques) - Colonel
1811: Dore de La Ricochais (Joseph-Marie) - Colonel
1811: Poret de Morvan (Paul-Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
1813: Hauw (Ferdinand d') - Colonel
1813: Cacherano de Bricherasio (Esprit-Marius-Louis-Marie) - Colonel
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Poret de Morvan, (Paul-Jean-Baptiste)
Born: 14 April 1777
Colonel: 10 December 1811
General-de-Brigade: 30 August 1813
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 26 May 1813
Chevalier of the Empire: 27 February 1812
Baron of the Empire: 14 August 1813
Died: 17 February 1834
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 34e Regiment d'Infanterie
Legere
Colonel Bertet: Wounded and died of wounds 27 August 1811
Colonel Morvan: Wounded 3 May 1812 and 27 August 1812
Colonel Hauw: Wounded 30 July 1813
Colonel Cacherano de Bricherasio: Wounded 10 April 1814
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 34e Regiment
d'Infanterie Legere during the period 1811-1814
Officers killed: Twenty-five
Officers died of wounds: Four
Officers wounded: Sixty-five
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1811: Tordesilla, Molina, Villafranca, Reigo-de-Ambroso, Ponte-del-Ponte,
and Ciudad-Rodrigo
1812: Cuidad-Rodrigo, Sauria, and Sedano
1813: Saint-Jean Pied-de-Pont, Pampelune, and Bayonne
1814: St Etienne-de-Beygory, Ellete, Orthez and Toulouse
Battle Honours (1812 model drapeaux)
No available information
35e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere
Regimental History
1812: Created, 35e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere (formed from the
following)
1er Regiment de la Mediterrane (formed in 1810)
Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade
1812: Duche (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
None of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 35e Regiment d'Infanterie
Legere
Colonel Duche recieved no wounds
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 35e Regiment
d'Infanterie Legere during the period 1812-1814
Officers killed: Nine
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Forty-two
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1813: Kalisch, Rawiez, Wurschen, Villach, Wolditz, Gross-Beeren,
Juterbock, Santa-Hermajor, Zeth, Mulda, Leipzig, Freybourg, and Hanau
1814: Gardonne, Palmanova, Volta, and Aiguebelle
Battle Honours� (1812 model drapeaux)
No available information
36e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere
Regimental History
1812: 36e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere (formed from the following)
Regiment de Belle-Ile (formed in 1811)
Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade
1812: Baume (Paul-Hyppolyte-Alexandre) - Colonel
None of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 36e Regiment d'Infanterie
Legere
Colonel Baume: Wounded 13 February 1813 and 23 April 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 36e Regiment
d'Infanterie Legere during the period 1812-1814
Officers killed: Four
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Thirty-four
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1812: Wolkowisk
1813: Kalisch, Gorlitz, Gross-Beeren, Villach, Juterbock, Dessau,
Roslow, Leipzig,Freybourg, and Hanau
1814: Coblentz and Parme
Battle Honours (1812 model Drapeaux)
No available information
37e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere
Regimental History
1812: Created, 37e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere (formed from the
following)
Detachments of reserve companies
Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade
1813: Jacquet (Louis-Marion) - Colonel
1814: Gheneser (Jean-Antoine) - Colonel
None of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 37e Regiment d'Infanterie
Legere
Colonel Jacquet: Wounded 16 October 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 37e Regiment
d'Infanterie Legere during the period 1812 -1814
Officers killed: Thirteen
Officers died of wounds: Six
Officers wounded: Ninety-five
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresde, Wendisch-Carsdorff, Falkenkayn, Leipzig,
and Hanau
1814: Saint-Avold, Vassy, La Rothiere, Brienne, Champaubert, Vauchamps,
Mormans, Meaux, Reims, and Paris
Battle Honours (1812 model drapeaux)
No available information
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