Regiments d'Infanterie Etrangers and the Colonels who led them during
the period 1804-1815: Bataillons Etranger
By Tony
Broughton, FINS
1er Bataillon Etranger
1802: Created, 1er Bataillon Etrangers
1813: Disbanded
Chefs-de-Bataillon
1802: Etienne(Joseph-Thierry)- with the rank of Capitaine
1809: Foullon de Doue (?)
1812: Poncelet (?)
1813: Pacaud (?)
None of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Chefs-de-Bataillon killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Bataillon Etrangers
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 1er
Bataillon Etrangers during the period 1802 -1813
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Three
Bataillon History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
1813: Helder
2e Bataillon Etrangers
1802: Created, 2e Bataillon Etranger
1813: Disbanded
Chefs-de-Bataillon
1802: Wimpffen (Felix-Victor-Emmanuel-Charles)
1809: Martin (Edouard)
1813: Berard (?)
None of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Chefs-de-Bataillon killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Bataillon Etrangers
No available information
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2e
Bataillon Etrangers during the period 1802 -1813
Officers killed: One
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Four
Bataillon History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
1809: Ile de la Pianosa
1813: Porto-d’Anzo and Sante-Marinella
3e Bataillon Etrangers
1809: Created, 3e Bataillon Etrangers
1813: Disbanded
Chefs-de-Bataillon
1811: Drujon (?)
1812: Salles (?)
Chef de Batailon Salles: killed 14 December 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 3e Bataillon
Etrangers during the period 1802 -1813
Officers killed: One
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Five
Bataillon History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
1813: Ile d’Elbe and Livourne
4e Bataillon Etranger
1810 : Created, 4e Bataillon Etranger
No available information on this bataillon
Regiment d’Illyrie
1810: Created, Regiment d’Illyrie
1813: Disbanded
Colonels
1811: Schmitz (Nicolas)
1813: Muller (Jean)
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Schmitz, (Nicolas)
Born: 11 April 1768
Colonel: 2 March 1811
General-de-Brigade: 16 June 1813
Officer of the Legion d’Honneur: 7 November 1804
Died: 8 January 1851
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment d’Illyrie
Colonel Schmitz: wounded 19 November 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment d’Illyrie
during the period 1811-1813
Officers killed: Twenty eight
Officers died of wounds: Nine
Officers wounded: Forty three
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
1812: Ostrowno, Krasnoe, Smorgny, Wilna and Kowno
1813: Juterbock, Leipzig and Hanau
Bataillon de Tirailleurs du Po
Bataillon History
1803: Created, Bataillon de Tirailleurs du Po
1811: Incorporated into the 11e Regiment d’Infanterie Legere
Chefs-de-Bataillon
1803: Borghese (Jean-Dominique)
1804: Cattaneo (Bernard-Louis)
1805: Brun-Cussan (?)
1805: Hulot (Etienne)
1807: Chenaud (?)
1809: Gassa (?)
1809: Falquieres (?)
1809: Mano (?)
Two of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Cattaneo, (Bernard-Louis)
Born: 7 March 1769
Chef de Bataillon: 23 January 1804
Lieutenant-General: 15 September 1812
Died: 14 June 1832
Hulot, (Etienne)
Born: 15 February 1774
Chef de Bataillon: 1 November 1805
General-de-Brigade: 9 August 1812
Baron of the Empire: 14 June 1812
Died: 13 September 1850
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the Bataillon de
Tirailleurs du Po
Chef de Bataillon Hulot: wounded 2 December 1805
Chef de Bataillon Gassa - killed 5 July 1809
Chef de Bataillon Falquieres – wounded 5 July 1809 died 6 July 1809
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Bataillon de
Tirailleurs du Po during the period 1803 - 1811
Officers killed: Ten
Officers died of wounds: Four
Officers wounded: Twenty eight
Bataillon History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
1805: Holabrunn and Austerlitz
1807: Heilsberg
1809: Herttingen, Reid, Ebersberg, Essling and Wagram
Legion du Midi
Legion History
1803: Created, 1er Legion Pietmontaise
1804: Renamed, Legion du Midi
1811: Disbanded
Colonels
1803: Chevillard de Mariloz (Joseph-Louis-Victor)
1807: Maransin (Jean-Pierre)
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Division
Maransin, (Jean-Pierre)
Born: 20 March 1770
Colonel: 27 January 1807
General-de-Brigade: 8 November 1808
General-de-Division: 30 May 1813
Commander of the Legion d’Honneur: 15 December 1814
Baron of the Empire: 23 June 1810
Died: 16 May 1828
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the Legion du Midi
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Legion du Midi
during the period 1803 - 1811
Officers killed: Three
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Nine
Legion History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
1808: Beja
1809: Corogne
1810: Busaco
1811: Fuentes-d’Onoro
Regiment de Westphalie
Regimental History
1806: Created, Regiment de Westphalie
1809: Reduced to one bataillon
1810: Disbanded and incorporated into the Legion Hanoverien
Colonel
1806: Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Charles-Antoine-Frederic-Meinrad-Fidele
Prince de)
1808: Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Frederick-Herman-Othon Prince de)
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment de Westphalie
during the period 1806 - 1810
Officers killed: One
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Four
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
Legion Hanovrienne
Legion History
1803: Created, Legion Hanovrienne (Infanterie)
1804: Created, Legion Hanovrienne (Cavalerie)
1811: Disbanded
Colonels
1804: Striffler (Louis-Cyriac) Infanterie
1811: Hohenzollern-Hechingen (?) Infanterie
1804: Evers (Charles-Joseph) Cavalerie
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Evers, (Charles-Joseph)
Born: 8 March 1773
Colonel: 14 May 1804
General-de-Brigade: 31 March 1812
Died: 9 August 1819
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the Legion Hanovrienne
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Legion Hanovrienne
(Infanterie) during the period 1803 - 1811
Officers killed: Six
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Twenty-one
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Legion Hanovrienne
(Cavalerie) during the period 1804 - 1811
Officers killed: Three
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Twenty
Legion History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded) Infanterie
1809: Benavente, Braga, Oporto, and Zamora
1810: Cuidad-Rodrigo and Busaco
1811: Fuentes-d’Onoro
Legion History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded) Cavalerie
1806: Civitella-del-Tronto and Itri
1808: Turianson
1809: Corogne, Astorga, Braga, Sabugal, and Coimbre
1810: Rocca, Badajoz, and Ciudad-Rodrigo
1811 : Villadrigo
Regiment Albanaise
Regimental History
1807: Created, Regiment Albanaise
1814: Disbanded
Colonels
1807: Minot (Jean-Louis-Toussaint)
1814: Mialet (?) – Major
One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Minot, (Jean-Louis-Toussaint)
Born: 29 March 1772
Colonel: 15 November 1807
General-de-Brigade: 31 July 1813
Died: 8 February 1837
Colonels killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment Albanaise
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Regiment Albanaise
during the period 1807 - 1814
Officers killed: One
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Eight
Regimental History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
1809: Coron
1810: Corfou
1812: Corfou
Bataillon Septinsulaire
Bataillon History
1808: Created, Bataillon Septinsulaire
1813: Disbanded
Chef-de-Bataillon
1808: Lorenzo (Pieri)
1811: Garzonis (?)
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the during the period
1808 - 1813
Officers killed: None
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Eight
Bataillon History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
1809: Corfou
1810: Corfou and Sainte-Maure
1811: Corfou
1812: Corfou
1813: Corfou
Chasseurs-à-Cheval Septinsulaire
Bataillon History
1807: Created, Chasseurs-à-Cheval Septinsulaire
1814: Disbanded
Chef d’Escadron
1807: Lastour (?)
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Chasseurs-à-Cheval
Septinsulaire during the period 1807 - 1814
Officers killed: No available information
Officers died of wounds: No available information
Officers wounded: No available information
Bataillon History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
No available information
Artillerie Septinsulaire
Bataillon History
1803: Created, Artillerie Septinsulaire
1814: Disbanded
Commander
1803: Capitaine Burnand
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Artillerie Septinsulaire
during the period 1808 - 1814
Officers killed: No available information
Officers died of wounds: No available information
Officers wounded: No available information
Bataillon History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
No available information
Bataillon de pionniers noirs
Bataillon History
1803 : Created, Bataillon de pionniers blancs
1806 : Transfered to Neapolitan service
Chefs-de-Bataillon
1803: Damingue (Joseph)
1805: Guiard (Jean-Remi)
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the Bataillon de
pionniers noirs during the period 1803 - 1806
Officers killed: One
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Ten
Bataillon History (battles and combats in which officers were killed
or wounded)
1805: Fiume
1806: Gaete
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