French Infantry Regiments and the Colonels who Led Them: 1791 to 1815

Part VII: 61e - 70e Regiments

By Tony Broughton, FINS

61e Regiment de Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History 1669: Created 1671: Regiment de Vermandois 1791: 61e Regiment d'Infanterie 1793: 61e Demi-Brigade de bataille (formed from the following) 1er Bataillon 31e Regiment d'Infanterie 1er Bataillon Volontaires du Morbihan 8e Bataillon Volontaires de la Manche 1796: 61e Demi-Brigade de Infanterie (formed from the following)

24e Demi-Brigade de bataille (2e Bat, 12e Regt d'Inf, 3e Bat Vol de la Somme, 10e Bat Vol des Reserve and Bat Vol de Requisition de St Omer) 138e Demi-Brigade de bataille (2e Bat, 74e Regt d'Inf, 5e Bat Vol des Vosages and 2e Bat Vol de la Vienne) 1803: 61e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade 1791: Thezan (Jean-Francois-Berenger de) - Colonel 1792: Bazelaire ( Jean-Joseph-Christophe de) - Colonel 1792: Chartogne (Claude-Louis de)- Colonel 1792: Alcher (Etienne) - Colonel 1794: Camus (Louis) - Chef-de-Brigade 1796: Posser (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1797: Barjonnet (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1797: Conroux (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1800: Dorsenne (Jean-Marie-Pierre-Francois Lepaige) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1805: Nicolas (Jean) - Colonel 1806: Faure (Jean-Charles) - Colonel 1807: Bouge (Charles) - Colonel 1813: Pailhes (Antoine) - Colonel 1813: Ricard (Jacques) - Colonel 1814: Bouge (Charles) - Colonel Four of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Chartongne, (Claude-Louis de)

Born: 4 January 1742 Colonel: 23 March 1792 General-de-Brigade: 30 May 1793 Died: 4 March 1819 Camus, (Louis) Born: 16 March 1760 Chef-de-Brigade: 10 May 1794 (61e Demi-Brigade de bataille) Chef-de-Brigade: 7 September 1796 (76e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie) Chef-de-Brigade: 4 May 1799 (20e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie) Chef-de-Brigade: 29 August 1799 (53e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie) General-de-Brigade: 1 February 1805 Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Died: 6 April 1813 (while being held prisoner by the Russians) Dorsenne, (Jean-Marie-Pierre-Francois Lepaige) Born: 30 April 1773 Chef-de-Brigade: 23 May 1800 General-de-Brigade: 25 December 1805 General-de-Division: 5 June 1809 Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 30 June 1811 Count of the Empire: 10 March 1808 Died: 24 July 1812 Nicolas, (Jean) Born: 8 December 1765 Colonel: 20 August 1805 General-de-Brigade: 23 October 1806 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 4 January 1806 Died: 10 September 1833 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 61e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Chef-de-Brigade Dorsenne: Wounded 13 March 1801 Colonel Nicolas: Wounded 14 October 1806 Colonel Faure: Died of wounds 8 February 1807 Colonel Ricard: Wounded 17 February 1814 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 61e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period1804-1815 Officers killed: Thirty-four Officers died of wounds: Nineteen Officers wounded: One hundred and forty-two Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)

1793: Sospello, Font de Loda, Belvedere, and Formail 1794: Saint-Florent 1796: Forschwind and Poppberg 1797: Valvasone and Tagliamento 1798: Chebreiss, Pyramides, Sediman, and Samahoud 1799: Aboukir 1800: Heliopolis, Cairo, Nicopolis, and Canope 1805: Dachau, Muhldorf, Lambach, and Austerlitz 1806: Auerstadt 1807: Eylau, Ostrelenka, and Guttstadt 1809: Ratisbonne, Abensberg, Landshut, Essling, and Wagram 1812: Mohilew, Viasma, and La Moskowa 1813: Hambourg 1814: Willemsbourg 1815: Ligny and Waterloo Battle Honours Heliopolis 1800 and Wagram 1809

62e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History 1667: Created 1791: 62e Regiment d'Infanterie 1796: 62e Demi-Brigade de Infanterie de ligne (formed from the folowing) 95e Demi-Brigade de bataille (1er Bat 48e Regt d'Inf, 2e Bat Vol de la Creuse and 8e Bat Vol de la Haute-Saone) 140e Demi-Brigade de bataile (2e Bat 75e Regt d'Inf, 3e Bat Vol du Doubs and 11e Bat Vol du Jura) 3e Bataillon , 4e Demi-Brigade de bataille 1803: 62e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade 1791: Meunier (Louis-Dominique de) - Colonel 1792: Ruttemberg (Ernest de) - Colonel 1793: Boisragon (Louis-Chealeau de) - Colonel 1796: Gudin (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1803: Petit (Pierre-Joseph) - Colonel 1806: Bruny (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel 1812: Regnault (Jean-Claude-Simon) - Colonel 1815: Ricard (Jacques) - Colonel Three of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade Meunier, (Louis-Dominique de)

Born: 17 December 1734 Colonel: 25 July 1791 General-de-Brigade: 7 September 1792 Died: ? Ruttemberg, (Ernest de) Born: 25 January 1748 Colonel: 26 October 1792 General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1793 Died: ? (defected to the enemy on the 16 March 1793) Bruny, (Jean-Baptiste) Born: 18 November 1769 Colonel: 17 December 1804 (82e Regiment d'Infanterie) Colonel: 13 May 1806 (62e Regiment d'Infanterie) General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811 Baron of the Empire: 15 August 1809 Died: 11 June 1846 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 62e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne None Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 62e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815 Officers killed: Twenty-five Officers died of wounds: Sixteen Officers wounded: One hundred and twenty-two Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1792: Valmy 1793: Hondschoote and Mayennce 1796: Rastadt and Kehl 1799: Trebbia and Novi 1800: Genes 1805: Caldiero and Castel-Franco 1806: Gaete 1807: Capri 1809: Piave, Malborghetto, Raab, and Wagram 1810: Aida-Delponte 1811: Landrinel 1812: Arapiles and Logrono 1813: San Sebastien 1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, and Leipzig 1814: Brienne, Mincio, Laon, Meaux, and Paris 1815: Montbeliard

Battle Honours Wagram 1809 and Lutzen 1813

63e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History 1667: Created (Swiss Regiment in French Army) 1791: 63e Regiment d'Infanterie (Swiss Regiment in French Army) 1792: Returned to Swiss sevice 1796: 63e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following 14e Demi-Brigade de bataille (2e Bat 7e Regt d'Inf, 1er and 2e Bat du Gard) 22e Demi-Brigade de bataille (2e Bat 11e Regt d'Inf, Bat Vol de Martigues and 2e Bat Vol de Marseilles) 51e Demi-Brigade de bataille (1er Bat 26e Regt d'Inf, 3e and 5e Bat Vol des Hautes-Alpes) 1er Bataillon, 66e Demi-Brigade de bataille 1803: 63e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade 1796: Charlot (Hugues) - Chef-de-Brigade 1797: Brenier-Montmorand (Antoine-Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade 1799: Villaret (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1800: Lacuee (Marc-Antoine-Come-Damien-Jean-Chrisostome) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1807: Mouton-Duvernet (Regis-Barthelemy) - Colonel 1809: Meunier (Benoit) - Colonel 1813: Kail (Francois) - Colonel 1814: Laurede (Jean) - Colonel Four of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above Charlot, (Hugues) Born: 10 June 1757 Chef-de-Brigade: 6 November 1796 General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1803 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: 6 September 1811 Died: 18 December 1821 Brenier de Montmorand, (Antoine-Francois) Born: 12 November 1767 Chef-de-Brigade: 1 September 1795 (14e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne) Chef-de-Brigade: 1 January 1797 (63e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne) General-de-Brigade: 15 June 1799

General-de-Division: 26 March 1811 Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 18 December 1813 Baron of the Empire: 12 February 1812 Died: 8 October 1832 Mouton-Duvernet, (Regis-Barthelemy) Born: 3 March 1770 Colonel: 10 February 1807 General-de-Brigade: 21 July 1811 General-de-Division: 4 August 1813 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 6 April 1812 Baron of the Empire: 29 June 1808 Died: 27 July 1815 Meunier, (Benoit) Born: 28 November 1768 Colonel: 17 November 1808 (2e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere) Colonel: 22 July 1809 (31e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere) Colonel: 5 September 1809 (63e Regiment d'Infanterie) General-de-Brigade: 4 August 1813 General-de-Division: 25 March 1815 Died: 4 January 1848 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 63e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Chef-de-Brigade Brenier de Montmorand: Wounded 4 April 1799 and 17 April 1799 Colonel Lacuee: Killed 8 February 1807 Colonel Meunier de Saint-Clair: Wounded 28 July 1813 Colonel Kail: Wounded 30 August 1813 Colonel Laurede: Died of wounds 16 June 1815 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 63e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815 Officers killed: Twenty-four Officers died of wounds: Eleven Officers wounded: One hundred and thirty-five Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1800: Genes 1806: Golymin 1807: Eylau and Friedland 1808: Espinosa 1809: Essling, Wagram, and Talavera-de-la-Reyna 1810: Santa-Maria-de-la-Nueva 1811: Chiclana, Fuentes de Onoro, and Albuhera 1813: Vitoria, Pampelune, Bidassoa, and Nivelle

1813: Stettin, Kulm, Hellendorf, and Leipzig 1815: Ligny Battle Honours Genes 1800 and Friedland 1807

64e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History 1672: Created (Swiss Regiment in French service) 1791: 64e Regiment d'Infanterie 1792: Disbanded 1796: 64e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following) 8e and 15e Bataillon s Volontaires de la formation d'Orleans 1er, 2e and 4e Bataillon s Volontaires de la Loire-Inferieure 8e Bataillon Volontaires de la Seine-Inferieure 6e Bataillon Volontaires de la Charente-Inferieure 14e Bataillon Volontaires de la Charente 4e Bataillon Volontaires des Ardennes 4e Bataillon Volontaires de l'Orne 1er Bataillon Volontaires des Reserve 2e Bataillon Volontaires de la Reunion 1er Bataillon Volontaires des Amis de la Repuplique 1803: 64e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade 1796: 1797: 1803: 1806: 1809: 1810: 1811: 1814: Rousselet (?) - Chef-de-Brigade Charlot (Hugues) - Chef-de-Brigade Nerin (Claude) - Colonel Chauvel (Francois-Pierre-Alexandre) - Colonel Baradin de Peschery (Henry-Martin) - Colonel Vigent (Jean-Pierre) - Colonel Aulard (Pierre) - Colonel Dubalen (Raimond-Martin) - Colonel

Three of the above officers attained the rank of General Charlot, (Hugues) Born: 10 June 1757 Chef-de-Brigade: 6 November 1796 (63e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie) Chef-de-Brigade: 22 October 1797 (64e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie) General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1803 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: 6 September 1811 Died: 18 December 1821

Chauvel, (Francois-Pierre-Alexandre) Born: 22 December 1766 Colonel: 24 December 1805 General-de-Brigade: 10 March 1809 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 17 December 1809 Baron of the Empire: 20 July 1808 Died: 17 June 1838 Aulard, (Pierre) Born: 6 October 1763 Colonel: 22 June 1811 General-de-Brigade: 15 March 1814 Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 10 August 1809 Baron of the Empire: 11 June 1810 Died: 18 June 1815

Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 64e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonel Nerin: Wounded 14 November 1805 Colonel Baradin de Peschery: Died of wound 19 November 1809 Colonel Vignet: Died of wounds 7 February 1811 Colonel Dubalen: Died of wounds 16 June 1815 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 64e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815 Officers killed: Twenty-two Officers died of wounds: Twenty-nine Officers wounded: One hundred and twenty-nine Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1797: Saint-Georges, Mantoue, Gradisica, Verone, and La Croix-Blanche 1799: Fermo, Pescara, La Colonella, Isernia, Naples, and Trani 1805: Michelsberg, Ulm, and Austerlitz 1806: Saalfeld, Jena, Pultusk 1807: Ostrelenka and Friedland 1808: Saragosse 1809: Essling, Wagram, and Ocana 1810: Villa-Garcia and Badajoz 1811: Albuhera 1812: Badajoz and Mondragon 1813: Sarre 1813: Dresden 1814: Bescanon and Bayonne 1815: Ligny, Namur, and Dinant Battle Honours

Mantoue 1797, Verone 1797, Austerlitz 1805, and Jena 1806

65e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History 1672: Created (Swiss Regiment in French sevice) 1791: 65e Regiment d'Infanterie 1792: Disbanded 1794: 65e Demi-Brigade de bataille (formed from the following) 1er Bataillon, 33e Regiment de Infanterie 3e Bataillon , Volontaires de la Gironde 1er Bataillon, Volontaires du Mont-Terrible 1799: 65e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following) Detachments from the 4e and 16e Regiments d'Infanterie Conscripts from the department du Calvados Conscripts from the departments de la Lys 1803: 65e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade 1794: Boutroue (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1799: Senarens (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1801: Goris (?) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1804: Coutard (Louis-Francois) - Colonel 1811: Campi (Toussaint) - Colonel 1813: Monteyremar (Joseph-Gaspard) - Colonel Two of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade Coutard, (Louis-Francois) Born: 19 February 1769 Chef-de-Brigade: 2 June 1800 (73e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie) Colonel: 5 October 1803 (65e Regiment d'Infanterie) General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811 Baron of the Empire: 21 December 1808 Died: 22 March 1852 Campi, (Toussaint) Born: 31 October 1777 Colonel: 26 May 1809 (26e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere) Colonel: 4 August 1811 (65e Regiment d'Infanterie) General-de-Brigade: 12 April 1812 Baron of the Empire: 15 August 1809 Died: 12 October 1832

Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 65e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonel Campi: Wounded 22 July 1812 Colonel Monteyremar: Wounded 27 August 1813 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 65e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815 Officers killed: Twenty-two Officers died of wounds: Eighteen Officers wounded: Eighty-three Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1794: Edesheim and Mayennce 1799: Bingheim, Heidelberg, Bretton, Bruchsal, Heidesheim, Popelau, and Erbach 1807: Straslund, Allenstein, and Heilsberg 1809: Ratisbonne, Essling, Wagram, and Flessingue 1810: Astorga, Sobral, and Rio-Mayor 1811: Fuentes-de-Onoro 1812: Arapiles 1813: Castro and Vitoria 1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, and Leipzig 1814: Bayonne, Orthez, and Toulouse 1814: Paris 1815: Namur Battle Honours Straslund 1807 and Ratisbonne 1809

66e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History 1672: Created (Swiss Regiment in French service) 1791: 66e Regiment d'Infanterie 1792: Disbanded 1795: 66e Demi-Brigade de Bataille (formed from the following) 2e Bataillon , 33e Regiment d'Infanterie 9e Bataillon , Volontaires du Doubs 4e Bataillon , Volontaires du Var 1796: 66e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following) Demi-Brigade de Finistere (1er Bat Vol du Finistere, 1er and 3e Bat Vol de la Marne) 1803: 66e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade 1795: Patel (Phillipe-Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade 1796: Sabatier (Just-Pasteur) - Chef-de-Brigade 1799: Saint-Raymond (Jean) - Chef-de-Brigade 1803: Cambriels (Dominique-Pierre) - Colonel 1808: Braun (Joseph) - Colonel 1809: Bechaud (Jean-Pierre) - Colonel 1809: Vatable (Louis-Francois) - Colonel 1813: Dupuy (Andre) - Colonel 1815: George(Joseph-Antoine-Marie) - Colonel Three of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade Patel, (Phillipe-Joseph) Born: 29 November 1741 Chef-de-Brigade: 2 January 1795 General-de-Brigade: 17 February 1797 Died: 4 July 1821 Sabatier, (Just-Pasteur) Born: 22 July 1754 Chef-de-Brigade: 18 August 1794 (Demi-Brigade du Finistere) Chef-de-Brigade: 11 April 1796 (66e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie) General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1799 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Died: 5 October 1818 Bechaud, (Jean-Pierre) Born: 17 February 1770 Colonel: 3 March 1809 General-de-Brigade: 28 January 1813 Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 21 August 1810 Chevalier of the Empire: 19 June 1813 Died: 27 February 1814 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 66e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonel Cambriels: Wounded 21 June 1809 Colonel Bechaud: Wounded 24 July 1810 and 27 September 1810 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 66e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815 Officers killed: Twenty Officers died of wounds: Three Officers wounded: Ninety-three

Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1795: Luxembourg 1796: Neckerau 1799: Mannheim and Alkmaer 1800: Offenbach 1802: Basse-Terre, Matouba, and Bel-Air 1808: Les Saintes, Saint-Martin, and Vimeiro 1809: Oporto and Cuidad-Rodrigo. 1810: Cuidad-Rodrigo, Busaco, and Torres-Vedras 1811: Redhina, Casalnovo, Foz-d'Arunce, and Fuentes-de-Onoro 1812: Arapiles and Tolosa 1813: Arlazon and Burgos 1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, Leipzig, and Hanau 1814: Laon, Athies, Reims, Fere-Champenoise, and Paris Battle Honours Luxembourg 1795, Alkmaer 1799, Oporto 1809, and Fuentes-de-Onoro

67e Regiment d'infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History 1672: Created 1791: 67e Regiment d'Infanterie 1795: 67e Demi-Brigade de bataille (formed from the following) 1er Bataillon, 34e Regiment d'Infanterie 2e Bataillon , Volontaires de Paris 11e Bataillon , Volontaires de la Manche 1796: 67e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following) 23e Demi-Brigade de bataille (1er Bat 12e Regt d'Inf, 2e Bat Vol du Pas-de-Calaise and 3e Bat Vol du Calvados) 2e Bataillon 175e Demi-Brigade 1er Bataillon Volontaires de l'Yonne 1803: 67e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade 1791 Saint-Simon (Claude) - Colonel 11791: Regnaud (Marie-Alexis-Francois-Regis) - Colonel 1793: Ferrand de Roze (Pierre-Elizee) - Colonel 1795: Colomb (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1796: Bontemps (Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade 1799: Chossat (Sebastien) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1808: Petit (Jean-Martin) - Colonel 1813: Woirol (Theophile) - Colonel

1813: Teulet (Raymond-Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel 1815: Desalons (Leonard) - Colonel Two of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade Bontemps, (Francois) Born: 1 June 1753 Chef-de-Brigade: 12 March 1794 (175e Demi-Brigade de bataile) Chef-de-Brigade: 5 May 1796 (67e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie) General-de-Brigade: 20 April 1799 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: 1809

Petit, (Jean-Martin) Born: 22 July 1772 Colonel: 3 March 1808 General-de-Brigade: 28 June 1813 Baron of the Empire: 15 August 1809 Died: 8 June 1856 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 67e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Chef-de-Brigade Bontemps: Wounded 21 March 1799 Colonel Petit: Wounded 6 July 1809 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 67e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815 Officers killed: Twenty-two Officers died of wounds: Ten Officers wounded: One hundred and twenty-four Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1793: Hondschoote 1796: Franconie 1797: Neuweid 1799: Ostrach, Stokach, Saint-Gothard, Constance, Crispalt and Schwitz 1800: Engen and Moeskirch 1805: Trafalgar 1807: Straslund 1808: Girone 1809: Essling and Wagram 1811: Liers 1813: Villafranca and Saint-Privat 1813: Lutzen and Bautzen 1814: Macon and Lyon 1815: Arly

Battle Honours Hondshoote 1793, Neuweid 1797, Wagram 1809, and Lutzen 1813

68e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History 1673: Created (Beauce) 1762: Regiment de Beauce 1791: 68e Regiment d'Infanterie 1793: 6e Demi-Brigade de bataille (formed from the following) 2e Bataillon , 34e Regiment d'Infanterie 2e Bataillon , Volontaires de Loir-et-Cher 13e Bataillon , Volontaires des Reserve 1796: 68e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following) 65e Demi-Brigade de bataille (1er Bat 33e Regt d'Inf, 3e Bat Vol de la Gironde and 1er Bat Vol du Mont-Terrible) 182e Demi-Brigade de bataille (2e Bat 103e Regt d'Inf, 2e Bat Vol des Cotes-du-Nord and 7e Bat Vol du Bas Rhin) 25e Bataillon Volontaires des Reserve 1er and 2e Bataillon s Demi-Brigade des Landes 6e Bataillon Volontaires de la Somme 10e Bataillon Volontaires de la Meurthe 3e Bataillon Volontaires de Maine-et-Loire Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade 1791: Rochefontaine (Etienne-Nicolas-Marie de) - Colonel 1791: Montchoisy (Louis-Antoine-Choin de) - Colonel 1793: Seyssel de Beauretour (Anne-Joseph-Frederic) - Colonel 1793: Faure (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 11796: Boutroue (Jules-Alexandre Legere) - Chef-de-Brigade One of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Division Montchoisy, (Louis-Antoine-Choin de) Born: 21 June 1747 Colonel: 23 November 1791 General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1793 General-de-Division: 15 April 1799 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Baron of the Empire: 3 February 1813 Died: 14 June 1814 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 68e Regiment d'Infanterie

No Available information There was no 68e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne during the Empire period Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1792: Valmy and Jemmapes 1794: Tourcoing, Nimegue, and Fleurus 1795: La Wahl 1798: Tortone, Bassignano, Trebbia, San-Guiliano, and Novi 1800: Genes and Oneille

Battle Honours Jemmapes 1792, Nimegue 1794, and La Wahl 1795

69e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History 1673: Created (Swiss Regiment in the service of France) 1791: 69e Regiment d'Infanterie 1792: Disbanded 1795: 69e Demi-Brigade de bataille (formed from the following) 1er Bataillon, 35 Regiment d'Infanterie 1er Bataillon, Volontaires des Haute-Alpes 3e Bataillon , Volontaires de la Drone 1796: 69e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following) 19e Demi-Brigade de bataille (1er Bat 10e Regt d'Inf, 2e Bat Vol du Mont- Blanc and 3e Bat Vol des Basses-Alpes) 102e Demi-Brigade de bataille (2e Bat 51e Regt d'Inf, 3e and 6e Bat Vol du Var) 166e Demi-Brigade de bataille (2e Bat 91e Regt d'Inf, 5e and 9e Bat Vol du Var) 2e Bataillon , 170e Demi-Brigade de bataille 1803: 69e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade 1796: Riondet (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1796: Mesange (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1797: Dalons (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1797: Barthelemy (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1800: Brun (Jean-Alexandre) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1807: Frirjon (Joseph-Francois) - Colonel 1811: Guinand (Benoit-Antoine) - Colonel 1813: Herve (Christophe) - Colonel 1814: Monneret (Jean-Pierre) - Colonel

1815: Herve (Christophe) - Colonel Two of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade Brun, (Jean-Alexandre) Born: 15 april 1761 Chef-de-Brigade: 3 June 1800 General-de-Brigade: 10 February 1807 Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December 1805 Baron of the Empire: 4 June 1810 Died: 4 September 1826 Frirjon, (Joseph-Francois) Born: 12 September 1771 Colonel: 10 February 1807 General-de-Brigade: 22 June 1811 Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 18 February 1808 Baron of the Empire: 26 October 1808 Died: 1 May 1849 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 69e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonel Frirjon: Wounded 14 June 1807 and 5 May 1811 Colonel Guinard: Killed 10 November 1813 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 69e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815 Officers killed: Thirty-nine Officers died of wounds: Twenty-three Officers wounded: One hundred and eighty-two Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1796: Saint-Michel, Mondovi, Castiglione, Mantoue, La Favorite, and Saint-Georges 1798: Malte, Alexandrie, and Aboukir 1805: Gunzbourg, Elchingen, Ulm, and Scharnitz 1806: Jena 1807: Guttstadt, Deppen, and Friedland 1809: Burgos, La Corogne, Essling, and Wagram 1810: Almeida and Busaco 1811: Fuentes-de-Onoro 1812: Arapiles 1813: Col de Maya, Lutzen, Wurschen, Dresde, Buntzlau, and Leipzig 1814: Bayonne, Orthez, Toulouse, Luxembourg 1815: Ligny and Paris Battle Honours

Castiglione 1796, Aboukir 1799, Elchingen 1805, and Friedland 1807

70e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History 1674: Created 1691: Regiment de Medoc 1791: 70e Regiment d'Infanterie 1794: 70e Demi-Brigade de bataille (formed from the following) 2e Bataillon , 35e Regiment d'Infanterie 1er Bataillon, Volontaires des Landes 1er Bataillon, Volontaires de l'Arche 1796: 70e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following) 50e Demi-Brigade de bataille (2e Bat 25e Regt d'Inf, 5e Bat Vol de l'Oise and $e Bat Vol du Nord) 134e Demi-Brigade de bataille (2e Bat 72e Regt d'Inf, 3e and 4e Bat Vol des Basse-Pyrenees) 157e Demi-Brigade de bataille (1er Bat 87e Regt d'Inf, 13e Bat Vol des Vosages and 4e Bat Vol de Loir-et-Cher) 1er Bataillon 72e Demi-Brigade de bataille 1er Bataillon 73e Demi-Brigade de bataille 2e Bataillon 73e Regiment d'Infanterie 1er Bataillon 74e Regiment d'Infanterie 4e Bataillon Volontaires de l'Herault 5e Bataillon Volontaires de la Drodogne 4e Bataillon Volontaires du Calvados 5e Bataillon Volontaires de Lot-et-Garonne 3e Bataillon Volontaires de la Charente 12e Bataillon Volontaires de la Republique 1803: 70e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade 1791: Meunier (Hugues-Alexandre-Joseph) - Colonel 1792: Serurier (Jean-Mathieu-Philibert) - Colonel 1794: Dandigne (Pierre) - Chef-de-Brigade 1796: Chambarlhac (?) - Chef-de-Brigade 1796: Rouyer (Jean-Victor) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803 1809: Lavigne (Jacques) - Colonel 1811: Dumareix (Jean-Francois) - Colonel 1815: Maury (Jean-Pierre) - Colonel 1815: Uny (Jean-Francois) - Colonel 1815: Stoffel (Christophe-Antoine-Jacob) - Colonel Three of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above and one Marechal d'Empire

Meunier, (Hugues) Born: 16 December 1721 Colonel: 25 July 1791 General-de-Brigade: 22 July 1791 Died: 24 July 1792 Serurier, (Jean-Mathieu-Philibert) Born: 8 December 1742 Colonel: 7 August 1792 General-de-Brigade: 25 June 1793 General-de-Division: 22 December 1794 Marechal d'Empire: 19 May 1804 Grand Eagle of the Legion d'Honneur: 2 February 1805 Count of the Empire: 3 June 1808 Died:21 December 1819 Rouyer, (Jean-Victor) Born: 28 May 1756 Chef-de-Brigade: 9 November 1795 (157e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie) Chef-de-Brigade: 6 November 1796 (70e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie) General-de-Brigade: 17 November 1808 Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804 Died: 1 May 1818 Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 70e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne Colonel Rouyer: Wounded 17 August 1808 Colonel Lavigne: Wounded 27 September 1810 Colonel Dumareix: Wounded 22 July 1812 Colonel Maury: Killed 16 June 1815 Colonel Uny: Killed 18 June 1815 Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 70e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815 Officers killed: Twenty seven Officers died of wounds: Fifteen Officers wounded: One hundred and forty Regimental war record (Battles and Combats) 1792: Nice 1793: Puig-Oriel 1794: Montagne-Noire and Saorgio 1795: Melogno and Saint-Jacques 1796: Voltri, Montenotte, Dego, Fombio, and Mincio 1798: Expedition to Ireland 1799: Aubiers

1800: Turbigo and Marengo 1808: Rolicia, Vimeiro, and Saragosse 1809: Saragosse, La Corogne, Braga, and Oporto 1810: Puenta-d'Alconeta, Busaco, Torres-Vedras 1811: Sabugal 1812: Arapiles 1813: Cubiry, Lutzen, Bautzen and Leipzig 1814: La Rothiere, Laon, and Paris 1815: Ligny and Wavre Battle Honours Montenotte 1796, Marengo 1800, and Oporto 1809