17th Infantry Regiment (France)

February 2013 May 2021 17e régiment d’infanterie Infantry Armée de Terre 1597–1921 Invicta LegioAuvergne toujours Valmy 1792 Austerlitz 1805 Auerstadt 1806 Borodino 1812 Algeria 1830 Artois 1915 Verdun 1916 Somme-Py 1918 The 17e régiment d'infanterie (English:17th Infantry Regiment) was a unit of the French army and among its oldest. The French Revolutionary Wars 1791: during the French Revolution, all regiments take on a number according to the age of their formation. The régiment d’Auvergne becomes the 17e régiment d’infanterie 1793: at the beginning of the French Revolution, the regiment becomes 17e demi-brigade de bataille, which were composed of the following units: 1st battalion of the 9e régiment d'infanterie de ligne; 2nd battalion of volunteers of the department of India; 3rd battalion of volunteers of Seine-Inférieure; 1796: during the second merger, the unit becomes the 17e demi-brigade d’infanterie de ligne, made of the following units: 33e régiment d'infanterie, 1er bataillon du 17e régiment d’infanterie, 5e bataillon de volontaires de la Sarthe and 1er bataillon de volontaires colonial of Port-au-Prince); 178e demi-brigade de bataille (2e bataillon du 99e régiment d'infanterie, 6e bataillon de volontaires de Nord and de volontaires de la Seine-Inférieure); demi-brigade d'Eure and Landes (3e bataillon de volontaires de la Eure, 5e bataillon de volontaires de la Landes and 6e bataillon de volontaires de la Haute-Garonne); La Grande Armée In 1803 becomes the 17e régiment d’infanterie de ligne. In 1806, the regiment took part in the battle of Jena-Auerstädt. 19th century 1816: at the Bourbon Restoration, the regiment is renamed 1854: renamed 17e régiment d’infanterie 20th century 1907: during the revolt of the Languedoc winegrowers 500 members of the regiment mutinied and joined the demonstrators.Bon 1914: during the mobilisation, this unit gave birth to the 217e régiment d'infanterie 1921: the 17th regiment is abolished References Sources fr http://www.vin-terre-net.com/autour-du-vin/216-1907-histoire-revolte-midi-vignerons-marcelin-albert-ferroul Bon Nicolas Midi 1907, l'histoire d'une révolte vigneronne vin-terre-net.com 2 March 2018 30 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101130025154/http://www.vin-terre-net.com/autour-du-vin/216-1907-histoire-revolte-midi-vignerons-marcelin-albert-ferroul dead Histoire de l'ancienne infanterie francaise, Volume 3 Louis Susanne Librairie Militaire, Maritime at Polytechnique 1850 External links 17e Regiment d'Infanterie history during Napoleonic War Category:Infantry regiments of France Category:Military units and formations established in 1791 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1921