123e regiment of infantry of line

The 123e Régiment of Infanterie of line (or 123e IH) is a regiment made up under the First Empire.

Creation and various denominations

  • 1793 : creation of the 123e Half-Brigade of Battle , starting from the 1st battalion of the 62 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry, amalgamated with the 1st battalion of volunteers of the Vienna and the 2nd battalion of volunteers of the Somme.
  • 1796 : poured in the 99 {{E}} Half-Brigade of Infantry of Line
  • 1810: creation of the 123e Regiment of Infantry of Line starting from the 2 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry and of the 2nd battalion of the 6 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry, of the kingdom of Holland, at the time of the annexation of this one.
  • 1813 : incorporation of the remainders of the 126 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry of Line
  • 1814: dismissal
  • 1914: At the mobilization, it sets up its regiment of reserve, the 323 {{E}} Régiment of Infantry

Colonels/chief-of-brigade

  • 1793 : Small - Chief-of-Brigade
  • 1810: Chritian-Louis von Pfaffenrath - Colonel
  • 1810: Antoine Avizard - Colonel
  • 1813: Nicolas-Christmas Gueurel - Colonel

History of the garrisons, combat and battles of 123e IH of line

Revolution and Empire

From 1815 to 1848

Second Empire

From 1871 to 1914

  • Garrison with La Rochelle

First World War

It belongs to the 35 {{E}} Division, 18 {{E}} Army corps. It makes brigade with the 57 {{E}}.

1914

  • advanced towards Charleroi: Sambre.
  • the retirement - operations of the left wing: Own way (August 28th).
  • Battle of the Marne: Villers-Saint-Georges, Montceau-the-Layered branches.
  • Race with the sea - 5th Army in Rheims: Corbény, Craonne, City-with-Wood, Plate of Vauclerc.

1915

  • Plate of Vauclerc

1916

  • Battle of Verdun - (from May 3rd to 15th 1916) Wood of the Petrel, Douaumont and Vaux, Thiaumont.

1917

  • Way of the ladies (plate of the Casemates, 5 May 6th).

1918

  • Oise: Boundary-line, Mount-Renaud (25- March 30th).
  • Aisne : Missy-with-wood (May 31st).
  • Oise: Ingon (29- August 31st), Voyennes (4 September 6th), Dimension 120.
  • Alsace: Hermann-Stellung.

Inter-war period

Second world war

From 1945 to our days

Feat of arms making particularly honor with the regiment

Flag and currency

; * Fodder with the colors of the ribbon of the Military decoration decreed on March 21st, 1919 ; *cinq quotations (two quotations with the order of the army corps, three mentions in dispatches) ; *le March 10th, 1919 the 123e has the right of the port of fodder to the colors of the military decoration. (*) Battle carried to the flag of the régiment. .

Traditions and uniforms

Badge

Heraldic photograph + description

Currency

Uniforms of Old Mode

Uniforms under the Revolution and the First Empire

Famous characters having been used for 123e IH

See also:

Related articles

  • List of the French regiments
  • List of the ranks in the French Army

External bonds

  • historical of 123e R.I 1914-1918.

Sources and bibliography

  • Maurice Vincent, Notebooks of hairy of Gironde a , Ysec, 2003.

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