13th regiment of dragons parachutists

The 13th Régiment of dragons parachutists is a French regiment made up under the Ancien Mode by the Marquis de Barbezières with the Languedoc in 1676, and currently forming a unit parachutist. Specialized in the information, it forms part since 2002 of the BFST (Brigade of the Special forces Ground) and depends, for employment, of the Chief of staff of the armies and, by delegation, of DRM or COS. The 13th dragons is one of the oldest regiments of Cavalerie French.

Creation and various denominations

October 4th 1676: Lifting of the regiment in Languedoc by the marquis de Barbezières.
1724 : Takes the name of ''' Dragons of Cop ''', then starting from
1774: County-of-Provence , then the same year Dragons of Mister
1791: it becomes the 13th Regiment of Dragons .
1815 : Dissolution of the regiment
1855: Reformation under the name of Regiment of dragons of the Empress in reference to the Empress Eugenie. 400 px|right
1870 : becomes again the 13th Regiment of Dragons
1936: mechanization (tanks Somua and Hotchkiss)
1940: again dissolved after the loss of 90% of its manpower
1944: reformation
1946: dissolution
1948: reformation
1952: reorganization of the regiment which takes its final name of 13th Regiment of Dragons Parachutists
1955: It leaves in Algérie where it remains until in 1961
1963: The regiment settles with Dieuze as a regiment of support and research in the depth.

Colonels/Chief of brigades

Old mode

1676 : Marquis de Barbezières -
1678: Marquis de Fimarcon (death with the field of honor) -
1692: Marquis de Fimarcon -
1705: Count de Fimarcon -
1708: Marquis de Foy -
1713: Count de Châtillon -
1714: Marquis de Guesbriant -
1738: Marquis d' Argence -
1740: Knight of Mailly -
1744: Count d' Egmont -
1753: Marquis de Marbeuf -
1761: Count de Chabrillant -
1763: Knight of Montécler -
1774: Marquis of Châtre-Nançay -
1788: Count de Damas -

Revolution and empire

1791 : Baron Charles François de Malvoisin - Colonel
1792: Jean Bernard Gauthier de Murnan - Colonel (*)
1793: César Canon of Rocmont - Chief of brigade
1796: Joseph Fouques - Chief of brigade
1797: Dominique Mansuy Roget - chief of brigade (**)
1799: Rene Gabriel Levasseur - Chief of brigade, then colonel in 1803
1804: Armand Louis Debroc - Colonel (")
1806 : Pierre Victor Laroche - Colonel
1808: Arrighi (major general) - Colonel (to be checked)
1809: Letort (major general) - Colonel (to be checked)
January 20th 1810: Marie Antoine Reiset - Colonel (*)
1813: Marie Frederic Mouginot - Colonel
1813: Jean Sylvestre Johannes - Colonel
1814: Pierre Joseph Ligniville - Colonel
1814: Count Adrien d' Astorg - Colonel (**)
1815: Jean-Baptiste Saviot - Colonel

(*) officers become thereafter brigadier generals, (**) officers become major generals thereafter, (") officers become Major-general thereafter

Killed or wounded colonels whereas they ordered the regiment for this period:

Colonel Debroc: wounded at the time of the Battle of Austerlitz on December 2nd, 1805
Colonel Reiset wounded with three recoveries: March 1810, August 11th and August 15th, 1812
Colonel Monginot: wounded on August 22nd, 1813 and died of the continuations of its wounds on September 8th of the same year.

Many killed or wounded officers while they were used in the 13th regiment as dragons (between 1805-1815):

killed Officers: 7
dead Officer of the continuations of his wounds: 1
wounded Officers: 54

Restoration

1815 : Jean-Baptiste Saviot

Second republic and Second Empire

1856 : Crespin -
1861: Pajol -
1865: Bludgeon -
1868: Sautereau Dupart -

Third republic

1871 : Barbault de Lamotte -
1876: from Villeneuve Bargemont -
1878: Humann -
1882: Letennor -
1883: Lacoste of Isle -
1890: of Ganay -
1893: of Cleric -
1898: Durand de Villiers -
1902: Thil -
1906: Labit -

First World War

1911 : tower -
1915: Larroque -
1918: Vuillier -

Inter-war period

1919 : To stop -
1919: of Gail -
1920: Dugue Mac Carthy -
1920: Pastrycook -
1923: Cadiot -
1925: Perrot of Varnay -
1931: Bret -
1934: of Forgue de Bellegarde -
1935: Bizot Espiard -
1936: Isengart -

Second world war

1939 and 1940: lieutenant-colonel June of Lowered -
1944: Georges Lesage -

Fourth republic

1948 : Henry -
1952: Roland it becomes 13° regiment of Dragons Parachutists - 13°RDP.
1954: Audemard d' Alançon - (father-in-law of Yves Mourousi)
1956: Pallu -

Fifth republic

1958 : Pottier -
1960: of Serech d' Aurimont de Saint-Avit -
1961: Dunand-Henry -
1963: of Courson of Villeneuve -
1965: of Harcourt -
1967: Bizard -
1969: Morbieu -
1971: Renaud -
1973: Faivre -
1975: Heux -
1977: Bichon -
1979: Gomart - his/her son will order the same regiment in 2003.
1981: Ferron -
1983: Baleyte -
1985: Sailor -
1987: Huchet de Quenetain -
1989: Clement -
1991: of Tousche -
1993: Fleury -
1995: Lebel -
1997: Bolelli -
1999: Lassalle -
2001: Chandouineau
2003 : Gomart - his/her father ordered the same regiment in 1979.
2005: Liot de Nortbecourt -
2007: Toujouse -

History of the garrisons, combat and battles of the 13th dragons

Old mode

Revolution and Empire

1792 : Valmy and Vouziers
1793: Roer
1794: Serious and catch of Breda
1797: Passage of the Rhine, Diersheim, and Hasslach
1799: Frauenfeld, Rapperschwyl, and Zurich
1800: Fregelhurts, Throats, Hell, blockade of Ingolstadt, and Hohenlinden
1805: Passage of the Rhine, Passage of the Danube, Enns, Hollabrun, and Austerlitz
1806: Iéna, Nasielsk, and Pultusk
1809: Corogne, Oporto, and Passage of Tage
1811: Ciudad-Real
1812 : Rosas, Moskova
1813: Leipzig
1814: Mormant and Saint-Dizier
1815: Wavre and Battle of Rocquencourt

1815 - 1848

IIe republic and Second Empire

1870 - 1914

First World War

1914 : Battle of Ypres
1916: Battle of Verdun

Inter-war period

Into 1937, based with Melun, the regiment is transformed into unit of combat armoured car, with two squadrons of 20 Hotchkiss H35 and two others of 20 Somua S-35, within the any news the 2nd light division mechanical, where it forms with 29 {{E}} Régiment of Dragons, the 3rd mechanical light brigade.

Second world war

With its division, the 13th regiment of dragons is encircled in Belgium and its elements are evacuated with Dunkirk.

1945 at our days

1954 to 1962: War of Algeria
1977: Mauritania
1964 to 1978: Chad
1978: Kolwezi
1979 : Central Africa
1986: Togo
1990: Rwanda and war of the Gulf
1991: Chad
1992: Wars of Yugoslavia
1993: Somalia and Kampuchea
years 1990: theater of the African civil conflicts (Democratic republic of Congo, Rwanda, etc)
1995: The Comoros
2001 - 2007: Afghanistan and Ivory Coast

Decorations

Decorations of the regiment

Feat of arms registered on the standard:

On white silks:

Hohenlinden 1800
Austerlitz 1805
Iéna 1806
Moskova 1812
Ypres 1914
Verdun 1916
AFN 1952-1962

On blue silks:

Valmy 1792

The regiment received following decorations:

Military Cross 1939-1945 with palm
Gold medal of the Town of Milan (not bent on the tie)

It has as a godmother since April 1959: Its Imperial Highness Alix, Napoleon princess.

Decorations of soldiers being useful in this regiment

Weapons of honors (revolutionary decorations)

Nicolas Brunon, sergeant: Saber Honor
Fievre, Brigadier: Rifle of Honor
Guillaume Gannard, sergeant: Rifle of Honor
Jean-François Teases, sergeant: Rifle of Honor
Claude Gondard, sergeant: Legion of Honor

Current mission

Today based with Dieuze (the Moselle) and named 13th regiment of dragons parachutists (13th RDP), is a unit specialized in in-depth human information, with the profit of the various staffs (CEMA, CEMAT, COS).

Its missions consist in acquiring the information, in any time and any place, by means of small autonomous and discrete units, able to position closest it information to acquire, and to transmit it. For this kind of mission, the units of the 13th RDP practice what they call of the " masks " , i.e. operations of camouflage of places of life intended for the observation, transmission, the hiding place to allow a shooting of the ground. Men of the 13th RDP are Chuteurs operational: they are able to be released with very high-altitude and long distance from their target. They intervene in uniform and armed but for them the use of the weapon is sign of failure, since discretion is of rigor. There exists in the regiment several types of specialization for the infiltration is by watery ways (with Combinaison dries), in mountain or covered with snow medium, in the desert by air dropping with very high-altitude.

Since July 2002, the regiment is integrated into the Brigade of the special forces ground (BFST) of the Commandement of special operations (COS).

Its articulation is the following one:

1 basic squadron and of specialized instruction (1st squadron);
4 airborne squadrons of research, setting up the research teams (2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th squadrons);
1 squadron of transmissions (6th squadron);
1 squadron of reserve (7th squadron);
ECL - squadron of command and logistics;
EAS - squadron of administration and support.

he is the only regiment of research of the information behind the enemy lines and the only one to receive missions of the strategic level.

Materials

The 13th RDP is equipped with the most powerful materials with transmission, data processing, photograph and video of last generation.

Its armament is more complete and allows him to face all types of missions.

Currency

Beyond possible the " Nunc Leo, Nunc Aquila" (sometimes lion, sometimes eagle)

Traditional Song of the 13th RDP: a spirit of tradition

We are downward proud dragons
Of the Empress, our squadrons
winners with Austerlitz, has Iéna, Moskova
One makes the impossible one and go still well to the delà

Like our griffon
In turn eagle and lion
We are soldiers of the sky and the terre
Parachutist a soir
Commando the lendemain
Weapons with the hand to follow our destin
We will fight a jour
For the honor and the amour
Freedom of the patrie

We are downward proud dragons
Of the Empress, our squadrons
winners with Austerlitz, has Iéna, Moskova
One makes the impossible one and go still well to the delà

These loads that one empoigne
Become our compagnes
When we leave during the night towards the inconnu
To disappear in the bois
The mission making foi
In the rain, the wind, we remain with the affût
It is that our destin
It is of living in clandestin
Silence, discretion, it is our goal.

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