152e regiment of infantry of line

Called regiment of the Red Devils by the Germans during the combat of the Hartmannswillerkopf in 1915, 152e IH preserved this name of tradition. Having, before all the other receipt in 1918 the Fodder of the Legion of honor, it is also called “first of the regiments of France”.

The regiment is confined with the Walter District with Colmar in the High Rhine, it is regarded as one of the regiments of tradition in Alsace.

152e IH controls the zones within the framework of maintenance missions of peace, helps with the return to the civil life (Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzégovine…).

Creation and different denomination

1794 : Creation of the 152e Half-Brigade of Battle starting from the following units:

2nd battalion of the 82 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry
7th battalion of Volunteers of the Marne
6th battalion of Volunteers of the Low-Rhine

1796: Dissolved and incorporated in the ''' 75 {{E}} Half-Brigade of Infantry of Line '''
1813: 152e Regiment of Infantry of Line starting from the following units:

18th, 19th, 53e and 54e Troops of the National guard

1814: Dissolved

1st and 2nd battalions incorporated in the ''' 85 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry of Line '''
3rd, 4th and 5th battalions incorporated in the ''' 18 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry of Line '''

1914: At the mobilization, it sets up its regiment of reserve, the 352 {{E}} Régiment of Infantry

Colonels/Chief-of-Brigade

1794: Antoine Prompt - Chief-of-Brigade
1813: Pierre Raynaud - Colonel

Killed or wounded colonels whereas they ordered 152e RIL:

Colonel Raynaud: October 16th, 1813

Killed or wounded officers whereas they were used for 152e RIL during the period 1813-1814:

killed Officers: 8
dead Officers of the continuations of their wounds: 4
wounded Officers: 63

History of the garrisons, combat and battles of 152e RIL

Revolution and First Empire

1795: Loano 1813: Bremeriehe, Lunebourg, Harbourg, Katzbach, and Leipzig 1814: Strasbourg and Paris

First World War

Assignment:

41 {{E}} division of infantry from August in December 1914

The names of eight battles are registered in gold letters on the flag

; 1795 - LOANO
; 1813 - HARBOURG
; 1914 - 1915 - ALSACE
; 1916 - THE SUM
; 1917 - 1918 - the AISNE
; 1918 - The OURQ
; 1918 - ROULERS
; 1940 - RETHEL

Fodder with the colors of the ribbon of the Military Cross 1914-1918 decreed on June 15th, 1916.
Fodder with the colors of the ribbon of the Military decoration decreed on July 10th, 1917.
Fodder with the colors of the ribbon of the Legion of honor decreed on September 3rd, 1918.
; 7 mentions in dispatches, with palm.
; For the whole of the combat of 1944 and 1945: 8th quotations, with the order of the Army corps.

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