2nd regiment of dragons - nuclear power, biological and chemical

The 2nd Regiment of dragons - nuclear, biological and chemical (or 2nd RD-NBC) is a regiment of the armor-plated Arme cavalry of the Army French made up under the {{Ve}} République.

It is resulting from the fusion of the 2nd regiment of dragon S and of the nuclear, biological and chemical defense group, which has occurred in July 2005. It takes again the traditions of the first and specializes, at the same time as a regiment of recognition and in the fight against the nuclear weapons, bacteriological and chemical (NBC), and within this framework, the fight against the Terrorisme.

Being given the youth of the regiment in its current configuration, the history which follows is in fact primarily that of the regiment of cavalry called 2nd regiment of dragons. This regiment was the oldest regiment of cavalry of France.

Creation and various denominations

1556 : Existence of a company of cavalry of the house of Cop ;
1635 : creation starting from this company of the Regiment of Anguien-Cavalry (the oldest son of the House of Cop being duke of Enghien);
December 26th 1646: famous Cop-Cavalry (the duke of Enghien having inherited the title of prince de Condé, the regiment changed name consequently);
May 25th 1776: famous Cop-Dragons ;
At January 1st 1791, the regiments are famous by order of seniority, but by an error of the ministry, Cop-Dragons receives number 2, and becomes the 2nd regiment of dragons ;
December 4th 1815: dissolved (by order of July 16th);
December 29th 1815: reformed (with the same men and officers), becomes the regiment of dragons of Doubs (2nd regiment of the weapon);
Years 1930: becomes a mechanized unit (with companies of motorcycle combinations, motorcylcists, and caterpillar tractors), and is famous 2nd battalion of dragons carried ;
December 1st, 1939: becomes again the 2nd regiment of dragons ;
July 2005: fusion with the GD-NBC and famous 2nd regiment of nuclear, biological and chemical defense (2nd RD-NBC)

Mestres of camp, colonels, chief-of-brigade

1635-1636: Mestre of camp lieutenant, Mareuil,

1638-1644: Mestre of camp lieutenant, Nicolas Button, count de Chamilly,

1644-1645: Mestre of camp lieutenant, Louis of Bermond, marquis de Toiras,

1645-1648: Mestre of camp lieutenant, Cléradius de Choiseul, marquis de Lanques,

1654-1658: Mestre of camp lieutenant, count Herard Button II of Chamilly,

1660-1664: Mestre of camp lieutenant, Jean de Saligny, count de Coligny,

1665-1667: Mestre of camp lieutenant, Gaspard-Alexandre de Saligny, count de Coligny,

1667-1682: Mestre of camp lieutenant, Christmas Button, count de Chamilly,

1682-1694: Mestre of camp lieutenant, Jacques-François of Bermond marquis de Toiras,

1694-1705: Mestre of camp lieutenant, marquis de Cerisy,

1705-1708: Mestre of camp lieutenant, marquis de Montpipeau,

1708-1715: Mestre of camp lieutenant, knight of Montmorency,

1710: titular colonel, Mister the duke of Anguien,

1715-1719: Mestre of camp lieutenant, prince de Bournonville,

1719-1740: Mestre of camp lieutenant, marquis de Gouffier,

1740: titular colonel Monsieur the prince of Condé,

1740-1761: Mestre of camp lieutenant, knight of Guiche,

1761-1784: Mestre of camp lieutenant, the count of Toulouse-Lautrec,

1784-1788: Mestre of camp lieutenant, the count de Baschi of Cayla,

1788-1792: colonel de Jaucourt,

1792-1792: colonel de Grouchy, (**)

1792-1793: chiefs of Colomb brigade, (*)

1793-1793: chiefs of brigade Louis Cloquet de Vrigny,

1793-1794: chiefs of brigade Etienne Leclerc,

1794-1794: chiefs of brigade Humbert Richer,

1794-1796: chiefs of brigade François Macquart, (**)

1796-1796: chief of brigade of Bonardy de Saint-Sulpice,

1796-1803: chief of brigade Jacques Marguerite Etienne de Fournier (known as Fénérolles or of Fénérols), (*)

1803- 1807: colonel Sylvain Ythier, baron Pryve, (*)

1807-1813: Colonel Pierre ''' Ismert ''', (*)

1813-1814: colonel Laurent Hoffmayer,

1814-1814: colonel François Marie Laval,

1814-1814: colonel Bouquerot of Essarts,

1814-1815: colonel François Marie Rapatel,

1815-1815: colonel Jean-Baptiste Dubessy,

1815-1816: colonel François Joseph Planzeaux,

1816-1823: colonel Rapatel, baron,

1823-1833: colonel Châteaubodeau,

1833-1846: colonel Imbert de Saint Amand, baron,

1846-1850: colonel Goyon,

1850-1857: Ambert general, baron,

1857- 1863: colonel Decroix,

1863-1865: colonel Bachelier,

1865-1873: colonel Mercier of Paty de Clam,

1873-1876: colonel Gontier,

1876-1880: colonel de Joybert,

1880-1885: colonel Rozier de Linage,

1885-1890: colonel Lichtenstein,

1890-1893: colonel Cuny,

1893-1900: colonel de Valentin of the Tower,

1900-1900: colonel de Pontac,

1900-1900: colonel Amanrich,

1900-1901: colonel Desprez,

1901-1903: colonel de Pontac,

1903-1906: colonel Charlery of Masselière,

1906-1907: colonel Ferand-Giraud,

1907-1910: colonel Fleury,

1910-1916: colonel Schultz,

1916-1917: colonel Théron,

1917-1917: colonel Magnin,

1917-1920: colonel Detroyat,

1920-1926: colonel Donop,

1926-1927: colonel Vignon,

1927-1929: colonel Boscals de Réals,

1929-1930: colonel Baruteau,

1930-1935: colonel Revouy,

1935-1937: colonel Boutaud of Villéon,

1937-1938: colonel Larréra de Morel,

1938-1940: colonel Perraud,

1940-1940: lieutenant-colonel the Hood,

1940-1940: Watteau lieutenant-colonel,

1940-1943: colonel Schlesser,

1943-1944: colonel Sauzey,

1944-1945: colonel Demetz,

1945-1947: colonel de Clerck,

1947-1948: colonel of Toulouse-Lautrec,

1948-1951: colonel Sauve,

1951-1953: colonel Dorange,

1953-1955: colonel Loyseau,

1955-1957: colonel Caravéo Paul,

1957-1959: colonel Perrin Jean,

1959-1961: colonel de Tourquat of Coulerie,

1961-1963: colonel De Butler,

1963-1965: colonel Lévesque,

1965-1967: colonel Rozec,

1967-1969: colonel Michaut,

1969-1971: colonel d' Arras Xavier,

1971-1973: colonel Lalande Henri,

1973-1975: colonel Lauze,

1975-1977: colonel Reclus,

1977-1979: colonel Bazin Rene,

1979-1981: colonel Lacoste Pierre,

1981-1983: General Etienne Fox,

1983-1985: colonel of Bourdonnaye Joseph,

1985-1987: colonel Moreau Jean-Paul,

1987-1990: colonel de Froissard de Broissia Flavien,

1990-1992: lieutenant-colonel Issaverdens Michel,

1992-1994: colonel de Dunoyer de Noirmont Charles-Henri,

1994-1996: colonel Staub Jean-Paul,

1996-1997: colonel Tavernier Jean-Sebastien,

1997-1999: colonel Beaussant Marc,

1999-2001: colonel Laporte-Many Henry,

2001-2003: colonel Guy Nuyttens,

2003-2005: colonel Doussau Herve,

2005-2006: colonel Doxin Michel,

2006: colonel Perrin.

(*) Officer who became thereafter Brigadier general. (**) Officer who became thereafter Major general (¤) Officer who became thereafter Maréchal of Empire

History of the garrisons, combat and battles of the 2nd RD of line

Wars of the Revolution and Napoleonean Wars (1792 - 1815)

1792 : Battle of Valmy
1793: battles of Neerwinden, Wattignies and Cholet
1794: Bridge of James
1795: battles of Benthiem and Rimbulen
1796: battles of Sieburg, Bamberg, Wolfering, and Würzburg
1799: battles of Niederaken and Zurich
1800: battles of Biberach, Ampfingen, Mannheim and Hohenlinden
1805: battles of Wertingen, Albeck, Ulm and Austerlitz
1806: battles of Iéna and Golymin
1807: battles of Eylau, Heilsberg and Friedland
1808: Battle of Tudela, Head office of Saragossa
1809: battles of Uclès, Medellin, Wagram, Talavera of Reina, Almonacid
1810: Battle of Bussaco (Portugal)
1811: Battle of Chiclana (Spain), Head office of Elvas (Portugal)
1813: Head office of Koenigsberg, battles of Vitoria, Leipzig and Hanau
1814: battles of Rambervillers, Saint-Dizier and Brienne
1815: Battle of Waterloo; during the retirement, and an established Prussian body with Senlis beats attacks. Envoy then with the Armed with the Loire

Colonels killed or wounded by ordering the regiment for this period: ?

Officers wounded or killed while being used for the 2nd RD between 1808 and 1814:

killed Officers: 12

dead Officers their wounds: 4

wounded officers: 61

From 1815 to 1848

Second Republic

Second Empire

From 1871 to 1914

First World War

September 1914: Battle of perforated Charms
mid-October - November 2nd, 1914: battle of Ypres
September 1915: battle of Champagne
1917: battle of Aisne
March 1918: battle of the Mounts of Flandres

Inter-war period

Second world war

May 10th, 1940: enter to the Luxembourg
24 May 31st and 5 June 7th: battles of the Sum; engagements reprocesses until June 17th
September 1940 of it: reformation with Auch
November 29th, 1942: Oath of Auch: after the invasion of the free zone on November 11th, Germany requires the dissolution of the army the 27; the night of the 29, at the time of the ceremony of good-byes to the flag, colonel Schlesser makes lend oath to the dragons, joined together as a civilian in the barracks, to gather around the flag with the call of the fatherland. An important part of the regiment passes to North Africa, by Spain (prisons of Pampelune, Saragossa, Lerida, Figueras, Miranda, Arnedillo). The captain of Neuchèze remains to organize resistance.
September 29th, 1943: escape from the captain of Neuchèze, with the standard
August 30th, 1944: Unloading of Provence
08,09,10 September 1944: Engagements in Autun
1944: Campaigns of the Vosges, Doubs, Alsace
April 1st, 1945: Passage of the Rhine with Germersheim, combat in Black Forest
1945: progression in direction of Constancy
1945: Occupation of Austria (Innsbruck, Schwaz)

From 1945 to our days

1957 - 1962: War of Algeria (84 officers, killed warrant officers and dragons)
1962-1984: garrison with Haguenau (the Low-Rhine)
1984-1996: Based with Crépy-Couvron (Aisne) on (AMX-30) it belonged to the 8th division of infantry.
1997 : transferred to Fontevraud (Maine-et-Loire). This regiment, which since the 1st July 2005 integrated the Brigade genius.

flag

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

Currency

; The currency of the regiment is that of the duke of Enghien since 1635: Da materiam splendescam , which can result in Donnez me the means and I will resplendirai .

Decorations

Military Cross 1914-1918 with two stars vermeil and two palms
Military Cross 1939-1945 with two palms
Medal of the escaped prisoners (only French regiment to be decorated about it)

See too

Internal bonds

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

External bonds

Site of the National defense of the 2°RD

Historical of the 2°RD of 1914 to 1919

Historical of the 2°RD of 1805 to 1815

Sources and bibliography

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