77e regiment of infantry of line

The 77e Régiment of Infantry of Line is a Régiment French of the Ancien Mode raised in 1680.

Creation and various denominations

  • 1680: Survey
  • 1791: named 77e Regiment of Infantry
  • 1796: transformed into 77e Half-Brigade of Infantry of Line , starting from the following units:
    • Detachment of the 13th Half-Brigade of Battle
    • Detachment of the 52e Half-Brigade of Battle
    • Detachment of the 31e Division of Gendarmerie
  • 1803: Incorporated in the 79 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry of Line
  • 1914: Give rise to the 277 {{E}} Régiment of Infantry

Colonel S Chiefs of brigade

  • 1791: Frederic-Antoine-Henry Frederick-Lefort - Colonel

  • 1792: Charles-Ernest de Haack - Colonel
  • 1792: Carlhan Jacques-nickel silver - Colonel
  • 1792: Ambroise Goenhart - Colonel
  • June 24th, 1797 at April 28th, 1799: François-Joseph Offenstein - Chief of brigade (*)
  • 1799: Jean Bertholet - Chief of brigade
  • 1800: Thomas-Mignot Lamartiniere - Chief of brigade (**)

(*) Officers become brigadier generals thereafter (**) Officers become generals of divisions thereafter

History of the garrisons, combat and battles of 77e IH

Old Mode

Wars of the Revolution and the Empire

  • 1792: Antwerp
  • 1793: Nantes
  • 1798: The Pyramids
  • 1799: Valves

1815 to 1848

Second Empire

1870 to 1914

First World War

Inter-war period

Second world war

Feat of arms making particularly honor with the regiment

  • 1798 : The Pyramids

Fodder with the colors of the ribbon of the Military decoration decreed on August 9th, 1918 INF, 077

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