French Chasseurs (original) (raw)
French Chasseur-a-Cheval Regiments and the Colonels Who Led Them 1791-1815:
11e - 20e Regiments
By Tony Broughton, FINS
11e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Created as the Volontaires Etrangers de Wurmser in 1762, the name changing the same year to the Volontaires de Soubise. In 1766, the Regiment became the Legion de Soubise, disbanded in 1766 the Regiment reformed in 1779 as the 5e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval becoming the Chasseeurs de Normandie in 1788. Finally it became the 11e Regiment de Chasseurs in 1791
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: d'Anglade (Joseph-Antoine) - Colonel
1791: Lallemand de Waites (Joseph-Theodore-Gabriel) - Colonel
1792: Fregeville (Jean-Henri-Guy-Nicolas Grandval) - Colonel
1793: Nicolas (Guillaume) - Colonel
1794: De Lacour (Louis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Treillard (Anne-Francois-Charles) - Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Bessieres (Bertrand) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1806: Jacquinot (Charles-Claude) - Colonel
1809: Desirat (Mathieu) - Colonel
1812: Nicolas(Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
Five of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above.
Lallemand de Waites, (Joseph-Theodore-Gabriel)
Born: 16 January 1741
Colonel: 23 November 1791
General-de-Brigade: 10 June 1792
Died: 7 November 1794
Fregeville, (Jean-Henri-Guy-Nicolas Grandval)
Born: 14 December 1748
Colonel: 29 June 1792
General-de-Brigade: 8 March 1793
General-de-Division: 15 May 1793
Died: 22 October 1805
Treillard, (Anne-Francois-Charles)
Born: 9 February 1764
Chef de Brigade: 1 September 1794
General-de-Brigade: 10 September 1799
General-de-Division: 30 December 1806
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 9 March 1810
Died: 14 May 1832
Bessieres, (Bertrand)
Born: 6 January 1773
Chef de Brigade: 11 January 1800
General-de-Brigade: 24 December 1805
General-de-Division: 31 July 1811
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 28 November 1813
Baron of the Empire: 16 December 1810
Died: 15 November 1854
Jacquinot, (Charles-Claude)
Born: 3 August 1772
Colonel: 13 January 1806
General-de-Brigade: 10 March 1809
General-de-Division: 26 October 1813
Baron of the Empire: 26 October 1808
Died: 24 April 1848
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 11e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Colonel Bessieres: Wounded 2 December 1805
Colonel Jacquinot: Wounded 14 October 1806
Colonel Desirat: Killed 7 September 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 11e Chasseurs-a-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Twelve
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Eighty-one
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Jemmapes
1793: Nerwinden
1794: Fleurus and Boxtel
1796: Lichtenberg, Mayence, Neuweid, Nieder-Ulm, and Freilingen
1797: Neuwied
1800: Passage of the Danube, Neubourg, Waldshut, Hochstett, and Hohenlinden
1805: Ulm and Austerlitz
1806: Jena and the Capture of Lubeck
1807: Eylau, Capture of Dantzig, Guttstadt, Heilsberg, and Friedland
1809: Eckmuhl, Ratisbonne, and Znaim
1811: Fuentes-de-Onoro
1812: La Moskowa and Wikowo
1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Vauchamps
1815: Waterloo
Battle Honours
Jemmapes 1792, Austerlitz 1805, Wagram 1809, and La Moskowa 1812
12e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Created in 1769 as the Legion-Corse renamed in 1775 as the Legion du Dauphine, disbanded the same year and reformed in 1779 as the 6e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval. In 1788 the Regimeent became the Chasseurs de Champagne and in 1791 the 12e Regiment de Chasseurs.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: Menou (Jacques-Francois de Boussay) - Colonel
1792: Urre de Molans (Joseph-Francois-Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
1793: De Neil (Dominique-Andre) - Colonel
1794: Sigard (Jean-Louis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Offenstein (Francois-Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade
1800: Defrance (Jean-Marie-Antoine) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1805: Guyon (Claude-Raymond) - Colonel
1811: Ghigny (Charles-Etienne) - Colonel
1814: De Grouchy (Alphonse) - Colonel
Five Officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above
Menou, (Jacques-Francois de Boussay)
Born: 3 September 1750
Colonel: 21 October 1791
General-de-Brigade: 8 May 1792
General-de-Division: 15 May 1793
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Count of the Empire: 17 May 1808
Died: 13 August 1810
General Menou took command of the Armee d'Orient upon the death of General Kleber on 14 June 1800.
Urre de Molans, (Joseph-Francois-Jean-Baptiste d')
Born: 30 August 1743
Colonel: 16 May 1792
General-de-Brigade: 7 January 1800
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Died: 7 June 1817
Offenstein, (Francois-Joseph)
Born: 27 July 1760
Chef de Brigade: 31 July 1799
General-de-Brigade: 25 June 1807
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 28 May 1808
Died 27 September 1837
Defrance, (Jean-Marie-Antoine)
Born: 21 September 1771
Chef de Brigade: 14 March 1800 and Colonel in 1803
General-de-Brigade: 1 February 1805 (Defrance had been offered the promotion in 1799 but refused it)
General-de-Division: 31 July 1811
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Count of the Empire: 2 July 1808
Died: 6 July 1855
Guyon, (Claude-Raymond)
Born: 29 May 1773
Colonel: 24 March 1805
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Baron of the Empire: 28 January 1809
Died: 10 March 1834
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 12e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Colonel Ghigny: Wounded 8 August 1812 & 18 October 1812
Colonel Grouchy: Wounded 18 June 1815
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 12e Chasseurs-a-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Seventeen
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Eighty-three
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Grandpre, Valmy, Boussu, Jemmapes, and Anderlecht
1793: Capture of Tiriemont and Nerwinden
1794: Charleroi and Fleurus
1795: Capture of Maestricht, Passage of the Rhine, Kreutznach, and Sultzbach
1796: Limberg, Bamberg, Amberg, and Siebourg
1797: Neuwied
1799: Leibdingen and Luciensteig
1800: Stokach, Moeskirch, Memmingen, San-Giuliano, and Marengo
1805: Austerlitz
1806: Auerstadt, Capture of Czentoschau, Golymin, Okunin, Czarnowo, and Biezun
1807: Heilsberg and Gross-Krug
1809: Eckmuhl, Ratisbonne, and Wagram
1812: Wilna, Rudnia, Krasnoe, La Moskowa, and Winkowo
1813: Konnern, La Katzbach, and Leipzig
1814: Bar-sur-Aube
1815: Ligny and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Jemmapes 1792, Austerlitz 1805
13e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Formed in 1793 from the Legion des Americans and Midi, amalgamated with the 13e bis de Chasseurs in 1795. The 13e bis Chasseurs had been formed in 1794 from two squadrons of the Legion de Nord and Volontaires.
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| Colonel Shee 13e Chasseurs |
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Chevalier de Saint-Georges (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Target (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Bouquet (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1803: Pultiere (Nicolas) - Colonel
1806: Demengeot (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
1809: Montesquiou-Fezensac(Charles-Eugene) - Colonel
1811: Shee (Eugene-Redmond) - Colonel
1815: Prues (Bernard) - Colonel
None of the above attained the rank of General-de-Brigade.
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 13e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Colonel Demengeot: Wounded 26 June 1806 & 7 February 1807
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 13e Chasseurs-a-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Eight
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Sixty
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1794: Coutrai and Malines
1797: Neuwied
1799: Pastrengo,Vaprio, Tortone, Acqui, Guidizzolo, and Montebello
1805: Ulm, Braunau, and Halberstadt
1806:Passerwalk and Nasielsk
1807: Eylau
1809: Essling, Engerau, Wagram, Hollabrunn, and Znaim
1811: Fuentes-de-Onoro
1812: Mondego, Les Arapiles, Villodrigo, and Tordesillas
1813: Dennewitz
1814: Bar-sur-Aube, Montereau, Orthez, and Toulouse
1815: Belfort
Battle Honours
Austerlitz 1805, Passewalk 1806, and Eylau 1807
14e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Created in 1793 from four companys of the Hussards des Alps, one company Hussards de l'Egalite and one company of the Hussards de la Mort.
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| Colonel Raveneau 14e Regiment |
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Rovere de Fontvielle (Joseph-Stanislas-Francois-Xavier-Alexis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1796: Dudevant (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1798: Boudet (Jaques) - Chef-de-Brigade
1806: Sachs (Pierre-Frederic) - Colonel
1809: Lion (Jean-Dieudonne) - Colonel
1809: Lemoyne (Hilaire) - Colonel
1815: Perquit (?)
Two of the above attained the rank of General-de-Brigade
Rovere de Fontvielle, (Joseph-Stanislas-Francois-Xavier-Alexis)
Born: 16 July 1748
Chef de Brigade: 22 May 1793
General-de-Brigade: 13 June 1795
Died: 11 September 1798
Lion, (Jean-Dieudonne)
Born: 28 October 1771
Colonel: 30 April 1809
General-de-Brigade: 23 June 1813
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 9 January 1810
Died: 8 August 1840
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 14e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Colonel Sachs: Killed 21 April 1809
Colonel Lion: Wounded 22 May 1809
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 14e Chasseurs-a-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Eleven
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Seventy-three
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1793: Blatton, Lucon, Cholet, and Le Mans
1794: Tournai, Tourcoing, Peyrestores, and Le Boulou
1795: Quiberon
1799: Stura
1800: Marengo
1805: Caldiero and Capture of Vicence
1806: Siege of Gaete
1807: Siege of Stralsund
1809: Ratisbonne, Eckmuhl, Ebersberg, Essling, and Wagram
1812: Nava-del-Rey, Les Arapiles, Monasterio, and Villorigo
1813: Vitoria, Dresden, Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Saint-Dizier, Brienne, Bar-sur-Seine, Champaubert, and Montmirail
Battle Honours
Wagram 1809, Dresden 1813, Champaubert 1814, and Montmirail 1814
15e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Formed in 1793 from the Chasseurs de Beysser and various other companys from the Department of the West.
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Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Beysser (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Bouzon (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Lepic (Louis) - Chef-de-Brigade
1805: Mourier (Pierre) - Colonel
1811: Faverot de Kerbrech (Francois-Jacques-Guy) - Colonel
Two Officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above
Lepic, (Louis)
Born: 20 September 1765
Chef de Brigade: 26 March 1799
General-de-Brigade: 13 February 1807
General-de-Division: 9 February 1813
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 26 June 1809
Baron of the Empire: 3 May 1809
Died: 7 January 1827
Mourier, (Pierre)
Born: 9 November 1766
Colonel: 21 August 1805
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 2 September 1812
Baron of the Empire: 9 January 1810
Died: 31 August 1844
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 15e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Chef-de-Brigade Lepic: Wounded 26 March 1799
Colonel Mourier: Wounded 5 June 1807
Colonel Faverot de Kerbrech: Wounded 23 October 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 15e Chasseurs-a-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Seven
Officers died of wounds: Four
Officers wounded: Fifty-five
Regimental war record(Battles and Combats)
1793: Montaigu,Pontorson, and Savenay
1797: Verone and Trvia
1798: Capture of Novare
1799: Verone, San-Guiliano, and Trebbia
1800: Marengo
1805: Caldiero and Tagliamento
1807: Lomitten
1809: Passage of the Guadarrama, Bados, and Alba-de-Tormes
1810: Lines of Torres-Vedras
1812: Sanguessa and Villodrigo
1813: Pampelune, Leipzig, and Lutzen
1814: Vitoria, Orthez, Toulouse, and Arcis-sur-Aube
Battle Honours
Verone 1799, Friedland 1807, and Alba-de-Tormes 1809
16e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Created on the 7 March 1793 from the Chasseurs Normand and Labreteche.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Berteche or Larreteche (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1796: Col (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1797: Simon (Edouard-Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Durosnel (Antoine-Jean-Auguste-Henri) - Chef-de-Brigade
1806: Maupoint (Louis-Joseph) - Colonel
1811: L'Hullier de la Serre (Jean-Baptiste-Michel-Francois) - Colonel
1813: Latour-Foissac(Antoine-Henri-Armand-Jules-Elisabeth) - Colonel
1814: Duvivier (Ignace-Louis) - Colonel
Four Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above
Simon, (Edouard-Francois)
Born: 1 December 1769
Chef de Brigade: 6 July 1797
General-de-Brigade: 27 July 1799
Baron of the Empire: 12 November 1811
Died: 13 April 1827
Durosnel, (Antoine-Jean-Auguste-Henri)
Born: 9 November 1771
Chef de Brigade: 28 July 1799
General-de-Brigade: 24 December 1805
General-de-Division: 16 April 1809
Count of the Empire: 24 April 1808
Died: 5 February 1849
Maupoint, (Louis-Joseph)
Born: 6 January 1766
Colonel: 13 January 1806
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 23 August 1814
Baron of the Empire: 19 March 1808
Died: 19 September 1849
Latour-Foissac, (Antoine-Henri-Armand-Jules-Elisabeth)
Born: 3 February 1782
Colonel: 26 February 1813
General-de-Brigade: 15 March 1814
Died: 25 March 1855
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 16e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
No Colonels killed or wounded.
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 16e Chasseurs-a-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Twenty
Officers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Sixty-seven
Regimental war record(Battles and Combats)
1793: Le Mans
1794: Machecoul, Fleurus, Aldenhoven, and Stokem
1795: Quiberon, Ehrenbreitstein, Freyberg, and the Blockade of Mayence
1796: Salzbach, Neumarkt, Wurtzbourg, Limbourg, and Altenkirchen
1797: Neuwied
1799: Zypp, Bergen, Alkmaer, and Castricum
1800: Vieux-Brisach, Moeskirch, Biberach, and Hohenlinden
1805: Amstetten, Posalitz, Vischau, and Austerlitz
1806: Jena and Lubeck
1807: Hoff, Eylau, and Koenigsberg
1809: Landshut, Ebersberg, Essling, Raab, and Wagram
1812: Vina, Mohilov, Ostrowno, Witepsk, Smolensk, La Moskowa, and Krasnoe
1813: Lutzen, Kulm, and Leipzig
1814: La Rothiere, Champaubert, Vauchamps, Fere-Champenoise, and Paris
Battle Honours
Austerlitz 1805, Jena 1806, Eylau 1807, and Wagram 1809
17e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Created in 1793 from the Chevau-Legers de West-Flandre which had been organized in 1792, the Regiment was disbanded in 1794.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Rens (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Deneck (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
None of the above attained the rank of General-de-Brigade.
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 17e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Not known.
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 17e Chasseurs-a-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: ?
Officers died of wounds: ?
Officers wounded: ?
Regimental war record(Battles and Combats)
1793 - 1794: Served with the Army du Nord.
Battle Honours
None Given
18e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Formed on the 9 of May 1793 with the 1er Regiment de Chevau-Legers Belge and a company of Dragons de Bruxelles. Disbanded in 1794.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Bonne-Dabonval (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
The Officer did not attain the rank of General-de-Brigade.
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 18e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Not known
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 18e Chasseurs-a-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: ?
Officers died of wounds: ?
Officers wounded: ?
Regimental war record(Battles and Combats)
1793-1794: Served with the Armee de la Moselle.
Battle Honours
None given.
19e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Formed on the 10 June 1793 from the Chasseurs de la Legion de Rosenthal and various other irregular formations.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1793: d'Hingue (Jean-Baptiste) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Biot (Antione-Nicolas) - Chef-de-Brigade
1797: Humbert (Pierre) - Chef-de-Brigade
1798: Brue (Louis-Urbain) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1808: Leduc (Charles-Joseph) - Colonel
1809: Maulnoir (Etienne-Louis) - Colonel
1811: Vincent (Henri-Catherine-Baltazard) - Colonel
1813: De Grouchy (Alphonse) - Colonel
One Officer attained the rank of General-de-Brigade.
Vincent, (Henri-Catherine-Baltazard)
Born: 22 May 1775
Colonel: 23 August 1811
General-de-Brigade: 15 December 1813
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1813
Baron of the Empire: 25 August 1809
Died: 24 December 1844
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 19e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Colonel Leduc: Wounded 22 May 1809 & Killed 5 July 1812
Colonel Vincent: Wounded 18 October 1813
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 19e Chasseurs-a-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Five
Officers died of wounds: None
Officers wounded: Fifty-nine
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1793: Montreuil, La Fougereuse, Capture of Chatillon, La Mans, Savenay, Ingwiller, Bouxviller, Haguenau, Landau, Reichschoffen, Gondershofen, Woerth, Wissembourg, Siege of Toulon, Hondschoote, Millas, Corneilla-la-Riviere, Peyrestortes, Villelongue
1794: Le Boulou, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Mouga, Bellegarde, Collioure, Pellingen, Capture of Treves, Blockade of Luxembourg, Arlon, Neufchatel, Charleroi, Fleurus, Nivelles,Bois de Soignies, Maestricht, and the passage of the Wahal
1795: Heidelberg, Mannheim, and Limbourg
1796: Blockade of Mayence, Ehrenbreitstein, Bingen, and Kreutznach
1797: Gradisca, Goritz, Croix-Blanche, and Capture of Verone
1798: Nepi
1799: Capture of Naples, La Cava, Castelnuovo, Modene, La Trebbia, and Novi
1801: Algesiras and Cadiz
1805: Caldiero, San-Pietro, Trevise, and Tagliamento
1807: Marienwerder, Siege of Dantzig, and Siege of Stralsund
1809: Neumarkt, Ebersberg, Essling, and Wagram
1812: Ostrowno, Smolensk, La Moskowa, Malo-Jaroslawtz, and Krasnoe
1813: Siege of Dantzig, Siege of Torgau, Weissenfels, Bautzen, Dresden, Gorlitz, Borach, Leipzig, and Caldiero
1814: Mincio and Trao
Battle Honours
Fleurus 1794, Dantzig 1807, Wagram 1809, and La Moskowa 1812
20e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Created in 1793 from the Cavalerie de la Legion du Centre.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Colaud (Claude-Sylvestre) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Rolland (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Murat-Sistrieres (Michel-Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Bonnesserre (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1795: La Coste-Duvivier (Jean-Laurent-Justin) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Marigny (Joseph-Bernard) - Chef-de-Brigade
1806: Castex (Bernard-Pierre) - Colonel
1809: Cavrois (Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre) - Colonel
1811: Lelievre de la Grange (August-Francois-Joseph) - Colonel
1813: Sourd (Jean-Baptiste-Joseph) - Colonel
Five of the above attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above.
Colaud, (Claude-Sylvestre)
Born: 12 December 1754
Chef de Brigade: 26 January 1793 (While still the Legion de la Centre)
General-de-Brigade: 4 May 1793
General-de-Division: 20 September 1793
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Count of the Empire: 26 April 1808
Died: 4 December 1819
Murat-Sistrieres, (Michel-Francois)
Born: 3 July 1765
Chef de Brigade: 22 June 1793
General-de-Brigade: 2 December 1813
General-de-Division: 2 November 1793
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 7 September 1811
Died: 2 September 1825
Interesting note concerning General Murat-Sistrieres, he was retired from the service in 1797 with the rank of Chef-de-Brigade. However he enlisted in the Gendarmes d'Ordannance in 1806, rising through the ranks to become Colonel of the 9e Regiment de Cuirassiers on the 7 September 1811 and later General-de-Brigade.
La Coste-Duvivier, (Jean-Laurent-Justine)
Born: 15 April 1747
Chef de Brigade: 2 July 1795
General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1799
General-de-Division: 1 February 1805
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 6 September 1811
Died: 2 August 1829
Castex, (Bertrand-Pierre)
Born: 29 June 1771
Colonel: 20 October 1806
General-de-Brigade: 21 July 1809
General-de-Division: 28 November 1813
Died: 19 April 1842
Cavrois, (Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre)
Born: 23 January 1774
Colonel: 10 August 1809
General-de-Brigade: 4 December 1813
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 March 1806
Chevalier of the Empire: 20 August 1808
Died: 22 November 1820
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 20e Regiment de Chasseurs-a-Cheval
Chef-de-Brigade La Coste-Duvivier: Wounded 24 September 1795
Colonel Marigny: Killed 14 October 1810
Colonel Sourd: Wounded 9 February 1814
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 20e Chasseurs-a-Cheval during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Eighteen
Offcers died of wounds: One
Officers wounded: Fifty-one
Regimental war Record (Battles and Combats)
1794: Siege of Charleroi, Fleurus, Ourthe, and Roer
1795: Siege of Manneheim
1796: Biberach, Neresheim, Friedberg, and Mainbourg
1797: Kehl
1800: Offenbourg, Bruchscal, Delminsingen, Iller, and Hohenlinden
1806: Jena
1807: Eylau, Guttstadt, and Heilsberg
1809: Pfaffenhoffen, Amstetten, Raab, and Wagram
1811: Fuentes-de-Ornoro
1812: Polotsk, Borisow, and La Beresina
1813: La Katzbach, Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Montmirail and Monterau
Battle Honours
Jena 1806, Wagram 1809, and Fuentes-de-Onoro 1811
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