Prince Thomas of Savoy Carignan accepted in 1642 to join the camp of the French. In 1658 King Louis XIV regrouped his regiments and decided to reunite the Regiment of Carignan and that of Salière, because these two regiments were in charge of the protection of the King and had the same vocation. In 1659 he became French Regiment of Carignan Salière. The Regiment of Monsieur de Salières was a regiment of Musketeers who later became Régiment de Soissons. It was therefore a valuable Regiment, appreciated by the King, completed by other companies of several other regiments which was sent to New France. Return of the regiment, few companies return to France, which suggests to the King that only the equivalent of about 2 companies of the Carignan-Salières regiment join their unit, the rest returning to their original regiment. Several reformed companies will return to New France in 1670, some under the name of the regiment, others under the name of their regiment of origin, even in company Franche de la Marine. He took part in all the wars of Louis XIV and Louis XV, as well as in the War of Independence of America.
The regiment receives the tricolor flag (1792). In 1792, where the regiments were definitively designated by numbers. Each took the number given to him in the last general classification made in 1776. Having become the 47th of Line he is present at the battle of Fleurus (1794, then he is integrated into the army of the Rhine and Moselle (1796) and in 1799 he is one of the units of the army of the Alps. From 1808 to 1814 he took part in the Spanish war and received a sword of honor from Marshal Bessières.
On October 15, 1837, during the assault on Constantine, after the explosion that occurred causing "The Breach", Colonel Combes of the 47th Line flung himself in front of the soldiers who recoil, beat the charge and crossed the " Breach "at their head. Reached 3 balls, he continues to walk at the head of his troupe in the streets of Constantine. His forces abandoning him, he slowly withdraws and returns to the "Breche" in order to report to the general-in-chief of the capture of the city. He concludes his report with these words: "Those who are not wounded to death will have to rejoice in so much success, for me I am happy to have been able, at my last hour, to do something for the King. and for the Homeland "He died of his wounds the next day and was buried in front of the "Breche", theater of his glory. A street of Constantine bore the name, until the independence of Algeria, of "Street of the 47th of Line".
In 1955 the 47th Infantry Regiment was recreated and became the 47th Infantry Battalion - Recon Unit. He joins Barika in the area of Batna; In 1956 he was transferred to El Kantara and installed the PC at the Hotel Bertrand in the gorge and became the "northern district", ZSC, 21st DI, Biska area. The troop is divided into the surveillance PK of the Biskra - Batna railway line through which, in addition to the passenger and freight trains, the crude oil trains pass. Seconded by a police squad stationed at the station of El Kantara, many mines will be neutralized, however many convoys will be victims of these mines with the exception of ..... oil trains. In June 1959, and by decision of General Boucher de Crèvecœur commanding the 21st DI, the 3rd Company occupies Beni Ferrah, abandoned since 1954 and the 2nd Company stationed in Djémorah where it replaces a unit of Algerian riflemen. The fighter commando will remain stationed at El Outaya on Biskra - Batna NR. The battalion commanders who commanded the unit in Algeria were:
Chief of Battalion Rubin Battalion Chief Lagrange
From 1956 to 1962 the battalion will have 43 dead and 78 wounded.
On the eve of the cease-fire (19/03/1962), five soldiers will be assassinated at PK 159 near El Kantara by three Algerian deserters. As of March 19, 1962 the PK 121, 131, 136, 139, 159, 169, 185, 193 monitoring of the railroad are removed and the PK 123 - "col of the Jews" will be on March 27. The 5 soldiers literally "slaughtered and mutilated" are Sergeant Pireaux André, the 1st cl. Dayriat André, 2 ° cl Touboul Maurice Prosper, 2 ° cl Bernard Roger and 2 ° cl. Fernand Brun. because of the betrayal of the 3 F.S.N.A elements of the garrison who deserted. There were two survivors. In May the 11 mules of the battalion and the 23 dogs of the 16th peloton cynophile are donated respectively to the veterinary centers of Saint-Arnaud and Compiègne.
In July 1962 the battalion will embark at Bône and will be dissolved at Sissonne camp. | |  |
