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Regiments / 8e Régiment d'Infanterie
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"Toujours en avant"
History of the Regiment Created at Calais the 25 of march 1776 under the name of "Régiment de Ponthieu". Renamed "Régiment d'Austrasie" the 31 May 1776. Renamed 8e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne" in 1791. During the French Revolution, he took part on the campaign of Belgium, occupied the Nederlands and the North of Germany. Allocated in the Rhein Army in 1799, he participated at the Battle of Stockach, d'Heidelberg and Brakenheim. The regiment received his Eagle at the Champ de Mars, the 5th December of 1804, 3 days after the Coronation of Emperor Napoléon. He fought at Ligny and at Waterloo during the 100 Days Period. Participated in the Spain Campaign in 1823 and the Morean Campaign in 1828-1829, sieged Coron, the Greek garnison surrendered to the French troops. 1859: Italian Campaign, battle of Solférino 1870: Franco-Prussian war, battle of Sarrebruck, Forbach-Spicheren, Sedan and siege of Paris. During the Great War, he fought on a lot of great battles like Charleroi, Dinant, Guisen, la Marne, Champagne, Verdun, la Somme, offensive de l'Aisne (Le Chemin des Dames). «Magnifique régiment. Engagé dans toutes les grandes actions de la campagne, ne recula jamais devant les attaques de l'ennemi ; jamais l'ennemi ne put résister au choc de ses assauts.» Poincaré, 1920. He receives the Cross of the Legion of Honor on September 20th, 1920. | Face of the flag of the 8e (1914) |
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High-Command 8eRI_Cpt_Nostrack 8eRI_Lt_McCain 8eRI_Doc_ExTa | 1st Assault Squad 8eRI_Sgt_Pétrovsky 8eRI_Sdt_Solonel 8eRI_Sdt_Altaïr 8eRI_Sdt_Lannes57 8eRI_Sdt_MacGuinness 8eRI_FM_Leonidas 8eRI_Sdt_FaZe 8eRI_Sdt_Ritine 8eRI_Sdt_Ichyamada 8eRI_Sdt_Franbourdo 8eRI_FM_Leonidas 8eRI_FM_Evan | 2nd Assault Squad 8eRI_Sgt_Alban 8eRI_Sdt_Dallan 8eRI_Sdt_Reinhart 8eRI_Sdt_Xuu 8eRI_Sdt_BigRedOne 8eRI_Sdt_Callahan 8eRI_Sdt_DayZou 8eRI_Sdt_XalTeRe 8eRI_FM_Lepic 8eRI_FM_Amecareth 8eRI_FM_Artorius | Support Squad 8eRI_Sgt_P@py-Shyen 8eRI_Doc_Bibou 8eRI_MiL_Trappeur17 8eRI_MiL_Alex 8eRI_Art_Antoine 8eRI_Art_Jurkan 8eRI_Art_John_Kennedy 8eRI_Art_Louis_Friant | Recognition Squad 8eRI_Snip_BadBoys 8eRI_Obs_Arratos |
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