The 107th Infantry Regiment (107e régiment d'infanterie) was a French Army

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 infantry regiment. The 107th Infantry Regiment dates back to 1469 where it was created as the Francs Archers Angoumois. In 1755, the Augoumois battalion was stationed in Louisiana

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 on a harbor defense mission. There was another similar mission in 1772 led by the Pondicherry regiment in India. It was one of many regiments created under the Ancien Regime to serve on board naval ships and in the colonies - all such regiments were, in 1791, given a number in the line-infantry order of battle, meaning that they could be considered historically as the "ancestors" of the naval infantry regiments

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. It was set up in 1772 and disestablished in 1964.

Regiments

• 1622: 11th Infantry Regiment was created and referred to as "The Marine" from the "Companies ordinary Sea"

• 1638: 43rd Infantry Regiment was created, named "Royal-Vaisseaux"

• 1643: 45th Infantry Regiment was created, named "The Crown"

• 1669: 60th Infantry Regiment was created, named "The Royal Navy"

• 1669: 106th Infantry Regiment "Admiralty" was created and renamed "Cap" (renamed in 1766)

• 1772: 107th Infantry Regiment was created, named "Pondicherry"

• 1772: 109th Infantry Regiment was created, named "Martinique and Guadeloupe"

• 1773: 110th Infantry Regiment was created, named "Port-au-Prince"

History and changes of name

• 1469: creation of the Francs Archers of Angoumois
• 1772: creation of the regiment of Pondichéry
• 1791: renamed 107e regiment of infantry
• 1794: renamed 107e half-brigade of battle
• 1798: renamed 107e half-brigade of line
• 1803: dissolved
• 1814: re-creation under the name of 107e regiment of infantry of line
• 1815: dissolved
• 1870: re-creation of the 107e regiment of infantry of line
• 1882: renamed 107e regiment of infantry
• 1914: at the mobilization, its regiment of reserve sets up, the 317e regiment of infantry
• 1940: dissolved
• 1944: re-creation
• 1945: dissolved
• 1963: creation of the 107e battalion of infantry
• 1964: dissolved
• 1980: re-creation regiment of reserve of the 22e regiment of marines
• 1989: dissolved

Battles

• During the revolution, the regiment Pontdichéry suffered the fate of many royal regiments, it was shutdown and then reconstituted in 1792 under the name 107th.
• Holland 1794-1795
• Vendee War 1795-1796
• Italian Campaign
• 1799: Garrison at Mont-Dauphin, the place being particularly isolated and depressing, 800 men of the 74th and 107th brigades abandoned their flags and their equipment
• France Campaign (1814) 1814
• Campaign of the Hundred Days 1815

• Present at Waterloo June 18, 1815 when it lost 15 officers with it colonel. It could not be restored.

• It did reunite on the occasion of the War of 1870 under the name of 18th Regiment. It is integrated into the army of the Loire, they fought desperately for the winter 1870-1871, after this campaign, the Charentais had lost 689 men (killed or missing)

• Pacification operations in Kabylia Algeria 1871-1875.*South Tunisian 1881-1883.

World War I

In 1914, the Barracks Angoulême, 46th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division, 12th Army Corps merged into 23rd Infantry Division from August 1914 to November 1918.

• Battle of the Marne, and in Artois and the Somme.

• In 1916 it was Verdun, the regiment was assigned to defend. After the mission, they immediately proceeded to Champagne where men had to bear the rigor of winter in 1916-1917.

• In October 1917, following the disaster Caporetto, it is part of the expeditionary force responsible for plugging the breach opened by the Austrians on the Italian front.

• It was during this campaign, October 26, 1918, it managed a daring crossing of the Piave. Artagilas was killed, hit by a bullet in the forehead when he rang the charge of the 2nd battalion

World War II

In 1939, the 107th Infantry Regiment, under the command of lieutenant-colonel Laffont, was integrated into the 23rd Infantry Division.