Régiment d'Auvergne's flag
Uniform of a grenadier of the Regiment d'Auvergne in 1779

The Régiment d'Auvergne was a regiment of the French army during the ancien régime and the French Revolution.[1]

  • 1597 : the creation of the Régiment du Bourg de Lespinasse.
  • 1635 : the régiment becomes the Régiment d'Auvergne. From 1616 to 1635, the new regiments become permanent.
  • 1776 : The 2nd and 4th battalions become the Régiment de Gâtinais

References

  • Susanne, Louis (1850). Histoire de l'ancienne infanterie francaise, Volume 3. Librairie Militaire, Maritime at Polytechnique.
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