Service Record

2e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique

1832 - 1900

Lineal Descent of the Regiment

2e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique Created 1831

Formed in Oran on 1st April 1832 by the Royal Ordinance of 17th

November 1831, from elements taken from various cavalry regi-
ments, principally the 6e Régiment de Chasseurs and the 3e Régi-
ment de Dragons.

Commanding Officers

Colonel L'Etang 1831

Colonel Oudinot 1833
Colonel Lefebvre de Gouy 1835
Colonel Servat de Laisle 1835
Colonel Randon 1838
Colonel Marey 1841
Colonel martin de Bourgon 1843
Colonel Morris 1843
Colonel Cousin de Montaubon 1847
Colonel Rame 1851
Colonel De Jourdan 1854
Colonel De Brémond d'Ars 1855
Colonel Petit 1863
Colonel de la Jaille 1867
Colonel De Lamartinière 1870
Colonel De Percin-Northumberlan 1871
Colonel Bignon 1872
Colonel De Simard de Pitray 1875
Colonel Roullet 1883
Colonel Haubt 1889
Colonel Servat de Laisle 1889
Colonel O'Connor 1890
Colonel Delanneau 1896

Principal Campaigns & Battles

1832 - 1852 In Algieria - Karguentab, Sidi-Chab-Al 1832,
Expedition against the Garabes, Expedition
against the Smélas, Vieux-Figuier 1833, Expedi-
tion against the Bordjhias, Tlélat, Daya 1835,
Muley-Ismail 1835, Macta 1835, Mascara Expedi-
tion, Tlemcen Expedition, Sikkach 1836, Daya
Lake, Sekha Lake,Ouled-Ali raid, Ouled-Zabora
1840, Sidi-Laghadar, Tagdempt Expedition,
Mascara Expedition, El-Bordj 1841, Oued-Beni-
Menavin 1841, Bar-el-Tara, Flitta Expedition,
Chéliff Expedition, Oued-Tarich 1842, Oued-
Rouman, Sidi-Rached, el-Mahla, Sisi-Yusef 1843,
Monila, Isly 1844, Sidi-Mohammed-Moussa 1845,

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 Ouled-Aissa Raid 1846, Surrender of Abd-el-
Kadar 1847, Arkbal, Kiss, Targiret, Taking of
Laghouat 1852
1855 - 1856 Armée d'Orient - Sebastapol
1857 In Algeria - Mahla Raid
1859 Armée d'Italie - Solferino
1860 China Expedition
1862 - 1865 Mexico Expedition - Cumbrès, Acuicingo, San-
Augustino-del-Palmar, Soledad, Chaputco 1862,
Tepeaca, San-Pablo-del-Monte, San-Lorenzo,
Taking of Puebla 1863, San-Antonio, Magdalona,
Siege of Oajaca, Zinapan 1865
1864 - 1870 In Algeria - Sain-Leghta, Chab-el-Amar, El-
Ferrachi 1864, Hamians Raid 1865, Ben-Attab
1866, Ain-Chair 1870
1870 Armée du Rhin - Rezonville 1870, Sain-Privat,
Servigny-les-Sainte-Barbe, Ladonchamps
1870 - 1871 Armée de l'Est - Planches
1871 In Algeria (Province of Algiers) - Beni-Aicha,
Tizi-Ouzon, Tack-Seph, Beni-Khalifa
1871 - 1882 In Algeria (Province of Oran) - Mangoura, Oued-
Fendi, Oued-
Charef
1895 Madagascar (detachment) - Tsarasorta, betziboka

Battle Honours:

Isly 1844; Sébastapol 1855; Solférino 1859; Puebla 1863

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