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    This document provides a service record for the 2e Régiment de Spahis from 1836 to 1900. It outlines the regiment's lineage, beginning as the Spahis Réguliers d'Oran formed in 1836. In 1845, it was reorganized as the 2e Régiment de Spahis. The record also lists the commanding officers over this period and notes the regiment's principal campaigns and battles, which included fighting in Algeria, the Crimean War, China, Syria, and Tonkin.

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    This document provides a service record for the 2e Régiment de Spahis from 1836 to 1900. It outlines the regiment's lineage, beginning as the Spahis Réguliers d'Oran formed in 1836. In 1845, it was reorganized as the 2e Régiment de Spahis. The record also lists the commanding officers over this period and notes the regiment's principal campaigns and battles, which included fighting in Algeria, the Crimean War, China, Syria, and Tonkin.

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    This document provides a service record for the 2e Régiment de Spahis from 1836 to 1900. It outlines the regiment's lineage, beginning as the Spahis Réguliers d'Oran formed in 1836. In 1845, it was reorganized as the 2e Régiment de Spahis. The record also lists the commanding officers over this period and notes the regiment's principal campaigns and battles, which included fighting in Algeria, the Crimean War, China, Syria, and Tonkin.

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    Service Record

    2e Régiment de Spahis
    1836 - 1900

    Lineal Descent of the Regiment

    Spahis Réguliers d'Oran Created 1836 - 1841

    Indigenous corps created by the Royal Ordinance of 13th August


    1836.

    A unique corps of "cavalerie indgénes" (Spahis) was created


    by the Royal Ordinance of 7th December 1841.

    2e Régiment de Spahis Created 1845

    Formed in October 1845 by the Royal Ordinance of 21 July


    1845, with the squadrons of the Corps des Spahis existing in
    the Province of Oran.

    Commanding Officers

    Spahis Régulier d'Oran Created

    Colonel de Thorigny 1837


    Colonel Yusuf 1838
    Colonel Cousin de Montauban 1844

    2e Régiment de Spahis

    Colonel Cousin de Montauban 1845


    Colonel Walsin-Esterhazy 1847
    Colonel de Mont-Rond 1850
    Colonel Durrieu 1851
    Colonel BrS 1854
    Colonel Demont de Lavelette 1855
    Colonel Reinaud Boulogne de Lascours 1858
    Colonel Michel 1859
    Colonel Marmier 1861
    Colonel Briand 1865
    Colonel Ramond 1870
    Lieutenant-Colonel Brunetière 1875
    Lieutenant-Colonel Gaillard 1879
    Lieutenant-Colonel Poulléau 1884
    Lieutenant-Colonel Blanc 1887
    Lieutenant-Colonel De Vialar 1897
    Lieutenant-Colonel Billet 1899

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    Principal Campaigns & Battles
    Spahis Régulier d'Oran Created

    In Algeria - Telmsalmeth, Bridia 1840, Sidi-Lakdar,


    Tagdempt, Mascara, Ain-Kebira, Sidi-Yaya 1841, Oued-Traria
    1842, ChQliff, Oa, Taking of Ab-el-Kadar's Camp 1842, Djida,
    El-Melah 1843, Si-Ahmed-el-Ouassini, Isly, Les Chotts 1844

    2e Régiment de Spahis

    In Algeria - Terny, Chellala 1846, Taking of


    Emir Abd-el-Kader 1847, Morocco Expedition
    1852, Assault on Laghouat 1852, Chott Tigri
    1853
    1854 Armée d'Orient (1 peloton) - Alma, Inkerman
    1859 Morocco Expedition
    1860 China Expedition (1 peloton)
    1860 Syrian Expedition (1 squadron)
    1864 - 1870 In Algeria - Aiounet-Sidi-bou-Becker 1864,
    Said-Lagta, Oued-Ghir 1870
    1870 - 1871 Defence of Paris (1 peloton)
    1870 - 1871 Armée de la Loire (Eclaireurs algériens) -
    Saint-Peeravy 1870
    1871 Kabylie Insurrection
    1881 South Oran Insurection
    1895 Far East (5th squadton in Tonkin)

    Battle Honours:

    Sidi-Yayr 1841; Isly 1844; Les Chotts 1844; Brézina 1845; Extréme-Orient

    Copyright GFN 1992

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