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    The French Guards (French: Régiment des Gardes françaises) were an elite infantry regiment of the French Royal Army. They formed a constituent part of...
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    The crowd was eventually reinforced by the mutinous Régiment des Gardes Françaises ("Regiment of French Guards"), whose usual role was to protect public...
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    Guards (Gardes Suisses), who guarded entrances and outer perimeter. In addition, the Gardes Suisses served in the field as a fighting regiment in times...
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    November 1871) He joined the army early and was a captain in the régiment des gardes françaises at the outbreak of the French Revolution. On 5 pluviôse year...
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    service records and selected volunteers. Members of the former Régiment des Gardes Françaises (which had mutinied immediately before the storming of the Bastille)...
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    Milice (redirect from Franc-Gardes)
    The Milice française (French Militia), generally called la Milice (lit. 'the militia'; French pronunciation: [milis]), was a political paramilitary organization...
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    formed of foreign soldiers and Gardes Wallonnes, under number 41, then in 1860 became Spain's "53rd infantry regiment", known as El Emigrado. Catholic...
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    Army Cent-gardes Squadron Cuirassiers Regiment (Italy) Presidential Guard (disambiguation) Republican guard Salle des Traditions de la Garde Républicaine...
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  • appointed lieutenant réformé in the Régiment du Roi, on 15 August 1700 he was made Enseige in the Régiment des Gardes Françaises. He served in Flanders in 1701...
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    Guards (la Garde nationale des Volontaires corses) in February 1792. Chevalier de Saint-Georges was one of the first in Lille to join its Garde Nationale...
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    Gardes du Corps on duty. Other Gardes du Corps held the doors to the royal apartments until grenadiers of the National Guard – mostly former Gardes Francais...
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    was later appointed surgeon-major of the Régiment des Gardes françaises (1739) and chief-surgeon at the Hôtel des Invalides. He was a founding member of...
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  • Foreign Regiments. Gardes Françaises (6 Battalions) Gardes Suisses (4 Battalions) Régiment de Colonel Général Régiment de Picardie Régiment de Piémont...
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  • France, founded during the Second World War under the name Union des femmes françaises (UFF). The movement works for the defense and advancement of women's...
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    known as the 1er Régiment Mixte de Marche de Cavalerie de Levant. In 1918 a "marching regiment" of Moroccan spahis (Régiment de Marche des Spahis Marocains)...
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    the Régiment des Guides was formed. On 1 May 1854 this became the régiment des guides de la Garde Impériale, and in 1871, became 9th Hussar Regiment. The...
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    volunteers in the spring and summer 1944, the Franc-Garde never exceeded 4,000 men. The Francs-Gardes, the only uniformed militia, adopted the 1941 dark...
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    following corps: the Gardes du Corps (body guards) the Cent-Suisses the Gentilshommes à bec de corbin the Gardes Françaises (regiment created in 1563) the...
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    The French Legion of Veterans (French: Légion française des combattants, or LFC) was a paramilitary association established in Vichy France and Vichy's...
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  • Cent-Suisses and Grisons, who oversaw the Swiss regiments of the Maison du Roi, and the Colonel of the Gardes Françaises. The position was reinstated under Louis...
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    entered the École de cavalerie de Besançon then served as a volunteer in the régiment de Fumel-cavalerie (1756), and was promoted to cornette (1757). In the...
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    the spreading of social chaos in Paris during those days. The regiment of Gardes Françaises (French Guards) formed the permanent garrison of Paris and,...
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  • in the "1er régiment de chasseurs-conscrits", which then became the "3e régiment de voltigeurs de la Garde impériale" of the "Jeune Garde". As a sub-lieutenant...
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    Musketeers of the Garde ordinaire du Roi from 26 November 1753 to 2 March 1755, as enseigne à drapeau in the regiment of Gardes-Françaises (1755–57), then...
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    additional units for the Guard that included the Régiment de Flanqueurs-Chasseurs de la Garde. Along with the regiment of Flanqueues-Grenadiers, this was mainly...
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    aristocracy. In 1652, d'Artagnan was promoted to lieutenant in the Gardes Françaises, and fought at the Battle of Stenay in 1654, as well as in sieges...
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    1er Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine (1er RIMa), one squadron with AMX 10 RC 92e Régiment d'Infanterie (92e RI), two companies with VBCI 126e Régiment d'Infanterie...
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    The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (French: Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme, LVF) was a unit of the German Army...
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    Chasseurs - 65e Régiment d'Infanterie - (65th Infantry Regiment) 151e Régiment d'Infanterie - (151st Infantry Regiment) 61e Régiment d'Artillerie - (61st...
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    a military family and was commissioned as a junior officer in the Gardes Françaises 17 May 1772. He was promoted to 1st Ensign 19 January 1777 and Sous-Lieutenant...
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