29e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Regimental History

1667: Created
1791: 29e Regiment d'Infanterie

1794: 29e demi-brigade de bataille (formed from the following)
1er bataillon 15e Regiment d'Infanterie
4e bataillon Volontaires de la Sarthe
14e bataillon Volontaires des Fedres

1796: 29e demi-brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following)

164e demi-brigade de bataille(2e Bat 90e Regt d'Inf, 1er Bat Vol d'Eure-et-Loir and 8e Bat Vol de la Meurthe)

1803: 29e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade

1791: De Balleroy (Phillipe-August-Jacques de la Cour) - Colonel
1791: Dubouquet (Louis) - Colonel
1792: O'Gormocan (James) - Colonel
1793: De Cusson (Jean-Laroche) - Chef-de-Brigade
1793: Battin (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1794: Patissier (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Mont-Serraz (Pierre-Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1806: Billard (Pierre-Joseph) - Colonel
1811: Rousselot (Etienne-Nicolas) - Colonel
1813: Pierre (Charles-Antoine) - Colonel
1814: Adhemar de Cransac (Jean-Baptiste-Joseph d') - Colonel
1815: Rousselot (Etienne-Nicolas) - Colonel

Two of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above

Dubouquet (Louis)

Born: 17 April 1740
Colonel: 21 October 1791
General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1792
General de Division: 8 October 1792
Died: 25 January 1814

Billard (Pierre-Joseph)

Born: 28 December 1755
Colonel: 14 August 1806
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Baron of the Empire: 15 August 1809
Died: 28 April 1855

Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 29e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Colonel Billard: wounded 6 July 1809
Colonel Pierre: wounded 9 February 1814

Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 29e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815

Officers killed: Thirty-one
Officers died of wounds: Twenty-five
Officers wounded: One hundred and twenty-three

Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)

1792: La Croix-au-Bois, Montcheutin, Valmy, Jemmapes
1793: Levens, Valeciennes,
1794: Hertogenbosch, Tiel
1797: Mantoue
1799: Perona, Magnano, Lecco, Vaprio, Verderio, Mantoue, Savigliano
1805: Verona, Caldiero,
1806: Gaeta
1807: Siege of Reggio
1808: Calabre
1809: Villanova, Saint-Boniface, Saint-Daniel, Raab, Wagram
1812: Osmiana, Wilna, Kowono,
1813: Koenigsberg, Ohra, Dantzig
1814: Willemsbourg, Hambourg
1815: Waterloo

Battle Honours

Valmy 1792, Caldiero 1805 and Wagram 1809