Auvergne Regiment

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.

• 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.