French Infantry Regiments of the Seven Years’ War, 1756–1763
The grenadier battalion of the Grenadiers de France served in many battles of the Seven Years’ War. These 40 mm miniatures were cast from Prince August moulds, painted with artist oil colours, and based on a 100 × 50 mm regimental stand compatible with the Volley & Bayonet game system. The unit represents a grenadier brigade of 1500 troops. The converted drummer has received a new head with the typical grenadier cap.
The following table lists infantry regiments of the French Army and the names of their proprietors during the Seven Years’ War, 1756–1763.
| Designation | Proprietor | Date | Battles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1re Picardie | M. de Bréhan | 1749–1761 | Hastenbeck |
| 1re Picardie | C. de Durfort | 1761–1763 | Amöneburg |
| 2e Champagne | C. de Gisors | 1749–1758 | Hastenbeck |
| 2e Champagne | M. de Juigné | 1758–1762 | Krefeld, Minden, Göttingen |
| 2e Champagne | C. de Seignelaye | 1762–1763 | Grebenstein |
| 3e Navarre | C. du Châtelet | 1753–1761 | Hastenbeck, Minden |
| 3e Navarre | C. de Guines | 1761–1763 | – |
| 4e Piémont | C. d’Esparbès de Lussan | 1749–1761 | Rossbach, Bergen |
| 4e Piémont/td> | C. de Latour du Pin | 1761–1763 | – |
| 5e Normandie | Ch. d’Escars | 1754–1761 | Wesel, Kloster Kamp, Vellinghausen |
| 5e Normandie | C. de Puységur | 1761–1763 | – |
| 6e La Marine | C. de Belmont | 1749–1761 | Hastenbeck, Hannover, Altencelle, Krefeld |
| 6e La Marine | C. d’Haussonville | 1761–1763 | Lutterberg |
| 7e Régiment 7e Béarn (1763) |
Latour du Pin | 1746–1761 | Krefeld, Hannover, Münster, Korbach, Warburg, Vellinghausen, Roxel, Johannisberg, Friedberg, Kloster Kamp |
| 7e Régiment 7e Béarn (1763) |
de Boisgelin | 1761–1763 | Grüningen (Pohlheim), Lippstadt |
| 8e Bourbonnais | Ch. de Valence | 1747–1761 | Korbach, Warburg, Oldendorf |
| 8e Bourbonnais | M. de Miran | 1761–1763 | Melsungen, Grebenstein, Vellinghausen |
| 9e Auvergne | C. de Beauvoir | 1749–1759 | Hamelspringe, Krefeld, Minden, Gießen |
| 9e Auvergne | M. de Rochambeau | 1759–1763 | Korbach, Marienhagen, Rhadern, Hallenberg, Kloster Kamp, Vellinghausen, Amöneburg |
| 10e Régiment 10e Flandre (1763) |
V. de Belsunce | 1749–1761 | Hastenbeck, Hannover, Rossbach, Halbertstadt, Quedlinburg, Krefeld, Lutterberg, Minden, Corbach, Göttingen, Warburg |
| 10e Régiment 10e Flandre (1763) |
C. de Rougé | 1761–1762 | Lippstadt, Vellinghausen |
| 11e Régiment 11e Guyenne (1763) |
M. de Mailly | 1745–1758 | Hastenbeck, Rossbach |
| 11e Régiment 11e Guyenne (1763) |
M. de Talaru | 1758–1761 | Cancale, Quiberon Bay |
| 11e Régiment 11e Guyenne (1763) |
Ch. de Chattelux | 1761–1763 | Lünen, Vellinghausen, Sababurg |
| 12e du Roi | Le Roi | 1663–1791 | Hastenbeck, Hannover, Zell, Rossbach, Krefeld, Minden, Korbach, Sachsenhausen, Warburg, Vellinghausen, Neuhaus, Melsungen |
| 13e Royale | Le Roi | 1615–1791 | Minorca |
| 14e Poitou | C. de Revel | 1745–1757 | Brüssel, Stockheim |
| 14e Poitou | V. de Choiseul | 1757–1763 | Wesel, Jülich, Rossbach, Vellinghausen, Grebenstein, Amöneburg |
| 15e Lyonnais | D. de Villeroi | 1749–1763 | Hastenbeck, Hameln, Minden, Hannover, Halberstadt, Zell, Minden, Belle-Isle-en-mer, Vellinghausen, Fulda |
| 16e Dauphin | le Dauphin | 1661–1763 | Münster, Bergen, Minden, Korbach, Sachsenhausen, Warburg, Vellinghausen |
| 17e Régiment 17e Aunis |
M. de Vaubécourt | 1755–1762 | Hastenbeck, Capture of Hannover and Minden, Crossing of the Aller at Altencelle, Kloster Kamp, Krefeld, Bergen, Minden, Korbach, Sachsenhausen, Vellinghausen, Osterode, Capture of Schwartzfeld, Amöneburg |
| 17e Régiment 17e Aunis |
C. de Jumilhac | 1762–1763 | – |
| 18e Touraine | D. de Montmorency | 1749–1760 | Hastenbeck, Capture of Hannover |
| 18e Touraine | C. de Montmorency | 1760–1763 | – |
| 19e Aquitaine | le Roi | 1756–1763 | Hastenbeck, Capture of Hannover and Minden, Crossing of the Aller at Altencelle, Krefeld, Münster, Minden, Korbach, Warburg, Sachsenhausen, Vellinghausen, Grebenstein, |
| 20e Régiment 20e Eu (1763) |
Comte d’Eu | 1736–1763 | Hastenbeck, Krefeld |
| 21e Régiment 21e Dauphiné (1763) |
M. de Saint-Chamond | 1749–1762 | Weißensee, Rossbach, Battle of Saint-Cast |
| 21e Régiment 21e Dauphiné (1763) |
Eugène Octave Augustin comte de Rosen |
1762–1763 | – |
| 22e Régiment 22e Isle de France (1763) |
Jean Baptiste Calixte marquis de Montmorin |
1745–1762 | Calvi (Corsica) |
| 23e Régiment 23e Soissonnais (1763) |
N. de la Lucerne marquis de Briqueville |
1749–1763 | Minorca, Kloster Kamp, Werle, Schaffhausen, Vellinghausen, Münster (Roxel), Friedberg |
| 24e La Reine | la Reine | 1746–1759 | Siege of Fort Chouegan / Oswego, Defense of Fort Carillon, Montmorency Falls, Defense of Quebec, Kloster Kamp |
| 25e Limousin | P. de Robecq | 1744–1759 | – |
| 25e Limousin | M. de Miran | 1759–1761 | – |
| 25e Limousin | M. de Damas | 1761–1763 | Vellinghausen (Schedingen) |
| 26e Royal de Vaisseau | le Roi | 1756–1763 | Battle of Saint-Cast |
| 27e Orléans | le Duc d’Orléans | 1756–1763 | Capture of Kassel, Crossing of the Aller (Lachtenhausen), Kamp, Krefeld, Münster, Minden, Sachsenhausen, Kloster Kamp, Vellinghausen, Siege of Meppen |
| 28e La Couronne | le Roi | 1756–1763 | Hastenbeck, Rossbach, Krefeld, Sandershausen, Lutterberg, Minden, Korbach, Warburg, Kloster Kamp, Münster (Roxel) |
| 29e Bretagne | Ch. de Clermont | 1746–1759 | Minorca, Hastenbeck, Capture of Hannover and Minden, Hoya |
| 29e Bretagne | V. de Beaune | 1759–1763 | Wesel, Lutterberg |
| 30e Perche Gardes de Lorraine (1744) |
P. de Beauveau | 1744–1760 | Hoya |
| 30e Perche Gardes de Lorraine (1744) |
M. de Boisgelin | 1760–1763 | – |
| 31e Artois | M. de Brienne | 1747–1762 | Quebec, Expedition to Ireland |
| 31e Artois | M. de Sarans | 1762–1763 | Capture of Almeida |
| 32e Régiment 32e Berry (1763) |
D. de Montbazon | 1745–1759 | Rossbach, Sandershausen, Lutterberg, Landwehrhagen, Münden, Bergen |
| 32e Régiment 32e Berry (1763) |
C. de Montrevel | 1759–1763 | – |
| 33e Régiment 32e Hainaut (1763) |
M. de la Roche Aymon | 1745–1761 | Hastenbeck, Capture of Hannover and Minden, Harburg |
| 33e Régiment 32e Hainaut (1763) |
C. de Montmorency | 1761–1763 | – |
| 34e La Sarre | M. de Tournebœuf | 1747–1762 | Siege of Fort Chouegan (Oswego), Siege of Fort George, Defense of Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga), Quebec, Siege of Almeida |
| 34e La Sarre | C. Depeyre | 1762–1763 | – |
| 35e La Fère | M. de Fenelon | 1743–1759 | – |
| 35e La Fère | M. de Beaumont | 1759–1763 | – |
| 37e Royal Roussillon | le Roi | 1756–1763 | Fort William Henry, Fort Carillon, Lake George, Fort Niagara, Montmorency Falls, Plains of Abraham, Sainte-Foy, Mille-Îles (I. Btl.); Rossbach, Bergen (II. Btl.) |
| 38e Condé | Prince de Condé | 1756–1763 | Hastenbeck, Capture of Hannover, Rossbach, Capture of Halberstadt, Burg Regenstein, Quedlinburg, Minden, Defense of Cassel, Siege of Meppen, Johannisberg |
| 39e Bourbon | Comte de Charolais | 1710–1763 | Battle of Saint-Cast, Belle-Isle-en-mer |
| 39e Bourbon | Duc de Bourbon | 1760–1763 | – |
| 40e Régiment Grenadiers de France |
le Roi | 1756–1763 | all campaigns of the Seven Years’ War |
| 41e Beauvoisis | M. de Lujeac | 1745–1759 | Rossbach, Sandershausen, Lutterberg, Witzenhausen |
| 41e Beauvoisis | Ch. de Cluny | 1759–1763 | Bergen |
| 42e Rouergue | C. d’Estaing | 1748–1757 | – |
| 42e Rouergue | Hérault de Séchelles | 1757–1759 | – |
| 42e Rouergue | M. de Champagnac | 1759–1761 | Minden, Warburg, Vellinghausen |
| 42e Rouergue | C. d’Hautefeuille | 1761–1763 | – |
| 43e Bourgogne | M. d’Hérouville | 1745–1761 | Minorca |
| 43e Bourgogne | C. de Bouzols | 1761–1763 | – |
| 44e Royal La Marine | le Roi | 1756–1763 | Minorca |
| 45e Vermandois | M. de Thiembrune | 1749–1763 | Minorca |
| 47e Royal Artillerie | le Roi | 1756–1763 | all campaigns of the Seven Years’ War |
| 51e Reding | B. de Reding | 1756–1761 | Rossbach, Hastenbeck, Warburg |
| 51e Reding | M. Pfeiffer | 1761–1763 | – |
| 52e Castella | Rodolphe de Castella | 1756–1792 | Roßbach, Lutterberg, Bergen, Corbach, Neuhaus |
| 53e Languedoc | C. de Morangies | 1748–1762 | Canada |
| 53e Languedoc | C. de Bœuil | 1762–1763 | – |
| 54e Régiment 54e Beauce (1763) |
M. de Talaru | 1745–1758 | Minorca |
| 54e Régiment 54e Beauce (1763) |
D. de Mazarin | 1758–1763 | Krefeld, Minden, Korbach, Warburg, Siege of Almeida |
| 56e Médoc | M. de Mesme | 1749–1762 | Minorca |
| 56e Médoc | M. de Tilly | 1762–1763 | Minorca |
| 57e Régiment 57e Vivarais (1763) |
D. de Cossé-Brisac | 1749–1757 | – |
| 57e Régiment 57e Vivarais (1763) |
C. de Puységur | 1757–1760 | Rossbach, Battle of Saint-Cast |
| 57e Régiment 57e Vivarais (1763) |
Ch. de Lemps | 1760–1763 | – |
| 58e Régiment 58e Vexin (1762) |
M. de Vastan | 1748–1761 | Hastenbeck, Düsseldorf, Rees, Minden, Capture of Wolfenbüttel, Ölper (Braunschweig) |
| 58e Régiment 58e Vexin (1762) |
M. de Bouillé | 1761–1763 | – |
| 59e Royal Comtois | le Roi | 1756–1763 | Minorca |
| 60e Régiment 60e Beaujolais (1763) |
M. de Traisnel | 1742–1757 | Minorca |
| 60e Régiment 60e Beaujolais (1763) |
C. de Brancas | 1757–1758 | Krefeld, Capture of Münster, Roxel, Bergen (detachment), Minden (detachment) |
| 60e Régiment 60e Beaujolais (1763) |
C. de Durfort | 1758–1760 | Korbach, Warburg, Relief of Wesel, Schörneck, Hedemünden (Hann. Münden) |
| 60e Régiment 60e Beaujolais (1763) |
C. de Lastic | 1760–1763 | Northeim, Defense of Cassel, Vellinghausen, Amöneburg |
| 61e Provence | C. de Sarsfield | 1748–1759 | Hastenbeck, Rossbach, Krefeld, Hasselen |
| 61e Provence | C. de Grave | 1759–1763 | Eberfeld, Albachten, Defense of Cassel, Vellinghausen |
| 63e Planta | B. de Planta | 1754–1760 | Rossbach, Hastenbeck, Warburg |
| 63e Planta | M. Jenner | 1760–1763 | – |
| 64e Penthièvre | Duc de Penthièvre | 1737–1763 | – |
| 66e La Marck | Comte de La Marck | 1757–1763 | Hastenbeck, Rossbach, Krefeld, Corbach, Wilhelmsthal |
| 77e Bulkeley | Comte de Bulkeley | 1756–1763 | Marburg, Wilhelmstahl |
| 78e Clare | Comte de Clare | 1756–1763 | Marburg, Wilhelmstahl |
| 79e Dillon | Comte de Dillon | 1756–1763 | Marburg, Wilhelmstahl |
| 113e Saint-Germain | Duc de Saint-Germain | 1757–1760 | Hastenbeck, Rossbach, Krefeld, Minden |
| 115e Royal-Pologne | Comte d’Orlick | 1757–1760 | Hastenbeck, Rossbach, Sandershausen, Lutterberg, Bergen, Minden |
| 118e Royal Deux-Ponts | Prince de Deux-Ponts | 1757–1763 | Rossbach, Sandershausen, Lutterberg, Bergen, Corbach, Vellinghausen, Sababurg |