1944–45: Operations Vénérable and Mousquetaireġ3th Parachute Dragoon Regiment 13 e R.D.P.1914–1918: Frontiers, Marne, Ypres, St Mihiel.1814: French Campaign, Vauchamps, Mormant, Saint-Dizier.1809: Peninsular War, La Corogne, Oporto, Crossing the Tage.1806: Prussian and Polish Campaigns, Jena, Nasielsk, Pułtusk.1805: Crossing the Rhine, Crossing the Danube, Enns, Hollabrun, Austerlitz.1800: Fregelhurts, Gorges, Enfer, sieges of Ingolstadt and Hohenlinden.1799: Frauenfeld, Rapperschwyl, First Battle of Zurich.1797: Rhine Crossing, Diersheim, Hasslach.1794: Armée du Nord, Grave, Capture of Breda.1952: reorganization and re-trained as the 13 e Parachute Dragoon Regiment.1940: again disbanded, after losing 90% of its strength.1936: Mechanized as an armoured regiment, receiving Somua and Hotchkiss tanks.1870: re-designated as the 13 e Dragoon Regiment.1855: Reformation of a Dragoon regiment designated as the Dragoon Regiment of the Empress in reference to The Empress Eugénie de Montijo.1815: dissolution of the regiment after the Napoleonic wars.1791: designated as 13 e Dragoon Regiment.1774: designated as Dragoon Comte-de-Provence, then, in the same year designated as Dragoon de Monsieur.1744: designated as Dragoon de Bartillat.1724, 12 December: designated as Dragoon de Condé.1714: designated as Dragoon de Goesbriand.1676, 4 October: formation of the regiment in Languedoc by the Marquis de Barbezières, as Dragoon de Barbezières.Like many regiments in European militaries of the 17th and 18th centuries the regiment often changed name to reflect its current commander or patron. The regiment was transformed into an armoured corps in 1936, then an airborne-capable reconnaissance unit in 1952. The regiment is based in Martignas-sur-Jalle.Ĭonstituted in the form of a regiment of dragoons (mounted cavalry) during the Ancien Regime by the Marquis de Barbezières in Languedoc in 1676, this cavalry regiment, one of the oldest, adopted the appellation of 13 e Régiment de dragons (English: 13th Dragoon Regiment) during the reorganization of the French cavalry units in 1791. It is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command, the latter itself being under the Special Operations Command. The 13 e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes (English: 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment) or 13 e RDP is a special reconnaissance regiment of the French Army.
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