Français en Espagne Légion du midi.

Bonjour à tous

Est ce que dans les caractéristiques des troupes française. P 97.les. ´´légions départementales. ´´. Peuvent Correspondres a. La légion du midi. Que l on retrouve dans les OB. Des troupes françaises en Espagne. 1808 1809 ,?

Merci d avance

Yves

Bonjour à tous. Un petit UP
Portez vous bien
Yves

Legion du Midi
The legion was made of discharged Piedmontese veterans,
who probably were ocassionally drunk and disorderly.
It went into Spain, where it served well enough
but gradually fell off in strength to a single battalion.

Legion du Midi in 1792 "To collect discharged Piedmontese veterans, who probably were ocassionally drunk and disorderly Napoleon ordered the formation of a 1st Piedmontese Legion. ... Napoleon sent its 1st and 2nd battalion and the artillery company to West Indies, where most of them died of diseas. The few men remaining there were adopted by the 82nd Line. The 3rd battalion, which had been unable to sail because of British blockade, was redesignated the 1st, and a new 2nd battalion was enlisted a prix de argent and very slowly. Those two battalions became the 2nd Legion du Midi. After a stint of coast defense duty it went into Spain, where it served well enough but gradually fell off in strength to a single battalion." (- John Elting)

The Legion du Midi was disbanded in 1811.

In 1804 the Piedmontese Legion was renamed Legion du Midi. The legion took part in the following battles: Beja (1808), Corogne (1809), Busaco (1810), and Fuentes-d’Onoro (1811).

Between 1803 and 1807 the Legion was commanded by Joseph-Louis-Victor Chevillard de Mariloz. And between 1807 and 1811 by Jean-Pierre Maransin.
à l'adresse suivante
http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/infantry_Napoleon_3.htm#midi
je prendrais donc en page 98 infanterie étrangère les références concernant les piemontais 1805-1809

à voir aussi
http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/getpart.php?id=lyon2.2007.brevet_m&part=127898
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2KVIfhBOkI


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Merci pour cette réponse et les liens. Très intéressant. Merci
Yves