Battle
of Pierre
Longue
17 july
1744
Order of battle of the French royal
army
Commander in Chief: Lieutenant General Bailli de Givri
(mortellement blessé au combat)
Strenght: circa 5000
men
Left Vanguard ;
Strenght over 1 battalion, circa 1000
men
Brigadier Francois Chevert
Rgt Brie -1 bn
Colonel Emmanuel Armand de Vignerod du Plessis-Richelieu
. Comte d'Agenois (très grièvement
blessé)
Four piquets of grenadiers from
Poitou, Conti and
Provence
Center Column;
Strenght 3 battalions, circa 1400 men
Marquis de La Carte
Brigade Provence:
Rgt Provence -1 bn
Colonel joseph Henry d'Esperbes de Lussan Vicompte
d'Aubeterre . (blessé)
Rgt Conti -2 bn
Jacques Francois Marie de Thibault Marquis de La Carte
(tué)
Right Column; Strenght
3 battalions, circa 1500 men
Comte de Danois
Brigade Poitou:
Rgt Poitou -3 bn
Lieutenant Colonel M. de Morenne
Detached corps;
Strenght 2 battalions, circa 1200 men
Rgt Travers Grison -2
bn
Colonel Charles Claude Andrault de Maulevrier marquis de
Langeron (tué)
Reserve; Strenght 1
battalions, circa 400 men
Rgt Beziers -1 bn
Note: The regiment Brie, which has its
colonel wounded is not present in Saint Simon records but
there is its name in piedmontese memoires. Regiment Bezier
was a regiment of the milice.
Jean Cerino Badone
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