17th Infantry Regiment (France)

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The 17e régiment d'infanterie (English:17th Infantry Regiment) was a unit of the French army and among its oldest.

The French Revolutionary Wars

1791: during the French Revolution, all regiments take on a number according to the age of their formation. The régiment d’Auvergne becomes the 17e régiment d’infanterie
1793: at the beginning of the French Revolution, the regiment becomes 17e demi-brigade de bataille, which were composed of the following units:
1st battalion of the 9e régiment d'infanterie de ligne ;
2nd battalion of volunteers of the department of India ;
3rd battalion of volunteers of Seine-Inférieure ;
1796: during the second merger, the unit becomes the 17e demi-brigade d’infanterie de ligne, made of the following units:
33e régiment d'infanterie, 1er bataillon du 17e régiment d’infanterie, 5e bataillon de volontaires de la Sarthe and 1er bataillon de volontaires colonial of Port-au-Prince) ;
178e demi-brigade de bataille (2e bataillon du 99e régiment d'infanterie, 6e bataillon de volontaires de Nord and de volontaires de la Seine-Inférieure) ;
demi-brigade d'Eure and Landes (3e bataillon de volontaires de la Eure, 5e bataillon de volontaires de la Landes and 6e bataillon de volontaires de la Haute-Garonne) ;

In 1803 becomes the 17e régiment d’infanterie de ligne. In 1806, the regiment took part in the battle of Jena-Auerstädt.

1907: during the revolt of the Languedoc winegrowers 500 members of the regiment mutinied and joined the demonstrators.{{sfn|Bon}}
1914: during the mobilisation, this unit gave birth to the 217e régiment d'infanterie
1921: the 17th regiment is abolished

{{citation |language=fr |url=http://www.vin-terre-net.com/autour-du-vin/216-1907-histoire-revolte-midi-vignerons-marcelin-albert-ferroul |last=Bon |first=Nicolas |title=Midi 1907, l'histoire d'une révolte vigneronne |work=vin-terre-net.com |access-date=2 March 2018 |archive-date=30 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130025154/http://www.vin-terre-net.com/autour-du-vin/216-1907-histoire-revolte-midi-vignerons-marcelin-albert-ferroul |url-status=dead }}
{{cite book | title=Histoire de l'ancienne infanterie francaise, Volume 3 | first=Louis

| last=Susanne | publisher=Librairie Militaire, Maritime at Polytechnique | year=1850}}

[http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_frenchinf2.html#17th 17e Regiment d'Infanterie] history during Napoleonic War